The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-24
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From The Goodwater Enterprise ws copy the following editorial:

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 From The Goodwater Enterprise we copy the following editorial:
 | A correspondent. wr..ing to one of our big dailies, stated .hat a branch of the Huntsville and Nashville Rail- TaiiadesS and % cooss s5snHe coSnsies ana u 10 Montgomery, We hope this Is true. Whether that shall be or not: if Mont gomery IS as much interested in build. her 100000 inhabitants by 1910, as she would be supposed to be. she cannot ssdfefd sdn te neglect this territory; and we mercial club could easily project an Goodwater. via Rockford. Once starts built.
 We have a fine power in Hatchet creek to run the dynamos. With this won De reSuced to sbs The country through which the road would run is rich In minerals, timber undoubtedly. be a paying line. besides giving the Capital City good trade from this territory, This territory is lhickly populated with fine class of
 There is prospect of line from here to sylacauga. which would help very much. If there was any assur- would be built i soon soon the line enss0Sis to syiaz eauga would not be built. We believe the wide-awake. prorressive bushes oppertanisg pass We ~p appesi eei to aet te ses can be done one easily if and md St ought io be be than the cost Sap of the mUs ane vestment
 nssa. Msa, !. ssys sns our S ssp'sl s.. oty She bound together by steel and electrici- ty. On with the procession.
 As is well known there has been much talk of railroad from this city northward. and a number of towns have been designated as likely to be on the line. but so far there have been no definite steps agreed on or taken to carry the project through. So far the talk has been of steam railway. but the spread and populari- ty of trolley lines has been so great that there is more talk Of railroads of that kind than of the old style. and the information given out by The En- terprise sounds as If the road may begin at the other end, and whether it would then come on to Montgomery
  certain of, and that is if a railroad of any kind should come southward and intersect the several railroads now crossing Alabama. and should atop at Goodwater or any nearby place. 1t would be black eye for this city. as glance at the map should convince any one. It would draw to itsels an T ought to come here and would send it to Atlanta. Birmingham or some place other than Montgomery
 Having a pretty good general idea 1 of the country north of us, at least as far as this road would be likely to l be on Alabama soil. we have no hesita- tion in saying that the question of | ohtaining electric motive power would be a comparatively insignificant one. Prem few miles above Montgomery | to Huntsville. Guntersville or wherev- | CT the line might run. there Is q con- tinaous succession of creeks and riv- | CTS upon which works could be built | which would furnish enough power to run cars to Panama, if necessary. | Misunderstanding the motive power | would be the least of the obstacles.
 Like The Enterprise. we would be glad to know what Montgomery will | do about it. Building and equipping a trolley line is not an expensive | business when compared with the old | style of railroads, and in many per- tiens of the country they are now used for freight as well as passenger traffic and are proving both convenient and profit table. Montgomery ought to take the first step. and will. if she eonsults ler own interests.