The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
SINGLE POINT 0F
 CLAIM 1s UPHELD.
New Rate On Fuel From Spur Track At High Level
 Is Ordered

Track At High Level r.
 Is Ordered
 STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE ACE-HERALD}
 Montgomery, Ala. Jan. II
 The complaint of the Birmingham Traffic association against group rates on coal on the Southern rail- rish to High Level, was denied with one exception. in an order issued Friday by the Alabama public serv- ice commission. This exception was ! on the rates as applied to mines 10. cated within one-half mile of High .- Level. .~ a.sf. ,-,~- g4 :. 4
 On this latter point the commis- sion orders that the defendant rail- road must put into effect rate not carloads from the spur track serving the mine of the Charlott Mining com pany located approximately on-half mile from the station of High Leves. to High Level and to the point ct interchange between the line of te- fendant and the private railroad of the. Alabama Power company at O. rear High Level.
 The decision was rendered as Of 1January;7 and the order is effective 30 days from that date. ''
 PREDICTS SMALL MAJORITY
 Col. L.-B. Musgrove, candidate f. democratic nomination for president. will carry his home county of Wal ker by only a. small majority over / Senator Oscar W. Underwood, was < the, belief expressed Friday by J. B. Powell, member of the 1923 legisla- ture from Walker county, who was onsa visit to the capital. MT. Powell stated that the Walker county citi- zens were not taking any great .. amount of interest in the March pri- mary in which. che man fro mtheir county will run against Senator Un- .sderwood. As for himself, MT. Powell 2 stated that he. was an Underwood 2 mais but 'eXpressedea 8 personal liking for Colonel Musgrove.
 TARIFFS ARE FILED
 Five railroads operating in Ala bama havefsalreadye> filed with the public service commission tariffs privileges and rates as provided by the commissions formal order issued recently.
 The tariff of the Southern rail- way embodying those changes was filed with the commission Thursday afternoon by George H. Wilcox of Birmingham, assistant freight traffic manager of this system. Later the tariff was approved and will become effective February 1, 1924. the date fixed by the order of the commission.
 sPoRTsMEN TO ORGANIZE
 1. T. Quinn, state commissioner of conservation, will attend a meeting at Greenville Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the court house to or- ganize a fish and. game protective association for Butler county.
 He has also accepted invitation to bespresent at Centerville Monday and at Blocton Tuesday for the pur- pose sof organizing a fish and game protective association among the sportsmen of Bibb county.
 MT, Quinn has also been invited by T. Az Gordon, president of the Kiwanis club. of .Florala, to address that's organization on the night of sdan,iary 1T on conservation prob ' lens. He has accepted the invita- tioH4te
 sS0 $IafRROvE ROAD =
 eepsssssssI y.:bes taken by Houston 1 county to Iisprove the road from ] Dothan to the Henry county line so that it may be taken over by the state for maintenance, it was report ed Friday by G. N. Mitcham, division engineer for the third division or the state highway department. who returned Thursday night from an in spection trip in southeast Alabama This road is part of the highway eX- tending from Abbeville to Eufaula.
 On his trip, MT. Mitcham was ac- companied by Colonel W. A. McCalia of the state highway forces. Wednes- day, these two, accompanied by Asso- ciateiajghway Commissioners Scruggs, held a conference with the commis- sioners' court of Houston county and they later will put an outfit on this road and get it in shape for state maintenance. s Other counties visited by MT. Mitcham and Colonel McCalla were Henry and Barbour. In the latteer county they inspected the work that bridge that will span the Chattahoo- chee 9river at Eufaula. MT. Mitcham stated that satisfactory progress had been fmade on the foundations for approaches on either side of the river and on one pier of the Eufaula side. This work is not being done under contract, but is carried on by forces of the state highway department uni der J. L. Land, superintendent of cons struction. .-Tas -sS sZ ss- Ys
 RABIES DETECTED a@ 2 =, The head of dog sent in by F. IL. after examination Friday at the Pas teur laboratory. It WIS not known whether the animal had bitten anyone or not. E
 HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFER