Central Ohio Transit Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

In this case the commission ordered the Central Ohio Transit Company to desist from operating any busses except the seven-passenger busses which the original operators were actually operating on April 28, 1923. This order was entirely proper. The statutory provisions as to application, notice, and hearing apply to increases of equipment as well as to original applications to operate. Columbus Ry. Power & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, 113 Ohio St., 634, 150 N. E., 237. An increase permitted by the commission without compliance with these statutory requirements is void. Cincinnati…