The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
TWILL BUILD A PLANT
|.LANs FOR A LIGHT SYSTEM IN
 SELMA UNDER WAY.
Brrnsingham Man wfl Take ChsrEe of Protect and wfu Use Water Pcwer--News of the Gem
 tral City.
Advertiser Buresu.


 ! Selma. April II.
 Plans Ire being arranged and within a short while work upon the erection of an electric plant which will be op- erated by water power will be started near Selma by a citizen of Birmingham.
 The name of the Birmingham man and the details of the new plant nave not been made public but It IS unoer- stood that the plans for the erection of inc new lighting plant were pro- gressing favorably before the lighting question began to be asitated by the citizens of Selma.
 The Birmingham man, 1t Is 1. stated. has ample means to erect the plant without the aid of Selma citizens He owns a tract of land. 1t is stated. about nine miles from Selma and through rrhicb there runs swift and good sized creek. This stream he has had examined by Government engineers as well as other engineers and 1t has been estimated that the stream will deliver 300 horse power.
 Another engineer was in Selma this morning and went to the site where the proposed electric plant Is to be erected, to make another examination of the force of the stream.
 It is thought that the first work upon this new plant will be started within the next few weeks and that t will be ready for business by winter.
 The electricity which the new plant will generate will be used mainly for power purposes and the plans here advanced so far that several contracts have been closed. It will cater to the furnishing of lights to such concerns as the Cawthon and Estelle Cotton Mills, the four oil mills and the fur nishing of power for the operation of the machinery of small manufacturing concerns
 While 1t is not believed that the wa- ter power, at the point where the new plant Is to be erected will ever play, out. an adjunct plant which eau be operated by steam will also be put in.
 To Establish Winter Resort.
 Through a citizen, wealthy resident of Indiana Is negotiating for the pur- pose of purchasing a beautiful park tract of land few miles from Selma.
 The name of the Indiana man and the lection of the land is kept secret until negotiations for the park progress further. An agent of tfe Indiana man was in Selma a few weeks ago and spent several days looking at various tracts in the vicinity of Selma, and finally selected the tract which he Is now trying to purchase.
 If the piece of ground is bought 1t is said a me nOIeL WILL pC OHht anu hHC grounds surrounding will be beautified in every way.
 The Selmian said today that If the site could be purchased the work of improving the grounds and the erec- tion of the hotel would be started just as quickly as possible.
 To Have . Race Matinee. ~ The lovers of horse racing in Selma and Central Alabama will be given an opportunity in the next two or three weeks of seeing several first class pac- ing and trotting races at the Selma Driving Park.
 In the races which will be held there will take part some of the best known and most promising of Grand Circuit campaigners.
 The race matinee which will be held at the Selma Driving Partk within inc next few weeks is being arranged bv the horsenen who have been spending the winter at the track and who viii Ieave here with their stahIas Fo~ .L :.