Excerpt from Department Reports of the State of New York, 1919, Vol. 20: Containing the Decisions, Opinions and Rulings of the State Officers, Departments, Boards and Commissions and Messages of the Governor New York Railways Company, In the matter of the application of Job E. Hedges, as receiver of, with respect to the sufficiency of the maximum rates and fares chargeable upon the system of said company, and for an order authorizing a charge of three cents for transfers thereon and determining that the resulting charges are just and reasonable. Street railways charge of two cents for transfers reasonable. Richmond Light and Railroad Company, In the matter of the hearing on the motion of the Commission as to the lawfulness and reasonable ness of a provision of the schedule for electric service of, relative to the charge for installing and removing an electric meter on premises to be occupied for less than one year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department Reports of the State of New York, 1919, Vol. 18: Containing the Decisions, Opinions and Rulings of the State Officers, Departments, Boards and Commissions, and Messages of the Governor The State owns the bed of these streams and controls the powers therein, subject only, to the paramount right of the Federal Government to utilize the same in the interest of navigation. There are, besides, many inland rivers capable of providing a vast quantity of power under proper regulation and development. The bed of many of these streams likewise belongs to the State in virtue of its original or riparian ownership, and therefore, the State controls the power possibilities therein. The State also owns a large amount of power produced by the construction of its Canal system. This is likewise available for the needs of the State, subject of course, to the use of the water for the purpose of navigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from State of New York, Thirteenth Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Second District, Vol. 1: For the Year Ended December 31, 1919 As in previous years, the main duty of this division has been to exercise supervision over the accounting practices of public utility companies in so far as it is practicable to do so by an examination and criticism of their annual reports, and to prepare abstracts from these reports for the information of the public. The reports have been used both by the public and the Com mission more than ever before, and the information contained in them has proved of very great value for the just decision of the numerous rate cases that have resulted from attempts of the utilities to maintain their net income in the face of rapidly rising costs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.