The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-28

| good condition.: rock ballast, cypress
tiles. Bridges in good condition. All
equipment on the. above mentioned
/ sections OF the L. & N. in good con-
dition.
/ Gulf, Florida 4 Alabama.
Inspection Made Sunday, April 20,
| 1919lEquipment. mail and baggage
coach No 302 forward part, other half
! colored. Coach No. 101 colored, gas
lighted toilets, clean and seats in good
condition. 10S white coach, gas lighted,
toilets clean and general condition
of the car good.
The following conditions are noted:
About one mile north OF the yard
limits OF Pensacola the track has sunk
on the west side. and for about thirty
feet is supported on timbers. This
should be fixed and the banks widened.
From Pensacola to West Pensacola the
| track needs lining and surfacing.
From West Pensacola to Fig City
Some Of the fills have washed until
the top Of the banw is under the ends
of the ties. Banks should be widened.
Tracks need lining and surfacing and
additional ties should be put in.
From Fig City to Reberts-The track
IL IN better line and Surface but can
be improved. Needs additional ties.
From Roberts to Gonzalez-Track IS
in fair line and surface; needs addi-
tional ties. but a good many are dis
tributed.
From Gonzalez to Cantonment-
Track il in fair line and surface, but
needs more ties.
| From Cantonment to Muscogee-
TRACK needs line and surface. More
tiles should be put in, particularly In
the yard limits Of Mpscogee.
| Just north Of Muscogee line enters
Alabama and the track conditions are
mot here reported.
First bridge south Of Tenile has bad
approaches. Track between bridge
land Tenile is in bad line and surface
First bridge north Of Tenile has bad
approaches. Ties loose on bridge No. AZ.
From bridge ~ to Earenstville, relay
Trail OF 60-pound section is distributed
Ito be put in the track. Needs it badly,
as the line and surface is very poor.
From Walnut Hill to Atmore the
track is in better line and surface than
on any other portion OF the line. 1t
lshould have attention, however. as it
can be materially improved.
Pensacola, Mobile & New Orleans.
Terminals-The terminals Of this
! company have been completely de-
: lstroyed by the storm of several years
!. ago and there is nothing there. The
? entire dock will have to be replaced
when the business of the company
+ warrant it.
; Eouipment-This company has no
. passenger coaches, and such passen-
4 gers as are carried are carried In the
a caboose Of the freight train.
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= running on Tuesday, Thursdays and
I Saturdays to Muscogee, and on other
days. Sunday excepted, to the Pintado
river. The road does a local business
|. only and has no interchange rates
: with any other line.
Territory Served-The industries
! that originally, contributed to the rev.
|. enue of this line have been almost
. entirely abandoned or moved on OF
!, the line of this road. There is one
, small mill at Millville now and this
, liz the only one on the line. Muscogee
. mills give all their business to the
{ Gulf. Florida & Alabama.
: Track-The track is in safe con-
ldition for the volume Of business now
handled. but would not be safe were
1.-The business to increase appreciably.
. In am given to understand that as soon
all the Jumper that - INV PAi0A 60
. a mill that has recently been ADAM
, doned that the officials OF this road
, WIN netition the commissioners to re-
: move that portion OF the track between
1.-The junction with the river line ana
iMuscoeee. The track between these
. noints is in bad condition and do not
: mink anything will be done with 1t
Iuntil such a time as the petition that
will be presented is disposed Of
From the information that have
, Iheen able to gather do not think that
ltha rad is financially able to- make
lany marked improvement in its tracks
Until such time as an increase OF
business produces the revenue with
I-hfch to make the needed repairs.
Montgomery, Ala. April 25--Short
I,,re railroads of Alabama today Pc
titioned the stae public service COM
I,ri.,on TO raise their rates on refrig-
Grated products such as fruits, melons
land berries to the level OF those in
forca on roads under federal con-
Itrol.
Nattonal-At Philadelphia. s.: New
iYork. 8. At Chicago. 5; Pittsburgh. s.
At Cincinnati. S: St Louis. 1. Boston
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