The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-24
State Highways
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COntlnueQ L aB . DA'S'
of three men. Certainly there is no
evidence In the record, that the Pubic
Service Commission gave anything but
cursory consideration to the publlcs
interests.
Protests against the granting OF the
certificate of public necessity ana con-
yenience to the Independent Motor
Carriers are on file from Coulters
Transfer, Helena Sand and Gravel and
the Diamond "C' Transfer Company
in Helena and from E. H. Brown, at
that time operating trucking line
from Livingston to Gardner and from
Bagley Transfer Company OF Butte.
All of these filing protests were from
organizations and individuals then en-
gagged in legitimate competitive, truck
ing business. But the commission
saw fit to encourage what amounts
to a practical monopoly.
At the time the corporation was
formed. Van Brent, had M. r. e. IL
cense No. 327, which gave him the
right to operate trucking business
in Helena and to make trips to GER
tain other points in the state. Thls
license was later converted into a
blanket" license covering ALL OF the
highways of the state, without deslg-
mating specifically any of them. When
the corporation was formed, this IL
cense was transferred to the lnde-
pendent Motor Carriers, the new cor
poration. A second petition was then
filed by the corporation, evidently to
comply with paragraph (b) OF Section
3847.10 of the Montana Motor carrier
Act. which provides: "a motor car
rier making application for such per-
nit shall do so in writing, separately
for each route or locality for which
consideration is desired
This second petition, the one re-
ferred to above specified the follow
ing highways, and the granting OF this
petition and the issuance of a certlf'
icate of public necessity and conven'
fence by the accommodating railroad
and public service commission at the
time, covering the highways as listed
below, is certainly open to criticism
and merits a thorough, legislative in
vestigation at the coming session OF
the legislature. The list of highways
covered by the certificate of public
necessity and convenience issued to
the corporation and the M. K. G. IL
cense accompanying it (No. 1343) fol
lows:
u. S. highway No. 10 between Mon
tana-Ida boundary on west and Mon
tana-North Dakota boundary on the
east.
u. S. highway No. SO from Montana
British Columbia boundary line ON the
north to the Idaho Montana boundary
lime on the south.
U. S. highway No. 3 from Mont
Idaho boundary line to the town O
Ravalli, Mont.
u. S. highway No. 81 from the Mon
tana- Canadian boundary line to thu
Idaho Montana boundary line.
u. S. highway No. 20 from Grea
Falls, Mont. to the Montana-Canadial
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. SO from the Mon
tana- Canadian line to Gardiner, Mont
u. S. highway No. 81 from Grea
Falls, Mont, to the Montana-Wyomini
boundary line.
Motion made for granting by O'Con
nell, no second.
u. S. highway No. 80 and 80 from
Laurel, Mont, to Montana-Wyomini
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. % from Jordan
Mont, to the Montana Wyoming
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. II from Mile'
City to Montana-North Dakota bound
airy line.
u. S. highway No. from Ekalaka
Mont, to Montana North Dakota
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. IA from Glendive
Mont, to the Montana-North Dakots
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. IS from Glendive
Mont, to Jordan, Mont.
u. S. highway No. 2 from Montana
Idaho boundary line to Havre, Mont.
only.
u. S. highway No. 10 from Terry
Mont, to the Montana Canadial
boundary line.
u. S. highway No. 16 from Culbert
son to the Montana Canadian bound
airy line.
Later, Mr. Brent left the organiza
ton. He is said to have made thu
statement that he was tired of PAYING
all the bills, doing all the work an'
getting none of the money" The cor
poration reports of the Organization
for 1886 and 1887, lists Lester H. Lobl
as president; Pauline Quimby as vic'
president and Minnie d. Schneider al
secretary-treasurer. The corporation
reports for 1888 and 1899 lists Harr.
w. Fulmer of Billings as president
Pauline Quimby, vice president ant
Florence Richardson as secretary
Harry w. Fulmer is listed as gen
eral manager.
The suspicion that Lester H. Lobi'