The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-05
SERVICE BOARD
 OPENS HEARING
 ON POWER SALE
Alabama Company Seeks Purchase Of Dernop-
 OIis l Concern
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 4.-The Alabama public service commission to- day heard and took under advisement the petition of the Demopolis Light and Foyer company fot1arproyal of the Bale of it's properties at Demopolis to the Alabama Power company. The trans fer desired will be made, if approved by the commission, not, before October l, 1925 or later than January 1, 1926. The consideration involved was $7O,- GOO. It is understood that the Alabama Power company will soon apply for q certificate of convenience and necessity to construct a transmission line from Uniontown to Demopolis.
 The commission also heard today the petition of the Atlantic Coast Line rail road for authority to revise rates on logs from its stations in Alabama to Montgomery.
 The commission will hear Tuesday petitions of the Alabama Power com pany seeking authority to construct transmission lines and distribution sys- tems to serve Georgiana, Chapman and Fort Deposit and a petition of the Louisville and Nashville railroad seek ing to discontinue its agency at Black.
 A petition was filled with the com mission today by the Louisville and Nashville railroad, seeking authority to discontinue passenger service on trains Nos. A and 45, between Nadawah and Camden. Date of hearing of this peti- tion has not been fixed.
 ,. It is reported that a delegation of citizens from Black will appear at the hearing Tuesday to oppose the granting of the Louisville and Nashville rail- roads petition to close the agency there. 5s
 To Hear Can't Case-Attorney Gen eral Harwell G. Davis, Judge J. J. Mayfield and Dr. s. w. Welch, state health officer, went to Andalusia to- day to make arrangements as to plead- ings in the injunction cases brought by : the state board of health against the maintenance of the reservoir of the River Falls Power company at Can't. Judge W.-L. Park recently denied q petition for temporary injunction to compel release of the impounded waters. There is to be further hear ing, on the facts in the case, with pre- sentation of testimony, before final decision will be handed down. 1t IS claimed by the state health authorities that the power company has disregarded shealth regulations promulgated by the health board under authority of law and that as a result the reservoir IS a menace to health through breeding of maIarial mosquitoes.
 Paroles Issued,-Gov. w. W. Bran don today, upon recommendation of the pardon board, paroled Nellie FOxworth, who received a 10-yeat sentence for manslaughter from Mobile county, July 27, 1921; Erwin Hall, Madison coun- ty. who received four to seven-year sentence for assault to murder, May 17, 1922: and Tom Norman, Montgomery county negro, sentenced to life imprison- ment for murder in December, 19l3. Secretary of State s. Fl. Elan dis eented from. tine majority recommends tion ofe.the pardon board in the Fox
 Enforce Game T.aws -R Reports we're received at the state department Oh game and fisheries today for numerous convictions for violation of conserya- tion laws. In Montgomery county, F. ID. Loper was fined $S and costs for fishing without written permit. T. Stroud and Ernest Smith, Coosa county, were fined $1O and costs for violation of the fishing law.t
 In Etowah county, fines of $1O and costs were imposed upon J. c. Chevas, c. H. Vinson, T. F. Lister, J. R. Smith and J. B. Williams for seining. Seven convictions for fishing without permit, with fines of $10 and costs each, were reported from DeKalb county, as fol- lows: L. F. Gibbs, W. 0. Gibbs, Will liam Hall, Ira Wright, Emmett Upton, Jesse Mattey and Artis Guest.