The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-16
THE TAX ON WIRE
LINES INCREASED
Railroads Will Be Heard This
Week
NEGROES BADLY WANTED
Shot A. A. Logan, a White Man, While
He Held Child In Arms-The Gov
ernor Gets Hunters
License.
NEGROES BADLY WAN TED

Montgomery, April 15-(Special.)-At the
meeting of the state board of assessment
today the valuations of the wire lines
of the state, telephone and telegraph, were
increased materially Representatives OF
the companies operating the Western
Union, the Postal Telegraph-C COM
pany and the American Telephone and
Telegraph company were present. The
board members We're all present, as fol-
lows Gov. B. b. Conner, Secretary of
State Frank n. Julian, Auditor William
w Brandon Treasurer w. d. Seed and
Attorney General A. NJ. CARRIER.
The Postal company reported s56.05 miles
of poles and 5416.5 SO of wire. The board
raised the tax valuations of the poles
from $685. per mile to $50, and the wires
from $3.50 to S24 Instruments were
valued at s544O
The Western Union reported 3S11.7S miles
of poles, which We're raised from $500 to
$50, and 20,a1 miles of wire, raised from
$16 so to S24 Instruments were valued at
SIP 00i.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
company Qong distance phones) was not
raised on its poles. Last year they were
dSSeSSeu DIT ~. ~ tdtI, WHICH WOulu Hldhc
them 1872. 40 a mile, and this was not
changed The wires were raised from
$22 to $50, with instruments valued at
$15 243.50.
Roads to Be Heard.
The assessments of the Cumberland
Telephone company, the Long Distance
Telephone company and the Oak Grove
and Georgetown railroad were not made.
Other roads are to have their hearings be-
fore the board as follows:
Tuesday April 16, Alabama Central
Alabama and Mississippi, Seaboard Air
Line, Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama
Northern, and the Chattahoochee Valley.
Wednesday, April H. Atlantic Coast
Line railroad and telegraph lines, Chat
tanooga Southern, Manlstee and Repton,
1uskegee, Union Springs and Northern,
Atlanta and st. Andrews Bay.
Thusrady April Is. Western of Ala
bama and the Tallahassee and Montgom-
cry.
Friday, April 10, Louisville ana Nash
vile. Central of Georgia and the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham.
Monday, April %, Canton, Aberdeen and
Nashville.
Thursday April %. Alabama Great
bama, Warrior Southern, Southern, Bay
Shore, Woodstock and Bloeton.
Reward Offered.
For shooting A. "A. Logan, white man,
while he held his 2-year-old boy IN his
arms, three negroes, George Miner, Buck
Mallory and Austin Wallace, are very
much watned in Shelby county. To aid in
the capture the governor has offered a
reward of $50 for the arrest and convlc-
ton. of each of them.
These game wardens have been APP
pointed: Calhoun. G. ]. Bryant Lamar,
A. J. Guyton; Walker, C. c. Smith; Fay
ette p. P. Mayfied.
John Angwin of Ensley has been reap
pointed to the state board OF embalmers.
w. ]. Nesbitt of Decatur was here this
week en- route to Selma to attend the
meeting of the Junior Order of the United
Order of American Mechanics.
The organization of the Wardor River
Power and Electric company has beesll
reported to the secretary of state. 7 !,
capital stock is 100000 and the headqua :
tiers Birmingham.
The impression seems final that the body
found In the river here last Friday ds
that of f. c. Holmes. almost a stranger
in the city. He recently came here from
Richmond, S. c., and worked as a car
penter
Governor Gets License.
Gov b. b. Conner saw Game Commits
soner John IL. Wallace today and Sc
cured state license to hunt and fish
and then went over the river for an hours
sport with the gun and dogs.
Adiutant General Bib Graves has re-
ceived notice from the war department at
Washington that he will be allowed to
take to the coast defense practice two
companies of coast artillery reserves and
two or artillery supports to Fort Moultrie
for summer practice.
This will give General Graves oppor-
tunity to take the artillery and the cav
airy both. While there are four artillery
companies there is really not more than
enough men for two companies. The
same thing is so of the cavalry. Hence
as the reserves he can take the artillery
and as supports the cavalry