The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-23

a magnificent hshing ground and since the completion of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay road the fish industry has developed very rapidly. From one to two cars of fish are shipped out daily over the line; being turned over to the Atlantic Coast Line at Dothan, that road and the Central of Georgia distributing them to points along their lines and beyond. a great many iof the St. Andrews Bay fish coming to the dealers in Montgomery.
 Leaving out the fact of all the i'm dustries mentioned above. the ultimate object of Mir, Steele is to build an ex- tension of his road from Dothan up through the counties of Dale. Bullock, Macon and Lee to a junction with the Western of Alabama at Opelika. At this point the object is to secure track age arrangements with the Western into Atlanta. thus giving line from Atlanta to the St. Andrews Bay coun- try. This does not look as if 1t would be an easy matter for MT. SEt1ith to get hold of the, Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad. and even if he goes into the St. Andrews Bay country over his own lines he is liable to have Q fight for the territory.
 But the taciturn President of the Louisville and Nashville as a general rule. brushes obstacles out of his path, and in the end gets what he starts out for. A few years ago a branch of the Alabama and Florida division was built from Opp down through the vast timber country in Conecuh County to the big LoclIhart mills and on to Flo- rala, a. little town on the Alabama and Florida line. There was no way of getting out of Florala and Mfr Smith wanted to get & connection through the Florida country to his Pensacola di- vision. The only outlet then was an insignificant lumber road-the Yellow River RaiIroad-which struggled off into the wilds and lost itself. Mir. Smith seeing a chance of getting out of Florala, bought the Yellow River road. had it all repaired, picked up the end that was lost in the wilds and ex- tended 1t to Crestvlew on the line of the Pensacola. division. This gave him a choice of several routes. Either from River Junction, the terminus of the Pensacola division. round by Pen- sacola and Flomaton to the main line of the Mobile and Montgomery, or traffic could be diverted at Crestview, sent through by F'lorala, Opp, Geor- giana and the main line of the M. and M. from Georgiana to Montgomery and the big distributing points.
 River Junction Terminus.
 If the gap between Graceville and Cottondale Is alled in 1t will give still another route from River Junction through 5raceyille, Geneva, Andalusia, Georglana and on to Montgomery. Riv- CT Junction. the terminus of the Pen sacola division on the L. and N.. is also the terminus of branches of the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line. It Is on the Chattahoochie
 .ka of the bridge is called Chattahoochie, while the station on the east side of the bridge is known as River Junction,
 On the other side of the bridge the branches of the Seaboar5 and Atlantic Coast Line touch nearly every point in that section of Florida. It Is from the east side of the river bridge that the St. Andrews Bay Northern begins it's journey to Appalachicola.
 The coast of St. Andrews Bay seems to have been a mecca for railroad pro- motors during the past few years. Some years ago a railroad was projected to run from Atlanta to St. Andrews Bay going by Eufaula. The only work that was ever done on the project was to build part of a roadbed over near Pittsyiew in Russell County. The right of way and everything had been granted but unfortunately the money necessary to continue the road gave out. and since then the Gulf and St Andrews Bay Railroad has been memory. It all goes to show. howev CT. that farseeing railroad men. realiz, the possibilities of the St. Andrew l Bay country.
 From the present outlook the Louis vile and Nashville will have a numbe of deep water ports in this section l They already have the magnificen wharfage facilities at Pensacola an
 if the St. Andrews Bay project zoe through it will give them another out let to the Gulf. From Bay Minette O.
 the main line of the Mobile and Mont gomery division the L. and N. has bull
 a line thirty-fve miles long to Foley
 and while that is the terminus at pres
 ent it is a fact that the object of tn
 branch being built originally was t l get to Fort Morgan and secure anothe
 deep water harbor. From Foley owe
 to Fort Morgan Is only a short dis
 tsnce. and the gap will be filled in jus
 at the minute that it Is needed Whe
 the Panama Canal is completed tn
 wisdom of Mir. Smith in reaching all O the ports that he can will be seen.