Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06

ohiy' III 1850 tney were only So,VVV,-
900. But when the curse was remoy.
ed they sprang up to $4,000. 900 in
1904, with thirty feet OF water at low
. tide on the bar at the mouth of tho
harbor eager TO carry more ships
loaded with lumber. cotton. coal, phos-
pilates, pig iron. tobacco. naval stores,
oil meal cakes and other products OF
the country TO the markets OF the
world
How much OF this cnange In ma
terial and commercial conditions has
been due to the lapse OF the old
priests curse Is question. Doubt
less the Louisville n Nashville Rail.
road company has had good deal
10 do with ii. Because, recognizing
the fayorite geographical location OF
tne city and the superior advantages
Of its harbor. that company at an ex-
pense OF $3.000,00O has constructed
extensive wharves and warehouses
on the snore OF the bay, where yes-
sells can load 10 depth of twenty
Eight feet Immediately alongside the
cars. II Is one of the finest dock
systems In the world, equipped with
every modern appliance for the rapid
and economical handling OF cargoes,
20 that nearly everything can be ham
uled by machinery, and a ship of s..
900 tons can he loaded or unloaded
either from the cars or the ware
houses within a few hours. One OF
the docks has more than $4,000 feet,
and another nearly 1000 feet OF rail-
way track, covering an area OF lgU,-
900 square feet. thirteen chutes for
handling coal and four for handling
grain, SO that both may he shot i'm.
mediately into the holds of vessels
| tlom the elevators or from cars. A
| cargo OF four or five thousand tons or
| coal or grain may thus be transferred
to snip in few hours. The ware
| houses, elevators and tracks have
capacity double the present demand,
hut the export trade IL growing Sim
| llar facilities have been provided for
shipping phosphate rock. OF wnich
large quantities from the beds Of Ten
| nessee are exported from Pensacola.
The warehouses are so arranged that
one class of cargo may be handled
from an upper story and another
class from lower story at the same
| time. One warehouse has 400 doors,
| each eight feet wide
with all tnese preparations the
railroad company is able to do large
business, and II has attracted to Pen.
sacola fleet of European ships. The
export trade. as | have shown you, is
growing rapidly The railroad com.
pany. with unusual foresight, has
been getting ready for the future: for
when the Panama canal Is finished,
Pensacola will be in position to
| handle any amount of trade. No city
OF the South viii reap greater bene-
| fits.
The Spaniards went out of Pensa-
| cola in 1919. but large proportion OF
| the population are descended from the
| original settlers. and II you will look
through the directory you will find
names that will remind you OF Cas-
lillian heroes and the grandees OF An
dalusia, Nearly all the streets have
Spanish names. The principal busi-
ness street is called Calafox. in honor
OF u general who fought bravely to
| maintain the supremacy of Spain.
There are many curious traditions.
II Is a pity that some person OF leis-
nre and literary tastes does not com.
pile the "reminiscences OF the vener-
able inhabitants before they vanish
| from the earth. A stream of water
once ran through the center OF what
| is now the most active portion OF the
1 I.,n
| the washerwomen used It for laun-
| dry according to the customs that
still prevail in Spain and the Spanish
| colonies OF South America today. the
stream was private property II be-
| longed to a benevolent Spanish lady,
who would not fence II In or interfere
In any way with the laundry work Of.
the community When she died she
willed the stream forever to the poor
| wasberwomen OF Pensacola. For
generation or so their rights were re-
spected but finally the growth OF the
city made it necessary TO abolish the
custom and the matter was taken into
| the courts. AS the wosherwomen
had no organization there was nobody
10 accept the title to the property,
which after "A friendly litigation was
finally given to a religious order Of
sisters who look after the poor
There is a good deal OF money In
Pensacola much Of 1t having been
made in sawmllls and specuating in
timber lands. The richest man In
town is Martin Sullivan, who had
brother named Dan, now dead, They
came over from ireland together
whom they were boys. Dan drifted
South and Joined Walkers filibuster-
ing expedition to Nicaragua When
that adventure ended me returned to
the United States and spent much of
his time around Pensacola and Mo-
bile working In the lumber camps.
When tne civil war broke out he join
ed the confederate army. Martin, the
younger brother. enlisted In the I'm.
ion army at New York and served
through the war. After the surrend-
er, by SOME means or another the
Two brothers got together and Dan In
duced Martin. who had money, to in