Public Service Commission v. State ex rel. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Wilson, J., entered July 8, 1921, reversing an order of the public service commission fixing rates for hauling logs, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
— -This is a rate making case.' The Wallace Falls Timber Company is engaged in the logging business near the town of Gold Bar, in Snohomish county, Washington. It has been in the habit of shipping its logs by the railroad of the respondent to the city of Everett, a distance of approximately 30 miles. On the 26th of August, 1920, the respondent filed with the public service commission of this state (now the department of public works) its schedule or tariff of rates for hauling logs from Gold Bar to Everett. The charge fixed was $2.27 per thousand feet, board measure, log scale. Previously the…
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