FRIDAY MORNING TORRANCE HERALDFRIDAY, NOVEMBER

BUILDER'S GUIDETORRANCE PERSONS

AND PASTIMES'Comings, Goings

and Doings of

Folks Hereabouts

Gene Barm>tt i ts so far irapr weeks' illnt.-r :.s his homo

- ! ! ngton av^nne fd after several

ho up and about

Harry limit, y u mother, Mrs. li;.» fV«tl« Craig of Sawlelle.

and lira.Bodler's

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Mr*. Ault ShuiSK and Mr. and Mm F. O. Carruthers of F3 Sfonte wire dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. K*** of Arlinirtoo arenue.

Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Brfney and son Wallace were Sunday guests of friends in Santa Ana.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Cook were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1. P. Ook of Harbor Ctty.

C. C. Schultz of Santa Ana. toe senior member of Sennits, Peckhim & Schultz, waa a business -visitor in Torrance Thursday.

Talented little performers who took part in the recital given by Miss Juny at Redondo Beach Saturday afternoon were the Mttle mimes, Laura May Hyde and Peart Gilbert, of Vista Hiffhlanda.

Mrs. William Earte and aon Ricb- nrd, of Ixfe Angeles, were week-end guests of Mrs. Nettie Ptelnhilber of Uramercy avenue.

Ouesl.s last ww-k 01 Mr. and Mm. N. A. I<eakr were Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. I*akr of Fresno.

Mr am! Mrs. Will Weyraonh ofDelta, folo, are Rucnts this week ofMr. an«l Mrs. P. U. Briney.

Mr. .tn.l Mrs Austin llark were dinm-r guests Sunday of Mrs. CUrk's mother. Mrs. I_ W. Thomas, of Laa

Mrs Sara Clark was the guest last week of Mrs. 1. \V. Thomas at U>s Angeles,

Mr. and Mrs. Ha:ry UcManos and Calvin Overdeer w«re recent visitors to Paso Robles.

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nash have moved from Arlington avenue to Re­ dondo Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. Netoon Reeve have moved to their new home at Lawn- dale.

Misses Dorothy Howe aad Helen Reeve were visitors at Redondo Bench Sunday.

Miss Mattie Rowley of Los Angeles wms a week-end guest of her sister. Mrs. J. M. Fitihugfc, of Arlington avenue.

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RAILROAD COMMISSION TAKES JURISDICTION OVER TRUCKING COMPANIES IN HARBOR DISTRICT

Complete jurrstliction was assumed by the railroad commission over mo­ tor truck carriers operating betwo.-n Uos Anseles citj^proper and Ijns An­ geles harbor points, in a decision n n- dered November IS. The commission held that such operations constitute a transportation service over public highways not entirely within the cor­ porate limits of Ijos Angeles, ami :s r.-> entirely distinct from those of w.iter carriers by whom the shipments hauled by the motor carriers are >-c- ceived and delivered at UB» Ans^l^s harbor.

The decision was rendered by the railroad commission in proceedings brought on complaint of the Hodge Transportation system and the Los Angeles and San Pedro Transporta­ tion system against the Ashton Truck company and twelve other motor transportation companies operating between the city of Los Angeles and IXM Angeles harbor points. The com- phUnt alleged that defendants l;a.l never obtained from the railroad com­ mission certificates to conduct such operations, and had not conformed with the 'provisions of the Public Ut-lities act by filing rate schedules as required by that statute. ' The commission ordered the defendant companies to desist from their ine--al operations and to apply to the com­ mission for certificates, or to file rates and schedules within CO days of November 24, 1»°S, the effective date of the order, according to their re­ spective classification by the com­ mission.

The decision of the railroad com­ mission, which was rendered after extensive bearings by Commissioner Shore, will serve to dear up uncer­ tainty as to the commission's juris­ diction and rig-hl to regulate thest carriers.

The defendant, carriers fall within two classes, eight of them having be­ gun operations before May L. IS 17. aad thereby not being required to ob­ tain certificates from the railroad commission, but are required to fil>- tariffs of rates and schedules vith the railroad commission; and five of them who begun operations subse­ quent to Mar 1, 1917, and are re­ quired to obtain certificates to op­ erate, and to rie rates and schedules as provided by the Public Utilities act.

The commission points out in its decision that it is required by the Public Utilities act to assume juris­ diction over the operations of both these classes of mctor carriers. ho><!-

that motor truck, operations be­ tween Los Angeles proper and harbor points is necessarily conducts! over

route not entirely within the cor­ porate limits of Los Angeles, and in­ volves transportation on public high-

becausc the shipments handled oris- inate.i ;it, or were destined for, points mitsido ihr- stnto, were set aside by the commission on the ground that the truck movement Involved in these proceedings is a transportation service entirely distinct from" that of the water carriers handling the shipments in interstate commerce.

The commission, in recognition of, the enormous volume and urgency of I the Los Angeles business handled by| the defendant operators, exercised j lenience in permitting them to con- j tinue operating to a date sufficiently j far ahead to enable the carriers toj legalize their operations by making j proper applications to the commis­ sion, and to submit evidence showing that public convenience and neices-sity require their continuance.

The defendant companies who have been engaged in this traffic s:nce prior to May 1, 1917, and who accord­ ingly are not required to obtain cer- j tificates from the commission but are] required to file rates and schedules, [ are: Ashton Truck company. B. W. Belyea Truck company, California Truck company. Citizens' Truck com­ pany: Paul Kent Truck Co.. Inc.; Pioneer Truck and Transfer Co. of 1-os Angeles, Star Truck and Transfer company. Smith Bros. Motor Truck company.

The carriers whose operations were begun subsequent to May 1, 1917, and who are required to obtain certifi­ cates from the commission, as well as to file tariff rates and schedules, are: Pacific Transportation company: Scandia Truck and Transfer company,

Inc.; Carnrlchael-Skidmore corpora­ tion; Grey M, Skidmore. and Grey M. ' Skidmore, Inc.: Wade Shipping com- ! pany.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Compton and family, of Andreo avenue were Sun­ day guests of Venice friends.

Mr. and Mrs. R R. Howe of Ama- Dcla avenue entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Harshaw of Moneta.

The contentions of the defendant carriers that this traffic came under the definition of interstate commerce

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Elliott Dexter, Helen Jerome Eddy and Barbara Worth in

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James Whitcomb Riley's Immortal Poem FIGHTING BLOOD Round 8 NEW3YVENTI

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Mrs. Wallace Reid in"HUMAN WRECKAGE"

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