The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-06
.DEWbERRY TALKS OF
PLAN
AT DAUPH|N ISLAND
Will Be Utilized as World
Port, COaling Station and
Winter Resort
LINE TO BE BUILT
FROM BIRMINGHAM
Barges Will Be Operated From Ter
minus of This Line on Warrior
to the Port on Dauphin
Island

The Tidewater Securities company, of
which j. NJ. Dewbery is president paid
S300,OO for Dauphin Island, 80 miles from
Mobile.
Mr.. Dewberry reached home yesterday
from Cleveland. where the sale was
concluded last Saturday, as announced
In The Age-Herald Sunday morning. He
proposes to utilize the island as a port,
coaling station and winter resort
The plans of the company call for the
construction of a railroad from this dis
trict through Ensley to the Warrior river,
where a barge line will convey Alabama
coal to Dauphin Island, to be utilized for
bunkers and other purposes. The COM
pany proposes to construct railroad
across some oyster reefs from the ter
30 miles below Mobile, to little Dauphn
Island. The water is from 10 inches to
10 feet deep there. and the scheme Is said
to be feasible in every way.
May Involve $2,50O,00O
1t is stated by Mr.. Dewberry that the
whole project will involve the expendi-
ture of over 50, 100000 before completion
He said yesterday that the line to the
Warrior river would be bult and in oper-
alton in about 10 months, but that work
would not be started, for obvious rea-
sons. until the government work on the
Warrior was nearer completion than it
is at this time. He said that the moment
the government had the locks completed
his railroad would be ready for opera
tions out of Birmingham and his boats
would be ready to ply the Warrior.
Mr.. Dewberry said his company in
tended to construct a railroad to Dauphin
Island, but had been told by the govern
ment that the government officials would
not countenance any monopoly at Dau-
phin Island and for that reason the Tide
water company will permit any railroad
or transportation line to use its entrance
into that deep water port. He said yes
terday that Mobile was bottled up now
by the railroads and it would be useless
to try to use that port fo- .ha great
freight volume expected, and that
Dauphin Island was the key to the
whole situation down there. Mr.. Dew
berry is highly enthusia site over the
plans he has formulated and believes that
he has the greatest proposition for the
birmingham district that has vet de-
veloped
Schedule of Plans
A concise schedule of the Tidewater Sc.
curities Qompany's plans is here given:
Capital stock, 100000.
incorporated under the laws of the
state of Alabama with perpetual success
sion.
1.-THE general purpose of this corpora
tion is to be a holding company for the
stocks and securities of such subsidiary
companies enterprises and properties as
1t may promote and develop.
Its present definite purpose is to con-
struct and equip rail and water trans
portation line from Birmingham 10 Mo-
bile and to Dauphin Island; to develop
Dauphin Island as its gulf terminal and
coa,ins station and also as deep water
land-locked harbor and world port for all
lines of transportation both rail and
water also to develop Big Dauphin Island
as resort city, and as a commercial
and shipping center. using the following
subsidiary companies to-wit:
Subsidiary Companies
Il. Birmingham and Tidewater Railway
company. to construct railroad from
Birmingham to the Warrior river; dis
tance is miles.
% Tidewater Navigation company, to
equip and operate a line of steamboats,
and barges connecting with Birmingham
and Tidewater railway on the Warrior
and Tombigee rivers to Mobile and Dau-
phin Island: distance 43S miles.
s. Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor
company (organized) to develop Dauphin
Island as port coaling station and
terminal for all transportation lines both
rail ard water. Owns Little Dauphin
Island, Dauphin Bay and grants from
United States to build railroad and to
dredge harbor.
q Dauphin Island Land company (or-
eanized) to develop Big Dauphin Island
as city-summer and winter resort-and
as a commercial. financial and shipping
oerter. Owns Big Dauphin Island
'Tidewater Securities corporation will
also develop such other allied enterprises
as may be deemed advisable and neces-
sary. such as coal company, warrant
storage warehouse. public utilities, etc.