The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-24
BOAT SERVICE
 UPON RIVERS Captain Moore Talks of
 New Lines. INLAND WATERwAYFAenITEs New Transportation Company to Benefit Public. conarming Advertisers Reports From Mobile, Montgomery Man Discusses Plans of Bis corporation--Ef-
 feet on Alabama.
 
INLAND WATERWAYlFAcIITEs

Captain T. H. Moore, of Montgomery, yesterday confirmed the announcement from Mobile, published in The Adver- tiser Tuesday morning. that several of the river steamers in which he is in- terest have been sold to the Birming- ham and Gulf Railway and Navigation Company. which has capital of $10,- 000, ,00o, and that he has been elected superintendent. of the company.
 The chief purpose of the company is to build and operate an electric rail- road from Gadsden to Tuscaloosa. a velop coal mines and to barge coal to deepwater and to develop and improve the Alabama. Tombigbee and Warrior Rivers. tfl
 Captain Moore. who is one of the stockholders of the giant company, is enthusiastic over the project. He said generally speaking. that the project grew out of desire on the part of his Alabama associates and himself to do big things in the way of developinE river navigation and allied interests in this State. In furtherance of this idea they had succeeded in interesting East ern men of large capital and that their plans were now so far advanced as to give the, public some information about the project.
 With emphasis and hte customary candor. Captain Moore said that the bargtng of coal from Tuscaloosa to the Gulf would not affect the interests oi the Alabama River.
 The new company" he said. 'ts just as much interested in the Alabana River as 1t Is in the T0mbtgbee River The announcement that several of our boats. the Nettie Quill, the John Gull the City of Mobile and others. have been purchased. does not mean an irn- pairment of service on the Alabama River. & prove vastly the Alabama River serv- ice. It is our purpose to put on two through boats leaving Mobile for Montgomery Tuesdays and Saturdays and also an extra boat for the lower river. trade. This third boat will ply between Mobile and Selma"
 sCaDtain Moore said that while the company had secured control of 5o.0oo acres of dns coal lands along the route of the proposed railroad from Gadeden to Tuscaloosa and would have other lareg interests, his duties would continue to. be devoted largely to the navigation department of It's affairs As Superintendent, he will have charge of the fleet of vessels. This will in- cIude seven steamboats. a number of towboats and about fifty barges. The tugboats are to be purchased and con tracts will be awarded soon for build ing the barges.
 Montgomery will continue to be the residence of Captain Moore and he said he would like the fact stressed that he was not to give up any of his bus mess or personal interests here.
 According to Captain Moore. some of the geratest captains of industry in the world are backing the new company All financial arrangements have been made and work on the various enter prtes Is moving rapidly. He thinks the electric railroad from Gadsden to Tus- caloosa will be ready to operate trains
 within tw years. but coal will be moved from Mobile to Tuscaloosa at a much earlier date
 The officers of the new company are Henry Thompson, of New York, PresI- dent; J. M Dewberry. of Birmingham Rice President: J. A. Vandergrlft, of Tuscaloosa, General Manager; Captain T. H. Moore, of Montgomery, Superin- tendent, and Captain. John Quill, of Mobile, Manager.
 MT. Thompson is an Eastern capital ist who has been associated with the Standard oil Company, MT. Dewberry secured the franchises and options on the properties; Mir. vandergrift is the representative of Eastern capitalists Captains Moore and Quill are we'll known to every one in the State.