Pittsburgh Railways Co. v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 243
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 234

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Carriers—Bates—Change of rates — Posting and publication — Public Service Commission — Act of July 26, 1918, P. L. 187k-</p> <p>A street railway company which files with the Public Service Commission a schedule of a change of rates, does not comply with the provisions of paragraph seven of See. 1 of Art. II, of the Act of July 26, 1913, P. L. 1314, requiring that no change in any tariff or schedule shall be effective, except after thirty days’ notice to the commission and to the public, “posted and published” in the manner required with respect to original tariffs, if it appears that the schedule of the change was deposited in the different stations in rooms occupied by employees of the company, but to which the public did not resort, and notices were posted in stations, car barns or other places to which passengers did resort, informing them that information of the rates would be furnished them on request.</p>