The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
STATE CAPITOL
 20 BE REWIRED
Action Will Mean Reduction In insurance Rates For
 The State

MONTGOMERY, Jan. Action of the state board of administration in rewriting the entire electric system of the state capitol will be the means of saving the state an appreciab.e sum of money on insurance rates. WAS the belief expressed Saturday by officials.
 The contract for the rewiring work was awarded Friday afternoon to the Standard Electric Machine works of Montgomery.
 The contract is let on the cost-plus system and will amount 10 several hum dred dollars. The present state of the wiring system was such. 1t was stated, that it Wal quite difficult to get an ex- act contract on the work previous to the operation. The Alabama inspec- ton and rating bureau some time ago announced an increase of p per cent on large number of insurance risks iu the city of Montgomery because of electrical deficiencies and other reasoEs which made them especially bad risks from fire hazard standpoint. lnclud- ed i'll these places was the state capitol.
 Immediately after this was an nounced the state fire marshal held A conference with the management of the rating bureau, and he was assured that as soon as the deficiencies had been corrected the rate would be restored to it's former figure. thus saving the state the difference in case more insurance is applied for. The rewriting contract was let aftrr q complete inspection of the capitol building by order of the state fire marshal, Chester F.. Johnson, when it Was discovered that there were Il large number of defects in the wiring system.
 Capitol Crowded
 Purchase of property on the South- east corner of BainbridgP and Adams streets hy the state Friday revive Speculation around capitol corridors Saturday as to probable expansion of the states working quarters However, no definite steps are yet planned for inc occupation by the state of the prop trIy thus acquired or of the holdings it has previously bought on Bainbridge street.
 Of the various departments of the state the public service commission is apparently the most cramped.
 It is housed in two rooms on the ground floor of the capitol but the en- gineer of the public service commission, l. F. Mcdonnell. has been forced to seek shelter in the highway department building on Dexter avenue Hugh White, counsel for the public service commission, has also felt the effects of the croWtling and has arranged to occu- by Il room on the third floor uf the capitol building.
 The state law enforcement depart- ment iS confined to one small room on the third floor of the capitol. while ia the Stnte auditors office pl!,N> are he ing shaped to construct Il :nezzanine l.,. ,t- this branch of the states activities.
 Game Law InirletiOns
 The following convirtinus for in- fractions of game laws were reported Saturday te the state conservation de- partmPn;:
 Marshall County George Cox. hunt ing without license. tnel S1u and roNts.
 Madison County C. \. Majors hunting without license; Joe Wheeler Loriu". violating thr game law; Shcr- icy Majors, hunting without license. Each fined $lO and costs.
 Named on Jury Commission
 Walter <. Pugh. Grove Hill was Saturday appointed hy Gov. w. w. Hrnud"u member of the jury commission of Clarke county.
 Surveys E'mOre Road
 I.. C. CUlverhnuse, assistant engi- ueer of thc third division of the stute hjehwIy department. left Saturday for Eim"re county to make Il survey of the route from Montgomery to Marbury, preliminary to repairs being made by the state on this road. After the state has put the road in good repair, expcndiuS the sum of S50. .0OO for this purro>e. the mantenanre of the high way will be shared jointly by Mont gomprN. Artauga and Emorp counties
 Cuhl"S drawn up for rcpair are often covered with oysters >poaEeS. coral. and one set of wires was iound wrapped around Il young whnla