The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-07
TRACK CHANGES
 ARE AUTHORIZED
Power Company Permit ted To Build New
 Electric Line
fstnte Capital Bureaul

MONIGOMERY, Ala, June b. The Alabama public service commis- sion today granted two petitions of the Birmingham Electric company, one seeking permission to abandon opera tions on certain part of the old Tide water street railway system and con struct certain additions. the other to abandon street railway service on Fourteenth street and Seventh avenue. These petitions had been approved by the city commission of Birmingham.
 The commission also. granted three petitions of the Alabama Power com pany for distribution lines to serve rural communities. One of these was for line or lines from a point on the present Carbon Hill Brilliant line. 12 and one-half miles to Winfield and Guin: second was for an eight-mile line from Cherokee Bluffs to Electic, in Elmore county, with a distribution system at Eclectic; and the third for an electric distribution system at Five Points, Chambers county, with a trans mission line one and one-half miles long from a point on the Roanoke North Auburn line.
 The building of these lines to serve rural communities was described as new phase of development in this field of service, to furnish electricity for rural use.
 Attract Jury Commission Trans. cript of the record of a case attacking the constitutionality of a local act creating the board of jury commis. sioners of Crenshaw county was filed Friday with the supreme court. The Crenshaw circuit coudt decided that the law was invalid and that the board of jury commissioners created by it has no right to hold office. The office holders appealed.
 The style of the case is R. l.. Byrd ct al appellants vs. the state of Ala. bama ex rel W. b. Colquitt ct al. The record showed that prior to Septem- Der 24, 1923, the board of jury com. missioners of Crenshaw county was composed of w. D. Colquitt, E. F. Ian. ford and w. s. Sikes. A local act approved September PA, 1923, abol- ished the commission as then created and conferred its duties on the mem. bers of the court of county commis- sioners, composed of R. l.. Byrd, A. D. Jackson and P. A. Lanford. The busted commissioners brought suit, holding that the act was invalid because it was not advertised as required and the title was defective. Circuit court de- cided in favor of the complainants and the members of the new commission sought to be created by the 1923 act appealed. Powell and Hamilton rep. resented the plaintiffs in the lower court and Frank B. Bricken and Gel. win Poole, the defendants.
 Band May Make Trip-It is reported that the 167th infantry band will take the trip to the democratic national convention at New York, provided those interested in having it go will provide the necessary expenses.
 Parole Granted-Gov. w. W. Bran. don today, upon recommendat tion of a majority of the pardon board, paroled John Hunt, Lauderdale county, who was serving a sentence of to years for distilling. '.
 Rate Case Set-A petition was filed with the Alabama public service com mission Friday by all railroads of the state, seeking authority to revise pres ent weighing and reweighing charges on carload freight. The petition was set for hearing July z.
 T0SPlant Oysters-The state of Ala. bama will begin soon the planting of seed oysters in waters, near Mobile under authority of an act of the 1923 legislature, according to announcement today from Commissioner of Game and Fisheries I. T. Quinn, upon return from Mobile. Ten thousand barrels of oysters will be planted, starting next week.