The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
GREENSBORO TO GET NEW WAFER AND LIGHT RATE
Brandon Asks Cruelties To Animals In Films
 Be Prohibited
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 MONTGOMERY, Jan. N.-(Special
 leased Wire.)-New water and light
 ates for Greensboro were prescribed
 Tuesday in an order issued by the Ala pama Public Service commission to the Alabama Water company. The. new
 ates are to be effective as ofsJanpary
 1924. Following, is partial sched- lle of the new rates: &
 For one opening 50 per month for 5000 gallons of water; for more
 han one opening and not exceeding four openings, g per month for 4,0O0 eallons of water : for more than four openings, $2.5O per month for 5000 gal Ons of water; for single openings,S in Ptores, offices and places of business hot herein otherwise provided for. B1.5O per month for 5000 gallons of water. ~
 Rates for lighting: Meter rates
 For the first .. twenty kilowatts per month, 16 cents per kilowatt; for the |hext thirty, 121x cents; for the next MOO, 10 cents; for the next 100, s |fents, for the next 100, 7>> cents; for |fhe next 100, 6 cents for the>next 100, 3 cents; for all over 600,s 4ecefts- Il All bills for electric current shall |be payable monthly and the eSminimum eharge shall be g per month. H Animal Cruelty Lamented | Will Hays, national director of the moving picture industry, was urged Tuesday in telegram from Gov. w. NV Brandon to use his efforts to stop |hlleged cruelties perpetrated on ami mals in the production of screen plays. Gov. Brandon took this action after hn interview with Mrs. Thadg Watts and Mrs. J. W. Mills, members of the Montgomery Humane society, who rep resented to the governor that various harsh means were used to get; animals Ito perform their parts properly in the |kilent drama. Mrs. Watts and Mrs. Mills also conferred with the governor Ion various aspects of the humane laws his cooperation in seeing that these Jaws were lived up to. 45 Approve New Water Rules
 The Alabama public service scommis- |fion in an order issued Tuesday ap- proved the revised service rules and Regulations of the Birmingham Water Works company, copy of which was Filled with the commission January ?, h924.
 H It was stated in the order that the commission reviewed the revised rules hnd found them the same with slight Qualifications, as have been in effect for a number of years> The new rules lhave also been submitted to William l.. Harrison. commissioner of public utili- 7ties of the city of Birmingham, and it lis stated in the commissions order that 1.-the latter has found no objection to them.
 Much Capital Invested Number of foreign corporations Qualifying in 1924 to do business in Alabama is expected to exceed greatly |the number qualifying the proceeding |year, it was stated Tuesday by s. H. Blan, secretary of state. TlIeHe have lalready been 763 corporations that have qualified during these, sthe early days, lof 1924, as compared, withai, ,4DS quali. flying during the wliole afG last year. |The qualifications are stilfscoming in fast, as many as 69 corporations quali- flying Monday.
 Road Urged
 The commissioners of Pike county lcalled on w. $. Keller, state highway lengineer. Monday afternoon in the in- Iterest of a three-mile stretch of road, lthis side of Troy on the Bee Line high |way. Mir. Keller assured the commis- |sioners that the matter would be re- ferred to the state highway commission at its meeting next week. ee Head Of Dog Received The state Pastuer laboratory received fer examination Tuesday the head of a dog sent in by Dr. l.. C.Davis of Gordo. Only dogs had been bitten by the ami |mal, no humans, it was stated. 6 Lee Countian Par0led Parole was issued Tuesday by Gov. w. w. Brandon to Tom Echols, con victed in Lee county February 6, 1919, |of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 10 years. Parole was recommended by the board of pafdons, the trial judge and solicitor. +@
 Inspect Macon Roads G. N. Mitcham, third division, en- gineer of the state highway depart .ment, was in Macon county Tuesday on a trip of inspection. %A
 Inquiries To Virginia Law
 Hugh White, ecounsel for the Ala bama public service commission, in letter to the Virginia corporation com mission Tuesday made inquiry into cer- tain features of the Virginia law af- fecting public utilities
 When the public service, commission of Alabama issues an order which is contested in the courts, the court must, under the existing Alabama laws, either affirm the order or cancel it. The Vir- ginia laws allows the court to enter a tsntion in these cases in which at- tention is called to errors in law and fact made by the Virginia corporation commission in it's rulings. and the cases are then remanded to the corporation commission which proceeds as before, with regard to the courts instructions as to error. It is believed by Mir. White that something like this Vir- ginia method would simplify matters in Alabama. He is accordingly seeking fuller information thereon witlr-a view to it's possible introduction into Ala bama.
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