Arizona republican., 1913-03-19
SENATE GETS ANSWER
Corporation Commission Tells Arizona Senate the Few Things it Wanted to know, in Plain Terms, Yesterday.

The senate has it's answers to the questions to the corporation commits sioners embodied in senate resolu- tion No. 8 by Wood of Maricopa, che week ago last Saturday. when the senator wanted to know several things from the corporation com mission as to the conduct of the street car company, and what was being done to comply with the orders of the commission to the local trans portation concern. The commission answers this in detail, showing what has been actually done in improve ment
 The commission is none the less backward in stating what the Noun tain States Telephone company has done in complying with the orders of the commission In answer to the query what remedy if any is there for application to these companies, whereby the people could condemn them and take them over, the com mission tells the senate to kindly get the information from the proper person. Then. the commission goes on to say a few more things to the learned senators as to what laws are needed and why The whole report is interesting from beginning to end and is published herewith for the information that it will convey. not only to the senate of the state of Arizona. but to the general public as we'll
 Hon. M c. Cuniff, President, State phDanjv ri Dear Sir:
 With reference to senate resolution No. 3, addressed to this commission the 8th day of March, 1913. we beg to advise as follows: The Street Car Company. Regarding query No l, we invite the attention of the senate to the record on file in the office of this commission in that certain case heretofore heard, wherein judgment was rendered.
 A checking of the items in said judgment contained shows present installation by the defendant com pany of the following ordered inn prOVements:
 A. Signals (open and closed) 
 B. Conductor and motorman placed on each car
 c. Carbon headlights placed on interurban cars.
 D. Electric danger signal at Cen ter street crossing.
 F. Window guards placed on side of cars nearest pole.
 F. Bracket type construction re- paired.
 G. Newly constructed span and guy wires insulated
 G ? New overhead construction on Washington street line finished
 H Track from west end of Ad- ans street to capitol building will be finished March P.
 l. Track from Fourteenth street to East Lake park finished.
 J. New trolley wire from Seventh street to East Lake park Road nearly completed and will be finished March 9.
 K. Immediate transfers issued to passengers.
 L.. Air brake equipment for double truck cars is n Phoenix and await ing arrival of the Westinghouse in stallation expert. Expected daily l M. Tenders shipped and should | arrive in Phoenix on or before March 1 26
 N. Four new cars of latest inn | proved type ordered and will arrive soon as completed. Drawings of fen | ders, air brake equipment and new cars are hereby attached for youl information, the same. however be | ing hereby ordered returned to tht l office of this commission. o. New type feeder wires Thes. wires had to be ordered from New Jersey and are specially made Should arrive and installation O same commence within three weeks P. Change of location of spa1 wires from poles belonging to othe companies. O Building of track curve a East Lake park to be complete ] within sixty days. <i R. New track from Washingto street to Indian school and new trol ley from Pearce street to India . school. Material ordered and bein | accumulated. Company at preser
 has not sufficient force of men ar
 amount of material to complete tn
 work and has requested an extensic
 of ninety days.
 S Half mile of new trolley, vii
 new poles, from Roosevelt street
 the end of the Brill line Compar
 requests an extension of ninety da
 to complete this work.
 The Telephone Companies.
 Regarding queries two and thre
 we advise as follows:
 The estimated cost of making t
 consolidation of the two telepho
 plants in Phoenix is $52210 as
 minimum amount. This figure co
 CTS no items of overhead charg
 such as engineering, supervisiC contingencies, cost of recanvas, ste
 ographers, bookkeepers, etc. and ca
 not be computed with accuracy un
 completion of work, as changes . distribution street plans, etc, mt . be made.
 Tn this connection, we call your Q l. tention to the ordered removal
 poles from streets of business di
 trict. To date there have been t m miles of underground cable. ii
 miles of aerial cable. eight bloc
 of new underground conduits plac