The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-16

Geo. A. Berry returned Monday from
an extended business "Trip in connec-
ton with the prosecution Of the con-
struction work of the Gulf, Florida
& Alabama Railway, OF which he Is
general manager, accompanied by Mr..
Megargel, the president of the road.
He spent several days in Chicago.
where orders were placed for a large
amount of additional rolling stock
equipment which will be necessary
for immediate service when the road
is opened.
These purchases included two addi-
tional road engines, two switching
engines, sixty additional fiat cars,
forty gondola cars, thirty five box
cars, six passenger coaches and two
combination passenger, baggage ana
mail cars. This passenger equipment
will make up two complete trains II
four cars each, and when the road
goes into operation. the patrons OF
the line viii find that for comfort and
convenience these cars will be tho
equal Of any in the south. The use OF
stoves for heating and oil lamps for
lighting purposes has been eliminated,
and these trains will be heated
throughout with steam and lighted
with modern Pintch gas equipment.
In addition to the above, purchases
were made of spreader cars for grad
ing which is about to commence at
the north end of the line, wrecking
crane for general service on the
road, a steel turntable for the Pensa-
cola yards and great amount OF
ether miscellaneous equipment.
r There was also purchased a COM
plete dredging plant to be used in
making the slips in the harbor and
this plant was shipred Monday of
this week from Philadelphia. AS
soon as this arrives, it win be
mounted on a barge which is owned
by the company. and work will be
started on the marine terminal i'm
provement.
While in New York a meeting 81
the executive committee OF the board
of directors was held. az which meet
ing, Mr.. Berry reported that pro-
gress had now reached the point
where, unless some unforeseen delay
occurred. the road would be opened
TO the public in October, and TO this
end he was authorized by the board
to push the work at all possible points
with the expect lion Of realizing this
date. When seen yesterday Mr.. Berry
stated that before leaving New York
arrangements were made for 5000 ad-
ditional tons Of rail with which to
continue the extension Of the road
north, and that this rail would. he
expected, all be In the track by the
first Of the year.
Negotiations for the establishment
Of steamship line from New York
to the companys docks in Pensacola
are progressing rapidly and while il
is too early to make any definite an
nouncement regarding this the man
agement feels confident that It viii
only be a very short time before this
service is established
Mr.. Berry states that the grading
between Pensacola and the junction
with the Southern States road will, in
all probability, he completed this
week, and already the work has been
started laying track towards Pensa-
cola, which work will rot cease until
the rails are laid into town. Tho
creosoted piling for the docks, orders
for which were placed sometime ago,
will begin to be shipped now in tho
next three or four days, and active
work is in progress by the company's
LoiSSt ONbulhS pils uElNeTS ana Otner
ma chinery so that construction of the
dock cnn be started as soon as the
arrives.
Mr.. Berry brought with him a num-
ber of men who are joining the or
ganization in the capacity Of SUPER
foremen, etc, in order that
the work on the docks, yards and
may be pushed with all pos
sible dispatch.
Bids will be invited within the
next few days for a brick and con-
crete freight house and other build
ings necessary for the terminals and
the next sixty days VIII see great ac-
tivity along the whole line of tho
road.