The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-01

| of the cost of establishing the system.
 After that he gets his phone absolute | iy free. No franchises of an exclusive ! nature given in Fairhope. The management, the government of the colony is pledged to oppose monopoly of all sorts. We refused to grant a franchise to a telephone company. Now l this company has its phone, its long
 distance phones connected with the
 Fairhope system and a man in Fair hope can telephone all over Baldwin County free of charge"
 We built, that is the colony built,
 a wharf at a cost of ss,000. We had
 6 proposition from one of the steam
 boat companies operating along the east coast to have its steamers stop at our wharf if we would give the company the exclusive privilege. This we refused to do and the company re- fused at first to let It's steamers stop here. But the company had the gov- ernment contract for carrying the
 malls and the government forced it to stop its steamers here. The company. however. charged fare of $1 to Mobile. With the help of our friends we built the steamer FaIrnope ana
 started 1t to running between Fairhope and Mobile. We put in a passenger rate of 25 cents and at that we are making money The steamboat is one of our best sources of incomes"
 'Tn the early part of 1905 we propose to put in an adequate system of water works. We will have a. pumping sta ton and tho water will be pumped through pipes all over the city. The users of this water will have no month ly, no semi-annuaI and no annual water bills to pay. When the system Is be- ing put in, each subscriber will be charged $50 for the cost of his connec- tion. Ever after that his water will come to him free of cost.
 "Nor will we stop with this improve ment. Fairhope Is steadily growing. dare say there is hardly a town of South Alabama that is growing so steadily or so rapidly. This growth means each year higher rentals for our land. Higher rentals means more money in the treasury and more money in the treasury means increasing muni- cipal benefits free to the people of Fair hope"
 There Is one more question want to ask, Mir. Gaston," said, "and think it has an, important bearing upon the Fairhope idea. Suppose a man should erect house worth $3.500 on a build ing lot bringing Into the colony a rem tai of $5. Suppose his State and county taxes would alone total up $35. Would not the colony have to pay the $50 difference in his taxes; in other words, would not the colony have to pay a premium of $3o on that mans residence?"
 The answer to that question" said Mir. Gaston. lis yes. But that condition Is not as bad as 1t seems. The differ ence between his taxes and hls rental to the company would hardly be so large. We would be glad to have him erect such house. It would increase the value of the rental of his land and 1t would increase the value of all the land adjoining. The colony has con- templated just such q possibility. and 1t sees nothing alarming in the pros. pect."
 Where are your coIonists from?"
 Most of them came originally from Iowa, principally Des AIoines. We have. however, former citizens of near ly all the States in the Union. There are people here from the Hawaiian Isl- ands. South Africa. Germany, Holland, and other countries. You will find a number of interesting people in the colony. For instance. there is Profes- sor Lancaster recognized as one of the greatest authorities in the country on or the manufacture of flying machines. Professor Lancaster was urged by the management of the St. Louis Exposition to come to that city and take part in the discussion of flying machines. and to assist In the of the branch of the Expo sition attractions"
 You say sn the management of col- ony affairs that the wife of member has as much right to vote as her hus- band. Do husband and wife ever diff fer on these questious?"
 They certainly do, The wife mora