The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-03

vas told of at the meeting of the Com
 me,oiai and Industrial Association to-
 niknt by Secretary J. T. Slater. After the information had been ,n,- pared. 1t was fully discussed by many oi those present, and as a result, all Seem or the opinion that the future is very bright for Selma. V Soth Of the two new lines which will De built into Selma during the next
 three or four years will be built by
 the Atlanta, Brunswick & Atlantic sys-
 .em. Both Of these lines will mean
 great things for the city.
 Besides the two new roads. if is very probable railroad shops will be estab-
 hshed here. This would mean the em-
 ployment of hundred or so men, who
 would bring their families. It was
 the sense of those at the meeting to- | night that nothing should be thrown
 In the way of the Atlanta Brunswick &
 Atlantic road entering the city. | The plans of the road to enter Selma | nave gone so far that.it is stated that | at present the officials of the road are
 arranging for terminal facilities within the city. How far these negotiations have gone is not made public, but 1t is
 thought that they will be arranged sat
 isfactorily within short while. One of the lines will be the main line
 of the system. which will turn off from
 Talladega and take a straight sourse for Selma From here 1t will bebuilt on to Baton Rouge. La. After that point has been reached. the matter of getting Into New Orleans will be con- sidered.
 The branch of the road from Talla-
 dege here will enter Selma over the
 survey of the old Atlanta Air Line. This
 survey was gone over a few weeks ago
 by party of engineers who spent sev-
 eral days surveying just north of here
 and who later left Selma for Baton
 Rouge to survey the route from that
 place to this city.
 The second road of the system which
 will enter Selma. will be a kind of a
 loop from Birmingham, and will con
 meet with the main line here. In build
 ing the line from Birmingham to Sell
 ma, the desire of the majority of the
 citizens will be realized, for it has been
 stated that 1t Is the intention to build
 this branch down the survey of the old
 Cahaba Valley. This would put Selma
 in close connection with the mineral
 fields of the Birmingham district, an6
 would be a great impetus to the city's
 future growth.
 There are many different reasons for the Atlanta, Brunswick and Atlantic building two lines into Selma. With these lines. the system will become big competitor for the handling of the immense volume of freight from the mineral district of the State and for
 the handling of the great passenger business between the east and south. With their roads once completed sev- eral hours will be saved between New Orleans and Atlanta.
 This time would not be saved though | if the road was built from Talladega to Birmingham and thence to Selma and on to New Orleans. For that req son the main line will be built from | Orleans. By this route the eastern and | southern travel will be handled and hours will be saved between New Or | leans and New York
 over the loop line from Birmin gham | to Selma will be handled the immense volume of freight business from the | Birmingham district. At this point the | two roads will immerge into one and | extent on to the Crescent City. With l the assurance which Secretary Slater | has received from the officials of the road that these two lines will be built there is no doubt but that the actual work of construction will be started as | soon as possible.
 Both of the lines entering Selma will | traversea part of the State which will | open up comparatively new field Both lines will run through a rich agri- I cultural and timber belt and will open l up the territory which they will pass I drought From Selma to New Orleans | the road will go through another sec | tion of the South which is traversed | by but few roads, and 1t will also open up a new territory across the entire State of Mississippi.