The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-31
CAPITALISTS
WILL BUILD
NEW RAILROAD
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR THE DoTHAN, MARIANA
AND GULF RAILROAD FILED
WELL KNOWN CAPITALISTS BE.
HIND PROJECT.
Special % The journal.


Mariana, May 30.-Articles Of in.
corporation of the Dothan. Mariana
& Gulf Railroad have all been COM
pleted and are today being mailed to
Dothan, Ala, for record, az the or
ganization Is chartered under the laws
OF Alabama, it being a quicker way to
obtain charter. Great interest Is
manifested in this railroad. It will
open up a long needed northern con-
nection that will revolutionize the rail-
road traffic in this section, opening UP
the best farming country in the south
The fact that this road runs through
FIVE good towns now doing q good bust
ness will give 1t q splendid amount Of
traffic to start with. The citizens Of
this county and OF all southeast Ala
bama have come together, determined
to build this road by subscribing stock
among themselves, owning and equip
ing it as an Independent line.
Nearly every prominent business
man and banker in every town through
which II passes Is q EtockAolder and
every good citizen IL putting his shoul-
der to the wheel to push the compile
ton Of this great enterprise at once,
and 1t has every appearance Of being
backed by the best class OF capitalists
and business men Of any enterprise
Z ever started in South Alabama or West
TlOIluds II Will OG n great
builder for Mariana No doubt Mari
anna will double it's population in
short time. 1t is also understood that
the Jarrett lumber road, running north
from Mariana eight miles, has made
q deal with the Williams Lumber Co.
at Eleanor. Fla, to connect these two
lines, This makes a northwestern road
cunning through very rich country
and taps the Atlantic Coast Line at
Cowart, Ala. 1t is also understood
that the L. & N. railroad will extend
it's road now at GFaceville, Fla, on to
Mariana. 1t Is understood the stock
holders OF the L. & N. some time ago
set apart an appropriation to extend
this road when necessary. This no
doubt will be done now to compete
with the new line running to Dothan.
At q meeting OF the stockholders of
the Dothan, Mariana & Gulf r. r.
the following directors were elected:
j. d. Smith, Mariana, president
Citizens State Bank; w. H. Milton.
Mariana. president First National
Bank; f. Canon, Mariana, hard
ware; c. G. Liddon. Mariana, mer-
chant; M. L. Dekle, Mariana, cap
italist and real estate M. r. Burton.
Mariana, president Mariana Mfg. Co.;
g. l.. Wilson, Mariana, states attor-
ney; r. ID. Daffin, Mariana, wholesale
merchant; r. A. Willis, Greenwood,
smith, Greenwood. cashier Bank of
Greenwood; John w. Malone, Malone.
cashier Bank OF Malone; II. l.. Mar
bury, Malone, manufacturer: j. r.
Young, Dothan, president Houston Ma
ftional Bank Of Dothanj ]. r. Faircloth,
IDothan, president Dothan National
Bank; q. H. Malone, Dothan, president
First National Bank; Joe Baker, Do
than, mayor and capitalist; John San
ders, Dothan. wholesale merchant; w.
s. Wilson, Dothan, manufacturer and
contractor.
Officers elected were: f. l.. Mar
bury. president, Malone, Fla: j. d.
Smith, vice president. Mariana, Fla;
ID. G. Carmichael, second vice presi-
dent, Dothan, Ala; John Sanders, gen.
eral manager, Dothan, Ala; ID. w.
Baker, assistant general manager Do
than, Ala; M. L. Dekle, treasurer, |
Mariana, Fla.
Committee on finance elected were:
c. II. Malone, w. H. Milton, j. ID. |
Smith. j. r. Young. Joe Baker, NJ. L. |
Dekle, ]. r. Faircloth, r. A. Willis and |
John w. Malone.
A survey of the road Is to be made |
at once and the road will be built at
once. 1t is supposed to run from Do |
than, Ala, through Cottonwood Ala |
Malone, Fla, Greenwood, Fla, and
Mariana, Fla. to some point on the |
Gulf of Mexico
With the bright prospect of three
new railroads coming into Mariana |
from the north it looks as If Mariana
win be developed into a large city in |
the near future.
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