The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-22
FIGHT IN FUTURE BETWEEN UTILITY
 AND STATE BODY
City Authorities Emphatic in Assurance That the Ruling Will Be Applied in
 Birmingham

Lee c. Bradley, receiver for the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, was only quasi committal yesterday regarding the ruling of the Alabama public service commission involving changes in the rules of public utilities companies of the state with regard to the fi- nancing of extensions of their serv- ice lines.
 MT. Bradley stated that he had
 not received any official notice
 of the action, and that his knowI-
 edge of 1t was confined to that
 gathered from newspaper ac-
 counts. He stated, however that
 he hardly saw how an "opinion"
 of a commissi0n--vvhichd does not
 provide any means for raising the
 revenue-could affect the situ-
 alton when a utility company Is
 confronted by an absolute lack
 of funds necessary for extensions
 of lines.
 City commissioners averred, how ever, that the matter was now out Of their hands, and that henceforth the fight would be between the utilities companies and the state public ser- vice commission. As the matter stands, the city has won victory in principle, according to the concensus of opinion at the city hall and else where. As to how the application Of the public service commissions rul- ing will be effected, there seems to be ignorance in all quarters, except that the city authorities are em- phatic in their assurances that 1t will be applied.
 Harrison Interprets Ruling
 Following a conference with. City Attorney W. J. Wynn, yesterday, Commissioner William L. Harrison is- sued a statement representing his in terpretation of the commissions rul- ing.
 City officials have not received a copy of the public service commis- sion's decision. and Commissioner Harrison stated that the opinion voiced by him yesterday was based on unofficial versions of the decision received from Montgomery and on his own assumption of Its nature, founded on his knowledge of the his- tory of the case He characterized his statement of yesterday as hit ting the high spots" and expressed the opinion that when an official copy of the ruling is received, there will be disclosed some advantages to the city of Birmingham which are not now apparent. He stated that he would, therefore. reserve final and full comment on the public service commissions action until he had ex- amined an official transcript of ,he ruling. City Attorney Wynn stated that he had written yesterday for a copy of the ruling.
 Harrison's statement
 Commissioner 'Harrisons statement follows:
 While I have not yet received a formal copy of the decision of the public service commission on the mat ter of gas and electric main exten- sions, which I, with the assistance of City Attorney Wynn. presented to the public servise commission some five or six week ago, and which rule I undertook toAiave modified in such way as to reeuire the Birmingham Railway. Ligbl and Power company to make its. own extensions of it's mains without requiring any deposit for expenditure by the consumers, the principles for which we were striv- ing in this decision are established by the Commission.
 They have stated in the preamble of their decision that the basis of our contentious were correct, but the reasolableness of any rule or de- cisioI they may may must be taken into consideration.
 A Big Improvement
 T regard the decision, though not being entirely complete. as a hundred