The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-08
PENSACOLA IS
| FAVORED PORT
OF GULF COAST
PANAMA CANAL OPENING WILL
BOOM SHIPPING AND PENsA-
COLA. BEING NEAREST PORT,
WILL BE GREATLY BENEFITED.

The Montgomery Advertiser OF re-
cent date contained the following re-
zarding Pensacola, railroad oulloins
end the Panama canal:
with the approaching complexion
Of the Panama canal millions of dol
lars will be poured into all this sec
fion of the south, resulting from the
greatly increased tonnage and general
fraffic of the railroads that touch the
sports of Alabama, Florida and LOUIS
lana. The export and import business
~ fbese roads will have to be carried
mainly through Alabama, to and from
che ports. and while cities in the IN
i4eTfor like Montgomery and Birmln8-
ham will feel the effects in marked
degree, still 1t will be the port OF MO
bile that Will be the great winner:
4 sOn August %, 1909, the old Mobile.
jackson and Kansas City Railroad,
running from Mobile to Middleton
Tenn. and from Beaumont to Hatt1es-
lburg. Miss, together with the Chicago
and Gulf-in all 404 miles-was SOLO
hinder foreclosure. The original plan
OF this road was to build from Mopiae
10 Jackson. Tenn, some miles furtner
north than Middleton. Then the new
nrleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Rhecame the successors OF the mobile,
JACKSON and Kansas City, the plan
being to eventually extend that ROAD
south from Mobile to New Orleans.
"a few weeks ago, however, B. F.
,yoaJx,,rn and the Frisco interests
managed to get hold of enough of the
stock of the New Orleans, Mobile and
Chicago Railroad to give them virtual
w a controlling interest. This gives
the Mobile shippers another line to 81.
Louis and Chicago, the original MO
bile. jackson and Kansas City RAN
road striking the Memphis and Biz
4ninsharn division of the Frisco. Prob
ably no town in this section OF the
south. though, has as bright future
as Pensacola, the Louisville and Nash
VILE, at present having the field to it
self there. Capitalists and railroad
developers seem to be in scramble to
get franchises in that port, and
number of railroads have been pro-
1ected leading out of Pensacola.
Gas long as four years ago shrewd
railroad men were seeing the immense
possibilities of a road into Pensacola
and in May of the year 1907 the Pen
sacola. Mobile and New Orleans Kali
road was incorporated In Montgomery
The road was projected from Pensa-
cola to Mobile, a distance of seventy
i've miles, and last June, twenty five
miles of the distance was completed
leaving fifty miles to be finished. The
stock was authorized at $750,00o at q
par value Of 500 upper share and bond
Laughlin being president and j. b
Hail. secretary.
about a year ago the fnancierinf
firm of Megargel and Company, of NO
Nasssu street, New York City, pro
NOTED the Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Railroad, projected from Pensacola u
Jasper, in Walker county, Alabama
Construction has already commences
and tits almost completed from Pen
sacola to Cantonment. few day
ago this road bought the Southern
States Lumber Compkny's road. Thi
lumber road is standard guage ant
laid with T0-pound steel rails, extend
ing for fifty-two miles from Canton
iment, Fla, to Local, Ala, in Escam
slbia county. This will give them
.road from Pensacola to Local by mex
sAprfl, when they expect to have tn
sgap between Pensacola and Canton
9ment completed.
Ihave already been granted both tn
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans
land the Gulf, Florida and Alabama, il
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans
land the Gulf, Florida and Alabama II
Pensacola, the latter road contemplat
ing the building Of a concrete retain
ling wall and six concrete piers wit
warehouses and storage yards. TIL
llatest road to enter the Pensacol
Ifield is the Memphis and Gulf, whic
lasked for franchises in Pensacola
flew days ago which embrace waite
front rights valued at half millio
dollars, English capitalists being be
hind the road.
Now, whether these roads win eve
1be built or not, the fact remains tina
Pensacola will have at least one NOR
lroad out Of that port, and it seems t
he pretty certain now that this neN
road VIII be that same gigantic 'Frisc
system. Jasper, Ala, the propose
Terminus Of the Gulf. Florida and Ala
hama road. is a station on the Mem
fphis and Birmingham division Of tn
frisco and it seems to be understoo
that the Yoakum- Hawley interests c
the Frisco either has already or wi
acquire the Gulf, Florida and Alabam;
With two such trunk lines as tn
Louisville and Nashville and the 'Fris
co, Pensacola would be in a far bet
tier position than any port on the Al
tiantic coast, having, with the gulf an
her magnificent harbor, grand facili
ties.
Both the Louisville and Nashvill