The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Merchants of Two Cities
 Will Push Project. :.
DISTANCE OF 2s MILES
Cost is Crudely Estimated at
 $2O0,0 ,000.
Aeitation Said to Have Been InstIgated by Alleged Lack of satisfac-
 tory Train Service at
 Former Place.
Advertiser Bureau,
 GaI-a Maroh os

selma, Marcn 70.
 The next inter-country enterprise that will spring into existence in this part of Alabama and one which will probably pave the way for other sim liar ones, will be an electric car line from Selma to Marion.
 A subscription list headed by the wealthtest and most prosperous bus mess men of both Selma and Marion will be started probably next week and it is believed that it will not be long before work on the talked-of road will begin. A crude estimate on the cost of the electric car line is $200,008.
 Today w. A. &. Haynie, Mayor of Marion, came to Selma to get Selma business men interested. To that end he succeeded. Selma merchants, grasp ing the opportunities of such an en- terprise, readily agreed to give the venture financial and moral support. Mayor Haynie returned to Marion sat- isfied with a good days work.
 Agitation of the electric line between the two growing cities, a distance of the short route of twenty-five miles, was agitated by the indignation of Marion business men at the Southern Railroad, according to Mayor Haynie. Marion is nearly isolated from other points, so inefficient and unsatisfactory is the train service.
 The merchants of Marion have borne. with such intolerable conditions as long as they can," said Mayor Hay nie this afternoon, "anG they now have determined to get relief. We think the road can be built for $200,000 and if so think we can raise that sum from Marion and Selma. I have been assured of the financial support of nearly every merchant in both towns"
 ftA,~ xxrs1I ha tafr %l, local commercial body Tuesday night
 Senator Edmund W. Pettus is at his home recuperating from the arduous duties of a United States Senator.
 Since the venerable statesman re- turned to the city of his nativity he ha sbecn visited by prominent men oi Selma. who have welcomed him back from Washington. Senator Pettus is al his home, 1908 Alabama Street, and he is surrounded by his immediate family and relatives.
 The Senator's health is good. He looks well and shows little fatigue from the long term of Congress.
 The plans of Senator Pettus are un- known. but it's is believed he will stay in Selma until the Senate reconvenes
 Circuit Court.
 IHe cIltnlndl dOCkeI VIII De taken uE in the Circuit Court Monday and the next few weeks of court will be con. sumed in the trial of criminal cases.
 Judge Miller, presiding over the Cir, cult Court in this district, has gone tc his home in Camden, but will return to this city tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning.
 Solicitor Thompson came to Selma last Thursday, but returned to Center vile. He is expected here Sunday af- ternoon. He will stay throughout the Circuit Court term.
 Preparing Baseball Grounds.
 Lem Bailey, the well known ex. Southern League star, is getting the To- cal baseball park in shape for the com ing of Latham's Indian team.
 Latham is expected in Selma the frs week in April and the park will ther be ready for practice games. The frs rvilJ ha ha Yala xxyiff