The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-04
A GREAT FUTURE Is IN
STORE FOR PENSACOLA

o.u euCh, dltcf tue sHdck1eS .WtIc Tt
moved it began to swell in numbers
until now, by the directory and the
school census, the papers claim p, 009
population. Perhaps 10000 would be
nearer the truth The commerce of
the city has increased with the same
rapidity- In 1885 the exports were
valued at $1,000, 600 only; in 1895
they were only $4,000 ,0O0. But when
the curse was removed they sprang
up to $4,000, 000 in 1904, with thirty
feet of water at low toe on the bar
at the mouth of the harbor, eager TO
carry more ships loaded with lumber,
cotton, coal, phosphates, pig iron to-
bacco. naval stores, oil. meal cakes
and other products Of the country to
the markets of the world.
Fine Dock System.
How much of this change in materi-
al and commercial conditions has
been due to the lapse of the old priests
curse is a question. Doubtless the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company has had good deal to do
with 1t. Because, recognizing the
favorable geographical location of the
city and the superior advantages of
its harbor, that company at an ex-
pense of IS .0eo. geo has constructed ex-
tensive wharves and warehouses on
the shore of the bay, where vessels
can load to a aepth of twenty Eight
feet Immediately alongside the cars.
II is one OF the finest dock systems in
the world, equipped with every mod
ern appliance for the rapid and eco
nomical handling of cargoes, so that
nearly everything can be handled by
machinery. and a ship Of 5000 tons
can be loaded or unloaded either from
the cars or the warehouses within a
few hours. One of tire docks has
more than $4,000 feet, and another
nearly 1900 feet of railway track
covering an area of 10000 square
feet, thirteen = ties for handling coal
. and four for = ndling grain. so that
both may be shot Immediately into
the holds of vessels from the eleva
tors or from cars. A cargo of four
or five thousanC' tons of coal or grain
may thus be transferred to a ship in
a few hours. The warehouses, eleya
tors and tracks have a capacity double
the present demand, but. the export
trade is growing. Similar facilities
have been provided for shipping phos
plate rock. OF which large quantities
from the beds of Tennessee are ex
! ported from Pensacola The ware
houses are SO arranged that one class
: of cargo may be handled from an up
per story and another class from q
lower story at the same time. One
warehouse has 400 doors. each eight
feet wide.
With all these preparations the
railroad company is able to do large
business, and it has attracted to Pen
sacola feet of European ships. The
, export trade, as / have shown you, is
growing rapidly. The railroad com
pany, with unusual foresight, has beer
: getting ready for the future; 5 for
when the Panama canal is finished
Pensacola will be in a position tt
handle any amount of trade No city
of the South will reap greater bene
fits. 5E
Many Spanish Names.
The Spaniards went out of Pensa
cola in 1919. but a large proportion o.
the population are descended from the
original settlers and if you, will lool
through the directory you will fnt
names that will remind you of Castil
ian heroes and the grandees of An6a
lusia- Nearly all Of the streets have
Spanish names. The principal bust
ness street is called Palafox. in homo
| of general who fought bravely Il
maintain the supremacy of Spain.
There are many curious traditions
II is pity that some person of leisur,
and literary taste does not compile
the "reminiscences of the venerable in
habitants before they vanish from
! the earth. A stream of water one,
ran through the center Of what is nov
the most active portion OF the bust
ness section, ana in Olden times tn
( washerwomen used it for a laundry
according to the customs that still
| prevail in Spain and the Spanish col
| onies of South America to-day. TIL
stream was private property; it be
longed TO a benevolent Spanish lady
who would not fence it in or. interior
| IN any way with the laundry work o
| the community When she died 'sh
willed the stream forever to 9Th
poor washerwomen of PENSACOLA" F'o
a generation or so their rights wer
respected, but finally the growth o
the city made it necessary to abolisl
the custom and the matter was takel
| into the courts. AS the washerwomel
had no organization there was nobod
| 10 accept the title to the property
which after friendly litigation wa
finally given to a religious orQer O
I sisters who look after the poor
| Wealth of Pensacola.
There is a good deal OF money i
+ Pensacola; much of it having bee
made in saw mills and specializing il
timber lands The richest man in tn
town is Martin Sullivan, who had
brother named Dan now dead The
came over from Ireland together whe
when they were boys. Dan drifte
South and joined Walkers flibustel
ing expedition to Nicaragua. Whe
that adventure ended he returned t
the United States and spent much c
his time around Pensacola and Nc
bile, working in the lumber camp:
When the civil war broke out b