New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-19
ACCUSES P. 5. {.
EMBARRASSING
1HIRDAvENUE co.
HAYWARD Declares HeWas
W. voted Down on Move to
prosecute Corporation.
40 ORDERS IGNORED;
Ct SIs5.OOO FINE DROPPED
,,,,,,;.ms Confesses He Does Not
understand Figures in Own
Oninion in Gas Case.

om;..;oner Hayward accused his
~. member Of the Public Service
i n.,;..ion before the Thompson COM
IN ',.. Yesterday of having granted
NV. .;.v 10 the Third Avenue Railroad
~n.rv IN a case that, counsel for
f.omrissior had told him, was
.;0,uv the cleanest case that had
~ come before the commission for
..n.;on In addition. the commits
had absolved the company from
q. payment of a fine Of $4,000 day
-, ,wenty-seven days, which it had
.s.n,red through failure 10 carry out
.,5er. of the commission
@ strongly did Commissioner Hay
.,rd feel about this particular case,
l. said that he was at one time on the
..;,t Of taking it before District At
,.r,,v Perkins for action. The case in
ain. was the issuance of three hun
irsa orders, requiring the company 70
axe certain changes by October l.
IN. company accepted the orders, but
,.,s no further attention to them, Mr..
hayward said. On October p last, Mr..
Harvard said, the commission OF Its
avn yolition extended the time TO De-
csnbsr /. This was twenty-seven days
.,,er the original time set, and no
application had been made by the COM
psny for the extension.
a made a motion TO proceed against
the company criminally," Colonel Hay
ward said, "but was voted down, Com
nissioners Mccall, Wood and Williams
voting against me-"
Own Figures a Mystery.
Commissioner Williams appeared be-
fore the committee yesterday TO tell
how he arrived at the rate of 80 cents
4 thousand cubic feet for gas in the
long standing Kings County Light Com
psny case. His opinion was made pub
lie Yesterday at the request of the
committee, but Senator Thompson
asked that the Public Service Commits
SION refrain from passing on IL as q
whole until the investigation was COM
psted.
The most interesting part of Mr.
Villiams's testimony was his confes-
,ion that he did not understand the
tgures given in his opinion, although
he had used them in fixing the rate.
M. Williams could not explain an
IL. g n
sue.on. neither could he give any rea-
son for an additional allowance Of 70
per cent for maintenance. He prom
isei 70 elucidate the meaning OF the
figures this morning.
Il developed during Mr.. Williams's
nomination that tbs commissions ex-
rrts appraised the plant of the Kings
County company at S3,050,000, and
that against this the company had out
sanding s3,17s.000 in bonds and Sc
10000 in stock, with an application
tor an additional issue Of 100000 in
bonds pending before the commission.
This is the oldest case in the dockets
Of the commission. II was started
hack in 1910, at which time the COM
psny voluntarily offered TO reduce the
price Of gas by sliding scale so that
the price this year would be so cents.
The offer was refused and the con-
sumers are now paying 95 cents. Ac-
s0rding 10 Commissioner Williams's de-
cision, they will continue to pay that
rate until December next year.
Williams Blows Up.
One Of the reasons Williams gave
fer the high rate he had fixed was the