MINUTES AND TESTIMONY

OF THE

Joint Legislative Committee

Appointed to Investigate the

Public Service Commissions.

(Authorized by Joint Resolution of January 21, 1915, and continued
by Joint Resolution of April 24, 1915; further continued by
Joint Resolution January 20, 1916 and March 6, 1916)

VOLUME I

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE MARCH 30, 1916

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

1916

NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY

JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE

FROM THE SENATE

HON. GEORGE F. THOMPSON,

Chairman

HON. ROBERT R. LAWSON,

HON. JAMES A. TOWNER,

HON. CHARLES J. HEWITT,

HON JAMES A. FOLEY,

FROM THE ASSEMBLY

HON. J. LESLIE Kincaid,

Vice-Chairman

HON. R. HUNTER MOQUISTION,

Secretary

HON. WILLIAM C. BAXTER,

HON. AARON A. FEINBERG,

HON. FREDERICK S. BURR,
HON. CHARLES D. DONOHUE,

COUNSEL TO THE COMMITTEE

HON. MERTON E. LEWIS,

Deputy Attorney-General

Committee organized at the Hotel Biltmore, New York, on

June 24, 1915.