Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-08
G0IVIIV!IS5IUN WHNI5
RAILROAD HEARINGS
Only Recommendation Made BY
Public Service Board.

N6ffS WI WV SVNsf W
Charleston. Jan. 5.-only one~rec-
ommendation is made to~rie legisla-
ture and the governor in the biennial
report ot~The Public Service Commits
.Is4on OF West Virginia, which was
made public here Wednesday The
commission suggests that since the
state will begin soon under the fed
ersl supervision the legislature
should make provision for the Incl.
dental hearings to be held by the
state. The report points out that the
railroads of the state will be repre-
sented by attorneys and suggests the
Legislature provide funds for similar
representation by the state.
The report. which is issued in TWO
volumes. covers two yearly periods.
the first ending June 80. 1915, and
the second one year later. The first
volume includes the reports Of the
engineering, inspection and railroad
divisions The port Of the account
ing division make up the second vol.
ume. These are apart from the re.
port of the workmen's compensation
department which in itself will not
only be among the most important
but also among the most interesting
reports OF all the state departments
or department divisions.
The report shows the receipts of
the department for the year ending
June 30. 1915, were $l2S,293.5S and
those for the second year were SOS.
23217. The disbursements the first
year were s9394lS6 and Of the sec.
one year S62,17O5s. II is pointed
out the reason for the difference in
these amounts lies in thar the de.
partment in the 1915 period was
charged with a part of the work
mems compensation business
The rules adopted following the
reorganization of the department BY
the legislature of 1915 are contained
in the Introductory remarks of the
report These cover the regulation
of electric. water and gas public util-
tiles The report also contains the
construction and filing of tariffs by
utilities other than railroads. state.
ments of tariffs filed. report of the
railroad division, a summary Of ac-
cidents investigated, financial report.
rerort Of the engineer's anf Inspect
or's divisions and Information con
corning the utilities Of the state
Only eleven PASSENGERS we~a killed
on the steam roads Of the state in
the period covered by the report
The number injured was Isl. Only
two passengers were killed on cleo.
trio railways and eiehteen injured
Attention is called 10 The fact that
the railroad division WORKERS in CO.
opAration with tho federal commits.
sion in al mnttn~s Of nature coH97@
for either supervision or invesfisa
ton
Intrastate matters settlad bv cor
respondence bv the comm ssion NUM-
bAred 4Q7, and tariffs nassod unon
and filed numbered 5,27S The
following distributions
Steam railroads. 1882 agents
and associations. $50; private car
lines. s: pipe lines, s: express com
panies. $40 electric railways 1913 :.
boat lines, 8; toll bridges. %; tele-
phone companies. 1882; telegraph
companies. 27; electric companies.
11s; water companies, 134 and gas
companies. 157. These totals in
cIude the supplementary tariffs filed, I
According to the report $500 met.
ers were tested and sealed by repr.
esntatives of the inspection depart
men,
All cases even those OF minor i'm
portance. are covered in the report
Some OF the more important ones are
given considerable space. particular
ly that of the Manufacturers Light
and Heat Company of Pittsburgh
and those in which the supreme court
has been called upon to pass.