The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
THOMAS W. MARTIN
 PRESIDENT
 OF ALABAMA POWER AT ANNUAL MEETING
R. A. Mitchell and w. N. Walmsley Vice Presi- dents-HObbie New Di-
 rector = Resolutions
 on James Mitchell

Thomas w. Martin was cleo ted president, James Mitchell chairman of the board of direc- tors and Richard M. Hobbie of Montgomery was added to the board of directors of the Ala bama Power Company at the annual meeting of the direc- tors yesterday.
 MT. Mitchell, who had been presi- dent of the company since 1912 and has been i'll for some months, re- quested that he be relieved of the duties of president and that Thomas W Martin be elected president in order that the president might be immediately available in the trans action of the company's business. In recognition of the large interest and important services of MT. Mitchell and the desire of the company to al- ways have his valuable counsel and advice, he was elected as chairman of the board of directors.
 Mir Martin, who succeeds Mir. Mitchell as President, has been con nected with the Alabama Power Com pany since 1912, when he became gen. eral counsel. at that time removing from Montgomery, where he had profitable and growing law practice, tn n prh a " 10 Of- fees of the company are located. In 1915 MT. Martin was elected vice presi- dent of the company and continued in that office and as general counsel until this meeting. His elevation to the presidency will not cause him to re- linquish the office of general counsel, but he will continue at the head of the legal department as well as that of chief executive.
 NEW VICE PRESIDENT
 Col. R. A. Mitchell of Gadsden and ". N Walmsley were elected vice presidents of the company. Colonel Mitchell has been connected with the power company since 1912, and MT. Walmsley, the general manager of the company. has bee n connected with the company since 1916.
 The board of directors was reelected yesterday and Richard M. Hobbie was added to the board. The present board consists of James Mitchell. c. M. Dahl. W. IT. Hassinger, Lawrence Macfar- lane, w. H. Weatherly, s. z. Mitchell, W. J. Henderson R. A: Mitchell, c. E. Groesbeck. W. N. Walmsley H. s. Swan. Thomas W. Martin and Richard M. Hobbie.
 The financial and operating condi- tions of the company were reported by the officers to be in a satisfactory con- 6ition. It was shown that during the past year a high-power transmission line had been built from Gadsden to Huntsville Albany and Decatur. and that those and other cities in north Alabama are now supplied with hydro electricity from the Lock 12 power plant of the company. this current be- ing delivered distance of about 210 miles from Lock F on the Coosa river.
 Other extensions and improvement of the service were made during the year, several small towns in north Alabama were given connection with the companys lines and lines are now being extended to Selma and Montgom- cry and from Roanoke. via Lafayette, to connection at Camp Hin with the Opelika line. Recently the Gadsden electric railways and lighting com pany were acquired by holding com pany which will ultimately transfer these properl1eS to the AldDdila OWer Company.
 TO EXTEND SERVICE
 Negotiations are now pending for the extension of its service to a num- Ter of towns and cities in east and north Alabama. the officials of these cities having presented petitions to the power company to supply them with hydro o-electric current.
 One of the interesting develop
 ments of the year that was i'm
 cIuded in the report of the officers
 related to the wartime fuel reg
 uIations put into effect during the
 coal miners strike last fall. Be-
 cause of the fact that the Alabama
 Power Company generated its elec-
 tric energy at its waterpowcr
 plnnt on the CoOsa river and there
 fore was independent of coal for
 fuel purposes, the fuel adminfstra-
 ton excepted the cities served by
 it from the regulations requiring
 stores, offices and other business
 places to close down during cer-
 tain periods of the day. This was
 of direct and material benefit to
 Birmingham and other cities con-
 nected with the hydro lines of the Y company where business continued
 to he conducted during that period
 as in normal times.
 The board of directors adopted tha following resolution in appreciation of the services of the retiring president:
 ADOPT RESOLUTIONS has with the exception of short time
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