The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-25
IN TEN DAYS
APALACH|COLA
To HAVE ROAD
Draw Bridge Has Been In
stalled and Rails Nearly
All Laid.
A FETE DAY is PROMISED FOR
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND
a SPECIAL PROGRAM is BEING
PREPARED FoR GREAT EVENT.

The following paragraphs are from
last weeks issue Of the Apalachicoia
Times:
r. NOR has it that the first through
train over the Apalachicola Northern
Railroad will reach this city in about
ten days. The day is to be made one
Of lOlli1cation by the entire cOmmun-
ity. enc preparations are now on 10 t
to tha1 end. 1t IS deemed appropo to
arrange and carry out a program that
VIII express the appreciation of the
community over the building and COM
pletion of the railroad to this city, and
II Is expected that Apalachicolians will
celebrate the day in manner betting
the occasion. One feature of the pro-
gram that will be of much interest,
will he the presentation of a handsome
testimonial of appreciation to a citizen
whose efforts made possible the build
ing of this railroad, and Apalachico-
lianS will seek to show their apprecfa-
ton OF and esteem for this citizen in
no uncertain way Aplachicola will
wear her best bib and tucker on this
occasion, and she extends a cordial in
vitatfon to her neighbors to join with
neT On lnlS day.
Wednesday of next week the draw
of the railroad bridge at the Bluff,
VIII swing into place. This means
that the bridge will then be ready TO
receive the steel rails of the railroad,
coming from the ApalachicOla end of
the road. And the rails will be there
to meet the draw as it swings into DO
sition.
The Board of Trade at the meeting
held Tuesday evening. discussed the
child labor hill now pending in the
Florida legislature. A resolution was
adopted by the Board requesting
Franklins representatives to oppose
the measure. 1t was the opinion of
the meeting that the measure pending
was not calculated to do good-rather.
IL was thought that its enactment and
enforcement would prove harmful.
The tug Lottie lowed lumber
barge from Cara belle Tuesday. With
in a few moments after casting off the
tow line ait the Cypress mill, the barge
sank Investigation showed that two
planks, perhaps twenty feet in length
one from the bottom and the other
at the knuckle-had disappeared. How
these planks disappeared or when, no
one can tell. Another strange thing
about 1t IS, how did the barge manage
to keep afioat with two planks mis-
siCg?
The Board of Trade took the initia-
tive Tuesday evening and got onto the
water wagOn-not the water wagon so
hilariously pictured by the cartoonist,
however, but a real live, water wagon
TO be built for street SDrinkling pur-
poses. A committee was appointed to
solicit subscriptions of money to I;Ir-
chase the sprinkling apparatus. and
you ought TO be real good and help the
good cause.
With the completion of the Apalachi-
cola Northern Railroad, tapping a fine
section of the state rich in timber, and
farming lands susceptible of excellent
agricultural possibilities, the opportun-
ity for Greater AplachicoIa begins;
and ApalachicOlians should at once Law
their plans to reap the benefits that
will come to them. The building of d
railroad means new settlers, new
farms, new enterprises, new business
and ApalachicOla will be the depot
into which the bulk of trade will empty
its stores Are are prepared to meet
this new condition and handle it in d
manner that will be satisfactory to
both buyer and seller? And can we re
tain this trade once it is our? Are we
making any preparation along this
line? These questions are of much
moment to the business community
and they demand prompt answers.
Wouldn't II be advisable for the Apt-
lachicola merchants to get together?
Ard shouldn't others also get together
fer the new order of things? Just as
sure as the sun will rise tomorrow
morning. just as sure will the coming
of the railroad bring Il new order of
things to ApalaChiCOla. The change
will not come with a leap and all to-
gether. but it will come. at first grad
ually, then faster and faster And it's
c, ming is in sight, but there are many
or us still peggine away and not pre-
pared to meet it, Within five years
ApalachicOla s population will have in
creased 100 per cent, If not more
Houses will have sprung up where now
grows the pine tree. And as far aS the
eye can See-where the sun dips its
"d1eI to the dying day-new forms and
new faces will be seen struggling to
gain recognition in this new order of
things.
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