Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-09-23
STAGE OPERATORS
MUST Be CITIZENS
AND LAW ABIDING
Declares Director Kuyken-
dali Following Two
Reflections.

Applicants for certificates of pub
lie convenience and necessity to op-
perate passenger and freight stages
over the highways of the state will
be required to show themselves law
abiding citizens and careful drivers
if their applications are to be grant
ed, e. V. Kuyknedall, director Of the
department of public works, said to-
day, following the PRONUNCIATION of
orders denying two such applications
in which questions of character Of
the applicants were involved.
Furthermore" said Director Kuy-
kendall, latter certificate is issued,
if the complaint is made to the de-
partment that any stage operator is
violating the law, not only the high
way law or the rules of this depart
ment, but any law, and such charges
are found to be true, that operator
will have his certificate revoked. The
law giving this department such
power is very clear.
The applications denied by the de-
partment in which questions of char
acter of the applicants were involved
were those of August Horch, Jr., for
line from Walla Walla to Pendle-
ton, Oregon, and OF Gus PoligOs to
operate between Aberdeen and Ho-
GUAM.
Joseph MCGEE and T w. Dickin-
son were granted a certificate to
operate passenger stages between
Sumner and Seattle. Shield Bro
theirs were granted a certificate to
operate between Puyallup and North
Puyallup and Seattle, but will not
be permitted to pick up passengers
in Sumner nor along the highway
between Sumner and Seattle. Nc
Gee & Dickinson were shown to
have been operating prior to January
Is, 1921, whereas Shield Brothers
entered the field later.
Must File Tariffs
Navigation companies operating
on Puget Sound north of Seattle to
Bellingham, and points on the
straights and the San Juan Islands
were ordered by the department to
Ale tariffs naming reductions in the
rates from 10 to Is per cent below
their present tariffs, both for passen-
gers and freight.
The North Pacific Public Service
Company was authorized to increase
the rates charged for water at Port
Angeles. The finding Of the depart
ment show that the company has not
been making fair return on its in.
vestment in that in 1920 It earned
only $3,s0s.2o, or .se2 per cent on q
valuation OF $4,000, whereas It is
entitled to earn at least ats per
cent or $6,51s.15.
The department entered an order
OF further suspension Of the pro-
posed increase Of water rates OF the
Washougal Water company, for 60
days, the department having been
unable to complete its investigation
during the original 80 day suspen-
sion ordered July -.
|. Gasoline sales In the state Of
Washington for August totalled
close to 100000 gallons. reports
from dealers to the department Of
! licenses, under the one-cent per gal
lon tax law show. The increase over
July sales was 1,182,36S gallons.
One or two small stations are yet to
he heard from but sales Of these
will not icrease the total more han
q few hundred gallons.
! The total RENTED to, the state
treasurer from gasoline taxes for the
month is $9S,105.61 as against $780,
2S1.93 for July. Both figures run
considerably over the original esti-
mate of returns from the tax.
The reports by companies for Aug
ust are as follows:
Standard Oil Company, 6,989,645
gallons, tax $69,898.45; Shell Com
pany Of California, 762,217 gallons,
tax $7,622.17; Union Oil Company
of California, 1,719,304 gallons, tax
$17,193.O4; Quality Oil Company,
Yakima 74,150 gallons. tax $741.50;
Cascade Oil & Gas Company, Wenat-
chez, 62,134 gallons, tax $621.34;
Pure Oil Company, Spokane. 72,703
gallons, tax s727.03; True's Oil Co.,
Spokane, 52,s35 gallons, tax $685.
IS: Samuel Loney & Company, of
Walla Walla. 4a.627 gallons, tax
$49627; General Petroleum Cor
poration, 11,467 gallons, tax STA
81: Williams Store, Ilwaco. 6,923
gallons, tax $69.23: H. c. Newland,
Metaline Falls, 4,795 gallons, tax
h$47.95; Strahaul & Company. Long
Beach, 1897 gallons. tax $12.67;
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