PITTSBURGH v. PA. P.U.C.


165 Pa.Super. 519 (1949)

Pittsburgh, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne X. Alpern, City Solicitor, with her John M. Marshall, Assistant City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellant.

Thomas M. Kerrigan, with him John E. Fullerton, Assistant Counsel and Charles E. Thomas, Counsel, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, appellee.

Charles K. Robinson, with him William Anderson, for Trustees, Pittsburgh Railways Company and Pittsburgh Motor Coach Company, intervenor appellees.

Maurice J. Dix, with him Prichard, Lawler, Malone & Geltz, for Jules Guggenheim et al., security holders, intervenor appellees.

R.A. Applegate, with him Rose, Eichenauer, Stewart & Rose, for C.A. Sullivan et al., intervenors.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, DITHRICH, ROSS, ARNOLD and FINE, JJ. (RENO, J., absent).


PER CURIAM, November 15, 1949:

On November 19, 1948, the Trustees of Pittsburgh Railways Company and of Pittsburgh Motor Coach Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pittsburgh Railways Company, filed new tariffs to become effective December 20, 1948. The principal changes under the proposed tariffs were to increase the basic street car fare from 10 cents to 12 cents, and the fare for through bus service from 12½ cents to 15 cents.

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