Excerpt from Annual Report of the Department of Public Utilities, Vol. 1: For the Year Ended November 30, 1921 Edwin H. Fenno, Assistant Accountant of the Department, died on January 29, 1921. Mr. Fenno had been with the Department for ten years, during all of which he rendered faithful, efficient and careful service to the Commonwealth. Lewis E. Moore, Bridge and Signal Engineer of the Department, resigned his position on October 1, 1921, and his resignation was accepted by the Commission with regret. Mr. Moore left the service of the Commonwealth to enter into private practice in his profession, and he leaves a record of efficient and careful service to the State. Silas F. Waite, formerly an inspector in the police department of the city of Boston, has been appointed inspector in the Sale of Securities Division. He was transferred to this Department, temporarily, on September 1, 1921, and was permanently appointed on October 1, 1921. These are the only changes that have taken place in the personnel of the Department since the publication of the last annual report. By a rearrangement of the engineering and inspection divisions it has been found feasible to take care of the routine inspection of bridges and signals formerly carried on by Mr. Moore with no additional expense to the Commonwealth. When occasion arises requiring more official and expert knowledge than is possessed by the engineering force, it is proposed to employ the services of an expert. The above changes, it is confidently expected, will result in economy to the Commonwealth, with no impairment, of efficiency. During the twelve months ended November 30, 1921, the Commission has held 297 formal hearings, many informal hearings or conferences, and 2,955 complaints have been received and adjusted or are in process of being settled without formal hearings thereon. The decisions and orders in connection therewith will be found in the Appendix of this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.