The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-08
LIGHT COMP AN|ES
IN THE COURTS
Lively Fight Is Now On At
Montgomery
Mr.. WALLACE is H0N0RED
State Has No Money To Pay Expenses
of Bringing Prisoners From 9th
err States-The Sheriff Has
to Pay the Bills.
Mr.. WALLACE is H0N0RED

Montgomery, July Especial Mont
gomery is having a fine exhibition of two
light and power companies fighting each
other to a finish with a third corpora
ton getting in for a minor share of the
entertainment Up to date three courts
have had papers, the circuit. the city and
the federal, but the federal has taken
over the city court case by removal at
the instance of the company to whom one
feature of the case is directed
To begin with, the Peoples Ice and Light
company a small concern, secured stock
in the Citizens ompany, and undertook
by court procedure in the federal tribunal
to force its way into the councils OF the
organization. Then came the Citizens
company and sued the Montgomery Light
and Water Power company, alleging dam
ages for ale ,sAting its business by meth
DDS alice 10 be unfair. About this time
the ,ples company filed a suit like its
f. IN the circuit court.
cot satisfied the Citizens company came
along and sought an injunction to pre-
vent the Montgomery company from tax
ing over any of its contracts, ming the
papers In the city court This made the
Montgomery company move. end IL mas
now shifted this case to the federal court
and filed suit for 100000 damages against
the Citizens company, charging a great
many things that have not been fair In
the handling of the competition. Boled
down, the allegations of the two last com
panies seem to be that each charges the
other with attempts to ALLEVIATE the AZ
fections of the community.
The Peoples company is owned by Gin
cfnnati capital and is very small con-
Germ, doing some lighting but mostly an
ice business. The Citizens is corpor-
alton made up of local capital its presl-
dent being Alex Rice, head of the big Rice
clothing stores The Montgomery COM
pany has a capital of 81, 100000, with Rob
ert J. Chambers as vice president ana
general manager. 1t is owned by the
Doherty Operating companies OF 10 wan
street. New York, being part OF chain
of this class of public service corporations
running over much of the country.
The fight is between the Montgomery
and the Citizens. Appealing to local pride
in an all-home company it has tried to
get the business of the other company.
However, the other company SHOWS a
large number OF local stockholders ana
directors who are part of a hard propo-
sition for local pride to get over. the
Montgomery is water power plant, nav
ing a modern outfit at Tallassee. 80 miles
away, and can make current very cheap.
Mr.. wallace fonoTeo.
John II. Wallace, Jr., state game and
fish commissioner. and secretary of the
Southern Field Trials association, is com
plimented in a notable way by having
been selected as one of the judges of the
independent Field Trials club for the
trials beginning November S. The club
is the largest and most important of its
Kind In the country. Incidentally, Mr..
Wallace notes that the Alabama end OF
the trials of this year are coming along
nicely Some of the most prominent men
in the country are to be brought here Tor
the judging.
Shirley Cases Again.
The pardon board has set Tuesday next,
July 10, for further hearing Of the ap-
plcation of Isaac and Jesse Shirley Of
Monroe county for pardon. They are serv-
ing four years for killing their brother
in-law, Jim Smith, and the most dam
aaine testimony against them comes from
the wife of Smith, who is their sister, and
the little daughter Of the man killed.
No Money to Pay.
1t Is noted at the capitol that there is
criticism of Gov. b. b. Conner for not pay
ing the expenses of return of Charles
Brooks held In Mississippi and wanted In
Birmingham for the alleged murder OF
John Clark a railroad camp foreman.
There is no money for this cause and the
governor cannot pay 1t. The state gives
$1,000 a year to this service which was
exhausted last March, and the only way
to get the negro back is for the sheriff to
pay the bills.
d Leslie LIde Dead.
& telegram from C. Brooks Smith, chief
clerk to the auditor, tells the sad news
of the death at Meridian of his brother-in-
law Leslie Lide, Sr. The message came
10 Attorney General A. M CARRIER, Mr..
Smith having gone to Meridian on Tues
day.