Rossomagno, Frank, In the matter of the complaint of, against The
Bronx Gas and Electric Company as to alleged refusal to furnish
electric service to the premises No. 1653 Barnes avenue in the borough
of The Bronx, New York city.

Electric service extension of wires for domestic use - method
of adjusting cost of extension

Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin Railroad Company, In the matter of
the hearing on the application of, for an order granting permission
to put into effect after five days' notice and publication a tariff sched-
ule increasing the local cash fare of the company from three cents to
four cents.

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Street railways - when increase of fare cannot be based upon a
prospective increase in wages. - failure to sustain burden of
proof under section 29 of the Public Service Commissions Law.. 15

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

SECOND DISTRICT

American Railway Express Company, In the matter of discontinuance of
Sunday pick-up and delivery service of, and limitation of pick-up serv-
ice on week days to five o'clock P.M. in the city of Buffalo.

Express companies - rule eliminating Sunday pick-up service com-
mended and sustained rule limiting week day pick-up service
to 5 p. m. sustained....

Blevins, Walter J., In the matter of the petition of, under the Trans-
portation Corporations Law, for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity for the operation of a stage route by auto busses in the city
of Glens Falls (it being also proposed that the route shall be operated
to the hamlet of Bolton Landing, Warren county).

Stage line-certificate of convenience and necessity denied to
competitor

Boston & Maine Railroad-United States Railroad Administration,
In the matter of practice of, with respect to employees in charge of
locomotives (under steam) which are being towed by another loco-
motive alone or in a train.

Railroads manning of engines towed under steam..

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Company, In the matter of the com-
plaint, under sections 71 and 72 of the Public Service Commissions
Law, of consumers of gas in the city of Newburgh, against, as to
increase in price charged for gas. Also complaint of the company (in
its answer) asking that the increased price be sustained.

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160

157

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Company, In the matter of the com-
plaint, under sections 71 and 72 of the Public Service Commissions
Law, of purchasers of gas in the city of Newburgh, against, as to
former price charged for gas; increase in price for gas; and as to
'illuminating power, purity or pressure" of gas furnished. Also com-
plaint of the company (in its answer) asking that the increased price
be sustained.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Company, In the matter of the com-
plaint, under sections 71 and 72 of the Public Service Commissions
Law, of purchasers of gas in the city of Poughkeepsie, against, as to
increase in price of gas; and as to former price. Also complaint of
the company (in its answer) asking that the increased price be sus-
tained.

Gas companies - return of 7 per cent on investment reasonable -
increase of rate to consumers from $1.25 to $1.50 per 1,000 cubic
feet sustained

Columbia and Rensselaer Telephone and Telegraph Company, In the
matter of the complaint of Edgar Rowe, of Nassau, Rensselaer county,
against, as to charge made him, in addition to the regular monthly
rate, for certain telephone calls.

Telephone rates
Rep. 188

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- order of April 1, 1919, modified. 19 State Dept.

Corning, In the matter of the complaint under sections 71 and 72, Public
Service Commissions Law, of George W. Lane, as Mayor of, against
Crystal City Gas Company as to proposed increase in price of natural
gas furnished customers.

Jurisdiction - lack of authority of Commission over foreign corpo-
ration producing natural gas in sister State Commission can-
not discriminate between different classes of consumers as to
rates

Empire State Railroad Corporation, In the matter of the petition (or
complaint) of, for consent to increase certain passenger fares in and
between Syracuse and Oswego and intervening points.

Interurban fare increases

Fitzgibbons, John, Legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen of the State of New York, In the matter of the com-
plaint of, against United States Railroad Administration; New York
Central Railroad (Wallkill Valley Railroad) alleging violations of the
Full Crew Law (section 54-a, Railroad Law).

Railroads -section 54-a of the Railroad Law does not apply to a
railroad of less than fifty miles in length under lease to a trunk
line and operated as a branch to the main line....

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Friedman, Jacob H., of New York city, In the matter of the complaint of,
against A. S. Burleson, Postmaster-General, and New York Telephone
Company, as to discontinuance of telephone service; alleged over-
charges.

Telephone companies - dispute as to toll charges-discontinuance
of service

Jamestown, City of, In the matter of the complaint of, against Warren
and Jamestown Street Railway Company and Jamestown Street Rail-
way Company, as to proposed discontinuance of issuance of transfers
between the railways of said companies.

Jamestown Street Railway Company, In the matter of the petition of,
under subdivision 1, section 49, of the Public Service Commissions
Law, and section 181, Railroad Law, for permission to increase pas-
senger fare in the city of Jamestown; also as to filing passenger tariff
on short notice.

Street railways - increase of fare allowed..

New York and Stamford Railway Company, In the matter of the petition
of, under section 53, Public Service Commissions Law, for approval of
the exercise of rights under amendments to certain franchises of said
company from municipalities; also as to filing passenger tariff on short
notice.

Street railways-new zoning system and increase of fares ap-
proved

New York Central Railroad, In the matter of the petition of the United
States Railroad Administration, as to changes at Akron Falls and
Pembroke Stations.

Application for leave to employ caretaker at station instead of
agent denied
economy in management - the rights and the
conveniences of the public must be considered as of first impor-
tance

New York Central Railroad (Wallkill Valley Railroad), United States
Railroad Administration, In the matter of the complaint of John Fitz-
gibbons, Legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen of the State of New York, against, alleging violations of
the Full Crew Law (section 54-a, Railroad Law).

Railroads section 54-a of the Railroad Law does not apply to a
railroad of less than fifty miles in length under lease to a trunk
line and operated as a branch to the main line...

Niagara Falls, In the matter of the complaint of George W. Whitehead,
as Mayor of the city of, against Niagara Falls Gas and Electric Light
Company, as to gas rates and as to service.

Gas rates temporary adjustment at one dollar and ninety cents
per 1,000 cubic feet less fifteen cents for prompt payment pend-
ing reorganization of company...

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Patchogue Electric Light Company, In the matter of the complaint of,
against North Shore Electric Light and Power Company, alleging that
the last named company is unlawfully constructing electric lines.

Electric light companies - petition of complainant under section
74 of the Public Service Commissions Law granted.

Rensselaer Falls, Village of, St. Lawrence county, In the matter of the
complaint of residents of, against United States Railroad Administra-
tion - New York Central Railroad- asking that the station be kept
open longer hours.

Increase of wages of station agent no excuse for curtailing service
at railroad station

Rowe, Edgar, of Nassau, Rensselaer county, In the matter of the com-
plaint of, against Columbia and Rensselaer Telephone and Telegraph
Company, as to charge made him, in addition to the regular monthly
rate, for certain telephone calls.

Rutland Railroad Company, In the matter of the petition of, under sec-
tion 54 of the Railroad Law, as amended by chapter 564 of the Laws of
1915, for consent to the discontinuance of its Woods Falls Station,
Clinton county. Renewal of petition - United States Railroad Admin-
istration.

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86

114

Discontinuance of freight service conditionally allowed.......... 52
Sag Harbor, Village of, In the matter of the complaint of trustees of,
against Long Island Gas Corporation, as to proposed rates for gas.

Gas companies - increase in rates allowed...

Saratoga Springs, In the matter of the complaint, under sections 71 and
72, Public Service Commissions Law, of the Mayor of the city of,
against Adirondack Electric Power Corporation as to prices for gas
furnished the public in said city.

Increase of gas rates allowed for limited period......

Schenectady Railway Company, In the matter of the passenger tariff
filed by, designated as its P. S. C., 2 N. Y., No. 22, proposing increased
fares, rates, charges, etc.

Schenectady Railway Company, In the matter of the petition (or com-
plaint) of, under subdivision 1, section 49, Public Service Commissions
Law, and section 181, Railroad Law, for permission to increase certain
passenger fares.

Trolley roads - interurban rates-power of Commission to regu-
late when system should not be treated as a unit..

...

121

Schenectady Railway Company, In the matter of passenger tariff filed
by, designated as its P. S. C.-2 N. Y.- No. 22, proposing increased
fares, rates, charges, etc.

Schenectady Railway Company, In the matter of the petition (or com-
plaint) of, under subdivision 1 of section 49 of the Public Service
Commissions Law and section 181 of the Railroad Law, for permission
to increase certain passenger fares.

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South Corinth, Saratoga county, In the matter of the petition of United
States Railroad Administration - Delaware and Hudson Railroad-
for consent to the discontinuance of services of agent at said station.
Application denied - opinion in "Petition of United States Rail-
road Administration, Boston & Maine Railroad, to discontinue
the Wayville and Reynolds stations," 19 State Dept. Rep. 206,
followed

United States Railroad Administration - Delaware and Hudson Railroad,
In the matter of the petition of, for consent to the discontinuance of
services of agent at the South Corinth station on said railroad.
Application denied - opinion in "Petition of United States Rail-
road Administration, Boston & Maine Railroad, to discontinue
the Wayville and Reynolds stations," 19 State Dept. Rep. 206,
followed

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United States Railroad Administration - Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad, In the matter of the complaint of the residents of
Washington Mills, Chadwicks, Willowvale, Sauquoit, Clayville, Cass-
ville and Waterville, Oneida County, against, asking for better passen-
ger train service between said points and the city of Utica, particularly
a late train at night from Utica.

Passenger train service. convenience of public discontinued
train restored ...

Watertown, In the matter of the petition of the mayor and common
council of the city of, under section 91 of the Railroad Law, for an
order determining that the Court street grade crossing of the New York
Central Railroad in said city shall be changed to an over-crossing.

119

133

133

95

Order of May 10, 1917 (13 State Dept. Rep. 184), modified by
reason of cost of doing the work having increased fifty per cent. 165

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Bathrick, Merritt H., In the matter of the appeal of, from the failure of
district No. 19, town of Rome, Oneida county, to provide academic
instruction for his son.

Academic instruction - apportionment of cost of tuition in neigh-

boring district

172