The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

! success in his profession was assured; Before he entered the railway hie.o in Montgomery he had become widely known as a capable street car mag nate. one who was no less at home Tn the financial and business department of such field of it's operation. MT Gaboury today lives in beautiful ana picturesque home on an AIapapla mountain in the suburbs of Jackson ville He is still very active Sin the department of mineral resources ot Alabama coal and iron. He is president of the Blue Mountain Mineral Railroad Company, which is recognized as the company, constructing the extension or the Seaboard Air Line from its Birm- ingham and Atlanta line through Jack sonville to Anniston, distance or about fifteen miles. The work Is well under way and the extension will be in operation in few months.
 For thirty years he has been engaged in a leading capacity in many enter prises as engineer and contractor He has built railroads and water works and sewerage systems all over the country. He has owned either in part or in whole and operated the street car systems in the cities of Knoxville. Montgomery, Columbus, Ga, Greenville. Miss and Bowling Green, Ky. In fact few engineers of America have been connected with so many successful en- terprises and few are better known throughout the country.
 Horse Cars In Montgomery.
 Such Is the man who was attracted by Charles Vanderpoers strange con trivance at the Toronto fair.
 In 1883 MT. Gaboury began the oper- ation of a horse car system in the city of Montgomery, controlling and man aging the street. car system of Col umbus, Ga, at the same time. He own ed seventy-two per cent of the capital stock of the Capital City street Rail- way Company, and was Vive President and General mapager of the company. The owners of the minority of twenty eight per cent and directors of the company were: E, B. Joseph. A. M. Kennedy Josiah Morris, T. Gardner Foster, J. C. Haas, Henry Apperious. Charles P. Gaboury and Tom Hannah. The capital stock was $2S,000, all paid in.
 The Court Street line of the company began at the foot of Commerce street, near the old depot, running up Com merce street to Court Square, across Court Square, up Court street to Grove, up Grove to Hull and up Hull to Scott street. The line had a double track up Commerce street. The Cemetery line of the company began at Court Square and ran up Dexter Avenue to Perry, then north on Perry to Madi-' son avenue, up Madison to Bainbridge, north on Bainbridge to Jefferson and thence to the cemetery. When the Capitol City Street Railway system was first established it consisted of these two lines. In the second year of it's operation an additional line was built up Dexter Avenue and out to the Red Bridge Road and the Clayton ..Nrn ina V1nN Vln was constructed The system was suc- cessful from the outset.
 MT. Gaboury in the summer of 1883 visited Canada, his old home with his family. While looking over the Toronto fair he saw Vanderpoeis old rattle trap car with its strange and unseen motive power. It chained his attention at once. He watched the car run back and forth over its short straight track TOO feet long. He rode on the car. He stopped the man who was running it and occupying the place of the motor man of the present day and questioned him as to the discovery of the strange power and it's nature The motorman knew as little of it all as his question CT He was an Englishman hired to run the car. The owner and discoverer was not in the fair grounds. The Montgom- cry street ear man left his car with an urgent request for MT. Vanderpoel tn call at the hotel to see him.
 Meeting in Toronto Hotel.
 lie came that night to the hotel looking for me-" said MT Gaboury. My first question to him was:
 How much does it cost?
 :" one half the cost of running a horse car he said and he spoke con- fidently.
 Well, he and sat there and talked that thing over until long after mid night. It all made a deep impression on me. You sec he was a crank and people called me crank, but I felt