The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-15
THE BEACH ROAD.
Pablo Beach and Murray Hall Success
fully Extinguished.

fully Extinguished.
There was inaugurated yesterday, with
appropriate ceremonies, including mos
delightful series of excursions, one of
the most interesting and important of the
numerous enterprises which now cluster
about the new-old city of st. Augustine
the st. Augustine and South Beach
Railway Company.
This company was Incorporated May
81, 1886, and its organization is as fol-
lows:
Presidential 5. Cartier, of st. Louis,
Mo.
Vice President-M. r.. Bean, of st.
Augustine.
General Manager-Allen Wood. of
New York.
Secretary. A. Dawson, late of New
York.
The present line of road extends from
the wharf on Anastasia Island across the
island to ''Anastasia City" a splendid
tract of beach front containing about
seventy acres, formerly belonging to the
Aspinwell estate. and recently purchased
by the company and subdivided into
lots, parks, avenues. etc, some eighty
or more lots having already been sold.
Beyond Anastasia City, southwark from
the lighthouse, the road will extend to
South Beach, the coquina quarries and
the lower extremity of Anastasia Island.
From the wharf ON the island to Gen.
trail, or as it is now better known, Tos-
hachs Wharf. the dainty little steam
ferry boat Myth, plies at regular inter
walls.
The gentlemen composing the organi-
cation are well known To our citizens,
and are men of prominence and expe-
rience. MIR. Cartier, the president be-
longs to the noted firm of engineers,
bridge builders and contractors, nj. s.
Cartier & Co., of st. Louis, his partners
being Messrs. A. w. Hubbard, and w.
:. Cartier, and also noted in the west as
the builders of the Missouri Pacific Rail
way. Mr.. Bean, vice-president, is a
well known extensive orange grower of
Welaka, Florida. MIR. Wood, the gen
eral manager, has a fine reputation in
the North as a successful railroad man.
having been the owner and managertf
the Bath and Hammondsport hallway,
in New York. for period of eleven or
twelve years-a property which was
practically bankrupt when h. purchased
1t, and is now, through his admirable
management one of the best equipped
and most profitable pieces of railroad
property in the count v of its size
MIR, Wood being DESTROYS of a
change of climate came to Florida,
winter or two ago, but he could not
remain idle, and, with his usual fore
sight, took hold of the most promising
enterprise he could see. The result OF
the continuation is the completion of one
OF the most important and desirable OF
St Augustines many new and promising
enterprises.
The road itself is narrow gauge, laid
with twenty-tive-pound rails on squar,
sawed ties, ON perfect level, and bal
lasted with sand and coquina or shell
making it perfectly clean and free from
dust in the dryest weather. Its course i
from the wharf straight away across tn,
marsh to a series of tree-covered ridge
which form the backbone of the islam,
. for its entire length, some eighteen o
twenty miles, ON the highest of which
and along its summit lies Ponce de Leo,
avenue, a splendid highway sixty fee
wide. at an elevation of at least fort,
feet above the sea level. On reacbip
the first of the ridges the road turn
sharply to the right and southwark, run
ming almost due south to poin
only short distance from the mort
line Of the light house reservation theme