The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-10
TO CONTINUE SUITS
BOARD OF REVENUE DECLINES
 TO DROP LITIGATION.
County Attorney Instructed to Take Gases Against Traction Com pany and Seaboard Line to
 Supreme Court.

The Board of Revenue of Montgomery county at it's regular weeklYmeetlBg;Scs- terday refused to drop the suits pending in the equity division of the City Court of Montgomery. and in the. Chancery Court. against the Montgomery Traction Company and the Seabodrd Air Line Railroad.
 Counsel for the Montgomery Traction Company appeared before tho board in the interest of having the ease against his clients dropped. The litigation is in the nature of a i1oton to dismiss the injunction of the Montgomery Traction Company. against the county tearing up the track of this company on the CNten- sion of Perry street. over which highway the franchise of the street ra a'lwny had been revoked on complaint of citizens of that neSnEorhCod on grounds of the company failing to comply with the terms of it's franchise. The motion to dissolve was recently uvcrruled by Cham cellor w. l.. Parks.
 The suit against the Se1b0ard Air Line grew out of alleged instructions nu the Lewor Wetumpka road.
 The board refused to dismiss the cases and instructed the county attorney that If necessity required it. to carry the liti- gatiOn to the Supreme Court of Alabama. It was announced that the new trac- tion engine for road making, which is tn be tried by the Board of Revenue, as prospective purchasers. is in Montgomery and ready for trial. As soon as the cu- ! zine can he transported to tho Wire road. where work is now being done by Inc county tCams. trial wni be made J w. Miller. county bri lgc builder, and r. w. Stacey. county road oNCrSrCr. have been appointed to report the engine x efficiency to the board.
 On motion of Dr. Thomas Duncan. it
 Has decided to divide the teams of Over seer Stacey into several divisions for load work this winter. instead of keeping the i entire outtit in the sumo locality The committee, comp"e ed If NJ H lIoughton. w. NJ. Hudson and W p. Brown, appointed tn invo vostigHtr the gray ol pits at Cantelou's about eleven mics, from Montgomery and the cou2ty gravel ait about q half mlc distant reported that they had visited the pits Hnl con sidered the advisability of having q spur rack I'uilt to the county pit. No definite
 Cport Was made.
 Tne following fnan"ial statement Was made by Westcott. clerk of the board. of the county'i expenditures dur ing the past week:
 salary of county officers ......,....$ 1JO OC
 lr!"o"s criminal division, city
 court .......... ................,. ... .S0 uJ ifdliffS criminal divisi.n city court. [, uf
 lumb' and labor, Line Creek
 bridge ............ ....,... ..,.....,.. 70 it , Salary of bridge builder for De- | tohcr ........ ........................ I5l Ce ! salary ". II. Rives, county official
 for October ........... .............. 75 cr
 Feed for October w. II. RvcH
 county outfit ......... ............. 13ee @l
 Pay roll. October. w, H. Rives , county outfit ........... ............. 3a2 j. Flow points and sundrles - m
 Feed Tor October. T. w. Stacey ll7 q Salary superintendent of precinct ld .'..,.,. ..........''.''' '''''''''-' l9 ~
 Amount paid Tor mule by broken
 county bridge ....... ............. lCU o(
 rcad, ................... 9,a O i F:x -ofiicio fee. David Johnson 50 O' 1 Donations to City Inhrmary and Hale InhrmarY ............ ....... 6 Repairs grate county jail .....'...... 1l | Towel Supply Co. october Military ........ .....'''''''.''''''''' -' IOtdl ........ ...'s-''''' '"A'''' ~ The board adjourned to meet again next f.pnddy.