TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

Letter of transmittal.

5

The commission.

7

Jurisdiction.

7

Service....

9

Extensions of street railway lines..

10

Rates.....

10

Certificates of authority for the issue of stock, bonds, etc.

11

Valuations....

12

Orders and opinions of commission.

12

Informal cases..

12

Formal cases.

13

Appropriation and expenditures.

13

General counsel.

15

Valuation bureau.

17

Executive departments.

21

Executive officer.

21

Office of the chief clerk..

21

Bureau of statistics and accounts.

22

Statistics and accounts..

22

Auditing the accounts of utilities.

23

Certificates of authority for the issue of stock, bonds, etc..

23

Valuations....

24

Bureau of transit and equipment inspection.

25

Service..

25

Equipment..

28

Track, line, and roadway.

29

Extensions.

29

Accidents.

30

Valuations..

30

Gas-inspection bureau.

Regulations..

35

Illuminating power.

36

Heating value..

38

Purity.

39

Pressure..

39

Meter testing..

40

Meter-testing fees..

45

Gas-main extensions.

45

Electrical-inspection bureau

48

Taxicab inspection....

49

Appendices:

Appendix A.-Orders and opinions of commission.

51

Appendix B.-Informal cases.

68

Appendix C.-Formal cases..

82

Appendix D.-Opinions of general counsel.

92

Appendix E.-Information concerning outstanding stock and bonds of

taxicab utilities, reported as of March 1913..

109

Appendix F.-Statistics from annual reports of utilities...

115

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