BATES-Continued:

basis of continued:

(C. L. 147)

PAGE

metallic service, when furnished, rates as authorized
to become effective.....

602-603

service, value measured by number of persons reached,
switched service charge found unreasonable and
fixed

551-557

491-492

496, 578-579, 587

zones:

primary rate area, approved.

radius for service, established.

classes of service, for:

all classes, increase to cover cost of constructing
metallic lines between certain exchanges where sub-
scribers of association own and maintain their own
lines, authorized

business service:

established

521-522

.491, 495-497

increase authorized.....501-505, 506–509, 534-538, 538–541

differential too great between class where sub-
scriber owns and maintains instrument and
that where company owns and maintains in-
strument, both receiving same service, unjust
to latter class..
increase authorized...

532

.501-505, 506-509, 517-520, 538-541
572-575, 578, 586, 599-602

increase but not as requested, authorized..... . . . 532-533
jointly owned line but by agreement maintained

by company, fixed for.....

line owned and maintained in part by company,

....

..535, 536-537

535, 536-537

517-520

fixed for
stockholders owning and maintaining instruments,

increase authorized for.....

496

four-party business service available only outside
base rate area, established.....

increase authorized......501-505, 506–509, 572-575, 599-602
three- and four-party residence, established....599, 601-602

pay stations, fixed..............

private branch exchanges:

business, increase authorized....

established

hotels, in, increase authorized..

residence service:

established

492

578,587

496

579,587

491, 495 497

increase authorized...... .501-505, 506–509, 534-538, 538-541

season service, established...

switched service:

572-575, 578, 586, 599-602

496

exemption from general order fixing rates
throughout state, granted upon evidence show-
ing loss from operation at reduced rate (Okla.)
fixed....

561-562

551-557

578, 586

494

494

night letters, established..

discriminatory:

differential too great between class where subscriber
owns and maintains instrument and that where
company owns and maintains instrument, both re-
ceiving same service, unjust to latter class....
reduced rates to former stockholders, unlawful..

service connection charges (See Service Connection Charges)
unauthorized, overcharge on rural line service on ground

that subscribers were furnished more expensive instru-
ments than those in general use, unlawful, to be re-
funded (Mo.)

zones (See Rates: basis of)

RECONNECTION CHARGE. See Service Connection Charges:

reconnection.

REFUNDS:

519

504, 508
520

525-526

collections for local exchange service, from subscribers of
exchange constructed and operated without authority,
upon refund within specified time, application for cer-
tificate of convenience and necessity granted (Cal.)....

485, 490

REHEARINGS:

petition for, where no new matter presented and a differ-
ent order from that previously made would be on ground
that Commission had made improper and erroneous
order, where facts considered carefully and conscien-
tiously, dismissed (Tenn.).....

REPORT CHARGE. See Toll: rates.

569-571

533, 541

505

546

.513, 548, 560

REPORTS:

accounting, revenues and expenses, of, for specified period
ordered filed .....

operating statements, quarterly, ordered filed.

securities:

distribution of additional stock, upon, ordered filed..
record of issue and sale of, and use of proceeds,
ordered filed

RESTORATION CHARGE. See Service Connection Charges:
reconnection.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

accounting, uniform system of, to be effective from speci-
fied date, ordered...

company within rights in establishing, under which service
rendered, providing they are reasonable...

478-481

568

SALE OF PROPERTY:

conditioned on:

(C. L. 147)

certified copies of documents covering transfer of
property, filing of .....

PAGE

....

489

franchise value in excess of purchase price not to be
claimed

489

approved

connections of independent companies, to be continued

following ...

purchase price:

not measure of value for rate purposes (Cal.) . . . . . .
toll connections, unlimited, without change in rates ap-
proved following

toll lines, sale authorized..

476

.476, 486, 489, 499

486, 490

476

475–477, 482-490, 498–501

See also Securities: issue: acquisition.

SECURITIES:

bonds:

connecting company, of, acquisition authorized....
issue authorized

514-515

.510-513, 547-549

pledge as collateral not allowed without authority
(N. Y.)

547

issue:

acquisition of property, approved for....
additions and improvements, approved..
instruments, for purchase of, approved..
payment of notes, approved for.....
refunding outstanding bonds, approved for..
reimbursement of treasury, approved for..
value of property not fixed in authorizing.
working capital, to provide, approved.

par value, increase in, authorized.

discounts, various, bonds at, authorized (N. Y.)....
par:

547-548

highest price obtainable but not less than, au-
thorized (O.)

559

not less than, beside accrued interest, bonds at,

authorized (Ill.)

512

stock at not less than, authorized (Ind., Kan.)..516–517, 524

discontinuance of, on lines extended in violation of statute,
ordered (Wis.)

603-604

See also Toll: lines.

extension of, upon assurance that subscribers bears cost
of construction and maintenance of line to city limits,
ordered (Wis.) .....

591

highway emergency, by corporation not chartered as pub-

lic service company:
discussed (Pa.)......

installation of telephones by telephone company in
privately owned booths on private property adja-
cent to highway, not approved, complaint dismissed
(Pa.)
obligation to serve without unjust discrimination rec-
ognized, but company within rights in establishing
rules and regulations under which service rendered,
providing they are reasonable (Pa.)....

improvement in, ordered......

radius for (See Rates: basis of: zones)

563-567

563-568

.565-566, 568
594-595

restoration (See Toll: rates: interexchange service, free)
unsatisfactory, complaint as to, not within jurisdiction of
Commission where competing companies each operate
under city order not a franchise as required by law,
dismissed without prejudice (Mo.)....

zones (See Rates: basis of: zones)

SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES:
directory listings, established for.
disconnection, established for....
reconnection, established for..

STATE-WIDE THEORY:

exemption from general order fixing switched service rates
throughout state,, granted upon evidence showing loss
from operation at reduced rate (Okla.).....

STOCK. See Securities: stock.

STOCKHOLDERS. See Rates: discriminatory, also reduced.

542-544

492

496

496

561-562