The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-19

weather conditions have not only
prevented work on the Gulf, Florida
ana Alabama railroad, but the grading
Whlch has been going on has been
washed out in numbers of places maxi
ing ~ necessary for the work to be
aone over again. However. George A.
Berry, CHIEF engineer and vice presi-
dent Of the road, says seven -eighta Of
the grading on that part Of the road
winch Will connect with the road
bought from the Southern States Lum-
Der Company is completed and that
work is now progressing satisfactorily.
Rail is being laid on Barrancas avenue.
ana as soon as the grading is com
pleted the rail will be laid. With
good weather rapid work Will be done.
WORK ON PIERS.
According to Mr.. Berry's statement
everything win be in readiness for
operation on the road just as soon as
the piers are completed The piers
are to be of reinforced concrete and
built for handling freight with dis
patch Only one section Of the NAM
moth pier will be constructed at hrst
and the other two sections will be
built as they are needed.
Dredging a channel to the pier site
will begin within the next few weeks
and as soon as the dredging Is com
pleted sufficiently for the work to be-
gin it will be pushed to completion.
Contracts for the material to be used
in the piers were let some time ago
and the work will be done by the rail-
road company and mot by contract.
Mr.. Berry said his plans had been
materially hindered on account OF the
ARfaN o.atle weather of the hast ak or
eight months and that he did not care
10 give any more probable dates as TO
Wien the e~d would be IN operation,
althntgb he did say that Immediately
leen consI siion Of the pier that PEN
saoola would have another railroad
with a regular schedule.
Work on the pier will commence,
! unless something interferes with the
dredging, some time In June or the
first week In July.
During the last week the Gulf, Flor
ida and Alabama road has received IN
Pensacola several big locomotives and
numbers of freight cars Of various
kinds. This equipment will be used
in the construction work Of the road
and then for handling freight. Pas
senge~ cars and engines for the pas
senEtt trains have been ordered but
will not be shipped until they are ac-
tually needed.
Mr.. Berry says the affairs OF the
road are in every way satisfactory and
that the management is eager to have
the trains in operation as soon as pos
sible.
Is ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
That actual work on the Gulf. Flor
Ida and Alabama railroad is progress
ing very satisfactorily further up the
line is shown by the following from
the last issue OF the Canebrake Herald.
published at Uniontown, Ala, through
which city the road is to pass. The
article also shows that people through
out that section of Alabama are In
terested in the road and are desirous
Of having II touch their towns
The article follows:
The civil engineers OF the Gulf Flor
Ida and Alabama railroad located in
UniontCwn are now at work on the
survey at points near Dayton. The
people of Dayton have made an effort
to have the railroad come by that
place and the surveyors are going as
near as possible. They have run one
line but IL missed that town several
miles. but they claim that the final
line will come within a close proximity
Of the place.
The survey has already been made
to points north of Uniontown towards
Newbern. The exact location of the
road within the town limits has not
been made but the crossing with the
Southern will be in the neiRhborhood
of the Glass oil mill and from that
point the road will nearly circle the
town on the north and east side, cross
ing the government road between the
school house and the experiment sta
ton.