Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
 MAKES ITS ANNUAL REPORT

MAKES ITS ANNUAL REPORT
 Ip it's report for the fiscal year end ing September 21, just submitted to Governor Lake the public utilities com mission states, that there are 1S2 pub lic service companies reporting tc the comm ission. The total number is made up as follows: Electric companies, 2S gas, 10; gas-electri. IA; express, { railroads, g.; street raiiways. 19i tele- graph, 4 telephone, 10 water. sS. Dur ing the year there were 4,62S accidents, 12S persons were killed and 5,0i2 in bjured.
 The report states that the annual in- zpection of steam railroads in Septem- Der showed that the general condition of the tracks both in appearance and riding qualities, si1ows marked improve ment since the last inspection" The bridges generally were found to be in good condition, and the appearance of stations and grounds showed marked improvement.
 "A further effort should be made to-
 wards policing of toilets which, in some
 instances, has not been sufficiently thor ough," says the report, In concluding i it's reference to the inspection of steam | railroads the commission states: 'fIn general the inspection clearly indicates 1 that the companies are requiring the | same standard of roadway maintenance that obtained prior to the world war The annual inspection of street rail ways convinced the commission that the | tracks generally were in better condi- | ton than last year. Cattle grounds had l not received attention and there WAS l no indication of any progress having
 been made in thse standardization of l special signs or the marking of tele- 1 phone boxes. Trees which obscure high way crossing signs are not kept trim 1 med, A large amount of paving in the company areas should be repaired. The l present year marks the end of the rec. l ognized average life Of poles and eros: arms. In general the observed condi.
 ton of the distribution system reflect ia voralbly the largely increased expeudi- those of the war period. Considerable
 mileage still shCTS dilaQidated con. i dition.
 The commission refers to the jftney
 service since the regulation of it pass 1 ed under it's control. There were 1,06I 1 Jitney markers when the jitneys were under the supervision of the motor ve hicle department. The public utilitie:
 commission received 7S5 separate appli
 cations for jitney licenses and this
 number 100 certificates were granted au
 thorizing the operation of 176 jitneys. Tn,
 elimination of so large a percentage O l Itneys previously in operation ''was l based upon the question of public con venience and necessity
 The assets of all the electric cornnan 1 res on December 31. 1920, amounted f, ! S4l,20O,526.24 an increase of S1l,36s.
 S5S.15 over the previous year. The capital invested amounted to s20
 855,7O0, an increase of S5,296, ,70o fol
 the year, and the funded debt was in
 creased from $2,237, 300 to s7,2s4. 800 1 The total operating expenses of all the
 companies amounted to S9,095,1 ,11I.s7. ar
 increase of $2,166,295.6 over las,
 years.
 The assets of the gas companies or
 December 29, 1921. amounted to s23
 e76,OS7.s2, an increase Of $1,225.531 .S1
 over last years amount The capital O | the companies was increased from Sl3
 l26,000 10 $13,625,0o during the year l The operating expenses of the compan l ies for the year were S4.913, ,O65.63, ar ] increase oS $1.477 7,505.02 over last years.
 The result Of financial operations O ] electric cont A}niss duringt the year
 showed a. profit Of s16,O7369, decreas
 from that of the previous year of $214, O7S. At the beginning of the year tn, companies had surplus of s2.789, 405.97.
 ] The proftJ of the gas companies i, the state for. the year amounted to S143. 932.01, an increase Of $3,763.61, ove1 those of the previous year
 | Eight steam railroad pCsyT,V r1iac ,-av-r. | to the comm nission. The assets Of these