The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

common, sound man sense. He took little map from his pocket and with a pencil, he made a line from where Dallass metropolis stands on the map to where Perry's metropolis stands. He made a ring around the dot that indi- cates Summerfield. He made a bigger ring around the territory that would be benefited by an electric line from Selma to Marion. Then he said:
 That Is the best garden and truck region in Alabama. Only a small part of 1t is traversed by a railroad"
 He told the same thing to the Presi- dent of the Selma Commercial and In- dustrial Association. Then he hunted up the newspaper men of Selma.
 Selma business men know a good thing when they see it and they will listen to a man who will talk business. Mayor Haynie talked business and they listened to him.
 Tt will cost s2o0.ooo to build this road" said Mayor Haynie. Will you help us7'
 The business men of Selma thought awhile before they replied. They al- ways do.
 If you are in earnest we will help you" they said. finally.
 We are in earnest" said Mayor Haynie.
 Then the business men took out their pencils and commenced to trace on their office maps. They are still trac- ing. Once and awhile they look up from the map.
 Its a cinch," they exclaim.
 The President of the Selma commer- cial body put the matter before the next meeting. A Committe was ap- pointed to confer with Marion.
 The President of the Marion com mercial body renewed the matter at the next meeting. A committee was appointed to confer with Selma.
 At this writing the two bodies or representative delegations therefrom have agreed to meet each other in Selma to start the ball rolling. Two hundred thousand dollars does not look like an impossible sum to them.
 So the erection of an electric car line from Selma to Marion looks like a "cinch." More than one or two busi- ness men say so. They must be right.
 If they are right you can soon go to Marion from Selma on an electric line like you can go from Cincinnati to Dayton ana Toledo and nearly to the Great Lakes.
 You of Marion can get to Montgom-
 
 York on a schedule that will let you make all your connections. And you can get your freight without delay. And you can share with Selma the market of a great undeveloped truck growing country.
 Will Greensboro be contented when Selma and Marion get their electric liner Will not Greensboro want bet ter connections with Marion and Selma and Montgomery and the world?
 Will Uniontown be contented when Selma and Marion and Greensboro are thus connected with the world Will not Uniontown want better connec- tions with Selma and Montgomery and Atlanta and the world?
 And so on down the line.
 Once a philosophic writer of fables said that great oaks from little acorns grow--or words to that effect-and ever since then school boys have been committing 1t to memory.
 Doesn't 1t look like that rule will apply when Selma and Marion get their electric line built7
 Look at the map.
 Marion is about twenty-five miles straight line-from Selma. Greensboro is about forty miles from Selma. Uniontown is about twenty-six miles from Selma. Greensboro is about eighteen miles from Marion, and so is Uniontown.
 What a network of electric car lines will there be in West Alabama in a few years!