The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-03
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD SETSCASES
 FOR MAY HEARING

Montgomery, May Especial )-The pe- tion of the Alabama Demurrage and Storage bureau for the establishment of the same rules and regulations on Ala bama traffic as have been established on interstate traffic by the interstate com merce commission has been set for hear ing at the May meeting of the Alabama public service commission The session will begin Monday and probably will con- tinue two days or longer.
 The demurrage petition was filed last month but was postponed until the May term by request. Commercial organiza- tions of Mobile, Birmingham, Montgom- cry and other towns will send represen- tatives here to oppose the change.
 Other cases on the docket for May are:
 Birmingham Civic association vs rail- roads entering Birmingham petition for application of Birmingham district rates on shipments to Cordova and Maxine
 Alabama public service commission vs Southern, citation to show why reason able passenger service should not be maintained between Birmingham and Heflin.
 Citizens of West End vs. Alabama Great Southern, petition for station and agent at West End
 Jackson Telephone company, petition for readjustment of telephone rates at Scotts- boro.
 Citizens of Bridgeport vs Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, peti- tion for reduction in telephone rates at Bridgeport.
 Citizens of Stevenson vs. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, pe- tition for reduction in rates at Steven son.
 Ensley Southern, petition to abandon portion of track to Maxine
 Mobile Chamber of Commerce vs. Louis vile and Nashville petition for certain rates on animal food in bulk and bags from Mobile to certain points on line
 Birmingham Packing company, Ala bama Packing company, Birmingham Stock Yards. J. M. Neil and Union Stock Yards vs. Louisville and Nashville Rail- road company, complaints against alleged unreasonable rates on live stock from certain points to Birmingham and asking for same rates as charged by Southern railway.
 Leopold Strauss has been elected a member of the city board of education by the city commission as the successor of F. J. Meyer, who resigned, effective May
 
 city board elected by the former com mission has resigned with the exception of J. Kirk Jackson, secretary of the board and the board is now controlled by the present city government.
 Disagreements about policy resulted ir the rapid resignation of the old members they desiring to combine the city anc county school systems under the manage. ment of William F. Feagin state super ntendent of education, and the city com mission and new memb CTS oposing the movement
 After three years of idleness. the West ern Bell local train between Montgomery and West Point. Ga, on the Westerr of Alabama, will be restored to service next Monday in order that persons along the route may spend the day in Mont gomery and return to their homes fol the night. The train will leave Wes Point at 6:35 a. m. and will arrive a Montgomery at $50. It will leave Mont gomery at 4:sO D. m. and end the trip al West Point at TAO, making all stops
 The schedule was discontinued at the beginning of the war in Europe becaus, of general business depression. Governor Henderson has granted 2 requisition of the governor of Florida fol the return of Sadie Bartlett to answer a charge of murder one of the governor of Georgia for L. P. Goodwin, who i. charged with larceny after trust, and one for J. T. Brown, who is wanted ir Georgia on a charge of Kidnapping.
 S. N. Sherman, convicted of violating the prohibition laws in the Morgan law and equity court, has been granted pa- role by Governor Henderson. It was shown that Sherman is physically unfit to do manual labor imposed on him.