TABLE NO. 5.

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH RATE AND SERVICE PROCEEDINGS DECIDED DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1923.

10654
10831
10832
10870
10874
10893
10905
10912
10984
10997
11000
11001
11033
11035
11129
11162
11170
11258
11308
11397
11438
11464
11527
11527
11535
11663
11699
11716
11716
11716
11731
11742
11785
11786
11837

A 7934
A 7570
A 7600
A 7713
A 7870
A 8146
A 7807
A 7495
A 8226
A 7495
A 7950
A 8247
A 5547
A 6362
A 6263
A 7774
A 7893
A 8254
A 7807
A 8484
A 8345
A-7694
C-1736
C-1737
A-8571
A-6349
C-1690
C-1670
C-1677
C-1678
A-8702
A-8513
A-8694
A-8695
A-7627

Frank Pellissier and Interstate Telegraph Company.
Chileno Valley Telephone Company. -
Western Union Telegraph Company -
Chas. A. Lorain
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Consolidated Utilities Company.
Kerman Telephone Company.
Bear Valley Utility Company.
Dalidio, Tognini and Ghezzi
Bear Valley Telephone Company.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Mary A. Latour and Mrs. Frank Hendricks
Suisun and Green Valley Telephone Company
Colony Holding Corporation -
Blake Independent Telephone Company
Postal Telegraph Cable Company -
Elk Grove Mutual Association
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Kerman Telephone Company
Mrs. G. Guerra and J. R. Fort.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Reedley Telephone Company -
Town cf Mill Valley vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. B. Ambler et al vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and U. 8. Forest Service
Inyo Cooperative Telephone Company
Santa Paula Home Telephone Company.
Hugh T. Dykes vs. California Telephone and

Light Company --
City of San Diego vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Cempany.
City of National City vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Ccmpany
City of Chula Vista vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company..
L. Š. Dean and Lafe Harris..
Wm. Cromlie and Cercoran Telephone Company.
Upper Lake Farmers Telephone Association
Upper Lake Central..
H. P. Harralscn...

July 1, 1922 Sale
August 10, 1922 Increase
August 10, 1922 Closing
August 17, 1922 Abandonment
August 17, 1922

Exchange
August 23, 1922
August 24, 1922

Certificate
August 25, 1922 Dismissal
September 14, 1922 Filing
September 18, 1922 Certificate
September 19, 1922 Sale
September 19, 1922 Sale
September 28, 1922 Increase
September 29, 1922 Certificate
November 18, 1922 Abandonment
October 25, 1922 Reopening
October 27, 1922 Increase
November 23, 1922 Closing
December 5, 1922 Certificate
December 23, 1922 Sale
December 28, 1922 Closing
March 28, 1923 Certificate
January 18, 1923 Dismissal
January 18, 1923 Dismissal
January 22, 1923 Sale
February 13, 1923 Increase
February 20, 1923 Delivery of telegrams
February 24, 1922 Dismissed
February 24, 1923 Dismissed
February 24, 1923 Dismissed
February 27, 1923 Sale
March 1, 1923 Sale
March 14, 1923 Dismissal
March 14, 1923 Dismissal
January 3, 1923 Certificate

Atascadero
Arcata
Vaca ville
Elk Grove
Santa Paula
Biola
Cambria
Visalia
General Grant Park
Mill Valley
Mill Valley
Inyo.
Santa Paula
Calistoga...
San Diego
National City
Chula Vista
Aukum
Ccrooran.
Upper Lake.
Upper Lake
General Grant Park.

Toll service

11865
11872
11873
11891
12009
12008
12008
12010
12011
12030
12056
12067
12091
12197
12108
12171
12180
12:07
12244
122 11
12272
12517

A-8778
A-4319
4-8350
4-8220
C-1670
C-1677
C-1678
C 1838
C-1875
A-6997
C-1876
C-1886
A-8820
C-1891
C-1900
A-8540
A-9037
A-5793
C-1736
C-1737
C-18.30
A-7627
4-7694

Manteca Telephone Company and C, W. and M. A. Forbes
Dalicia, Temnini and Ghezzi Telephone (ompany and J. R. Fort.
California Telephone and Light Company
Sunland Rural Telephone Ormany
City of San Diego vs. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
City of National City vs. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
City of Chula Vista vs. The Pacifio Trlephone and Telegraph Company
C. F. Alsing is. Pacific Telephone and Teleg a h Company..
M. F. Patien vs. Pacifio Telephcne and Telegraph Company.
G. Guerra
G. Gowland vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Comrany.
El Monte Chamber of Commerce vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
San Joaquin Valley Telephone Cempany.
E. Heral vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
F. E. Curtis vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
T. H. Dassel
Colfax Suburban Telephone Company and Carl G. Bell.
Kerman Telephone Company
Town of Mill Valley vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
A. B. Ambler et al vg. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
F. C. Parsons and Nellie D. Parsons vs. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
H. P Harra.scn.
Reedley Telephone Company.

Manteca
Cayuces
Calistoga
Sunland.
San Diego
National City
Chula Vista
San Francisco
San Francisco
Cambria.
San Francisco
El Monte
Tranquillity
Burlingame.
Berkeley
Mcrgan Hill
Colfax.
Kerman
Mill Valley
Mill Valley
Oakland
General Grant Park.

March
March
March
April
May
Mav
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
June
June
June
June
June
June
March
August

30, 1923 | Transfer
31, 1923
31, 1923

Delivery of telegrams
4, 1923

Increase
2, 1923 Toll service
2. 1923

Toll service
2, 1923
2, 1923 Dismissed
2, 1923

Dismissed
3, 1923 Increase
8, 1923 Dismissed
9, 1923 Dismissed
18, 1923 bandonment
18, 1923 Dismissed
18, 1923 Service
4, 1923

Increase
5, 1923 Sale
13, 1923 Increase
22, 1923 Dismissed
22, 1923

Dismissed
25, 1923 Dismissed
28, 1923 Certificate
25, 1923

Legend: A=Application.

Filing=Authority to file charges, ru'es and regulations.
C-Case.
Increase--Increase in rates.

Decrease--Decrease in rates.
Sales-Sale ci rroperty.
Certificate Certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Reopening=Reorening office.
Exchange=Opening exchange.

Closing=Closing offices.
Dismissal=Proceeding dismissed.
Transfer Transfer of property.
Abandonment=Abandonment of service.

CHAPTER XII.

TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. During the last year the important work of this division included a study of a general plan of consolidation of the railroads of the United States in connection with hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission as affecting the railroads of California; and the submission of evidence at these hearings; preparation and presentation of evidence before the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with grade crossing elimination and with passenger terminal unification in the city of Los Angeles; the Los Angeles Street Railway survey; the Los Angeles Harbor Transportation Development investigation; the making of a report dealing with service and operation on the Bakersfield and Kern Railway Company, Fresno Traction Company, Rodeo-Vallejo Ferry Company and Fairfax Incline Railway Company.

GRADE CROSSINGS. A large part of the work during the year was necessarily in connection with applications filed with the Commission for the authorization of grade crossings. There were 280 such applications filed during the year as contrasted with 155 during the previous year, an increase of over eighty per cent. The largest part of this increase came in the first half of the year 1923 and, because of several resignations in the division, required more delay in handling than had previously been the case. This increase is, no doubt, largely due to the development of California, as a major portion of such applications involve the construction of grade crossings on spur tracks constructed to serve new industries or, in the larger cities, existing industries.

VALUATIONS. The following valuations of transportation properties other than steam railroads have been made by the Commission during the year. All of these valuations have been made in connection with proceedings involving rates. 1.

Rodeo-l'allejo Ferry Company-Mare Island Run (Application No. 8512). This application was presented in evidence at a hearing involving the rates from Vallejo to Mare Island. Historical reproduction cost.

$50,176 00 Historical reproduction cost, less depreciation. 2. Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway Company (Application No.

7230). A valuation upon the historical reproduction cost basis of this property was made in conjunction with the investigations into service, operations and financial conditions.

24,601 00

$558,464 00

12.062 00

$570,526 00

Operative property.
Nonoperative property

Total.

Historical reproduction cost less depreciation:
Operative property -
Nonoperative property-

$339,342 00

8,586 00

Total.

$347,928 00

3. Fresno Traction Company (Application No. 7205).

Valuation was made on the historical reproduction cost basis in con

$1,507.320
1,043,985

$172,416
132,232

Total $1.679,766

1,176,217

$18,641 00 12,026 00

nection with the resettlement franchise obtained by the railroad from the city of Fresno. The resettlement franchise was on the basis of a minimum fare rather than on the basis of division of profits as has been the usual practice and because of this feature the franchise contained provisions to the effect that a yearly adjustment of fares was to be made predicated upon current earnings. The valuation presented by the engineering department was, therefore, on the reproduction cost basis and totaled as follows:

Operative Nonoperative
Historical reproduction cost.
Historical reproduction cost, less depreciation..
4. Fairfax Incline Railway Company (Application No. 8877).

This valuation covered the operative property of the Fairfax Incline
Railway Company which consists of a funicular railway near Manor,
Marin County.
Historical reproduction cost.
Historical reproduction cost, less depreciation.

STEAM RAILROAD VALUATIONS. In accordance with the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission Act valuations of railroad properties prepared by the bureau of valuation of the Interstate Commerce Commission are submitted to the Governor of each state. As prepared by the bureau of valuation there are three reports, namely:

1. Engineering Report-An inventory and appraisal of all properties except lands. 2. Land Report-An inventory and appraisal of all lands.

3. Accounting Report-Dealing with history book cost and carnings, financial and corporate.

These reports, for both interstate and intrastate railroads, comprising a valuation of the road and equipment are referred to this Commission for attention.

Table No. 1 shows the tentative valuation figures found by the bureau of valuation for cost of "reproduction new" and "reproduction cost less depreciation" for all items of property except land and the "present value" of lands. These reports, which have been submitted to the Commission, known respectively as Engineering Reports and Land Reports, are submitted by the bureau of valuation to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the carrier concerned at the same time that they are sent to the various states.

At some later time the Interstate Commerce Commission prepared a tentative valuation, based on the findings of the bureau of valuation, which is submitted to the states and the carriers with notice that protest and request for public hearing must be given within a specified time. The tentative valuation is one figure for all the property of the carrier including, in addition to the items listed in the engineering and land reports, materials and supplies on hand and all other elements of value.

Unless protest is made the tentative value becomes the final value.
During the year tentative valuations have been received as follows:
Amador Central Railroad Company.
California Western Railroad and Navigation Company.
Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railway Company.
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company.
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Sierra Railway Company of California.

TABLE NO. 1.
VALUATION OF STEAM RAILROADS BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION-DIVISION OF VALUATION-FILED WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

AND AVAILABLE TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO JUNE 30, 1923.

Amador Central Railroad Company.
Arcata and Mad River Railroad Company.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
Bay Point and Clayton Railroad Company
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway Company
Cement, Tolenas and Tidwater Railroad Company -
Central Pacific Railway Company.
California Western Railroad and Navigation Company
Coast Line Railway-
Death Valley Railroad
Fresno Traction Company
Hanford and Summit Lake Railway Company.
Holton Interurban Railway Company.
Inter-California Railway Company.
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company
Laton and Western Railroad Company.
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company
McCloud River Railroad Company.
Minkler Southern Railway Company-
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway.
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company.
Ocean Shore Railroad Company -
Pacific Coast Railway Company.
Peninsular Railway
Porterville Northeastern Railway Company.
Quincy Western Railway
Richmond Belt Railway-
Riverside, Rialtc and Pacific Railroad Company
San Diego and Arizona Railway
San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Company

June 30, 1916
June 30, 1917
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1917
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1915
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1915
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1917
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1914
June 30, 1917
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1917
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1915
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1915
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916
June 30, 1915
June 30, 1916

11.794
14.480
853.090

8.278
451.077

1.637
1,209.888

42.660
11.904
20.405

8,505
42.287
10.481
44.369
14.732

17.569
242.739
57.711
48.502
157.327

30.688
505.319

53.628
103.252
16.253
18.309
5.89
5 044
9,858
45.648
56.362

14,542 $355,439 $286,989

$14,862 $370,301
22.991 527,862 401,609 17,231 545,193
1,431.192 *52,645,245 *45,893,056 17,678,377 *84,206,157

9.078 134,476 103,012 29,016 163,492
625.548 *17,156,850 *14,394,397 2,802,503 *19,959,353

5.342 127,472 97,390 1,560 129,032
2,014.95494,103,692*80,204,801 (a)

47.444 1,940,787 1,687,929 64,858 2,005,645
17.535 661,687 595,599 (a)
23.070 359,726 346,257

527 360,253
9.143 126,443 118,349
46.012 728,241 613,898 (a)
12.163 184,778 121,572 57,703 242,481
71.843 1,363,455 1,104,763 (a)
21.736 422,671 302,588 35,868 458,539
19.649 262,191 217.112 5,037 287,228
352.035 *9,435,273 *7,836,698 3,573,212 13,108,485
75.231 1,914,624 1,482,646 7,540 1,922,164
58.027 1,009,726 948,630 135,072 1,114,798
166.532 1,867,783 1,558,804 34,559 1,902,342

25.782 644,027 521,555 22,849 666.876
669.179 37,536,368 32,694,938 2,207,344 39,743,712

66.743 4,619,233 4,862,539
117.995 2,571,622 2,006,058 151,468 2,723,090
18.696 358,294 303,609
22.884 491,416 444,127

6.157 69,597 45,931 1,758 71,355
9.095

421,856 359,498 13.129 300,046 247,333 50,027 350,073 54.207 1,516,367 1,386,152 (a) 61.411 1,192,775. 1,031,193 16,393 1,209,168

47,689
297,360
1,047,586