Show PUBLIC UTILITIES COM COMMISSION MISSION COST TOO MUCH MONEY The expense of the public utilities Hd commission is more than every ery two wo years years What for tor Twell- Twell four ty-four thousand d dollars Is IS' IS for tor sala sal rles f for r three men Judge Judge G usual usually Y tries the cases es before ero e the commission alone a use t Is is the use fth other two commissioners er- er They would seldom disagree t e with tIll the f Judge Judge His findings are arc endor endorsed d of course and these two should S be wl wa If if rs be w i t weare we fl aye are a to have the ar traIl ar all a HA Afew few years cio gu 0 ial ill o Y 1 Pennsylvania hail Ina ud lw one nEi law w judg Ju g who wh- cally dill lid nil all C it L l a Vork t tw work rk s a r i d I t tv t l laymen called 4 alde i j ts el elected In cY every ri count county Jo 1 sit t oh on on either side of or the law la w judge judger r for for fin an ornament Ine la law in one district was was' noted fo for boozing and one day when the they wei trying hying a case at Emporium the law lav fj fudge dge fell toU off olf the bench from cation the side judges picked him up p and nd set him back on the Bencha Bench benel a and dt the l law w judge exclaimed Hie this Is the first time that I even ei knew what a side judge was good for tor Well WeH what are these two extra e ex extra commissioners tra side good for If if Judge JUdge Greenwood were an ins ln- temperate ien er e man we might hayt havi Some some use for these side judges judg s o 01 OJ commissioners but as he i is a tern ter t m m man m. m and always level headed head head- 1 ed they have no use other than t tc draw v their salaries Just as we well cut t out this extra and then cut cut ut out some other frills and compel this commission to worn worK on not to J I exceed x xe e OO Q for th the biennial biennial making making a a saving of more man 30 30 00 0 Is J One way this expense could be I and should be cut down would be tb forbid the commission from having having hav hav- ing ing any ny say so about granting about granting nUng franJ franchise fran Iran J r chise s on n the public roads roads and let the r s be e fr free e They hey are the pe peoples people's roads road and there s should oula De be no mo mo- monopolies on on those hose roads That would cut out a lot of expense But there ther II not much use for tor a public utilities commission oI n at all aU Of or course It It'd d hoes Y some things and prevents ts some som some things things' b but f we we got aI along ng pretty pretty well weH 1 tor rh hundreds hundreds c ds 0 of y years a without WI without h U a any y and business sl ess experience rie ce and pr principles principles ples pies will handle most of of ot these matters matters matters mat mat- without a commissions commission the for for the commission brings brings- as ass many troubles as It cures It-cures cures but we we if must have one l let t us slut cut the expense se Lb b 4 a sensible f L. minimum L. L. L A A. A H. H i l' l 11 r |