The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-10

colasS and that its location Will be on
St Andrews bay, is the opinion ex-
pressed by Mrs. Maude Wood Henry
on her return from field trip in the
interests of the Mississippi to Atlantic
Inland Waterway Association.
st. Andrews is somewhat out of the
way from the standpoint of rail ac-
cess" said Mrs. Henry "but it Is worth
while after you get there. The bay is
q beautiful body of water and it's chief
fascination for me was the fact that
one went from town to town by launch
Panama City, St. Andrews, MillyilIe,
Lynn Haven and Southport are the
principal towns at present, but from
all indications the shores of the whole
-bay will be dotted with hamlets,
towns and resorts before long. Immi-
grafton is In full swing over there;
every train is bringing in northerners
and heard many expressions of sat
isfaction from them. A land boom is
ION which promises to eclipse anything
In Florida.
Lynn Haven, the new town which
Senator W. H. Lynn, of the National
Tribune, Is building through the ex-
elusive medium of his own columns, is
as marvellous as Jgck's beanstalk. One
year ago, on February IL, its first house
was erected. Today it has some 1000
Inhabitants. And moro are coming in
every day. The demand for lumber
has been at times greater than the
nearby mills could supply. The dock
is piled high with building material
and the sounds of carpentry are heard
on every hand Four hundred brand
new pine houses, freshly painted, are
scattered about the piney woods, some
very attractive bungalows facing the
water. AS far as one can see houses
are going up, which gives the town a
dinerent aspect daily. Stores, rows Of
them, hotels, a new bank and a live
newspaper are doing a thriving bust
ness. A large warehouse is about to
be constructed on the dock and ac-
cording to Superintendent Truesdale
the town of Lynn Haven will soon be
a city, with wholesale houses, indus
trial plants and all the frills, includ-
ing a railroad. Southport is the
nearest railroad point at present.
Lynn is a Genius.
Senator Lynn certainly has genius
for land selling. His company is cap
ftaliZed at $2,000.000 and some $3.50, 1000
worth of this property is sold. Five
acres and town lot go together. Evil
IDENTIFY the acreage is intended for
trucking and fruit growing when the
people get around to it. Meanwhile
their chief business is to get roofs
DYER their heads.
II was immensely interested in this
mushroom growth, and in the splendid,
wide-awake set of northern people
there. They have the spirit of town
builders and therefore Lynn Haven
cannot help being a success, in my
opinion. The waterfront is very beau
tiful with it's pine borders.
Panama City is doing a lot of
building, too, and as it Is the gulf ter
minus for the Atlanta and st. An
drews Bay Railroad, with q splendid
outlook on the bay. 1t ought to develop
tot h 1Arr@
that one embarks on the various small
craftTof which there are hundreds
for points along the bay.
Millville has some 1900 population
and belongs to the German American
Lumber Company, whose headquarters
are in Pensacola. The big mill and
timber holdings are extremely valuable
and a large export trade is carried on
here.
Nearby on Watson Bayou, the
Moore Timber Co. a million-d dollar
concern, whose leading officers are
from Pennsylvania, is building a large
lumber plant on most exquisite site
which would do credit to a resort.
Activity at Southport.
Southport is another milling town
bristling with the activities of the
Southport Lumber Company and the
Sale Davis Company
- And last but not least there is st
Andrews itself, with it's wooded slopes
handsome homes overlooking a mag
nificent stretch of water, its boat
strewn beach. which gives 1t the APP
pearance of qaunt fishing town and
its excellent people. For st. Andrews
is solid when it comes to population
They make up in quality what they
lack in quantity, the population being
some 500. st. Andrews is the abiding
place of Mr.. j. H. Drummond, state
vice president of our waterway asso-
citation and one of the most substantial
of men, He is equally at home in the
national capital, where he Hobbies L.
St Andrews's advantage, or out on thu
bay taking a hand at dock building
lie knows every foot of st. Andrews
bay, and through his presentation OF
Its claims to the engineers in Wash
fngton. and his influence with con-
gressmen, secured deep water for St
Andrews and the construction of the
first link in our intra- coastal canal be
tween the Apalachicola river and st
Andrews bay.
"At this moment the government
suction dredge Caucus is deepening tn,
channel from the gulf into the bay an,
inside of eight months st. Andrew:
VIII have 20 to 20 feet of water at he
entrance, which is the basis of my pre-
diction that this splendid land-locket
harbor Will be the location of a sea
port city as great as any on the gull
before many years.
ron the canal proper. the govern
ment Is working steadily from botl
ends. 1t will take perhaps two year
/ to complete ii.
] The export OF the army board o
engineers of the United States gov
eminent, in reference to this work
showed conclusively that the improve
ment of the entrance TO the bay an,
the construction OF the canal to i
from the Apalachicola river would re
suit in a great saving TO the people O
Georgia, Florida and Alabama by fur
nishing them better facilities for trans
portation in a large territory at
greatly reduced cost.
An Immense SAVING.
'On lumber and naval stores alon
manufactured near the bay in the mex
twenty years it is estimated that Their
will be a saving of upwards of ST
millions of dollars, and on cotto
shipped over the Atlanta and ST. An
drews Bay railroad upwards. of S135.
600 Der annum and on cotton brough