The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-15
STREETS OF SELMA
MATER OF PAVING BEFORE CON-
 MERCIAL CLUB.
Committee Will Work With Commit- tee of the City Council in an Effort to Carry Out
 the Project.

Selma, Aug. 14-fSpecial. )-The reg ular semi monthly meeting of the Con- mercfal and Industrial Association was held at the city hall tonight. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and promises to be very fruitful The principal question which was brought before the meeting was the paving or the streets of the city. This matter has been agitated for some time and it now looks as If two of the principal streets at least will De paved Witnln the next few months.
 The meeting was called to order py President Peacock and Secretary Stat ter read the minutes of the previous meeting, after which the regular bus mess before the meeting was taken up.
 Secretary Slater announced that ne had received a letter from w.. F. Van diver of Montgomery. in which he stated that owing to business which detained him in New York for some time that the. trip of Chairman Burton of the Congressional Committee on Riv- CTS and Harbors which was to have been made down the Alabama River which was to have been made aooui September 1 would be delayed untn letter from Mir. Vandiver stated that Congressman Wiley would accompany the party on the trip dowp the Ala bama River. It was decided to ask MT Vandiver to make arrangements so tnat Chairman Burton come to Selma direct from Washington and from here go up the river to Montgomery.
 The matter of entertaining the par ty was then taken up and discussed at some length A committee of sixteen; consisting of the following members of inc Association, was appointed: A. e. Parrish, E. c. Melvin, R, B. L. Nell, J. F. Hooper; L. M Hooper. ". 2. Agee. Schwartz. Morris Meyer. c. M, How ard. Edgar UlIman, Herman Eliasberg. Albert Thalheimer. J. B. Ellis, R. H. Mangum. with the President ana Secs retary of the Association added.
 This committee will meet Friday afternoon and decide upon some plans for the entertainment of the river and harbor committee ~.
 Matter of contributing to pnblicas ton whose purpose will be to set forth the advantage of Alabama before the reopie of Germany was then brought up. The representative of the publica- tion stated that many thousand copies printed in German would be scattered throughout that county and would very materially held in bringing to the state a large number desirable im- migrants. He asked that committee pc appointed to aid him in soliciting suo- scriptions for this publieatlon ~ was pointed, but resolution was introduced which commended the publication ana asked the people to help in the cause
 The matter or pdNliiB thG Stl SSto "NS taken up and J. E. Donald the repre- sentative of paving concern address sed to meeting. He explained the pow ing of streets and figures approxinlaI- ing the cost of paving Broad and Water streets were read. MT. Donald suggest ed that a committee be appointed to see the property owners along the two streets and to get their views and see if they would be willing to bear their part of the $70,000 for the paving. The various phases of the question were discussed and it was finally decided that the matter of paving the streets should be left to committee of the commercial and industrial association which would work in conjunction with the committee from the city council. Both of these committees will go to work iluon this matter at once and it is ex- peeted that the work of paving the streets will be started very shortly.