The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22
Letters to the Editor.
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Possibilities

Editor The Advertiser:
 Montgomery has no iron, copper, gold, silver ore or coal beds to rely upon for growth and greater greateness. She has no oil fields or other things to create a blaze of excitement and addle the brain of poor humanity, yet Montgomery has possibilities at hand and a good farming country all around her. 1 will speak of her possibilities, as her agricultural dis tricts are contributory in some degree to her upbuilding though not as they should. Electricity Is to be the power of the future, 1t seems like at this time l am satisfied the ordinary thinking mind does not have even feeble conception of what is to be developed and unfolded in the future, and 1t may be that he who hath dipped somewhat into science, knows but little about the possibilities of cleo tricity. Standing upon the banks of the Coosa, Tallapoosa or Chattahoochee, no doubt many a man has even regretted the deformed. misshaped, unshapen, rugged works of God himself. Here 1t seems, for the moment, the Almighty fiat went wild. The roaring, foaming, splitting, splitting, pitching of the mad waters as they seek to pass unyielding barriers; the rocks, the boulders, the crags, the shoals, the rug ged ruggedness that stand and have stood in these rivers for ages in the way of navigation and commerce, to short-sight- ed man, have seemed regrettabe. An, these belong to the works of that God who from seeming evils adduces good. The time rapidly approaches when the city which has a river. or water course filled with such roughness, will be called blessed. Montgomery has them If she will make haste to possess and use them Reader, did you ever visit the Coosa be- tween Wetumpka and Childersburg? If not, you know nothing of what weird wildness. and wild weirdness Is right at your door. This river spreads out a mile in width, and ripples. gurgles. froths and foams as if mad with isles. islets, rocks and crags that hinder its onward dash for the sea; then 1t passes through the mar rows, deep, mad and sullen and tired with leaps and bounds, whirs and twirls 1t has passed, In its race for liberty. The noun tains, the rocky ridges, the imposing hills overlook scenes worthy of the hand of Omnipotence and the admiring gaze of man. This only tells a bit of the won- ders of the Coosa. I stood as 1 looked, l wondered, l praised my God and His hahdlwork. Here is Montgomerys store house, 1t seems to me. Here she can find power for her factories, fire to warm her citizens and cook their Victuals Here Is power for Montgomery though she grow twenty times as large. Congress stag gers and has staggered at the task of opening up the Coosa. There will be no longer hesitancy If the people of our State will show their confidence in the possibilities of the COosa. Every lock and dam on that river can be made a fruit full source of wealth in two ways: It can be made to open the river for boats and furnish power to generate more power at distance, say, in Montgomery Some one will make offer to the United States to bear half the expenses of building the dams. Has not something been done in this line already on some of the upper falls? Every man and woman on the river should feel an interest in this mat ter and take an interest. Companies should be formed and Montgomery should look out for her best chance to grow in size and usefulness.
 J. M. Barnes,