The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-05
MANY CASES
ON CALENDAR
OF R. R. BODY
New Cases Filed and Decisions
of Past Week Are Listed
in Bulletin
SALE Is REQUESTED

Numerous new cases and decisions
are listed in the weekly bulletin is
sued today by the state railroad
commission.
New cases filed are listed as fol.
lows:
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Omaha, Nebraska. Application tc
abandon Toll Station at Lucca, North
Dakota.
Dunn County Telephone Company
Dunn Center NJ. D. Application to
increase telephone rental rates So
cents for business, and rs cents for
residence per month.
J. G.. Robertson. St. Paul, Mime
sofa. Application to sell the proper
ty known as the Central Power Co.,
to the Central Light and Power Co.
Central Light and Power Company
Washbhrn, North Dakota. Petition
to issue $50 shares of preferred
stock, 200 shares of common stock
and 100000 of Bonds.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
Omaha, Neb. Application to close
Toll Station at Lake Epsilon, North
Dakota.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Com
pany, Omaha, Nebraska. Applica-
ton to close Toll Station at Farm
ington, North Dakota.
CASES ARE DECIDED
Cases decided are as follows:
The Motor Transit Co. of Fergus
Falls, Minnesota, was granted a Ger
tificate Of Public Convenience and
necessity to operate a passenger ser
vice, Fargo, N. d. to Minnesota
State Line; and, Wahpeton. N. D. to
Minnesota State Line.
The petition Of the Citizens of Pr
cardville VS.. Northern Pacific Rail-
way Co., for Stockyard facilities hav-
ing been settled, the case is closed.
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany having agreed to make the i'm
provements asked for by the Citizens
of Ayr, the case is closed.
The petition Of the Citizens of
Merida, N. D., for shelter while wait
ing for 500 Line trains having been
satisfied, the case il closed.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company was granted permission to
close its Toll Station at Pennington
North Dakota.
Tn City advised this Commission
that there was no present necessity
for the undergrade crossings they
petitioned for in 1922, at Rugby
North Dakota, and the case is closed
]. G. Robertson, Of st. Paul, was
granted permission to sell to the
Central Light and Power Co. the
property heretofore known as tn,
Central Power Co. Of Washburn.
The Midwest Power Company wa.
granted permission to install an ad
ditional step in its power rate al
New Rockford, N. d.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
Co. was given permission to close it.
Toll Station at Urbana, North Dako
ia. ,
Frank Garrison of Hurdsfield, N
D. was granted permission to sell hi.
electric plant at Hurdsfield to Weis.
Brothers.
The Northwestern Bell Telephon
Co. was granted permission to clos.
its Toll Station at Raums Ferry
North Dakota.
The Central Light and Power Co
was granted authority to issue So
shares of preferred stock, 200 share.
of Common Stock and Bonds to the
extent of $4,000 for the purchase
Of the property of the Central Power
Co., and to rehabilitate the proper.
ty.
The Rugby Light and Power Com
pany was given permission to file
a cooking rate of 6,6 cents per X
w. H. with 10 per cent discount
Nfor prompt payment.
The application of the Dunn Cen
ter Telephone Co., to increase it.
business telephone rentals so cent.
per month. and its residence rental.
rs cents per month was granted, al
subscribers having petitioned tn
Commission to allow the increase
an emergency having existed.
The Heaton Telephone Co. of Hca
ton was granted permission to clos.
its exchange at Heaton.
The 500 Line Railway was order
ed to construct a new depot at Bor
dulac, North Dakota.
On September Goth the Commits
sion approved Findings Of Facts ane
Conclusions and issued its order il
the matter Of the investigation, up
on its own motion, into the rate!
and charges of the Northern State.
Power Company, Minot Division. The
value of all the Utility's property
adjacent to Minot was determined
but only the rates in the City Of
Minot were considered, other rate.
not being involved.
The opinion discusses the law per
tanning to valuation and the Com
mission holds that in the light Of
recent decisions Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, repro.
duction cost 10 an important element
that must be given consideration
The general lighting rates were re.
duced one cent per- XVIII, which
gives consumers Of Minot the same
lighting rate as is now in effect in
Grand Forks. The street lighting
rate Of approximately IL cent,
per XVII was left - at present
though this rate is barely equivalent
20 the production cost. The steam
kssting and telephone rates now in
effect we're continued, the Commits
sien finding that the Company wal
net making an unreasonable return
upan The investmst in these utili.
ties.