The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-13
PE ERM|T SOUGHT TO BUY M0NTG0MER ERY POWER HOLDINGS
Governor Signs Bill Creating Convict Supervisors-Mont- gomery Power Properties
 Valued at $6,250, ,00O.
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 12

The public service commission Mon- l day took under advisement the petit tion of the Alabama Power company l for permission to purchase the prop erty of all public utilities of Mont gomery, including the Montgomery 1 Light and Water Power company, Montgomery Light and Traction com- pany, Alabama Traction company and Peoples Electric and Ice company. The purchase price of the property, according to the testimony. will be 1, 6,250 900.
 1 Thomas w. Martin, president of the 1 Alabama Power company, presented
 the companys petition to the commits | sion with the statement that it is proposed to make improvements in the service to meet the needs of the public.
 Permission has already. been oo-
 tained by the company from the fed eral court, which had administered the property of the Montgomery Light and Water Power company and
 the Montgomery Light and Traction
 company for several years through a
 receiver. As soon as the public serv- ] ice commission gives its consent the utilities will pass into che hands of ! the Alabama Power company. | If the petition is granted the Ala
 bama Power company will take over
 the following properties:
 The Electric Gas property of the
 Montgomery Light and Water Power company.
 The street railway and electric properties of the Montgomery Light and Traction company.
 ! A double track on Lee street, con- structed by the Alabama Traction | company about Is years ago, which | has never been used because of litiga- tion, and which the Alabama Power l company proposed to connect with the street railway system. The contract with consumers held ! by the Peoples Electric and Ice com pany. which are now owned by the
 Montgomery Light and Water Power l company.
 1 The dam site near Tallassee, owned | by the Montgomery Light and | Water Power company, which fur
 nished hydroelectric power to Mont gomery until the dam was destroyed 1 by the flood several years ago. l The transmission line of the Mont gomery Light and Water Power com l pany, which runs from Montgomery to Vida and connects with the trans
 mission line of the Alabama Power company.
 APPROVES CONVICT BOARD BILL | Governor Brandon affixed his sig nature Monday to the bill creating
 the state board of convict supervisors l in lieu of the state board of control
 and economy. Under this law Gov
 ernor Brandon will appoint L. A. Boyd of Enterprise as president of
 the board. to succeed c. B. Rogers. who has been chairman of the board l Of rnnrrO1 Iyin Tor ] Roy Nolen of Alexander City as asso-
 ciate member to succeed William F. Feagin, who has been warden gen | eral and associate member of the
 board of control.
 Governor Brandon also approved
 the bill making an appropriation of
 1000 or so much of the amount as
 is necessary to pay sheriffs for feed
 ing prisoners in the county Jail dur
 ing the fiscal year, which ended Sep | tember 30. Governor Brandon amended this bill before the legisla- | ture recessed so as to retain the pow
 CT to withhold any amount due the sheriffs to cover any amount the sheriffs may be due the state for ! failure to comply with the law regu-
 lating the feeding of prisoners. Approves School Tax Bill A thicd bill approved by the gover
 nor gives county boards of education | the right to use ethe S-miil county | school tax to reimburse persons who l may have advanced funds for the construction of school buildings. Sew I eral counties borrowed money for | construction work in the belief that | the schol tax could be used in paying | the loans. But it was discovered that l the law did not provide for the use of ! the tax in this way.