The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11
IS UTILITY CASES.
UP BEFORE B0ARD|
Public Service Commission
To Hold Sessions In Both
Montgomery And Dothan
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU I
THE AGE-HERALD
Montgomery, Ala, Dec, 10


December docket of the Alabama
public service commission, published
Monday, shows a total of Is cases
one of them being citation to all
railroads of Alabama on the sub
ject of revision of commodity rates
The commission will sit in Mont
gomery December IT and then go to
Dothan for hearing on December 10.
Following is the docket: Decem-
Der II, Alabama Ice Manufacturing
association VS.. Alabama Power COM
pany; petition for the establishment
of rates off peak industrial power
service.
Hodgson & Jones VS.. Southern
Railway company, Mobile. and Ohio
Railroad company, Western Railway
-of Alabama Complaint: For just
and reasonable rates on sand from
Jones, Ala, to Montgomery, Ala, and
for PREPARATION.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company. petition for authority to
cancel existing rate of s2.03 per
ton on kainit. carload from Mobile
Ala. to Montgomery, Ala, and pub
lish in lieu thereof rate of $3.50 per
ton
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company, petition for authority to
revise rate on fertilizer from Mont
gomery, Ala, to Louisville and Nash
Vile southern division, Alabama sta
ton.
Railroads Cited.
Alabama public service commission
VS.. all steam railroads in Alabama.
Citation: To show cause why You
should not revise all commodity
rates, both for single and joint line
movements that now exceed the class
rates to which such commodities be-
long to basis not higher than said
class rates and all through rates that
exceed the lowest combination to a
basis not higher than the combina
ton.
Woodstock Stag company VS.. Ala
bama Power company. Complaint of
illegal charges for transformer
losses and petition for refund.
Alabama Water company. Petition
for authority to allow primary and
reinforcing mains at Bessemer, Ala;
also to issue bonds to provide funds
for this Improvement
Mobile Chamber Of Commerce and
Business League VS.. Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company Com
plant against unjust, unreasonable
and discriminatory rates on various
commodities set forth in petition,
vile and Nashville in Alabama south
of Montgomery and east of Myrtle
wood.
DeSOtO Dam is PIanne0.
Fort Payne Power company. Pc
tition for Ia certificate of convenience
and necessity for the construction of
dam and generating plant at De-
Soto Falls. Little River, Ala.
Southern Railway company. Petit
ton for authority to discontinue the
station known as Millsite. Ala
Penick and Ford, Ltd, Inc. VS.. the
Western Railway of Alabama. Com
plant against unjust and unreason
able rates on empty iron drums, re-
turned in less than carload quanti-
ties from Selma to Montgomery, Ala,
and for reparation.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company. Petition for authority to
cancel existing rate of 1856 per car
on gravel from Montgomery to Nc
Ghee, Ala. and apply in lieu thereof
rate of IS cents per net ton.
Alabama public service commission
vs. all steam railroads in Alabama.
Citation: To show cause why this
commission should not establish
just and reasonable scale of freight
rates on all commodities moving be-
tween stations on respective lines in
Alabama.
Wednesday, December 10, to be
heard in Dothan;
Sheehan & Linch VS.. Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company. Com
plant against unjust and unreason-
able rates on seed and gravel, car
loads, from Montgomery to Ozark and
for reparation.
F. r. Porter Hardware company.
Inc, VS.. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
company, Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company. Complaint against
unjust and unreasonable rates on ce-
ment (natural or Portland), carloads,
from Birmingham to Dothan, and Pc
tition for PREPARATION.
The first SuDDlY OF the acts OF the
I1923 legislature was delivered Mon
day by the printer to the office of
the secretary Of state. This delivery
consisted of 200 volumes of the gen
eral acts and the same number of
volumes of the local acts. S. II. Blan,
secretary of state, announced that he
would begin Immediately to fill or
ders from the books received.
In all 1000 copies of the general
acts are to be printed and 1900 cop
les of the special acts.
To Celebrate Alabama Day.
Alabama Day will be more gener-
ally observed this year than ever be-
fore. it is believed at the departments
of education and of archives and his
tory from information received as to
plans for the celebration. In addi-
ton to the women's organizations
and schools it is reported that the
civic clubs throughout Alabama are
planning to observe the states birth
day.
Not all these clubs will have their
celebration on December IA, the an
niversary Of the day when Alabama
years ago. Some of these clubs meet
on other days and will have their
celebrations accordingly. but all the
celebra lions will be held this week.