TABLE NO. 32.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light Corporations Named Therein

the Casualties, Classified as to Employees and Others, for the Year Ended De-

cember 31, 1917. The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as Follows:

0-None.

.....

TABLE NO. 33.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein the Total Amounts of Assets, of Liabilities and of Surplus, on

December 31, 1917, and the Total Amount of Gross Income, the Deductions

from Gross Income and the Net Income from the Operations of the Year Ended

December 31, 1917, and the Increases or Decreases from the Preceding Year....

TABLE NO. 34.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein the Total Amount of Assets, the Total Amount of Liabilities and

the Surplus on December 31, 1917, and the Classification of Such Assets and

Liabilities...

PAGE

599

601

602-602

TABLE NO. 35.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein the Amount of Gross Income from All Sources, the Deductions

from Gross Income, the Net Income, the Appropriations from Net Income and

the Surplus from the Operations of the Year Ended December 31, 1917.........604-605

TABLE NO. 36.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein the Total Funded Debt and Capital Stock Outstanding on December

31, 1917 (Exclusive of Such Funded Debt and Capital Stock as are Held by the

Issuing Corporation), the Rate Per Cent. and Dates of Payment of Interest on

Funded Debt, and the Rate Per Cent. and Amount of Dividends Declared on

Capital Stock..

TABLE NO. 37.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein Various Operating Statistics for the Year Ended December 31, 1917.

The Characters Shown in This Table Indicate as Follows: 0-None; *-Absence

of Required Figures..

TABLE NO. 38.-Showing for Each of the Electric Light and Gas Corporations

Named Therein the Casualties Occurring During the Year Ended December 31,

1917. The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as Follows: 0-None.....

TABLE NO. 39.-Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein the

Total Amounts of Assets, of Liabilities and of Surplus, on December 31, 1917,

and the Total Amount of Gross Income, the Deductions from Gross Income and

the Net Income from the Operations of the Year Ended December 31, 1917. The

Character Shown in This Table Indicates as Follows: -Absence of Required

Figures...

TABLE NO. 40.--Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein the

Total Amount of Assets, the Total Amount of Liabilities, the Total Amount of

Surplus on December 31, 1917, and the Classification of Such Assets and Liabilities.

The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as Follows: *-Absence of Re-

quired Figures.

TABLE NO. 41.-Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein the

Gross Income from All Sources, the Deductions from Gross Income, the Net

Income, the Appropriations from Net Income and the Surplus from the Operations

of the Year Ended December 31, 1917. The Characters Shown in This Table In-

dicate as Follows: 0-None; *-Absence of Required Figures...

TABLE NO. 42.-Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein the

Total Funded Debt and Capital Stock Outstanding on December 31, 1917 (Exclusive

of Such Funded Debt and Capital Stock as are Held by the Issuing Corporation),

the Rate Per Cent. and Dates of Payment of Interest on Funded Debt, and the

Rate Per Cent. and Amount of Dividends Declared on Capital Stock.........

607

608-609

610

611

612-613

611-615

617

TABLE NO. 43.-Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein Various

Statistics Relating to the Supply and Service of the Same, for the Year Ended

December 31, 1917. The Characters Shown in This Table Indicate as Follows:

0-None; *-Absence of Required Figures...

TABLE NO. 44.-Showing for Each of the Water Corporations Named Therein the

Casualties, Classified as to Employees and Others, Occurring During the Year

Ended December 31, 1917. The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as

Follows: 0-None.......

TABLE NO. 45.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

Named Therein the Total Amounts of Assets, of Liabilities and of Surplus, on

December 31, 1917, and the Total Amount of Gross Income, the Deductions from

Gross Income and the Net Income from the Operations of the Year Ended Decem-

ber 31, 1917, and the Increases or Decreases from the Preceding Year.

TABLE NO. 46.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

Named Therein the Total Amount of Assets, the Total Amount of Liabilities and

the Surplus on December 31, 1917, and the Classification of Such Assets and

Liabilities..

PAGE

618-619

620

621

.622-623

TABLE NO. 47.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations
Named Therein the Gross Income from All Sources, the Deductions from Gross
Income, the Net Income, the Appropriations from Net Income and the Surplus
from the Operations of the Year Ended December 31, 1917........

TABLE NO. 48.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

Named Therein the Total Funded Debt and Capital Stock Outstanding on December

31, 1917 (Exclusive of Such Funded Debt and Capital Stock as are Held by the

Issuing Corporation), the Rate Per Cent. and Dates of Payment of Interest on

Funded Debt and the Rate Per Cent. and Amount of Dividends Declared on

Capital Stock..

.

624-625

627

TABLE NO. 49.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

Named Therein Various Operating Statistics for the Year Ended December 31,

1917. The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as Follows: 0-None.....628-629

TABLE NO. 50.-Showing for Each of the Telephone and Telegraph Corporations

Named Therein the Casualties, Classified as to Employees and Others, for the

Year Ended December 31, 1917. The Character Shown in This Table Indicates as

Follows: 0-None..

631

TABLE NO. 51.-Showing for Each of the Express Corporations Named Therein the

Amount of Assets on December 31, 1917, and the Classification of Such Assets. .632-633

TABLE NO. 52.-Showing for Each of the Express Corporations Named Therein the

Amount of Liabilities on December 31, 1917, and the Classification of Such Lia-

bilities.....
......634-635

TABLE NO. 53.-Showing for Each of the Express Corporations Named Therein the
Income Account for the Year and the Profit and Loss Account on December 31,
1917...

TABLE No. 54.-Showing for Each of the Express Corporations Named Therein the

Operating Revenue for the Year Ended December 31, 1917, and the Distribution

Thereof..

.636-637

.638-639

TABLE NO. 55.-Showing for Each of the Express Corporations Named Therein the

Operating Expenses for the Year Ended December 31, 1917, and the Distribution

Thereof.....

.640-641

PAGE

TABLE No. 56.-The Pullman Company. Comparative General Balance Sheet-

December 31, 1917.....

642

TABLE NO. 57.-The Pullman Company. Showing the Income Account for the Year

and the Profit and Loss Account on December 31, 1917...

613

TABLE NO. 58.-The Pullman Company. Showing the Operating Revenues and the

Auxiliary Revenues and Expenses for the Year Ended December 31, 1917......

644

TABLE NO. 59.-The Pullman Company. Showing the Operating Expenses for the

Year Ended December 31, 1917, and the Distribution Thereof

645

TABLE NO. 60.-The Pullman Company. Showing Certain Statistics and Operating

Revenue and Expense Averages and Comparisons....

647

TABLE No. 61. Showing for Each of the Corporations Named Therein the Amount

of Assets, the Amount of Liabilities and the Surplus on December 31, 1917, and

the Classification of Such Assets and Liabilities.....

648-649

TABLE NO. 62.-Showing for Each of the Corporations Named Therein the Gross

Income from All Sources, the Deductions from Income and the Net Income from

the Operations of the Year Ended December 31, 1917...

650-651

Report of the Public Service Commission for the year ending December 31, 1918, is herewith respectfully submitted, as required by the Act creating said Commission.

CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION

Upon the expiration of the term of Mr. E. Clay Timanus, Commissioner, Mr. James C. Legg was appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Legg qualif.ed on July 15, 1918, and at once took up the duties of the office. Mr. Timanus' wide acquaintance, together with his clear knowledge of the business affairs and needs of the State, served to make him a valuable member of the Commission, and his uniform geniality and consideration operated to endear him to the entire personnel of the Commission.

On October 1, 1918, Mr. Osborne I. Yellott resigned as Assistant General Counsel of the Commission, which office he had filled since February 17, 1913. By both temperament and training Mr. Yellott was eminently qualified to perform the manifold duties which devolved upon him by reason of his office, and as he was also an indefatigable worker his loss was keenly felt by the Commission. Mr. Yellott was retained by the Commission as special counsel in the complaint of the Public Service Commission vs. The United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore, Case No. 1583, involving the reasonableness of the increase of one cent in all fares inaugurated by the railways company on October 1, 1918, hearings in which case were started on November 18 and arguments therein concluded on December 19. Mr. Joseph S. Goldsmith was appointed by the General Counsel of the Commission to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Yellott's resignation and took the oath of office on October 7, 1918.

Mr. Charles E. Phelps, Jr., who had been Chief Engineer of the Commission since shortly after its organization, recently tendered his resignation to the Commission and same was accepted by the Commission, with regret, to become effective the first of January. Before Mr. Phelps' resignation had become effective he was taken ill and died on December 23. During his more than eight years' service with the Commission Mr. Phelps carried on much important work for the Commission, particularly in connection with numerous valuation proceedings, and his professional ability and integrity were always of the highest order. The Commission has not yet appointed Mr. Phelps'

successor.

During the year four employees of the Commission have resigned in order to enter the military and naval service of the nation, making in all six former employees of the Commission so engaged at the present time.

GENERAL WORK OF THE COMMISSION

During the year 1918 a large number of questions have been presented to the Commission for adjudication.

Cases were docketed during the year as follows:

Including cases entered in previous year and remaining open on the Commission's docket on January 1, 1918, 225 cases were closed during the year.