Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Baldrige, P. J.,

The City of Pittsburgh petitioned the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to issue an order or ruling authorizing the Pittsburgh Railways Company and several local bus companies operating public conveyances within its territorial limits, to allow all members of the armed forces of the United States, when in uniform, to ride free of charge on all their conveyances, for the duration of the present war. The commission, after due consideration, dismissed the petition in an order stating that the reason for its action was that if the authorization was approved it would…