The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-27
ASSESSMENTS MADE
 FOR PRESENT YEAR
Figures However Are Not Yet
 Available
COURT REPORT IS READY
Charles Henderson of Troy Spends a Few Hours at the CapitoI-Other News of the Capital
 City.


 The state board of assessment has fin
 ished it's work for the year 1906 and ad- | journed Though the figures are all made up it will take the clerk two or three
 days to get them in shape and they can
 not be secured in detail just yet. The | board has to do with the main lines, sid
 ings and rolling stock of the railroads
 the telegraph and telephone lines. leav- | ing the depots. tanks and section houses, with the instruments of the telegraph
 and telephone companies to the counties. After the meeting it was said that the
 members of the board agreed that the
 assessment of this class of property is as 1 high now as property of any kind in any
 county in the state
 | The assessment of last year was total | of a little less than fifty-four million
 dollars. while it will go to 5S,30O0OO this l year. The total assessment for the whole l state last year was $344, 100000, showing
 that the railroad charge for this year 1 is more than one-sixth of the entire
 amount for last year. The raises this , year have been general some lines get l ting as high as $l500 a mile. The Louis vile and Nashville, from Mobile to 1 Athens, was increased Sl000 a mile, the 1 Alabama Great Southern as much as $500
 
 Ohio about $1200. There was only about sixty miles of new track in the assess ment from last year, so that 1t Is seen that the increases are considerable upon the old lines.
 Supreme Court Report Ready. The one hundred and forty-first Ala
 bama report of the supreme court is just
 out, the first one for nearly a year. It is usual that there are at least three each year. but this one was delayed far by the time it ought to have been is-
 sued The next two, 142 and 143 are in course of preparation and will soon be
 issued. The new reporter, MT. Lawrence Lee, has his office in the capitol and is hard at work on the decisions as fast as they come from the court. c. P. Stowe, captain, has been com
 missioned by the adjutant general te
 command Company H, Second regiment
 at Opellka. E. E. Gibson has been com missioned as second lieutenant of Com
 pany K, Second regiment at Tuskegee.
 The members of the alumni of the Uni versity of Alabama, residents in Mont
 gomery, will meet Wednesday night next
 at the rooms of the Commercial club to form a local association There are about
 one hundred and fifty here, many of
 whom are leaders in the state as well as the city.
 During the recess of the supreme court
 Justices Denson and Tyson are spending the time at home. Chief Justice Weak ley is in Birmingham, and the rest of the court are here.
 Henderson Confident. Among the visitors to the city today was Charles Henderson of Troy candi- date for associate railroad commissioner, and one of the well known business men of the state. He dropped in on the capi- tol crowd and spent few moments with his fellow townsman, Chief Clerk W. F. Beard of the convict departemnt MT. Henderson says that he is being encour- aged to believe that he will be elected by men from all sections of the state. It has been said, one hears, that North Alabama feels kindly to him and will give him help, in return for strength thrown to w. E. Skeggs of Decatur, also an aspirant for the same kind of honors.
 It is said of MT. Henderson that while he is a Conner sort of fellow as regards rates and railroad legislation he is very conservative and safe when 1t comes to matters of business. On his card he says "The transportation companies that are sustained In our state by the product of our toll should in return give full bene- fit by transporting the products of our fields to and from our own ports and other trade centers as cheaply, at least, as the products brought from other states"
 New Corporations.
 These new corporations have been re- ported to the Secretary of State:
 Lineville Development Co.,, Linevlle, capital $25,0O0. Incorporators, c. A. Mat tison, c. G. Kershaw and D. L.. Lewis.
 The object is to promote town in Line
 vile. which is at the end of the new
 Eastern Alabama railroad.
 w. M Carney Mill O., Atmore, capital
 s1OO00. Incorporators, H. H. Patterson of
 Mobile; Alice c. Peavy, Atmore; Laura C. Bruce, Brooklyn, N. T., Harriet c.
 Patterson, Mobile. A general saw milling
 and lumber business is to be carried on.
 Mobile Ball Co.,. Mobile capital s5O00.
 Incorporators c. C. Briggs, c. c. Colson,
 H. T. Hartwell, w. H. Arlington. The
 object Is to promote and maintain ball
 teams and athletic associations. Union Trust company, Birmingham,
 capital s50.000. Incorporators. Ben T. John
 son. J. R. Beavers and J. T. Stakely
 Columbia Naval Stores company, Colum-
 bia. Ala. capital s5000. Incorporators, J. S. Sherman, o. H. Sheffield, W. A. Shef- field, T. E. Sheffield.
 Minor Appointments. The following minor appointments have been made by the governor: Commissioner of deeds for Alabama, resident in Pennsylvania, Francis E. Fair man, Pfttsburg.
 Justices of the peace H. w. Nabers. Gurnee; Robert Estes, Epes; w. J. Daniel Oakland.
 Constable T. M. Patterson, Florence. Notaries public, H. H. Martin Havana; w. M Gormley Paint Rock; w. E. Browning, Tyler; E. H. Holden. Birming ham.
 Notary public and justice of the peace, | c. P Robinson, Pell City. ucation and William F. Feagin. secretary | of the State Educational Board of Ex- aminers, leave tonight for Louisville, Ky, to attend the meeting of the city superin- | tendents of the United States. Secretary of State E. R. McDavid is attending Mardi Gras festivities in Mo bile and New Orleans
 Death of John B. Goode. Tn the death of John B. Goode, which occurred yesterday morning at his rooms, 406 South Hull street, Montgomery loses one of it's oldest and most esteemed cit izens. He was "A years old; and was born reared and lived all his honorable and useful life in Montgomery. He leaves three sons. MT. Goode was a skillful pen man and bookkeeper, and when the cele- l brated ordinance of secession was passed by the Confederate Provisional Congress, Mir Goode was employed to engross that l instrument on parchment It is a work of art, and can be seen in the depart nauf of arcbtyQ9 a the state capitol.