The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-09
AT ITS MONTHLY MEETING GIVES
LARGE SHARE OF TIME TO
TELEPHONE MATTERS.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from the Capitol City. the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

meeting OF the state railway commits
lon the greater portion of the time
appears 10 have been in relation to
telephone matters Among the most
important matter acted upon under
his head was the famous matter of
determinations in rates, with Sus-
pension of action at Mitchell for Pc
nod OF four months to await decision
If the United States court on the diff
.erences between the people Of Mitch
all and the company. The counsel for
he board rendered an opinion on the
! complaint filed by Chas Helson VS..
! Hurley Telephone company, and 9th
ers operating in Turner county. in
which il is held that il is contrary to
The statutes of this state for telephone
companies TO accept anything except
permissible for them to exchange
! transportation in payment of services
rendered to each other or to the pa
irons of any of them. An order was
entered along the lines of this opin-
ion
Hearings have been called at Mitch
ell June Il, and at Rapid City, June
20, 10 investigate general telephone
matters, and notices of these hear
lngs will be sent to all telephone man
ayers in the state, requiring a repre-
sentative from each company, at
which meetings the matter of rate
determinations as to charges for serv-
ices to stockholders and persons not
stockholders; charges eXacted for de-
livery of toll messages; discrimina-
tion in switching charges; connection
and terminal charges: furnishing free
telephone service, filing Of schedules
Of rates, franchises and contracts. fill
ing annual reports, and matters gen
orally in relation to telephone mat
ters will be considered
suspension order. suspending
for 120 days the new schedule
OF rates asked by the Dakota Central
Telephone company at Mitchell was
entered with permission to charge
present rates. pending the decision of
the federal court in the cases brought
by the company against that city in it's
efforts to oust that company from it's
streets.
A hearing was set at Gayville May
20, on complaint in regard to connect
ing services between different lines;
the Citizens Economic company Of Fe-
dora was authorized to charge SIS per
year TO all subscribers complaint
and petition having been filed by the
Worthing Electric company and vari-
GUS other independent telephone com
panies doing business i'm the state con
corning the insufficient amount re-
ceived for the switching of toll line
messages, an order was made on the
toll line companies complained of re
quirng them to file an answer i'm the
office OF the board before May %. The
matter of switching rates charged GER
tain subscribers of the Hurley Tele.
phone company by the Freeman com
pany was referred to the counsel for
the board
set for May l. at LaBoldt on com
plant Of Ed. Lindquist and others for
the construction of depot and plat
form. Information was received from
the Northwestern company that con
struction work on the new depot at
Sturgls would be commenced by May
!. The board was notified that the
Milwaukee road had completed con
struction OF station at Dante and
installed an agent. The Omaha road
is now complying with the order re-
quring them to take local shipments
OF stock out OF Salem along with stock |
which is shipped through that place
An order was made on the Northwest. !
nrn road for a loading platform at
Dell Rapids
An order was issued for a loading
and unloading platform on the Mil |
Saukee line at Freeman: a call and
iemand was issued upon the North.
Western road tor an unloading plat
orm at Dallas call and demand
VAS made upon the Great Northern
N"' iCi NV 'ViiStiu ut'iOH vi a size
rack midway between Willow Lakes
md Bancroft. upon "a petition and
filed by the Dakota Farm.
'rs Elevator company. The complaint
# the citizens of Alpena for night
gent was continued. as the matter is
nder investigation. A hearing set at
Natauga April 22. was adjourned. a
tipulation having been entered into
etween the railWa, company and the
oard, the company agreeing to con-
truct a station at that place before
he first Of July.
The Sioux Falls Commercial club
led a petition concerning the sleep
r rate between Sioux Falls and Min
eapois and st. Paul. which was filed
4 connection with other petitions in
eeard 10 this complaint
The matter OF selection OF a man to
AXE charge OF the rate and traffic de-
artment OF the board was taken up
nd the board decided to employ Mr..
!. l.. Kelley of Huron for that posi-
on.
After all. our worst misfortunes