Pottsville Union Traction Co. v. Public Service Commission
Pottsville Union Traction Co. v. Public Service Commission
Opinion of the Court
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The Public Service Commission approved the application of Joseph J. Brady to operate an auto-bus line between St. Clair and Pottsville, he using one twenty-passenger bus ordinarily and an additional bus when occasion required it. The Pottsville Union Traction Company operates a trolley line betwen the same termini but over a longer route. The Pottsville & St. Clair Electric Railway Company is constructing a new trolley line practically paralleling the highway which is intended to be used by the auto-bus line.
The facts are very similar to those in Pottsville Union Traction Company v. Public Service Commission (Moyer’s Application) in which we have this day filed an opinion and it will not be necessary to repeat what we have said in that case.
We think the whole matter was within the sound discretion of the Public Service Commission. There is nothing in the testimony which would indicate that its order is unreasonable or not in conformity to law. We have
The order is affirmed. Appellants for costs,
Reference
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- Pottsville Union Traction Co. v. Public Service Commission (Brady's Application)
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- Public Service Commission — Certificate of public convenience— Auto-bus line — Street-railway company. The Public Service Commission properly exercises its discretion, in granting a certificate of public convenience for the operation of two auto-busses, where the evidence shows that the street railway company opposing the application operated a trolley line between the same termini hut over a longer route, and was constructing a new line practically paralleling the highway which was intended to he used by the auto-bus line; that over the existing line the trolley cars carried a't rush hours -more than twice their seating capacity; and tbat there was nothing to indicate that there would be unrestricted competition seriously affecting the trolley company and ultimately harming the public.