The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-04-29
VISIT OF UTILITIES COMMISSION
at Which Investto.4 io.
Will be Mada rA
April "a. 1915.

''ppo'"enas at Which Investls atlons
VIII be Made Follow.
DolSE' Idaho, April 25.-In n,+,.,a
into force its plans to inanguroto i.
new set-acquainted policy for ~
pose Of meeting and conserrng ~,
ueh.s Oh various sections OF the
.he pubic utilities commission
s.eoay announced its first trim
"ouio De made to northern Idaho Nav
,"r 'our OF the panhandle and
WIN occupy three weeks 1t will meet
eey with patrons of public utilities
ana VIII In addition conduct a num-
per OF hearings. The three members
-Fresioent Axel P. Ramstadt. John
w. Graham and A. L. Frechafer-vv,l,
make the trip ''
investigate Rates and Routes
among the more important questions
the commission will investigate wbpa
In northern Idaho is whether or NOT
ocet lines such as operate on lin. la,ras
antf streams of that section come nm
oer the jurisdiction of the commission
as public utilities.
Al Lewiston the commission will
make a further Investigation in the
rate case brought by the attorney gen.
eral against the Pacific Power and
Light company. There will be a con-
ference at st. Maries on the rates
charged by the Washington Water
rover company. The case of the CITY
OF standpoint against the Standpoint
Light and Water company, involving
rates, Will be heard at Standpoint. In
vestigation into the train service on
the kootenai Valley company of the
Great Northern Railway company and
an informal hearing as to the water
and light service will take place at
Boomers Ferry
At Wallace the commission win hear
the case of Mayor James H. Taylor
against the Northwest Light and Wa
ter company and look into the rates
of the Interstate Utilities company for
telephone service at Wallace and Null
Ian.
The action brought by the attorney
general against the Camas Prairie
Railroad company and the Grangevile
Electric Light and Power company, in
volving freight and power rates, will
be heard at Cottonwood, and at Occur
oAlene an investigation will be made
into the abandonment of the public
park at Occur dAlene and water rates
in the case of the city of Occur d'Alene
versus the Consumers company.
Looks Into Proposed Railroad.
The commission has also decided to
investigate the proposed route of the
north and south Idaho railroad, and
will peturn over it coming back to
Boise by making a stage trip from
Grangeville to New Meadows, the ter
minal of the Pacific & Idaho North
ern. This trip the commission will
take on its own initiative. The COM
missioners want to see the missing
link as it is called between Grange
vile and New Meadows, themselves.
Later they will report their findings
to Governor Alexander.
The itinerary.
The northern Idaho itinerary of the
commission as amended is as follows:
May 2-Arrive at Lewiston, $40 p. m.
May ARRIVE at Orofino, 3:42 p. m.
May 5-Arrive at Moscow. 1O:47 a. m.
May 6-Arrive at Potlatch, 1850 p. m.
May 7-Arrive at Elk River, 2 p m.
May S-Arrive at Occur dAene by
boat and at Spokane the same evening.
May 10-Arrive at Rathdrum, 1928 p.
M, and at STANDPOINT, lO.3o a. H.
May 11-Arrive at Boomers Ferry
1855 a. m.
May 12-Return to Standpoint, S:f
a. M, and arrive at BayView by boat;
return to Spokane, 1850 p. m,
May 13-Arrive at Wallace. 7:25 p. m.
May 16-Arrive at Kellogg Wardner,
:55 a. M; return to Spokane. p m.
May 17-Arrive at Moscow, 1:O5 a.
m, and Nez Perez same evening,
May 1S-Arrive at Grangeville, 5:55
p. M
Nav 1s-Arrive at Cottonwood. 7:45
a. m; and return to Grangevile, $3.50
p. m.
NAV 20-Leave Grangeville by morn
ing stage for New Meadows, arriving
there the evening of May Il.