The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-19
COME OVER AND PROVE THIS

OON4E OVEn AMI ENOVL
Again and again. since the. question of a centen-
NAL for Florida first preached. and Pensacola
first put In her claim for the big ian, Jacksonville
has questioned the advantages that Pensacola might
have offer. From occasional comment that has
appeared on editorial page of the Jacksonville
Metropolis, one might believe that this port was
some tar spot. with nothing to commend 1t
to those who looking for opportunities of any
kind.
Yet Pensacola has advantages that are surpassed
by no other port the United States, and in spite
of the fact that these have been mentioned many
times, The Journal calls attention to these facts
which doubt will be presented to the centennial
purchase commission Monday at the meeting in
Tallahassee.
Pensacola harbor has an anchorage OF
twenty-six and half square miles. seven and a
half of which has depth of IS feet and over. and
nineteen square miles of which has depth of 90
feet and The dredged channel over the bar
has minimum depth of 80 feet at mean low tide.
with minimum width Of channel. 500 feet. The
main channel depth varies from 80 to Sc feet at
mean low tide. @
The berthing capacity in linear feet Is s2o29-
Warehouse storage piers 1e5,soo .sauare feet,
Other warehouse storage 61.5oo square feet. Open
storage. thirty Cotton storage 100000 SUI
perfcial feet; track storage in yards, $500
Trackage piers. es.4s9 linear feet
In addition the great 5000 ton floating dry dock
/ on which construction work Is going the
Bruce Dry Dock Company has sectional floating
wooden dry dock, ITS Sc feet. Is feet depth
ditional unit which win increase life to 1900 tons.
Loading at this port is direct from rail to ship.
and the depth of water at the principal piers is
sufficient for the largest freghters to berth along
side-2s to 80 feet
Pensacola Is the principal mahogany port the
Gulf and alternates with Mobile and Gulfport the
leading yellow pine and lumber and timber export
point. Great-auantites Of cotton and naval stores
are also exported
The Texas OIL Company has put in fuel oil sta
ton here which compares with any in. the south.
The pier is 80 feet wide and extends approximately
1880 feet south centre line MAN, and southerly
along the western line of Cubbs, 40 feet. thence
southeasterly 500 feet. There two $4,000 barrel
storage tanks. The fleet of sixty destroyers and
auxiliaries that modified in the harbor are
supplied with fuel from this station Three Of the
Company and Texas Company. have offices and
warehouses in Pensacola.
Pensacola has two coal piers. owned by the
Gulf, Pensacola and Northern and the other by the
Northern has electrically operated travelling coal
derrick with normal capacity Of 500 per hour.
all coal being handled from three hoppers, with
capacity of 500 tons hour under normal opera
| lions.
The Louisville and Nashville coal pier. known as
the Muscogee wharf has coal dock 244o feet long,
width end 120 feet There on this wharf
seven railroad tracks aggregatng IL 600 linear feet
OF which five tracks the lower level and
en- the upper level or coal chute trestle. The ar
rangement the wharf is such that vessels can
take bunker coal from upper trestle while loading a
cargo lower trestle. wharf and coal dock
has coal hoist with capacity of 21o tons per hour
or 400 combined besides coal chutes, with
capacity of 100 to 200 tons per hour. The coal
hosts will feet above water and take
care of the most modern vessels. In addition there
are two cargo wharves, Tarragonna and Common
denca, which also handle bunker coal.
The Gulf Pensacola and Northern, formerly the
G. F. & A. has travelling steam locomotive Grams
OF 20 cars capacity, which assigned for use at
their marine terminals at all times. equipped with
special device for rapid handling of shells other
war materials. The Louisville and Nashville owns
three steam
| Besides the newly organized Pensacola and Mem
phs Steamship line. Pensacola has the following
established nes Pensacola, St. Andrews and Gulf
Steamship Company, Mobile and Apalachicola;
Menge and Company. to West Coast Africa and
British Honduras; Mexican Gulf Steamship Com
pany, to Cuban ports.
! Pensacola has the greatest ship building plant in
the south which Is under contract the United
States government for fabricated steel vessels
of 5000 tons each. Of these ships having just
made its first sailing others recently launched
five In all practically completed. and five more
under construction.
Ten ships have recently been allocated to this
port by the United States Shipping Board.
/ The Journal publishes these facts, believing that
it is not out Of place at this time to call attention
to Pensacola's many advantages other ports in
comment that part of Florida does not know
the other part II The journal can get 1t
with printers ink, the message of Pensacolas ad-
Ivantages will continue be told until no section
can longer have any excuse for not knowing that
this port is one of the greatest in the south.
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