The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-14
APPROVES POWER TRANSFER
Demopolis Concern Sells Properties To Ala
 bama Firm
State Capital Bureau.j

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 13.- The Alabana Public Service commis- sion in an order today approved the pe- tition of the AlQbama Power company for certificate of convenience and neces- sity for transmission line from Green vile to Georgiana, with distribution systems at Georgiana and Chapman. The commission also approved sale by the Demopolis Electric Light and Power company of its properties to. the Ala. bama Power company. In aii6ther order the commission granted the petition of the Silver Hill Garage, of Silver Hill for permission to construct and operate six kilowatt electric generating plant and distribution system.
 The Public Service Commission has received the report and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the matter of application of the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern railroad con- pany to be authorized to purchase what is known as the Hattiesburg Branch of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern railroad and to operate same. This branch ex- tends from Beaumont, Mississippi to Hattiesburg and is at present under lease to the Mississippi Central rail. road, which also has heretofore trackage rights over the Gulf, Mobile 1nd North ern from Beaumont into Mobile. By means of this lease and traekage rights considerable and growing volume of through traffic has been. moved from the southwest into Mobile. The Alabama Public Service Commission and Mobile Chamber of Commerce appeared in the case involving sale of the HaUtiesburg branch to defend the maintenance of this route for through traffic ill and out of Mobile. The order of the Inter state Commerce Commission approved the views of the Alabama Commission, the order authorizing the sale heinz con- tingent upon the Mississippi Central t.e- ing allowed to continue to operate through trains into Mobile over the route mentioned.
 The Public Service Commission will hear at Montgomery September 8 the petition of the Mobile and Ohio railroad for permission to abandon that part of it's Mobile and Bay Shore branch from Delchamps to Alabama Port, a distance of about 4 miles and the spur to new Alabama Port. The Alabama Commis- sion will hear testimony in the case for the Interstate Commerce Commission, with which the proposal of abandon ment was filed. The Alabama Commis- sion will also hear September 3 the pc tltlon of the Louisville and Nashville railroad for authority to discontinue passenger service on trains A and 45 between Camden and Nadawah.
 Superintendent Arrive-County su- perintendents of education of Alabama met in annual session at the capitol Wednesday afternoon. An interesting address was delivered by Mrs R. L. Faucett, a member of the text book commission, who spoke on the text book adoption. A F. Harman, county super intendent of Montgomery county, spoke on the. need of educators entering upon the reorganized program with, determ- ination to apply it successfully. He in- dorsed the Junior High School program,
 R. ID. TidweIl, assistant state super. intendent of education, spoke on the reorganization program. There wal a round table discussion following tht | addresses, z9teR which the convention adjourned to meet at a banquet Wed nesday night, at which address were delivered by Senator R. H. Powell of Tuskegee, and H. G. Bowling, secretary of the Alabama education association The convention will be concluded Thurs. day. Most of the county superintendent of the state were present at the ses. sions today. sf..,s ..
 Road Bids Opened-Bids were opened at the highway department today for a project in Washington coanty, extend ing p miles on the Mobile-Selma high way. Low bidder for grading was the Fountain Construction company of Hat tiesburg, Miss, whose bid was S129.- 964.96, for surfacing, E. P. Toulmin. Mobile, $159, ,246.50, bridges, Ed Pettus and company, Montgomery $31, ,842.24,
 Bids were opened on another project, Tn Dallas county, seven and seven-tenths miles between Selma and CenteryiIle. The low bidder for road work was E. P. cry, $32,129.49. Contracts for these Toulmin, Mobile, $64,822.15 and for bridges, Bosworth Smith of Montgom. projects, and for surfacing the North Chiffon county section of the Montgom- try-Birmingham highway are expected to be awarded by the highway com mission when it meets Friday.
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