The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-30
PROPOSED RAILROAD
 PLEASING ID SELMA
Corps of Engineers Is Survey
 ing the Route
TERMINALS SECURED
It Is Believed in Selma vhnt the Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad Will Build the New Line Down
 the Valley

| Selma, January 29.-(Special. 1.-The
 business people and citizens of Selma are
 greatly pleased at the report from Bir-
 mingham that the Louisville and Nash vile railroad or the United States Steel company would build the proposed rail-
 road up the Cahaba valley from Birming ham to Selma The question of that pro-
 posed railroad is. of interest to Selma at all times, and there is little doubt that it will be built it matters not whether the Louisville and Nashville or the Steel corporation will take a hand in it. MT. Ernest Lamar and other prominent busi- ness men of the city have already ex- pended quite an amount of money in pre- liminaries for the building of the road, and now have a corps of engineers in the field making a survey of the route. The city of Selma has already granted MT. Lamar and his associates some val
 uable terminal facilities on the river
 front. These Selmians have been prom ised the support of number of capital ists in the building of the road if they determine to do so, but 1t has always been figured that if the road from here to the Birmingham district were built that it would be taken charge of and operated by the Louisville and Nashville. Selma would rather ee the Louisville
 and Nashville take charge and build the
 proposed road than any other corpora tion That system will need 1t with the | completion of the Panama canal, and for that reason it has always been thought the Louisville and Nashville would eventually build such road from Birmingham to connect with Its Pensa- ccla branch at this point. The building | of the road will mean a great deal for Selma It will bring to this city many new industries and it will increase to an
 extent the trade territory of the city. With the new industries which will follow the building of the road Selma will grow | rapidly and 1t is believed soon after it's l completion would become the second or | third largest city in the state, and only be outranked in importance by Birming- | ham.
 | The building of the road, whether by
 the Louisville and Nashville or by any ether corporation of individuals will re- suit in the establishment of barge line ] on the Alabama river. By this barge
 line many tons of heavy freight could be carried very cheaply to tidewater at Mo
 bile and from there shipped to all parts | of the world. That the road will be built l there is little doubt felt by the citizens | of Selma, and 1t is further believed that
 work upon the building of the road will be started before the end of the present year.
 To Hold Aviation Meet
 | Saturday afternoon the board Of trus- | tees of the Selma Chamber of Commerce
 held a special meeting for the purpose 1 of hearing proposition to give an aV1a- | ton meeting here for two days on March | 99 and 30. The National Aviators com- pany proposes to bring to Selma four ex- l pert s'birdmen," two regular aviators and | two substitutes, and give exhibitions. The board of trustees of the Chamber | of Commerce realizing the opportunity to | bring to Selma immense crowds for the | two days accepted the proposition ana unanimously decided to give the event It's support In order to defray the con tingent and advertising expenses of the affair the merchants, hotels, and restau- rants will be called upon to contribute | to a fund for that purpose.
 | A committee for this purpose was annointed Monday which consists of | | The subscriptions will be payable on demand only after the railroads enter | ing Selma have announced excursion rates for the occasion. The aviation meet will be the means of drawing 10 Selma on the two days 1t will be held
 large number of people from all points | in central Alabama, and 1t is expected
 that each day there will come to Selma
 several thousand visitors.
 | Held Annual Meeting
 The annual meeting of the Young Mems Christian association was held at the First Baptist church tonight at | T o'clock. The meeting was attended | by a large number and the programme was greatly enjoyed. The churches of the city did not hold services tonight l but joined in the celebration Of the
 aniNal meeting. In the programme ar | ranEed for the exercises of the even | ing there were a number of musical numbers which were rendered and caused considerable pleasure. Short l talks were made by President Ernest Lamar and the different ministers of the city on the work of the Young
 Mems Christian association and 1t was shown that the usefulness of the as- sociation was steadily increasing. Death of Mrs. D. M. Galloway l Mrs. D. M. Galloway, well known and greatly DelOVeO TeSiucht ol oCiAIid' | died at her home on Dallas avenue this morning about o'clock. Mrs. Gallo way has been in bad health for some weeks past but was only forced to her | bed four days ago and since then de- clned rapidly until dissolution. For number of years she was prominent in church and charity work here, but dur ing the past few years has been forced | to give up this work. Besides her | husband. Prof. D. M. Galloway, she leaves two children. Mrs. Frank Seay l of Texas and Dr. Eugene Galloway of | this city. She also leaves a sister Mrs. A. R. Coleman. besides a number of | other relatives to mourn her death seIlna Indorses New Orleans
 | At a meeting of the board of trus- tees of the Selma Chamber of Con- merce held Saturday afternoon that | organization went on record as indors- | ing New Orleans as the place for the holding of the Panama canal exposition l in 1915. Secretary Morgan Richards | of the Chamber of Commerce received ] telegram Saturday morning from New
 Orleans asking that the Selma business
 men indorse New Orleans and to ask the representatives of Alabama to use their influence in getting the authori- | ties at Washington to select the Cres-
 cent City instead of San Francisco. l The members of the Selma Cotton exchange were also asked to indorse New Orleans as the place to hold the exposition and for that organization to request the New York Cotton ex-
 change to use its influence in getting | New York congressman to vote for New Orleans over San Francisco.