The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-02
RAILROAD WILL
be 4 DEVELOPER
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ROAD is
BEING PUSHED-TRAFFI MAN.
AGER TALKS-LINE FROM MAD
ISON, FLA, TO MILLIN, GA,
READY BY NOV. I.

A. Pope, one of the best known rail
road men of the south, now traffic
manager of the Georgia and Florida
Railroad, was in Savannah yesterday,
and talked Interestingly of the work
that is to be done by the railroad he
represents, in the way Of industrial
and commercial development Of that
section of Georgia and Florida through
which the line passes, says the Sa-
yannah News.
1T is our expectation" SAID Mr..
Pope, ito open the complete line from
Madison, Fla, to MiIIen, Ga, by the
latter part of October, or the first of
November. Work upon that section
of the road from Vidalia, eighty miles
from Savannah to the Altamaha river,
is being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. The rails on this section
of the road are even now being laid.
and the line as far as the river will
be completed by the middle of Sep
TENDER at the very latest.
That section of the road beyond
the Altamaha, extending from the
south bank of that stream to Hazel
hurst is now complete, and work upon
the bridge which is to form the final
connecting link, spanning the Alta
maha is going forward in a manner
that is most satisfactory. The piers
of this bridge are already built, and
the steel for the bridge itself is on
the way from the factories. Actual
work will be started on the erection
of the bridge within ten days, and IN
less something now utterly unforeseen
should occur the bridge will be ready
for the passage of trains by the first
of November.
Territory That is Tapped.
when this link in our system is
completed, the Georgia and Florida
Railroad will possess a continuous
line from Madison, Fla, to Millen,
Ga, which will tap q section of the
south that is incOmpaTably rich and
productive. By folio wing the course
of the line, one may realize just what
the territory reached by our road is.
From Madison, which is a junction
point with the Seaboard Air Line, the
road goes through ValdOsta, the cOun-
ty seat of Lyons county; thence to
Nashville, Berien county; thence to
Douglas, Coffee county; then on to
Hazelhurst, JEFF Davis county; thence
to Vidalia; thence to StillmoTe, Eman-
uel county, ending at Millen, Jenkins
county.
railway systems and the Georgia and
Florida are numerous and convenient.
At Madison the road connects with
the SeabOard Air Line, offering ship
ping and passenger facilities to points
in Middle and Western Florida.
AT ValdOsta the road will connect
with the Montgomery d.
vision Of the Coast Line and with the
Southern Railway. At Willacoochee
connection will be made with the Al
bdny and Brunswick division of the
Coast Line. At Douglas connection is
made with the main line of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail-
road. At Hazelhurst the road con-
meets with the main line Of the
Southern Railway between Chatta-
nOoga and Brunswick. At Vidalia the
road connects with the main line of
the, SeabOard Air Line, Savannah to
Montgomery. At Millen the road
connects with the Central of GeOr-
gas main line to Atlanta.
Location of General Offices.
The Georgia and Florida now.
owns its own line from KeysvilIe
through Midwife to Swainsboro, the
county seat of Emanuel county, and
work is now going forward on the
connecting link from NOTmantOwn, on
the MiIlen division, to SWalnsbOrO-
From a point about five miles south
of Keysville d line will be construct
ed into Augusta, which is to be the
ultimate terminus of the road. It is
here that the general offices of the
Georgia and Florida will be located.
Contracts for the building of the line
into Augusta call for a completion of
the work by March I, 1910"
A Valuable Booklet.
It is the purpose of the Georgia and
Florida railroad to issue a handsome
booklet in the near future, in which
the road and the section which 1t
opens up will be described in detail.
Mr. Pope stated that there would be
no mOOnshine or romance in the book,
but that it would contain exhaustive
and valuable facts, figures and in
formation concerning the territory
touched by the road and its connec-
tiOns. together with descriptive data
dealing with industrial and CONNER
cial conditions.
The time has come" said Mr..
Pope, when the people should know
about the country traversed by the
Georgia and Florida Railroad, and we
propose to tell them There is no
part of the south where the fields are
more fertile. the crops more product
i've, or the people more active and in
dustrious than that which is ira
varsed by our road, and we mean to
do our part toward the development
of their resources.