The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
RAISES EXPECTED
IN ASSESSMENTS
State Board in Session at the
Capitol
INTEREST IN MOBILE CASE
Claim of the City to River Front Prop
critics Seems to Be Established.
other Montgomery
News.

Montgomery, February 7-(special.)-
News interest at the capitol today CEN
tiers about the meeting of the state
board of assessment. which has been in
session in the private office of State
Auditor Carmichael. Several leading rail-
road men are here today, having come
to make showings before the board In
regard to the valuations of property. 1t
will be two or three days before anything
will be given out about the schedule made
up. but the general impression is there
will be number of raises in the fig
ures over last year.
Among the representatives of roads
here are General Manager Kent of the
Chattanooga Southern: A. NJ. Tunstall,
of Greensboro; and H. W. Miller of Raj
eigh, N c., representing the Southern,
the Alabama Great Southern and the Mo-
bile and Ohio; r. e. Steiner of Montgom-
cry. for the Central of Georgia; j. NJ.
Chiffon of Montgomery, for the Atlantic
Coast Line; John V. Smith and George
w. Jones and Tax Agent Jones of this
city, for the Louisville and Nashville;
John p. Tillman, for the Seaboard Air
Line j. C. Rich of Mobile for the Mo-
bile, Jackson and Kansas City, wired that
he would be here later. The telegraph
lines and the long distance telephone
lines were also represented.
This board only assesses the main lines
and side tracks of railroads and rolling
stock, with the lines of the telegraph and
telephone companies.
Interest In Decision.
There has been much interest locally
validating the claim of the city of Mo-
bile, to certain river front properties re-
ferred to as riparian rights. Several hun
bred thousand dollars were involved in the
suits which sought to reclaim that part
of the river bank which lay between high
and low tide lines, the river there rising
and falling with the tide of the sea.
The people in possession of the property
have had 1t for years and felt secure in
their title. Claim was made some three
years ago by the city at the suggestion of
a firm of lawyers who found what they
thought a weak place in the titles. 1t
is understood that these lawyers were to
have fifty per cent of all they recov-
cred, hence they were very much interest
ed in the fight for it's possession. 1t
seems now that the question of the right
of the city to claim it has been settled
but there would seem that there is yet
no very clear title to it.
Officers of Second.
The result of the election in the Second
regiment on February as reported yes
terday by Colonel Bricken to Adjutant
General w w. Brandon, was as follows
For lieutenant colonel ]. E, Carter, Sell
ma, 81 votes, and unanimously elected.
For major, G. o. Dickey, Luverne, "a
votes; E. F. Baber, Montgomery. q votes;
fT~..- I
The first two named for major were
elected.
These officers will be ordered before
an examining board at once and be ex-
amined, when commission will issue.
Baseball Officers.
A meeting of the directors and stock
held yesterday in the office of President
Amerine. The object of the meeting was
to elect officers for the ensuing season.
All of the officers were reelected by
unanimous vote, E. P. Amerine being
elected to the presidency, and Ray Rush
ton and Ray Wilkerson being named as
vice president and secretary and treasurer
respectively. All three men have demon
strated their ability in managing the af-
fairs of the club and it is felt that the
fate of the legislators could not be in bet
ter hands.
The executive committee is composed
of the following gentlemen: e. P. AM
crime, T. j. Reynolds, Ray Rushton. The
board of directors is comprised of the fol-
lowing: e. P. Amerine, Ray Rushton,
T. ]. Reynolds B. W. Strassburger, w. III.
Ragland. B. Frank, Phares Coleman, j.
p. Pinckard and S. II. Dent.
The Gray Case.
1t is not probable that a decision in the
quo warranto proceedings of Henry B.
Gray, a minority stakeholder in the South
and North Alabama Railroad company,
will be decided before at least thirty days
have passed In the first place Judge
Sayre, by consent and application, al
lowed the attorneys on both sides OF
this suit, ten days from last Saturday in
which to file their respective briefs. This
was after these attorneys had made their
oral arguments, on last Saturday.
This case is of so much Importance and
involving some interesting and intricate
legal points, that 1t Is more than probable
that Judge Sayre will take at least twenty
days in which to consider these briefs
and formulate his decision.