The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-30
No. Continued From
Page One.

help Of two three to five tug boats, to
warp a ship into her berth. The pilots
say there is no bar at Pensacola On
| the other hand, the channel is nat
ural one with clean sweep to the bay
fl ON the gulf. In fact the entrance to
this harbor is so easy to approach that
a vessel may enter under her own
steam irrespective or weather cond1-
lions. It has a. tide Of II inches. The
docks of Pensacola are many miles
nearer its harbor mouth than those of
any other gulf port The distance from
the harbor entrance to the marine ter
minals at New Orleans IS loS miles, by
a river channel maintained at a depth
% feet by jetties at the river mouth
and against a current of from one to
three miles per hour. The distance
from Mobile to the gulf is 36 miles, by
IA channel 500 feet in width, dredged
to a depth Of 81 fees and against a
current of from to miles per hour.
The distance from the open gulf to
Pensacola docks is onry miles with a
depth of water at low tide, over the
bar, of feet, natural entrance and
harbor without dredging. steamer
leaving Pensacola would be over 100
miles on her voyage before one leav-
ing New Orleans at the same time
WOulu dS yet nave reaCNeu the open
gulf. The amount of time consumed,
therefore, in reaching the docks at
The mere fact that ships need less
than any other gulf port, the time
saver varying from one to two days as
compared with any other gulf ports.
There mere fact that ships need less
coal to get to Pensacola than to New
Orleans or Mobile would be enough
to change the routing from those
Forts to the Desp Water city, If we
bur had the business to justify it, for
IN accessibility, security and location
orr harbor is ideal. OF export cargo,
vessels can nearly always be assured
here. but not of import. Fortunately
"a number of development movements
lare under way looking to the develop
ment of the back country and when
this dream is realized, Pensacola will
be able to absorb enough freight to
justify liners establishing a terminal
here. This is no idle dream-Pensa-
cola is becoming known and is the
first port in the country with which
any interior producing point has align
ed itself-tiliS service is known as the
Memphis Line and is primarily for the
interest of Memphis Shippers to Lvar-
pool and Manchester. This IS only the
beginning AMI dt no distant date
other lines will f. How
Pensacola has Z system OF terminals
able to handle three times the present
business and with the increased vol
Time of forei51 commerce naturally
following thu tern ination of the war,
las the greatest opportunity in he.
history to become the leading gulf
port and one of the leading export
cities of the country. BY reason of the
above natural advantages the port of
Pensacola is ideally located for the
handling of all ocean traffic.
The marine terminals of the G. f.
& A. r. r. at Pensacola are the most
modern and efficiently planned ocean
terminals on the gulf or Atlantic sea-
board south of Newport News These
terminals consist of a tract of 80 acres
extending into the bay, originally un-
der water and reclaimed by back fill
ing, having storage capacity for 500