The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-27
Motion to Advance Railroad
Case on L. S. Supreme
Court Docket
GOVERNOR MAY CON-
VENE LEGISLATURE
his Affidavit Made Part of Motion -
various Important Matters to Be
considered - Jurisdiction Of Dis
trict Court in Question.

JurAsolction OF Dis
trict Court in Question.
Robert G. Bacon of this town chair.
man Of the Vermont public service
commission. appeared today before TIL
United States supreme court nj Wash
ington. having been admitted Satur
day to practice before that court AMI
argued for the state in 4 motion !,
advance on the docket the bearin,, of
he state : appeal from the district
court in the ease against the Rutland
haIlroad company. In this case the
lhhiie service commission ordered the
railroad company to erect ana main
tam 2 suitable passenger station "A
ergenncs. The railroad company
brought bin III equity III the district
court 70 have the commission enioined
from enforcing its order. and the com
mission moved 70 have the bill dis
missed for want Of jurisdiction. hut
the motion was Oyerruled. hence the
appeal
E The reasons for the motion to ad-
+ vance rs SET forth by Mr.. Bacon
were that the question was one of vital
Importance to the state: that the due
rours" of administration of law IN
+ ermont required that il be disposed
4 ~ III the earliest reasonable time. that
Inc time Of calling q special session OF
the Legislature might he dependent
! lpGn the disposition Of the cause: that
'arIoHs matters now pending before
the commission would tie affected IN
The final disposition of the cause. and
iiat til" proper investigation. regIla
tion and control Of public utility cor
operations hy the state and other spe-
rial and peculiar conditions required
that II lie early. disposed OF.
ID support OF the motion rs advance
WAS an afidayit bv Gov. Allen NJ.
Fletcher. which said that .the H.
poncnt rs governor of the state of
Vermont now has under consideration
the matter Of calling special session
of the legislature OF the state of Yer
mont for the consideration of mum
her Of matters of statewide import
ance and a possible enactment Of leo
islation concerning the same; that the
act crclting the public commission Of
Vermont and defining its jurisdiction
and powers i among the most import
ami of said matters; that the matter
q said public service commission.
Said act creating the same and the
subject matter of this suit and the
jurisdiction of the United States dis
trict court FOR the district Of Vermont,
IN relation thereto, are matters of uni
verSai state interest and of state wide
discussion by the citizens. press and
members of the legislature: that the
depnnent is OF the belief that If tho
contention of the orator in the cause
now before the Honorable Court be
sustained, the jurisdiction and powers
of the public service commission OF
he state of Vermont will be seriously
curtailed and that n radical change
in said act creating said public service
commission will be imperative; that
the deponeut is of the belief that the
policy of the state of Vermont re-
quires that legislation relating to said
act creating the public service com
mission of the state of Vermont. should
be considered by the Legislature Of
, Vermont. in connection with and in
. the light OF Il decision of your Hon
orahle Court relating TO the matters
and things involved ia the cause now
before this Honorable Court and that
consideration of said legislation by
the legislature should be deferred
pending said decision; that there arc
number of other matters of state
wide Importance which will come W
before any special session of the legis
r lature that may be called and that
2 this deponent Is deferriug the con
i sideration of the matter of calling
7 said special session pending the decis
! ion of this Honorable Court