The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-28

dumping owe e. slN hundre1 tons Pc
hour into the hunkrru af any stcamer
eranc elevators unloading = ioeeo tou
NtightCT In eight and lue-han hours
stationary terminal facilities o. COP
of these which would take The frciEht
9ut of steamer and almost instantly
1IapatCh Do 20 the place g destination.
Very little man handed freight is AZ
pgesgut moesd tArousa Rotterdam.
Amsterdam saw these conditions toe
late. ! mean % vas too late. not
frw years aut duv or sixty yeau
EHy wears ESQ 90 realized that % had
fa changc re- policy 0f 1dfasUug Itself
e. tho demands 90 freight but from
now on anticipating the Demands o.
iFelsht De- balE IA deep channel from
enc North ssea to the city limits af
eost of tUeuUT million aollars. built =
faraor equipped with tne most modern
sIatcm 90 docks aud aaays. an con-
ufcte1 with state owned belt line rail-
way covered with municipal owned
sheds and an those Huays hundreds
~ electric End hydraulic cranes cp-
Grated uy Gle municipal government
Pity years ago Amsterdam started
fhls policy Rotterdam had the ad-
vantage 20 being located on he Rhine
a Flter Amsterdam Co meet this al
1antaEc duE . cham 81 forty 1.-TWO
miles in length. from the city 60 the
Hhinc, aua does not spare time Or
flcney to make us harhor nrst class
lu the ttIictest sense % the word
which means anticipating the demands
- trade. lu one point however. it
sfiu was slow it built a timber haF-
tar just about = little tit iarrer than
ifs direct requirements. Zaandam. e.
small place 81 thirty thousand inhabi-
iamtH. which is located on the canal
I Amsterdam aus from the ocean % the
I cts. saw lla opportunity and dug =
{ pond and made timber Earbor az a
eoEt % several millions o. dollars with
I the result that it took away from AM
aterdam a large portion % its lum-
Z Der trade. bat besides this. took away
I from Antwerp. London and Bremen q
| iarnc amount 81 their lumber 20 that
q now stands a fair caanee 20 becoma
/ the larErst lumber haraoF 90 Europe
I &c &c Gel not 90 alrsady.
The EFFEcT HERE.
Vow suppose sou hal psffce, JCg-
u.uals here in peusa cola. What would
. Ha tho direct result Let me cite you
ono Instance - that 20 smother city
Iu "a nriEhuarinE state of Alabama
Iuscaloosa. which Be- 90 The Black
Warrior rlyeF The aaFerumcut has
spent 5000 600 OBJ making the Tom
/ alsbsc and Warrior rivers uayiEahle
30 that now .u very short time boats
NAV 50 from thr guif o. Tusclloofa.
b those boats Do not draw more than
alX feet 81 Mater
I
/ sIz tee. &c water may come rr1m Kan
/ rs CITY, Minneapolis. So Paul Pitts
burg ST. Louis. from the western bay
oas - Louisiana through Lake BOrsne
I canal from towns on tHe Pearl river
I Gglfpurl Biloxi Paaca goua and o.
sfgr. and Mobile and 20 uu pass ue-
1 nopoiis to TuECaloosa, ~ nom Mont
I I. mrIy end Selma. rHI Columbus
I Niss- to Tuseaioosl. Ihe prosperity
f eauacd by THE project uiie even no.
II sea finished. Re- very u0.#HIC 90 prcscni
& In Tuscaloosa.
Z am thr president ~ cumrauy
T spenling vast amour. a. money o.
. rHe construction 20 inland barEcs Gel
uafk the above usm.I route in tar
I transportation 90 gcnesal trsiEht vi
fhe river and coal auI lumber down
Z WY IA. just com aeA.a a emp a.
Ten miles below New Urleans. wherr
Ns are buiidinE a feet ~ tef pro.
PEELED steel aarEes cash % carry Ices
tons and propelled hy .Nlu propcllerr
operated D. gas engines. the sac sen
Grated on board che sarge Tlcss
aargrs VII move O. 600 tons ~ freish
each. at o. speed q 200 milss per diem
lu auy direction. tJ and from anv 81
the above named cities aud towns
East Uf Pensacola We have tht Chatta.
h10Ehcr Flint and Alapachicola
rivers Eventually Mobile bay and
f.. Pensacola hay viii bo connected by q
canal and Pensacola WlU be on thl
stupend0ua aud largest highway al
iHc world We win come with out Goa
harEcg down the Warrior river
through This canal % PenEacoia Aus
bring coal 90 Pensacola a. price q
cents lower than the present quota
tons D. We aau come with our barge
o. your terminals here We can hriui
aH kinds of merchandise % psnsa coll