The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-02
If L. & n. Will Acquiesce
Tourist Travel Will Be
Diverted Thro' Pensacola
SEABOARD ALREADY
STATED WILLINGNESS
R. Hudson Burr, Chairman
Of the Florida Railroad
Commission, Takes Mat
ter Up With l. & N. and
VIII Hold ConferPnce in
Tallahassee on Oct. s.

A through passenger service from
New Orleans to Jacksonville for the
winter. so as to divert the tourist travel
from its accustomed routes and bring
it through Pensacola, as well as other
Florida points, has been proposed 10y
the Florida Railroad Commission and
all that is necessary to put the idea in
to effect is for the Louisville & Nash
vile to acquiesce in the plans as the
Seaboard Air line already has an
nounced it's willingness to operate the
train over It's line as far as River
Junction.
In order to bring the matter properly
before the officials of b Dth roads,
Chairman r. Hudson Burr hes re-
quested w. A. Russell, passenger
traffic manager of the i. & N and
Chas. r. Capps. first vics-president OF
the Seaboard Air line railroad, to meet
with the commissioners on October 8
in Tallahassee. At this conference rep
resentatives from Pensacola as well as
other points are invited. Writing to a
friend here Chairman Burr Of the
commission, says:
I'VE are enclosing you a copy Of a
letter which has just been addressed
to Mr. w. A. Russell, Passenger traffic
Manager, L. & n. Railroad, Louisville,
KY. which has reference to limited
train service between Jacksonville and
Pensaco:a, ana which would furnish q
more limited service to New Orleans
than is now afforded to people between
Jacksonville and Pensacola. besides.
there is no reason why such a service
should not attract "A lot of tourist
travel coming into Florida from points
both north and south OF the Ohio river
aV nn Ea1IaN "a
reasonable amount of travel can be
brought through from that territory, It
will mean that transportation would '9e
purchased in a way that many of them
would stop off from place to place ,all
across Florida
LAS the train service is now ar
ranged, ii is only occasionally that a
traveller to Florida is brought through
by this route, the balance reaching
Florida come in through Jacksonville
over other lines. Such a service, in the
opinion OF the Commissioners will be
beneficial to both the SeaboRrd and
L. & n. and TO the West Florida ter
ritory. This is n matter that we have
talked to the railroads about for some
years, and this is the first time that
it has reached the point where either
of the companies were willing to In
augurate the service The Seaboard
Air line now stands ready to carry out
it's part, and in fact, intends 70 in
the train from Jacksonville
to River Junction. whether the i. %
n. railroad takes hold OF It or not
"It is intended that this train will
stop between Jacksonville and River
Junction at such places as Baldwin
Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Drifton
"a functional point), Tallahassee
Quincy and River Junction. ShoulA ia
be carried through by tho Il. g. n.
they would stop at such
places as Mariana, Cotton-DaAe. ta
functional point), Chipley, Bonifay
De Funiak Springs, at tho junction
with the Yellow River Railroad and
at Milton.
1--WE are writing you with Eeference
to this matter, that you may give the
question such publicity as you see ft.
and such handling with public spirited
people of Pensacola, as the matter
would seem to justify, and we would
suggest that you ascertain the public
sentiment and have Pensacola repre-
sented at the conference above referred
TO.
West Florida can never hope to
get the tourist travel that they are
Justly entitled to. until the travel i5
afforded a service that VIII attract them
through this route. 1t would pro 1ably
not add any greater number Of tour
st to the State Of Florida than they
now get, nor would it to any degree
hurt the balance Of the state. but II
would bring a part Of them in through
another gateway, with opportunity TO
stop there and at different points
across North Florida traversed by this
route, even though the final destination
was to points in the Peninsular Of the
state.
Yours very truly,
r. HUDSON BURR,
Chairman.
LETTER TO MR.. RUSSELL.