New Britain herald., 1916-12-08

autnOr1ZGIu, IL Ill US OplIlOll lllS H. nancial condition of the company will warrant, t,o order the removal of such crossings aAs the directors should have applied for The number of elimina- 1 tions during the year was very much l less than t1ne legal requirements and 1 the commission did not order the ad- 1 ditional removals because, in it's op1n- 1 ion. the fina1loial condition of the companies did not warrant such order. It is hoped tNat the finances of the { companies will so improve that they l will be able during the coming year to eliminate a nuITaber or the more oan- gerous of these crossings.
 1 Recommendations and Suggestions. ] The commission recommends: l IA law directing the commission 1 to prescribe uniform systems Of &C., counts for the several classes of TO- 1 noYting utilities, consideratiCn to be eiwen to the systems prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission { for companies reporting to that con- 1 mission.
 1 2--A law whereby the commission 1 may require companies to make re- l +urns for the calendar year instead of l for the year ending June 50th, as at | presenta such change in reporting
 year to be made if and when the In- 1 terstate Commerce Commission shall, as is now contemplated, require com l panies reporting to said commission 1 to report for the calendar year. l 3-That Section 3921 of the General Statutes, Revision of 1902, and Chap ter 149 of the Public Acts of 1905, l recurring a, certificate by the presi- l dent, treasurer and an engineer of | certain companies, be amended by re- l ov+iG ~S4 SI,S 3w
 1 sion.
 That Chapter 1s2 of the Public
 Acts of 1913 be amended so as to in-
 clude requirement. for companies
 1 therein described to report to this
 l commission all changes in name of
 such companies and the acquisition of
 any plant, which would, under Section
 1 of Chapter 128 of the Public Acts
 of 1911, make a reporting company
 out of an heretofore reporting
 company.
 5-That Section of Chapter 12S of
 the Public Acts of 1911 be amended by eliminating, limiting or more ex- pressly defining the phrase "all com mon carriers
 6-That Section 1 of Chapter 128 of the Public Acts of 1911 be amend
 ed by removing the exception of mu nicipal utility from the operation of
 the Public Utilities Commission Act,
 to the extent of giving the commits sion jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities operating outside the corporate limits of the municipality. That section 4569 of the Gen.
 eral Statutes, Revision of 1902, be re- pealed or amended and authority given the commission to establish a standard of measure of gas and that Sections 4571, 457S and 4574 of the General Statutes, Revision of 1902, ] be repealed to eliminate possible con- s f1ict with the general provisions of the Public Utilities Commission Act. 8-That Section 39o4 of the Gen. eral Statutes, Revision of 102 be 1 amended by giving to the commission l rather than to the county commits | sioners appellate Jurisdiction over the S location of poles and other structures 2 of electric and other utility com
 panies.
 9-That Chapter 24 of the Public
 Acts of 1909 be amended authorizing
 the commission to designate the loca,- tion of fire alarm and other municipal wires upon poles used jointly with 5 telephone or telegraph companies. 10-An amendment of certain stat } utes which give to the superior court , or a judge thereof original jurisdic- tion over administrative matters per-
 taining to public utilities, or appel } late Jurisdiction direct from local authorities or which require such court to make findings as to public convenience and necessity with refer ence to the operation of such com panies. The following instances are noted, in which the jurisdiction would > l hoJo to tl,;o 7 mission: Section 36ss of the General Stat } utes Revision of 1902-Constructio of railroad branch lines.
 Section 3S40-Regulation of freight on trolley cars.
 Section 3846-Building of parallel } lines of street railways.
 Section 3S53-Joint use of street railway tracks.
 Sections s905, 39O6-Appeal rela- tive to location of electric company poles and structures
 l Sections 3919, 392o-Telephone company extensions.
 Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of } 1911, Section 2, extension of telephone lines (The advisability of repeating this entire chapter might be consid- cred, in view of the general authority vested in the cOmm1sSiOn)
 11-An amendment of Sections 2
 and 8 of Chapter 56 of the Public
 Acts of 1909 to permit an appeal to / the commission from decisions of To- 7 cal tree wardens where public utility 3 companies are interested
 r 12--A law giving the commission 3 authority to permit the abandonm ent = of parts of plant or service of any 3 public service company, for due cause