Pacific Coast Elevator Co. v. Department of Public Works of Washington
Decision Date | 22 September 1924 |
Docket Number | 18075. |
Citation | 228 P. 1022,130 Wash. 620 |
Court | Washington Supreme Court |
Parties | PACIFIC COAST ELEVATOR CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF WASHINGTON et al. |
Appeal from Superior Court, Thurston County; Wright, Judge.
Proceedings before the Department of Public Works of Washington, composed of E. V. Kuykendall, Director, and others, to establish a rate chargeable by public warehouses. From judgment of superior court affirming an order of Department establishing a rate, the Pacific Coast Elevator Company appeals. Affirmed.
C. Alex McCabe, of Pomeroy, W. A. Toner, of Walla Walla, and Wallace McCamant, of Portland, Or., for appellant.
John H Dunbar and Raymond W. Clifford, both of Olympia, for respondents.
The cause was brought on for hearing at the city of Walla Walla on August 31, 1922, of which due and timely notice was given. At this hearing certain evidence was taken, whereupon the hearing was adjourned until October 22, 1922, at which time further evidence was taken. Thereafter the department made its findings and conclusions, and on November 10, 1922, entered a general order determining and fixing the rates and charges permissible to be charged by the owners and operators of warehouses within the territory described.
The order is as follows:
warehouses:
Lamar, Dayton.
Rulo, Whitman, Pedigo.
Interior Warehouse Company .......... Lamar
Interior Warehouse Company .......... Dayton
Paul and Nat Webb ................... Berryman
Hadley Warehouse Company ............ Hadley
Northwestern Dock & Elevator Co...... Thiel
Jones-Scott ......................... Walla Walla
Jones-Scott ......................... Russells
Stanfield Grain & Warehouse Co....... Sapolil
Albert Guntley ...................... Welland
Walla Walla Farm Agency ............. Walla Walla
Walla Walla Farm Agency ............. Dixie
Walla Walla River Warehouse Co....... Walla Walla River
Preston Shaffer Milling Company ..... Waitsburg
Waitsburg Farmers' Union Warehouse
Company ............................ .
'As to all stations operated by said company.
Turner Younger Warehouse Company .... Turner
Turner Younger Warehouse Company .... Dayton
Turner Younger Warehouse Company .... Whetstone
Prescott Warehouse Company .......... Prescott
E. N. McCaw ......................... Prescott
Bolles Junction Warehouse Company ... Bolles Junction
Owsley and Case ..................... Coppei
Mrs. S. J. Corbett .................. Huntsville
Homer E. Price ...................... Huntsville
Whetstone Turner Warehouse Company .. .
As to all stations operated by said company.
Portland Flouring Mills ..............................
"As to all stations operated by said company.
Pomeroy Farmers' Union Warehouse
Company .......................... Pomeroy
N.C. Donaldson ................... Pomeroy
Hervie M. Tidwell ................. Pomeroy
F. M. Robinson .................... Pomeroy
Peder J. Bue ...................... Pomeroy
Farmers' Warehouse Association .... Asotin
O. H. Woodward .................... Dayton
Davis Mill ........................ .
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