The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
Electric Car Line Project
 Discussed. A JOINT MEETING HELD Subscriptions Will Probably
 Be Begun Soon. Much Encouragement and Enthusinsm Arises Over Plan to Connect
 the Two Thriving Ala
 bama Cities.
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma, April 4.
 The initial steps towards building an electric car line from Selma to Marion were taken tonight when a delegation of citizens from Marion met the Selma Commercial Association. Prominent merchants and business men of both Marion and Selma advocated the plan inaugurated by Mayor Haynie, of Ma rion. and after addresses by citizens of both cities, President Hooper of the Commercial and Industrial Association appointed a committee of five members of the Association to confer with a like committee of the commercial men of Marion. The two committees will meet in Marion at an early day and it is probable a subscription will then be started.
 The committee appointed by MT. Hooper is composed of George l.. Wal Ter, F, M. Abbott, Roger Jones, H. S. D. Mallory and Edgar Ullman.
 The members are clothed with the power to confer not only with the Ma rion delegation but with the land own CTS on the route from Selma to Ma rion who will be materially benefited by the road.
 The joint meeting of the Selma and Marion citizens tonight was marked first by the antipathy of the Selma cit izens. then by their endorsement of it. Addresses were made by Mayor HaynIe, T. D. Kemp and Marion Moore of Ma rion, and Col. F. M. Abbott, J. F. Hooper. G. L. Waller, H. s. D. Nal lory. Roger Jones, A. Schwarz, A, Eli asburg and Rev. A. A. Little of Selma. Every speech was heartily in favor of the proposed road and every speaker pledged his moral if not his financial support to the project.
 Col. F. M. Abbott, the head of the Selma Electric Railway. gave valuable information to the two delegations. He said that although 1t required about $10,000 per mile for electric railroads it was a practicable and easy matter to enlist outside capital if some cap ital was subscribed to assure capital ists that the road would be built with the moral support of all the people.
 T believe that If $30,000 is sub scribed in stocks and rights of way donated by the people between Selma and Marion there will be no trouble In enlisting capital" said Colonel Ab- bolt. Tt is much easier to get out side capital for suburban lines than for city lines." Colonel Abbott then ex- plained that the power branch which runs the electric line in Selma could run the line rom selma 10 Marion.
 Mayor Haynie, of Marion, pledged the support of nearly every business man of that enterprising city "One or two citizens who are not business men, said he, have agreed to sub scribe something like $1,00O each and the majority of our merchants are will ing to do more. We want relief and me must have it. We think that by helping us the business men of Selma will help themselves and as a business proposition we ask you to discuss the propect with us in order that me may devise plans"
 "We will have no trouble" declared Mayor Haynie, with the people on the route of the proposed line. I have talked with several and they are will ing to do anything within reason to get the electric line.
 H. s. D. Mallory made long and impressive talk to the body in which he said that if the Selma association did not take up the matter presented them by the Marion delegation that 1t would be standing in its own light.