The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-11

can take bunker coal from the. upper
trestle while loading or unloading
cargo from the lower.
Tarragona Street Wharf.
On Tarragona street wharf the ar
rangement is such that a vessel can
take cargo from both levels or can load
bunker coal from the upper level while
receiving or discharging cargo direct
from ship to take cars or ship to ware
house. from the lower level.
Commencement Street Wharf.
Commandments street wharf is so de-
signed that vessels may receive or dis
charge from the upper and lower tracks
simultaneously, thus insuring the
quickest possible handling of cargoes.
Vessels may discharge or receive, and
take on bunker coal at the same time.
Facilities for Fuel Oil.
Fuel oil facilities are adequately
supplied in an oil station for supplying
vessels for which over $1.O00,000 in
constructing storage yards, tanks, and
loading pier has been expended. The
fuel oil pier properly equipped extends
for a distance of 1880 feet from Main
street, and has an average depth at
mean low tide of % feet at iberthing
spaces.
Bruce Dry Docks.
Ship owners operating in Pensacola
harbor have splendid dry dock facih-
ties in the Bruce Dry Dock company's
plant, which is located in the heart of
the shipping area, but a very short dis
lance from all wharves.
The Bruce Dry Docks have modern
odate plant, with every facility,
large, adequate machine shop, boiler
and wood working and paint plants.
The main floating dock will take
care of ships up to 5000 tons. This
dock is $50 feet long, "a feet wide, with
70 feet clearance, and with 20 feet of
water under keel
Five sectional floating docks with a
lifting capacity of 1900 tons is also
provided. This dock is 176 feet long,
Sc feet wide with 3S feet clearance and
with 121-2 feet of water under keel.
Channel to dry docks is 80 feet at
mean low tide.
There is also shipway at the foot
Of Baylen street, where small craft,
fishing schooners, ETC., can be locked
for repairs.
Pensacola Shipbuilding Co.
One Of the finest shipbuilding plants
in the country is located at Pensacola.
The Pensacola Shipbuilding company
is prepared to contract for the building
OF any type Of vessel, and its yards are
admirably located off the Bayou Chico,
a landlocl5ed harbor about two miles
from the center of the city. Every ia
cility is in place to provide the very
best service. Steamships of large ton
mage, steel barges, tug boats, small
craft, in fact any kind of vessel, can
be expeditiously turned out. The COM
pany is also engaged in construction
Of structural steel bridges, etc.
Pensacola Compress and Warehouse
Company.
The Pensacola Compress and Ware
house Co. is well equipped for the
storage and compression of
cotton. A high density press Of latest
pattern is installed and the storage
has a capacity Of 100000
bales. The compress and warehouse
have excellent trackage facilities and
rates are in keeping with unusual COM
preston rates obtaining at other gulf
ports. Rates for storage and handling
also are in line with other ports. Ev-
cry facility for handling export and
import cotton are available to the ship
per. This together with parity, and in
some cases, favorable rates in the ma
jor portion of the cotton growing area
make Pensacola an advantageous point
for export cotton shipments
Railroads Serving Pensacola.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
most important gulf terminal is Pensa-
cola This railroad reaches by its own
lines Cincinnati, Ohio; Greensboro and
Kentucky; Evansville, In
diana, on the Ohio river; Memphis,
Tenn, and st. Louis, Mo, on the Mis-
sissippi river. The chief cities in the
south, such as Birmingham, Montgom-
cry and Salma, Ala; Nashville, Knox
vile, Chattanooga, Tenn; Atlanta, Ga.
are reached by this railroad. Westward
It extends to New Orleans, and east
war to River Junction, Fla, where
are made to the east and
west coast of Florida.
The Gulf, Florida & Alabama railway
operates to Kimbrough, Ala, where it
makes connection with the vast system
Of the Southern railway reaching
South Atlantic ports and vast inland
territory Of the south.
The Gulf ports terminal railway OPP
crates a distance of 35 miles into Bald
win county. Ala. An extension Of this
line is proposed to Mobile to be con-
nected shortly.
The Pensacola Electric company
serves as the belt line railway Of the
city, connecting the L. & n. railroad,
the G. F. & A railway. and the Gulf
Ports Terminal railway. 1t also serves
the Naval Air Station. Fort Barrancas,
and other institutions located on the
government reservation ten miles from
the city proper.
Coastwise Service.
The Pensacola, st. Andrews & Gulf
company maintains regular
weekly service to Mobile, where con-
1ection is made with the Mississippi