Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 100 Wash. 329
• 170 P. 1014
• 5 A.L.R. 30
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 741

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads — Passenger Service — Regulation. Au order by tbe public service commission requiring a change in street car service for tbe sole purpose of avoiding inconvenience of a transfer by residents of an outlying district is unwarranted where it appear? tbat it would require a track expense of over $7,000 and an annual increase in operating expenses of $14,000 and would be unwise from tbe point of safety, there being no showing tbat tbe present service was inadequate; as tbe expense should be considered and tbe necessities of tbe public distinguished from mere convenience.</p> <p>Ellis, C. J., Holcomb, Main, and Webster, JJ., dissenting.</p>