The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-30
UTILITY BOARD
TO HEAR CASES
Railroads Seek To Revise
Rates On Lime Through
out The State
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March %
The April docket of the Alabama pub
lie service commission shows the fol-
lowing cases to be heard:
April z, petition on behalf of all
railroads in the state seeking to revise
rates on lime, common, hydrated, quick
or Stacked, from Alabama kiln points
to local and junction points on trunk
lines in the state.
A joint petition of the Pea River
Power company, Houston Power COM
pany and River Falls Power company,
serving a number of towns in southeast
Alabama, for permission to construct
lines to establish an interconnection
between their system.
A petition by j. w. Gwin against the
Western railway of Alabama and
Louisville and Nashville railroad
against rates on gravel from Mont
gomery to Pineapple.
The petition of the Columbus Elec-
trio and Power company, seeking
permit for hydroelectric development
on the Chattahoochee river at Bart
let's Ferry.
The petition of the Vida Lumber
company for permission to condemn a
right of way, across certain lands in
Shelby county. All these are set for
April Z.
On April IA the commission will
hear the petition of the Alabama Pow
er company for permission to issue and
sell $5,OO0,OOO worth of bonds, and
on April 20 the citation issued to
railroads serving Alfalfa to show cause
why they should not maintain an
adequate passenger station there, and
build new depot if necessary.
Forty And Four Chief Coming
Montgomery Voiture local 426, Lasoci-
etc des 40 Hommes ct Cheyaux, has
arraged an elaborate program of enter
tainment for the national head of the
society, Chef de Chemin de Fer Robert
]. Murphy of Iowa, who win arrive
here Monday morning The society of
Forty and Eight" is the playground
organization of the American Legion,
composed of picked men from the
legion, and takes its name from the
famous French box car, which has a
capacity Of 40 men or horses.
f. Chef De Chemine De Fer Murphy
will be greeted upon arrival in Mont
gorhery by local voyageurs with a
box car used in their activities, and
will be escorted in this vehicle to the
Exchange hotel. A trip to Maxwell
field, the aviation station near here, a
luncheon at the Beauvoir club, and
dinner dance at the country in the eve
ming are included in the entertainment
program.
Members of the organization from
other parts of Alabama are expected to
be present to greet their national chief.
Lumber Case Set-The Alabama
public service commission in order is
sued Saturday set Monday, May 5, as
date for hearing the complaint of the
w. G. Mitchell Lumber company VS..
Alabama Great Southern railroad and
Southern railway on rates on gravel,
carloads, from Demopolis to Cuba, Nc
Council. Hixon and Livingston. Hear
ing will be held in Montgomery.
stills Smashed-City police of Biz
mingham aided the state law enforce
ment men In capturing five stills in
Jefferson county, according to report
received Saturday by Walter K. Nc
Adory, enforcement chief. With the
stills, which were each of 6O-gallon
capacity, there were seized 1886 gal
Ions Of beer and IS gallons of whisky.
One man was arrested for distilling.
Dogs Head Infected-Head of a dog
sent in by z. K. McCullum of Marion
was found infected and treatment was
sent Saturday to be administered TO
four persons bitten by the animal.
Commission Issued Commissions
were issued Saturday from the
office of the secretary of state to
the following: Mamie C. Pensler!e no.
tary public, Jefferson county; Hugh
Franklin, Jr., notary jublic, jefferson
county.
Fairfield Has Bank-Charter was
issued Saturday at the state banking
department to the Fairfield Trust
and Savings Bank of Fairfield, Ala.
Capital stock of the new concern is
$4,000. The following are the Of
ficers: e. P. Rosamond, president: r
u: Macarthur, vice president; d. w.
Waite, cashier.
Get Road Iustruments-The state
highway department received Saturday
a shipment of about $4,000 worth Of
surveying instruments. These instru-
ments are to be used in the work that
will begin two or three weeks from now
In making surveys of projects on tn,