The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-08-16
No Occasion for Alarm.
IORpER 10. l84. III

Before the Railroad Commissioners
of the State Of Florida. In the matter
Of the condition of the OcklOcknee
Trestle, near Mcintyre, on the line Of
the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Rail
way Company
Whereas, Notice having been given
TO the Georgia, Florida & Alabama
Railway Company that the Inspecting
Engineer of the said Railroad Commits
sioners had reported to them that the
said trestle was in bad condition and in
need of immediate repair, and that they,
the said commissioners, would meet on
Monday, August 18th, 1907, at 4 O'Clock
D. M, in their office, to consider and
take action on the condition of said
trestle, and that said railway company
having appeared at said time and place
by Mr. j. o. Hatch, Vice President,
and J. C. O'Dell, General Manager, and
been heard IN the premises, and said
representatives having shown to the
commissioners that they had assembled
and are still assembling necessary tim
bers for the reconstruction of SAID
trestle, and having requested the COM
mIssioners TO 20 with them 10 view the
trestle and the materials that had been
assembled and
Whereas, On the 18th of August,
1907, in compliance with the request of
the representatives of said railway
company the commissioners visited Nc
Intyre in company with the vice-presi-
dent, general manager and executive
board of the said railway company and
found that all of the bridge timbers
necessary for the reconstruction of said
trestle had been assembled at Mcln-
T.. I'D knN Ill
being assembled as fast as they can be
delivered by contractors, and that
enough piles are already on the ground
TO begin work and that work is begun
on said trestle, making preparation for
the driving of piles, and that a pile
driver arrived at said trestle on the
evening Of the 18th inst, and the work
of driving piles was to begin on the
Whereas, the commissioners having
seen the material assembled for this
work, pile driver there, and being as
sured by the officers and executive
board of said railway company that
they intend to push this work through
to completion as rapidly as possible for
them 10 do so. and that the general
manager has issued an order for trains
not TO exceed ten miles per hour in
crossing said trestle; and
Whereas, The commissioners, togeth-
or with the aforenamed representatives
Of the said railway company, walked out
on said trestle, taking positions on the
end Of the bent, and watched the run
ming of the passenger train across the
trestle, believe fully from what they
saw that, while Il Is a fact that the
bridge needs repairing, yet Il is not in
such condition as to render the passage
Of trains across IL at n low rate of
speed dangerous, and are 50 advised by
thor inspecting engineer;
Therefore, we consider that there is
no occasion for public alarm over the
movement Of trains across this trestle
One bent at a time will be placed IN
position, between trains, rendering
that part of the work absolutely safe
for the movement of trains during the
progress Of rebuilding.
IL is therefore ordered and adjudged
by the Railroad Commissioners of the
State of Florida that the Georgia. Flor
ida and Alabama Railway Company
shall proceed with due diligence with
the reconstruction Of the said trestle
over the Ocklocknee river just north OF
your station at Mcintyre, Fla, on the
line Of said railway, and 70 have same
completed within sixty days from the
date Of this order
Done and ordered BY the Railroad
Commissioners Of the State of Florida,
IN session at their office IN the city of
Tallahassee, Fla, this 18th day of Au-
gust, 1907.
r, HUDSON BURR, Chairman.
Attest: r. 6. DUlni, Secretary.
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