, 1921-11-03
PIPELINE OBLIGATIONS IGNORED
BY MIDWEST, ATTORNEYAR ARGUES
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which the s~chedules required by this
act to be filed with the commission
and kept open to public inspection and
all changes therein. and change the
form from time to time II It shall be
found expedient; provided. however.
hat in respect to public utilities sub
ject to act OF g TO regulate
commerce and any amendments there
form or forms prescribed by Il con
FORM to any similar form prescribed
by the Interstate Commerce com
mission"
Section 54ss. Chapter ss1. Public
Utilities. Wyoming Compiled Statutes
for 1890. is in the following words:
Commission may initiate investi
cations. Whenever the commission
shall believe chat IN investigation
Of any act or commission to act. ac-
complished or proposed. or an investi-
cation Of n rate. service. facility or
service regulation of amy public utii-
fly should be made in order to secure
compliance with the provisions OF this
act and ordern of the commission II
may of its motion summarfly in
vestigate the same"
ea' ee oCaA>
Utilities. Wyoming Compiled Statutes
for 1890. is in the following words:
Right to examine any public util.
ity. The commission. or upon order OF
the commission. any commissioner. or
any person or persons employed by
the commission. shall upon demand
nav the right. insofar as applies to in.
,trastate business, to inspect or ex-
ara.ne the books. papers. accounts.
documents. plant. property and facil.
tiles OF any public utility operating in
Wyoming. N to examine under oath
any officer. agent or employe of such
public utility In relation to its bust.
ness and affairs; provided. that any
person other than one of the commits.
sioners shall produce when so request.
ell his authority to make inspections
DR. examinations under the hand OF q
commissioner or of the secretary and
under the zeal of the commission"
Section 5467. Chapter 351. Public
Utilities. Wyoming Compiled Statutes
for 1890, is In the following words:
May order books produced. The
commission, by order. may require
n public utility or any officer or
agent thereof to produce within the
state at such time and place as It may
designate. any accounts. records,
memoranda, books or papers kept In
n office or place without or within
the state or in its discretion may in
lieu of originals order the production
OF verified copies thereof in order that
an examinr,i . thereof insofar as they
relate to hil business. may be
made by the con..-lSiion or by any
person under its direction
- Complaint has been made that The
Midwest Refining Company has en-.
deavored by unfair means to prevent
competition and to thereby reate a
monopoly.
It has been a known fact in the oil
industry Of this state that The Mid
west Refining company has refused to
recognize its obligations as a common
carrier under the provisions OF our
constitution.
On October rs, 1891, the writer call
ed at the office Of the Public Service
commission of Wyoming, tthe name of
the commission created for the pur.
ose of carrying out the provisions OF
the act relative to the regulation OF
public utilities) and requested infor'
nation relative to the schedules filed
by The Midwest Refining company or
allied interests, showing the rates for
transportation Of OIL from the Sal,
Creek oil field to Casper in the pipe
lines controlled by The Midwest Re
lining company.
In response to the request. the In
formation was given that the Midwest
Refining company had filed any
Eich schedules with the Public Service
Commission of wyoming; that a re
quest had been sen to the Natrona
Pipeline & Refinery company for the
filing of schedules of rates for trans
p~ortation~ of oil through it's pipeline
from the Salt Creek oil field TO Cas-
9 hat the Natrona Pipeline & Re
nnery company had written an answer
advising that its pipeline was operat
9 n controlled by The Midwest Re
timing company. and that The MID
west Eefining company would un
doubtedly attend to the matter OF tn,
filing Of schedules OF rates; that this
Attorney General OF the state Of Wye
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