The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-08
All Is Ready.

All Is ready for the opening of the legis-
lature tomorrow at noon, at which time
DR.. r. NJ. Cunningham, lieutenant gov
ernor, will call the senate together, and
Speaker A. M. Tunstall will perform the
same service for the house. After that
the new members will be sworn in and q
committee appointed on seats, following
which will come adjournment until
Wednesday,
On Wednesday the count of the last
election will be counted and the officers
of the two houses elected The caucus
will not be held until Tuesday night. The
candidates now, save for the minor Of
fees, ne r. T. Goodwin and w. l.. Mar
tin, both of Montgomery, for speaker;
Perry Thomas of Barbur, for president
protein of the senate. Cyrus Brown of
Jefferson county is candidate for clerk
of the house, and J. A. Kyle for secre-
tary of the senate.
The capitol has been put in ship shape
for the reception of the legislature, both
the halls being cleaned and fitted out
with carpets and newly painted. The i'm
provements which have been going on for
some time are complete practically and
there is a general air of cleanliness about
the whole situation. This is very crafty
ing to the governor who has worked very
hard to bring it about.
The hotels and boarding houses of the
here for the sessions and they are already
becoming accustomed to their temporary
surroundings Many of the members of
the two houses are boarding at private
houses.
Henderson President
b. B. Conner presided over the deiber-
atoms of the Alabama railroad commission
the last time today, when the January
term was held with all the members pres
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stated that he would appoint Charles
Henderson president between now and the
February session, and that the latter
would take his place as the chairman at
that time.
The meeting was harmonious in every
way, though but little was done in the
way of business. Associate Tunstal1 and
Saunders made pleasant illusions to the
time they had been with Mr.. Conner on
the board and wished him well in part
ing They recalled that there had not
always been agreement in fact there were
many disagreements, but 1t was along
lines of conscientious seeing of things in
different lights.
The following cases were disposed of as
Indicated
Mobile and Ohio ordered to stop pas
senger trains at Haynes
AppHcdllOH VI Tue oOulHtI1 10 close
agency at Farrill, continued.
Mobile and Ohio ordered to build depot
at Graham switch.
Application of citizens of Abernaut City
on the Louisville and Nashville for a
depot continued.
Southern railway ordered to build de-
pot at Anita on the B. b. & B. division.
Application to have the Mobile, Jackson
and Kansas City provide passenger ac-
commodations at Government street sta
tion Mobile, dismissed
The Louisville and Nashville ordered to
build a depot at Longvlew within 800 feet
of the commissary The request of the
same line to be allowed to discontinue
passenger service at Vinemount was con-
tinued. An application for a depot at
Saginaw was dismissed.
The complaint of the Wood-Dickerson
Lumber company of Birmingham, on
switching charges by the Birmingham
Southern, was continued and a new COM
plant filed.
The Southern was ordered to put in a
freight depot a Fruithurst. contiguous to
the present passenger depot
The people of Pultte. a sation on the
new line of the Illinois Central ask to
have to depot put in but did not get con-
sideration of an affirmative sort.
The tariffs of the Alabama and Miss
isSippi were submitted