Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-20
AN OVERSEE RAILROAD
COMPLETED IN FLORIDA
saanssts Mainland 90 United ssafes
with leland sif, - Esy West

fcalisf.iiesai1 special.l
JACKEO~vii.LK Fia. ian. ~
Ths arrival lb Jacksonville iomotfoe
81 several parties - diplomats. flbsn.
rlsfs aua public orlrialr. infladifs
practically TIE entire membership ~
the Rivers and iiafsofs Committee ~
congress. viii 80 the machinery hi
motion fof che birsesf celebration lu
me history ~ ihe State 1T Florida
The cslsLraiion. which siil continue
sser several days. will BE- in honnf ~
ib@ ,smrissieH ~ iAe Fiegiaa rasf
Coast haiivay Company iin. cDn.
aseilnT ths mainland ~ fha unitei
states eith ths island tify ~ Key
West
The construction 81 Hfhs railroad
over the sen witch a. ihs naals o.
miiisfiy applied to tha nse lice Dr.
fsFasfed ss one ~ no greatest en.
siEesTing ffiumphH ~ the aEe The
9fofsei ~ bniidinF the fiae frOm ihe
lirend nf the fiufitA psninsai4 60
kHy West uainR ihs ionE stretch -
Z sorai reefs "a fiHppinf ffunnt. Van
I first conceived about seven years ago
Henry " Flaglfr. fhe chief prnmn.
t~f ~ fhe enterprise fpppiied lhf
millions ~ capital neesfssrf aud ihs
hrai fnFineefi1e iaifnt in Amef'f1
fnfniNnsd che fnrrauff aui ahiu
I ihaf have made the road an affum
piisAea far'
Neatly thirty Islands eers usef for
short stfetshfs of construction. mo
I longest being Hlttten miles 1n Key
i.ArKo More ihsn nftY miles of
earth ana roet emhaul m'ni rsr.
built ahsfs the Intervening aHfnf
wa shallow where deeper Fatsr
prevailed and phsfs the openings
we're eanoa.d 10 storms conrrsts
arch flaiect construction Uaa naed
consisting 90 fiiir loot reinfnnri con
rf.ie cireular.arfh anenn ani piers
eith ogcnalaaai spans OF Nsty feef
THIS we the musf dinouit rlfi uf tho
eofh There agU foHr 0f these arch
FladueiH arFfeFiilnF about tit mlif.
ln lenrlh
The longest ~ between Ions kst
and Grassy Key 20 miles spH n
called the ,nf Key yladncf afrua.
ihe knights Key chhnuei 800 fsff
Ani across nahin Honda channel
900 feet The material of ihr &c.
lands 10 cofailnr limestone BE- man,
pltros The smhsukm snf fnf che rood
Naf ~ eifkf or ulpY fees in hflEhf
ini thr 'paJbod b hsilaptei wits COS,
SAME material The rosHii Do one "a
tho finest ana safe1i railway road.
hcds 100 tho world
Tho hulldinr 90 enc concrete $50
inrts vas ono of ibe MOST lnierostlnf
Features of ihe cpiifs ufnirOi nal
pnlf bveaasr ot ih, ,ife 80 iho iafrci
auos. but hy fchsnn ~ their iafafior
They were constructed Niorillv un
the omen sea iu many ninrra whrf.
'he waiter la deep enonrh 90 floni
! larre alfr ocean steamthin Hnf
. where fhr loralNf o. exposed in ih.
sales oi ihr Atlantis morh af ih.
work vas done hN fInsiipr niani
here thr concrete Naa misrd anl
n'ncti On roaiiinu hg income or noeer
sos boom drffllNa ln thN HhtluWr'
b water mnids fof thf fauu4atian ef fh.
H. tiir irt we've fnrmri hN iri,inn nIlre
= which held u nlale anfnr.nrh
3 framework The total ienefh of th'
h nY"rsea extension % t3f mlpf
The flrai Through train ta Er
, West vlll lnafo tha HIiy SUNDAY npn'
y and VIII carry So raFlaF and
marty ~ friends taroni train 80
4 follow closels With the memhsrs q
4 ronsres. ana other onaiaia m.iir
, 90 participate ln enc celebration o.
u West Elaborate entertainment o.
/ 'hr sleiloTa has been provided ih o.
= bland tffy Amona the feafnres 81
% the program sill be- hls rivf
z military and naval pnradg = hall ami
a hsunuui ana afifisi r-Cenilons AZ th
- military and naval pesis on The d
p land The MN disisien uf the A.
~ iAntlc fleet. eonslstirg of the cruiser
r. North Carolina Washington. SALON
and nlfmlnrham. h ~ BE, West ~
The celebration Portugal has SOC
one ~ the vessels of hor aass an
several other foFeisn paSerr src rs
\ reriTi le 81 represented