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say hat Commissioner Williams came 10
the conclusion That under the circum-
stances II would be better for tho com
mission and the public n every man
connected with the commission before
the Thompson investigation began got
out. He therefore took h opportunity
to leave with Commissioner Cram. This
will leave Commissioner Wood as the
only Democrat on the commission
The gas rate case referred to by Com
missioner williams Is that Of the Kings
County Lighting Company. Commits
sioner williams in arriving at the price
10 be charged by the company. which he
accepted ~ bona fide = contract entered
into by the lighting company with the
Standard OIL Company under which 1875
cents q gallon was to be paid for gas
oil. This decision u to a price to be
charged was merely tenta-
tive. 1t was never acted upon by the
commission. and at the suggestion Of the
Thompson committee the opinion was
tabled.
Since then Commissioner williams
has agreed that the allowance Of IN
per q ~ u return on appraised val
uation was too high and his revised
opinion allows only Z per cent. return 10
the Kings County company. Whether
this will result In a reduction Of the
price allowed to be charged for gas de-
ponds upon the price for gas oil. This
u to be investigated by the commission.
beginning Thursday. and the United
States Acknowledgement a been asked
to investigate the alleged discriminatory
prices charged by tbs Standard OIL COM
psny for this commodity.
ADDoiated ~ Gov. DIE.
Commissions Williams IL the first
member of the New York city commits
sion to resign. He was appointed by
| Gov. Dix on March %. 1912, to succeed
| Commissioner William McCarroll Of
| Brooklyn and took office the next day.
His term expires On February !, 1917.
He practised law from 1895 until Oc-
tober. 1911. when he was appointed
counsel to the State Conservation Com
mission by Gov. Dix. For two years
| previous to that he had been chairman Of
tho law committee Of the Brooklyn
Democratic organisation. His oonnec
ton with the Kings County Democracy
had much weight with Gov. Dix.
Gov. Whitman will have two places
on the commission to fill on February I.
lie has already had the appointment Of
W members, Chairman Straus and
, Commissions Hayward. Those who
have been watching the progress of the
Thompson committee believe that he will
also have the naming Of COMMISSIONS
Woods successor. Thus the entire com
mission would be Of Gov. Whitman's
making. There is some agitation for q
reorganization of both Public Service
Commissions. the idea being To have
three men from the First district. thres
from the Second and a chairman who
would be over both
Meanwhile consideration of possible
successors to Commissioner Cram. Wood
and now Commissioners Williams, centre,
about Secretary Travis II. Whitney and
Bridge Commissioner Kracke. The lat
ter mans Brooklyn Republican organi
cation was the first to indoree Gov
Whitman as a candidate for the Repub-
lean Presidential nomination. Mr.
Whitney has been secretary of the com
mission sine its organization and /,
thoroughly familiar with all the prob
lens now before 1t, particularly thost
connected with the dual system con,
tracts.
When asked last night to OF
the resignation of Commissioner Will
iams, Senator Robert X. Lawson o.
Brooklyn, who has been the right hanc
man Of Senator Thompson during tn,
investigation of the Public Service Com
mission, said:
my view OF the matter is that Com
missioner Williams saw the Handwriting
on the a His attitude on the o.