The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
COTTON RATES. ARE DOCKETED
 FOR NOVEMBER }
Public Service Comrnis- sion Schedule Is Made
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 25.- The November docket of the Alabama public service commission, announced today, shows the following cases docket cd for November B:
 Petition on behalf of all carriers, to adopt a uniform transit charge or four cents per hundred pounds to be appleo on flat cotton wareiioused in translt, compressed cotton warehoused in tran sit and flat cotton concentrated and later compressed and reshipped. A peti- tion of citizens of Haleyville against the Northern Alabama railroad for better depot accommodation at Haley vile. Petition of the Southeastern Ex- press company for authority to revise its rates on milk and cream. Complaint of the Roquemore Gravel company against the Louisville and Nashville railroad against carload rates on gravel from Montgomery to Evergreen with petition for reparation. Petition of the Western railway of Alabama for au- thority to increase certain switching charges at Montgomery. Complaint of the Couch Construction company against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road, against rate charged on 77 car loads of gravel from Montgomery to Troy, with petition for reparation.
 November Docket
 The following cases are docketed for November 5; petition of the Alabama Power comapny, in which case the Tri-Cities Gas company and the Huntsville Gas company are intervep- ors, for extension of service classifca- tion D. Petitions of the Birmingham Electric company, and the WahOuma Drug company, ct al. seeking to dis continue freight service over the line of the Birmingham Electric company east of Sixty-sixth Street, Birming- ham. A petition of the Sheffield com pany for approval of certain cooking and lighting rates. A petition of the Alabama Power company for author ity to sell 50,000 shares of cumulative preferred stock. Petition of J. A. Rich ards & Go. and c. V. Matthews, in- volving approval of conveyance of cleo tric utility properties in the town of Fayette to the Alabama Power com. pany. A petition of the Alabama Pow CT company for authority to construct q transmission line to Berry, Fayette, and Bankston. Petition of the Belle view Highlands company for authority to sell it's property to the Alabama Power company.
 Cement Case Set
 Hearing on rates on billet, blocks, bolts or butts and logs, carload, as part of the general freight rate inYes- tigatiOn, is docketed for November 6. Oral arguments as to rates on cement will be heard the same day, as part of the general rate investigation. Fri day, November z, there will be hearings on rates on wood, charcoal, pulp, pine knots, etc., and on farm drain tile, and terra cotta, the investigation of these rates being statewide in scope. Other cases docketed for November z com prise rehearing of the petition of the Florence chamber of commerce against the Southern railroad, ct al. against rates on asphalt or bituminous asphaltic rock from Margerum to all stations in Tlabama; petition of the Southern railroad, so as to apply on the via Southern railroad through Parish in connection with the Northern Alabama railroad; and a petition of the Gulf States Portland Cement company against rates on cement, carloads, from Spocari to Florence, Sheffield and Tus- cumbia.
 The petition of the Georgia Alabama Power company and Georgia Alabama Utilities, Inc, for approval of transfer of all their utility properties in the state of Alabama to the Consumers Power company is docketed for Novem- Der 24. N'-'