The Pensacola journal., 1913-11-18
G. F. & A. LINE
BEING RAPIDLY
CONSTRUCTED
WILL OPERATE TRAINS IN CON-
NEcTIoN WITH THE SOUTHERN
BY THE FALL OF 1914.

The Herald of Uniontowu, Ala, con-
| tained the following in it's last issue:
The Herald has just received a let
ter from Mr.. G. A. Berry, president OF
the Gulf Florida and Alabama rail-
road part of which appears below:
You will, I know, be glad to learn
that the. extension of the road UP to
its connection with the Southern rail-
road near Pine Hill is now under con-
tract and we hope to be operating
trains in connection with the Southern
by early fall of 1914. / feel that with
this much line finished, construction
work through your part of the country
will be rapid and in a year from now
we may hope to nearly, if not quite,
see Uniontown on the line of the Deep
Water Route"
In a. conversation the editor had
with Mayor D P. Coleman the other
day he stated that he had enough in
& A. railroad would locate its shops
in Unfontown. In fact, the mayor
stated that he was fighting for them
and if he failed to get them, 1t will be
"the first time Not only that" he
remarked, 'I am going to make a. city
out of Uniontown just as soon as the
new road gets here" To his untiring
efforts alone can be attributed the
success of the enterprise through
Uniontown. Not only did he devote
road, but he was one of the largest
contributors to it financially. His con-
tribution is almost equal to two years
salary of the mayors office, and equal
to most of the large business enter
prises of. the place and surpassed the
majority of the average single contri
buttons Dissemination wins, and Tn
dontown can well attribute the new
road to Coleman.
The new folder just issued by the G.,
p fcr iF7hc inc
all living along the route. In illustra-
tionS, it contains first, the picture Of
the banking house of Megargel &
Company, financierS of the project. 1t
is beautiful marble structure locat-
ed at 35 Pine street, New York city.
The other illustrations are the station
in Pensacola, farming along the in ;,
typical stations and block signals along
the route, cotton platforms, farm build
ings. loading lumber from G., F. & A.
piers, stretches of the roadbed, model
dairy, filling 30-acre bulkhead for rail-
road yards, saw mills, lumber, naval
stores, and a map of the road. The
map appears with this article. Be-
sides these there are numerous views
of the city Of Pensacola
In text the booklet shows that there
are in actual operation 107 miles OF
the road, and that the first Semi-an-
nual report has been filed with the in
terState commerce commission under
whose jurisdiction the new road now
comes At the present time the value
of the equipment represents over Is
FER cent of the outstanding bonded in
debtedness. The present piers VIII
have a water depth of 81 feete at low
tide, sufficient to accommodate the
largest vessels on the gulf, and from
to feet deeper than any other ter
minal on the gulf. The road has one
pier completed and another nearing
completion The volume of business
since the first of last January has in
creased until the earnings are now 127
per cent more than at that time.
Work is now proceeding on the Gates
wood branch to Bay Minette- On the
line and in operation there are now
seven passenger stations. The entire
line is equipped with a block signal
system. Not single accident has oc-
CURED on the route since it began
operation A contract has just been
let for grading fifty miles more, and
about let for the construction of the
bridge across the Alabama river at
Yellow Bluff The cost of construc-
ton of the wharf alone is now 100000.