The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-06
.TBANSFER CHARGE
 ON LOOP LINES TO BE Z CENTS EACH
Death Of President Harding Brings Change In Mont
 gomery PoStmasterShip
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The Alabama public service com mission in an order today granted the petition of the receivers for the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for permission to es- tablish O rate of transfer for pas sengers transferring from certain motor busses to be operated by the company in the city of Birmingham to connect with the street railway lines of the company. The order is effective from midnight, October 5.
 The commission in it's order stated that 1t appears that the motor busses will serve districts not served by the street railway lines and that the bus fares will be similar to the fares charged on the street cars in the fare zone In which the busses will be operated. Mention is made also that the United States district court and the city of Birmingham have authorized the operation of the busses.
 Tho order of the commission gives to Lee C. Bradley and J. S. Pe~ear as receivers for the street railway company, the following authoriza- tion:
 "(A) To accept in payment of fare over the Avenue B loop and Twen- tieth street loop lines of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company transfers issued to passen- gers on said motor bus lines for charge of cents, which transfers will entitle, such passengers board ing the cars operated on said street railway lines at the intersection or Avenue r and Twelfth street to one continuous ride over said street rail- way lines from said point of inter- section to any other point on said lines. Such passengers paying fares on said street railway lines with said transfers will not be entitled '" transfers to other street railway lines operated by the said receivers.
 "(B) To issue for charge of cents transfers to all passengers on. said Avenue B loop and Twentieth street loop lines paying a cash fare or an equivalent thereof, which transfers shall entitle such passen- gers receiving the same and boarding said busses at the intersection of Avenue r and Twelfth street to one continuous ride on said busses to said point of intersection to any other point on the route over which said busses are operated.
 O O o Ag Restrictions on Transfers.
 "Passengers being transported over said Avenue B loop and Twentieth street loop lines on tranfers issued on other street railway lines ope- rated bys said receivers shall not De entitled to receive transfer to said motor bus lines Said transfers issued by said receivers to said motor busses shall be issued subject to the rules and regulations governing the issuance of transfers on the lines or the Birmingham Railway, Light ana Power company approved by the com mission on June s, 1925.
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 Change In Postnasters.
 The death of President Harding ana the elevation of Vice President Coolidge to the Presidency upset the situation regarding the Montgomery postmastership. Announcement came from Washington today that Roy A. IJfsey had been designated as acting postmaster, succeeding John 5. Pat terson. who was acting postmaster shortly before the death of President Harding.
 MT. Lifsey and MT. Patterson were applicants for the position, put the designation of MT. Patterson TOT the te office temporarily caused the city 10 believe that he would be named per manent postmaster.
 Mir. Lifsey has been a citizen of Montgomery since 1914, moving nere from Barnesville, Ga. He served as postmaster at Gainesville during the administration of President Taft ana has been a lifelong republican.
 The announcement from washing ton did not indicate when MT. Lifsey will take over the office, but Mir Patterson today stated that he was prepared to deliver the duties to his successor at any time. He said ne rad received no information regard ing the cnange,ES f x V