Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-12

Under the provisions OF an amend
ment to section 4 of the Railroad
Commission law, the commission has
been given the power to suspend any
| advances in rates filed by corpora
tons under the COMMISSIONS Jurls- |
diction, when in its opinion such adj
vanced rates may be detrimental to
the interests of shippers or the public.
The suspension of rates may be made
by the commission on its own motion
or upon receipt of a protest from par
ties affected by the advances. The
law provides that the commission
may enter an order prior to the ef-
~fective date of the increased rates,
suspending the same for a period not
to- exceed sixty days that a hearing
and investigation shall be held at
which all parties in interest may be
heard. and further that if it is I'M
@lpossible to complete the investigation
within the sixty days an order may
be entered s~uspending the rates I'm
der consideration for a period OF SIX
tv DAYS more. When the investiga-
ton is completed it is the duty OF tile
commission to enter an order, either
a~pproving the increased rates or re-
fusing to allow the same to be made
effective, according to the result II
{ the investigation.
This method of procedure will in
r sure the public and the corporations
absolute protection in the matter Of
advances in rates, for the reason that
* in cases where rates are increased
{ which appear to seriously affect the
&c interests of the public, the comm15'
sion NAV suspend them temporarily
all parties are given an opportunity
Ito appear and be heard at the hear
ings, and in case the rates are show
to be justified by the corporation
. they must be allowed to become ct
. ~fective, while if the showing doe
not Justify the increased rates the.
:. must be permanently suspended.
In making its suspension order per
manent, it is of curse understood
I that if at any time in the future cor
ditions should change so as to lea
the corporation to believe that tn
increased rate would be justified, tai
if may be filed increasing the ra!
of again. but of curse such tariff woul
-, be subject to suspension and invest
-, CATION as before.
Under the law any rate that NJ
90 been in effect for a long period
W time is considered prima facia a jul
60 ,ho -, ,,d or ,,r,
90 'nu
'O0 making a complaint and allegir
90 such rate to be exorbitant mu
prove his case before the commissit
20 can order a reduction. Under II
new amendment the same principle
90 involved, the procedure being diffe
100 ent for the reason that the corpor
10 ition must prove that the increase
~ rate is justified, the old rate havi1
40 been in effect for a long period
IN time and being considered the prin
100 facie reasonable rate.
100 The commission has, under t
provisions of this amendment to t
~ Railroad Commission law, issu,
30 three orders ~suspending increas'
"a rates for a period of sixty days tro
LOO the date the carriers proposed
90 make them effective.
100 The first is an order entered IN
~ vestigation and Suspension Dock
,.2o No. l, suspending increased rates pr
10 posed by the Nevada Transportatl'
0O company which operates the Eure
IS Nevada railway.
AL The rates suspended cover the t(
90 lowing commodities moving tro
,.oO Palisade to Eureka, Blackburn al
Alpha, having originated at points
So the state OF Nevada:
90 Coal-fuel and blacksmlth-in CO
~ load lots; gasoline, in carload LOT
rs lumber and poles for mining PIT
3.25 poses, in carload lots; lumber In
$40 manufactured), lath, shakes, shingl'
l.oo logs and pickets, in carload and le
~ than carload lots; potatoes in a
!, an Quantity, aud rates on ore OF vario
! IL valuations moving between any polr
so on the road.
2.50 This suspension order was issu