The Wenatchee Southern--The ICC Viewpoint--Part 4

FINANCE DOCKET No. 2172

CONSTRUCTION OF LINE BY WENATCHEE SOUTHERN RY. CO.

Approved January 12, 1926

SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER

It appearing, That on July 14,1924, the commission issued its report, certificate, and order in the, above entitled proceeding, in which certificate and order it was provided that construction of the line of railroad therein authorized should be commenced on or before January 1, 1925;
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It further appearing, That by orders entered December 2, 1924, and July 1, 1925, the time for commencing construction was extended to January 1, 1926;

It further appearing, That, for good cause shown, the Wenatchee Southern Railway Company will be unable to commence the construction of said line of railroad within the period prescribed in said certificate and order, as extended, and has filed its petition praying that the time limit for the commencement of such construction be further extended for a period of one year:

It is ordered, That the time prescribed in said certificate and order, as extended, within which the Wenatchee Southern Railway Company may commence the construction of the line of railroad therein authorized, be, and it is hereby, further extended to July 1, 1926, and that the time fixed in said certificate and order for the completion of construction be, and it is hereby, extended to June 30, 1928.

It is further ordered, That the second ordering paragraph in the certificate and order issued in this proceeding on July 14, 1924, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

It is further ordered, That the Wenatchee Southern Railway Company be, and it is hereby permitted to retain for a period expiring not later than 10 years from the date said line is completed and placed in operation, but not later than June 30, 1938, all of its earnings derived from the proposed new construction in excess of the amount provided in section 15a of the interstate commerce act for such disposition as it may lawfully make: Provided, however, that this permission is granted upon the express condition, that the construction of said line of railroad shall be completed on or before
June 30, 1928.

And it is further ordered, That, except as herein modified, the certificate and order issued in this proceeding on July 14, 1924, shall remain in full force and effect.