The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-17
WILL EVENTUALLY
RUN INTO MOBILE
Work Now Being Done
However, is to Connect
Pensacola With Mobile
Bay and Operate a Boat
Schedule Across to Mo
bile-AI. H. Miller is One
of Men Behind Movement

That Pensacola will have a line OF
railroad running to Volanta, on the
eastern shore of Mobile bay, by May
| 1. is the statement of NJ. II. Miller
who, with other Baldwin county and
Mobile men, is engaged in building the
Mobile and Baldwin county railroad.
which will pass through a most fer
| tile section of Baldwin county. After
the road is completed from Volants 10
| Pensacola and trains are in operation
| the promoters will then carry through
! their plans to build into Mobile. but
prior to that time win make connec-
| tions with Mobile by a boat line across
Mobile bay. Regarding the new road
the Mobile Item of yesterday contain
ed the following:
NJ. Fl. Miller, general manager of the
Mobile and Baldwin County railway.
which was begun a little over two
m onuhs ago, took a party of Mobilians
over to Nolanta Saturday afternoon in
the gasoline launch Ray, 10 view the
improvements made.
The line was originated by Mr. Mil
Ter. He planned 1t and invested the
first $22, 200 in it. After it had been
gotten fairly under way prominent
Mobile business men purchased inter
est in the project. The line runs
the eastern shore behind FSaArhope
Battles and Point Cellar, and THROUGH
Ill5ertaz Foley, Magnolia Springs. I-i-
len and other small tgynrrE Coins,
aIzE1 5ozT al Is ffTf f asan I4a5 50
NAafe a Epac re-
tex ssf ei1a come seued
the head Of c1Ic pas into 4Fe5I
BraEtesiles III d. run of the rlain lise
to Daphne and Battles. In this WaV
two thirds OF the population of Bald
win county is. to be served.
GRADED, VoLANTA TO ELBERTA.
Mr.. Miller.s,idea of taking the party
to Vola1nta Saturday was to show that
not all plans on paper. The road has
been graded from Volafta to Elherta
and some three miles of track laid
There is only one break in the line
which is at what is known at Volanta
Gulch. A trestle is almost completed
across this, however, which viii later
be filled in, making a sound roadbed.
Eilltops have been taken off g1IIIeys
filed up, and a level bed made. The
track laid is only temporary It was
put down as soon possible so az
to be used in hauling ties, rails and
tools to the place where work was go
ing on. A steam dummy engine is
used to do the work of hauling. A. G.
Dunn, who has an interest in the COM
pany, is superintendent of the con-
struction and is supervising all the
work.
BAY MINETTE OBJECTIVE.
Mr.. Miller stated Saturday that ne
did not expect to start building ON the
line from Bromley to Mobile for two
years yet. The main object was to
first reach Bay Minette, and complete
his line along the eastern shore He
said most of the hardest part of work
had been finished, that of getting out
of Volanta, which is hilly ground. Aft
er that the country is practically
smooth and the track can be laid very
quickly and without much grading
Mr.. Miller said that after the compile
tion of the line to Pensacola from
Volanta, which he expects will be by
May l. a direct boat line will be run
from there to Mobile.
The railroad, when completed, Is ex-
pected to do much in raising the value
Of land in Baldwin county, as evidence
ed by the fact that numerous Mobile
business men have invested in it, The
country will become more thicSIy set
tied and the land properly cultivated.
il is believed. The soil is fertile and
the only thing said TO be needed Is a
railroad to facilitate shipping Of the
products"