The daily news., 1900-02-23

| Sp3in'5 former greatness and marvel
that some of her ancient guns are still
protruding from the sands along the
| shore.
Among other points of interest to
tourists may be mentioned the PenSa-
cola lighthouse, the old American forts,
BarranCaS and Redoubt, the famous
Fort PiCkens, and the ruins of Fort Nc
Rec; the oldest navy yard in the United
States with its beautiful avenues of live
oaks, its trailing tropical vines and fra
grant flowers; the new fOrtitiCations re-
Gently named Fort Pensacola con-
SiStlng of two monster l. inch Gisap-
pearing guns mounted IN o q Fort Pick
ems, large modern mO:aTs One-half mile
TO the eastward, four l0-inCh dissp-
pearin% rifles quarter of q mile to the
westward and modern mOtar battery
uea" old Fort Mckee.
Many tourists who come to Pensacola
come not only for recreation but also
for health. Pensacola has not only the
beautiful skies and the most beautiful
surroundings, but the hcalthfTlneSs OF
the locality i unsurpassed, while its
srtesian drinking water is the purest in
the world.
Pensacola is not q boom town. but
she has steady, healthy natural
growth, having more than doubled her
population IN the last decade, and claim
ing a population al the present time Of
-, 900. The greatest evidence of ner
growth and prosperity is her shipping
record, her annual export business hay
ing increased in the last five years from
50 000, 900 to over $4,000, 900, and is
growing at q rapid ratio.
penSsCOla's commerce will steadily in
crease for manv years to come. The
har5Or of Pensacola is the safest, deep
est. most approachable and best land
locked harbur in the South, with un-
limited wharf facilities for loading and
unloading vessels, depth of channel
that permits ships to enter and depart at
sll tides, the harbOr is thirty miles long,
from two 10 five miles wide, and varies
in depth from fifteen to thirty feet in the
channel ard near the wharfs, so that the
heaviest sca-gOing vessels can lie along
is water front for miles. The lumber
and timber interests of Pensacola rank
frs: in importance, and the almost mex
hauStible forests Of this section has at
tracted the attention of the whole COun-
try.
There is practically an unlimited sup
ply of long leaf pine, cypress, juniper,
poplar, white OAK. cedar, gum and cot
ton wood right at her doors, and the
mahUgauies and other HLe woods Of
Jamaica, Central america and Mexico
are also easily accessible by water. b.
ing within easy reach Of the great coal
and iron fields, the agricultural and tim
ber sections OF Nabama and Florida,
Pensacola is certainly the ideal place for
the III IuufaCturer.
The paramount consideration for the
manufacturer, seeking location, are aC-
cessibili'y to raw material, cheap fuel
and labor and ample transportation fa-
cilitieS. Pensacola b7 reason of its situ-
alton offers attractive advantages Of this
character.
As place Of business, this is one of
the most inviting fields in the whole
South, because it has grand OPportun-
itics before /, in developing commercial
relations with Latin America. If steel
plants, shoe factories, wOOdenware
works, tanncr.es, ship building yards,
soap factories and kindred enterprises
were stsrted here. they could md an
open and active market throughout
Splni4h America, market permanent
and profitable every month in the year.
Pensacola is well supplied with the
latest adjunCts of civilization, such as
electric lights, electric street cars, gas
works, ice factories, wholesale grOCerS,
ship Chaudlery houses, iron fOunGTies,
and machine shops, ,hree daily newspa-
psrs. marine railways, two banks with
ample capital, a tns custom house and
post Office. excellent water works, a well
Uryaniz ed fire department, a courthouse,
and opera house erected at cost of
80 600 each. GJOd hotels, churches of
almost every denomination are represent
ed, and the public school system is one
of the best In the South. As a place of
residence and business, Pensacola pre-
Sents attractions exCc,led by no city in
the nIted States. and equaled by no
city in the S)uth. Property of all kinds
j. comparatively cheap, our mere hants
and business men are energetic and
prosperous, the Inhabitants are cult
waited, courteous and hOspitable, with a
cordial welcome to visitors and immi-
grants. There can be no mistake made
in investing capital or establishing fac
tories in Pensacola.