Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,.

Appellant acquired the property and facilities of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in the City of Johnstown in 1938. The two companies had been in active competition in supplying local telephone service throughout the area by means of manually operated exchanges. In merging .the two local systems appellant erected a new central office and exchange building and installed new equipment changing the service from manual to automatic dial operation. In addition, it incorporated into the new system an automatic cut-off device — standard equipment developed and…