The Little River news., 1920-02-14
LIGHT COMPANY
 BEFORE THE COMMISSION
Company Were Given Until March to Make the Various Improve
 ments of the Plant Here.

Little Rock, Feb. Il. -(SpeciaD = The Arkansas Corporation Commits sion yesterday made orders requiring the Commonwealth Public Service Co.,. to provide an adequate lighting ser vice for the cities of Ashdown and De- Queen. The Ashdown complaint was filed on November 10, and the De- Queen complaint on August 30, 1919. It had been alleged that the service was poor an insufficient. The com mission made thorough investigation, and issued specific orders showing the work that must be done in order to meet the requirements of service. ] Report of Commission.
 City of Ashdown, Ark, complainant vs. Commonwealth Public Service Co.,, defendant.
 "On the 10th day of Nocember, 1919, the City of Ashdown, through its at torney Hon. Ben Shaver, filed with tEis commission complaint against this company alleging that said com pany was furnishing to the said city of Ashdown very poor and inadequate electric light service; that the electric light plant was wholly inadequate to furnish electric lights to it's plant in the city of Ashdown for street lighting lpurposes and for furnishing necessary current to the force pump for pump ing Of water to the plant of the water cohiEany in the city of Ashdown for fire protection of said city.
 "I,ue and legal Lotice was given to all parties of interest and the case was set down for hearing in the city of AshGcwn on the fourth day of Decem- Der. 1918. Pursuant to said notice the hearing was begun before Commis- sioner Wilson in the county court house in the city of Ashdown at g o clock. December 4, 1919, at which time lion. Ben Shaver and Hon. A. P. Steel. attorneys, appeared for the city Of AshdOwn and iron. w. L. Curtis appeared for said company. Quite a number of witnesses were introduced to support the complaint of the said , city of Ashdown, At the completion of the testimony of the plaintiffs wit neses the hearing was continued to be completed in the offices of the com mission on December 19, 1919, At this time the city of Ashdown was repre- sented by Hon. Ben Shaver and this company by Hon. w. l.. Curtis, attor- ney. who advised the commission that he did not care to introduce any testi- mony, because of the fact that he real ized that the improvements complain ed of ere absolutely necessary and his company was willing to put the plant ! in first class condition and that cer- tain improvements were at that time being made and would be completed and ready for operation not later than January IS, 1920. On December 4, 1919, the Commission Engineer made an inspection of this plant and again on January 16, 1920. made a second in spection of the Ashdown plant and found that same was in course of re- construction, but had not been com pleted.
 I "It now appears from all the evil dence at hand that the company should have it's plant completed in line with the engineers report which is herein referred to and made a part hereof. It appears from said report that said company should be required to have all three oil engines in first class running condition, station com pletely rewired, switch board wiring put in first class condition and dis tribution system in the city thoroughly overhauled by March 1, 1920; that the company be required to provide re cording volt meter and have same placed on the load side of switch board within 30 days from this date.
 "An order will issue. All commis. sioners concur. February 10, 1920"
 The Order Is Made.
 At a regular session of the Arkan' sas Corporation Commission held 1T Little Rock on February 10:
 "This case being at issue upon com. plaint and answer; having been sub mitted by parties of Interest and duly heard; and the commission being wei and fully advised in the premises; the commissions engineer having made ar inspection and filed his report herein which report is herein referred to and made part hereof; the commission having made and filed part of the record herein it's report containing its findings, which said report is herein referred to and made part hereof;