The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-30
NEW ELECTRIC LINE
SELMA AND MARION MAY BE CONT
 NECT1sD BY TROLLEY.
The Outlook fs Very Bright .and Pre- linainnry Surveys for the New
 Road wIil Begin at
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Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma, Oct. 2e s
 The outlook for the building of the electric line between Selma and Marion and other points in Perry County. is exceedingly bright. The outlook Is so bright that 1t is now believed the actual work of making the necessary survey and other preliminary work will be started within few weeks and with the work once started, 1t will be rushed to completion as fast as possi- ble, and'very likely by next fall Selma VIII be connected with Marion by au' electric line.
 The road, if built. will be financed by an Eastern company with ample capital behind 1t. This company will ask nothing of the citizens of Selma, Marion or the country through which the road will rum. When completed it VIII also he equipped with the best kind Of cars and q good service will be given between the two cities.
 Secretary ]. T. Slater of the Commer- cial and Industrial Association, has been in communication with this com- pany of Eastern capitalists for some weeks in regards 10 the building of this road. They first asked for de- scription of land through which the road would traverse, and other geo. graphical information as to the coun- try All of this information was given and the company seems very well pleased, with the outlook. and have practically agreed to build the line.
 Secretary Slater said today that within the next two weeks. a stock company would be formed in Selma for the building of this road. The formation of this company, he stated, was necessary. and there was no doubt but that 1t would easily be organized. and that probably citizens of Perry County would come in 1t as the build ing of this electric line would mean las much to Perry County as 1t would to Dallas County.
 This company will be organized merely for the purpose of guarantee ing to the company Of Eastern capi- talists the building of the line. which they arc willing tq finance. It Is for tine purpose of showing the good faith of the citizens and to secure their help in completing the road and operating it after the linc has been built The party Of Eastern capitalists who are willing to build the line. will also ask for the support of the citizens of Selma and Marion in making the road pay them a small interest on the money invested. They desire the company which win be formed here to give them their support as to tonnage of freight WHICH VIII lfiAkE lHe Tpdu SGfIrSuppOit- ing as well as for the passenger traf- fic between the two points. This the company which will be organized will give and there is little doubt but that the electric line will prove a paying investment from the very start.
 Citizens of Selma and Perry County have been wanting such an electric line for some years past. Now that the opportunity is offered them foe fhaFa ia dnlIIf but that they will give 1t their hearty support.
 After the road has been built from Selma to Marion it Is very likely that within short while, it will be extend- cd further west through Perry County and on to Newberne. FnInsdale and Uniontown. In building the road, 1t will so through a section of country which is several miles off of any rail- road line and will practically mean the < developing os new section of the State. which ss rich in timber and agri- culture.
 Another branch of the road may be extended from Marion up the Cahaba Valley to the Birmingham district, through Blob County. That section of the State is rich and undeveloped and would mean an additional large ton- mage each year to the road.
 It is thought that Q representative of the company of the Eastern capi- talists will reach Selma within the next few days and will go over the proposed route of the road or confer with the business men of the city In regards to the building of the same The business men of the city want this electric line built and the company which. proposes to build 1t will receive thcir active support
 Secretary Slater thinks that corps