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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

slightest strain. One of the largest, if
not the largest, planer in the south is
also installed in this plant, and
throughout the plant is massive and
modern in every respect.
A large plant for the handling Of
sheet iron, tin, copper and piping, gal
vanizing, nickle plating and plumbing
is operated adjoining the machine
shop where all necessary work of this
description to equip the largest yes.
sci in Uncle Sans navy is done in a
thoroughly up-to-date manner.
Ship Fitting Shop.
The ship fitting shop, in which near
ly all Of the heavy work in the con-
structfon and repair of battleships and
other naval vessels Is done, is large
building, equipped with the most mas.
sive machinery that 1t is possible to
manufacture. Immense steel rolls
that can turn out steel orion plates
of any thickness from. ingots of white
hot metal catch the eye as soon as one
has entered, and just to one side of
the rolls is a massive saw that bites
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INDUSTRIES OF
DEEP WATER CITY
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CONTINUED from Page Seventeen.)
day. The logs for the mill are shipped
to Florida Town by rail and from
there are towed to the mill by steam
er. This plant employs about lie
men. The Pensacola mill of the Flori
da and Alabama Land Co., is located
at the mouth of Little Bayou near the
western city limits and manufactures
rough lumber exclusively. It's capac
fly Is $1,000 feet per day and it EN-
ploys from 20 to 80 men.
Other Industries.
In addition to the industries enum
Grated above Pensacola has a large
abbatoir; two plants for bottling soda
and mineral waters; carriage manu-.
facturers; cigar manufactures; copper
and tin workers; two flour mills; two
marble and granite manufacturers
mattress factory; two pottery works
and manufacturers of sails, awnings
takns, cisterns and, in fact, almos,
everything that will be found in any
up.to-date city in the country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

the yard is that devoted to boating
building, and the work turned out here
is as good as can be produced in tle
world. Here are built punts, dingheys,
whaleboats, cutters, barges, steam
cutters, sailing launches, special
whaleboats for torpedo vessels, and,
in fact, evrything in the line of small
boats Four steam cutters, respect
lively 40, Sc, 33 and % feet long, two
% #. whaleboats and one &c and one
80 foot sailing launches are now IN
der construction at this plant.
This plant is equipped with the
most modern machinery of every de-
scription that could possibly be used
in bodybuilding and an idea OF the
amount of work turned out here can
be obtained when 1t it stated that
nineteen new vessels were completed
at the plant during the past year.
each ready for service with the ex-
ception of the engines which are In
stalled by the Department of Steam
Engineering. Each of the boats is
fully equipped with water breakers,
medicine chest, spars, oars, etc.
Sailing Lauches.
The big sailing launches mentioned
above are more for army than navy
use and are used principally by land
ing parties and for laying or taking up
submarine mines. Each, when ready
for service, is equipped with rapid
fire gun in the bottom of the boat, a
big windlass amidships over circu.
lar plug in the bottom of the boat
which can be opened and through
which hawser is operated when it is
desired to either lay or take up mines.
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The boats are broad and deep and
will carry all the men that it is posi-
BILE to crowd into them.
In the boat shed, where the complet,
ed boats are stored until such time as
requisition is made for them, are
large numbers of boats of every de.
scription. from the big steam cutters
to the little double end punts and
dingheys, each equipped ready for ser
vice, with the exception of the cutters
which have the engines installed after
they are launched. The cost to manu-
facture the boats varies from 500 to
$3.50 for the little ones to $3.50,
which is the cost of SO foot steam
cutter minus the engines, and in case
of emergency steam cutter could be
constructed at the boat shop in about
two weeks time.
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its way through the thickest steel
plate as though 1t We're cheese. Heavy
steel shears for cutting plates, large
punches, great plate planners, power.
full steam hammers and other equip.
meEt of like character make up -he
machinery used in this department of
the work.
Keel Plate Bender.
One OF the interesting devices in the
north end of this shop is what is term
ed the keel plate bender. This con-
sists OF a five inch thick cast iron
slab, as large as two ordinary rooms
in which square holes are cut at reg
ular intervals. At one end of the
slab are furnaces in which iron and
steel to be shaped on the slab IS
heated, after which it is taken out
on the slab and, by means of steel
pins which are inserted in the holes
twisted into any shape The pins are
SO placed that the hot iron or steel
can be turned around them to form
keel or ribs as may be desired A
blacksmith shop occupies the north
end of this building. ALI of the ma
chinery In both the ship fitting and
machine shops is operated by individ
ual electric motors to which power is
supplied from central electric plant
Electric Plant.
The present electric plant at the
Pensacola Navy Yard is of insufficient
capacity and new power plant is
being erected which will be ready for
operation in the course o. three or
four months. The new building will
contain dynamos of sufficient capacity
to operate all the machinery in the
yard and furnish light as well.
Adjoining the ship fitting shop is g
foundry in which all castings are turn
ed out that are used by the Construc
ton and Repair department, and a lit
tie further on is a building called the
shipErights saw mill. which contains
complete outfit for turning out any
thing in the line of wood work that
may be necessary.
Boat Building.
One Of the most important plants al
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

One Of the most important sources
industry directly tributary to the city
of Pensacola is the Pensacola Navy
Yard, situated on the shores of Pen
sacola- Bay about 40 minutes run by
steamer or train from the center Of
the business district of the city, and
Notwithstanding the fact that Con.
gress has been rather niggardly in
making appropriations and the work
at the yard is somewhat handicapped
In consequence, every department of
the huge plant Is running and large
amount of work is being turned out,
both in the lines Of construction and
of repair.
Approximately half million dollars
year is paid out in wages alone at
the Pensacola Navy Yard, and the to.
tai expenditures run into the millions,
large proportion of which finds it's
way into business channels in the city.
Between four and i've hundred clerks,
mechanics and laborers are constantly
employed at the Navy Yard, and in
addition thereto about 125 enlisted
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has only recently been placed at the
dock for repair and is being stripped
preparatory to Installing new boilers
and general overhauling. The I'M
mense capacity of the yard will be
better understood when it is stated
that all of these vessels have been
practically rebuilt, excepting only the
hulls. Every portion of the vessels
has been gone over and when they are
ready for sea they will be practically
new.
Construction Work.
An immense amount Of work is
turned out annually by the Depart.
ment of Construction and Repair, one
OF its recent, achievements being a
water barge, used to supply the feet
with water in time of war. This barge
(which was constructed from keel up
ar the local yard, is named the Martha
[Rodes, and has capacity Of $4,000
gallons OF water, which is stored in
three tanks! The vessel is built en-.
tircly OF steel and was constructed
from designs made at Washington. A
steel floating derrick is under con-
struction which, when completed will
oe used for taking out and placing
machinery and heavy guns for vessels
that come to the yard for repairs.
The hull of the vessel Is of steel, with
steel bulkheads all around which will
be filled with water for ballast. The
capacity of the vessel when completed
will be something over 10 tons,
Several large coal barges are also
building.
The machine shop attached to the
department of Construction and Re-
pair is complete in every particular
and is equipped in a manner that en-
ables the largest steel castings and
forgings to be handled with ease.
One Of the important devices in
the machine shop is a testing ma
chine, by which the tensile strength
of all metal used is tested, a gauge
registering the breaking point be it
one pound or 100000 pounds The ma
chine while massive, is delicately adj
juested, being balanced on compound
levers and adjusted to register the
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men are on duty there. The pay roll
Tor the month of August last was
$39,6OO, and during that month the
-full force was not employed.
Contract Supplies.
Supplies purchased for the local
yard through open contract and by
purchase direct aggregate something
over $150,000 per annum and -Pensa.
cola merchants and manufacturers
have equal opportunities to,secure this
business, and in fact do secure a good
ly portion of it. All of the supplies for
naval vessels in the way of groceries
meats and vegetables are purchased
through local dealers and when the
fleet is I'm port, purchases of this IA.
ture aggregate large sum daily.
The work at the Navy Yard Is sysi
teniatized in the most thorough man.
ner, different departments having di
rect charge Of the different work
which the plant is called upon to do
each being in charge of superinten,
dent, who, exercises authority over
his particular department.
The Departments.
( The department DEMONSTRATION land
repair, which is the most important OF
all the departments at the yard, has
charge Of all new work and all repairs
with the exception of work upon en-.
gines, builds barges, boats for naval
vessels, derricks-in fact everything
and anything that may be demanded
by the needs of the naval service. The
Department of Yards and Docks has
charge Of the yard, buildings and
docks, keeping aifin repair and, when
necessary building new docks or max.
Ing improvements to the yard. The
Department of Steam Engineering re-
pairs engines and installs them, re,
PAIRS and installs boilers in vessels
ana has entire charge of that depart.
ment of the work. Under this depart.
ment dn immense machine shop, n
foundry, boiler shop, and a black.
smith shop are operated, the capacity
OF which is sufficient to repair any
thing In the line of engines, from the
small ones used in the steam cutters
to the big machines used in the larg
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An Ounce of Prevention.

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who are hopeless of getting well-whC
IL they had taken care of themselves
would now be we'll. A cough Is the
foundation OF Consumption. Billiards.
Horehound Syrup will cure that cough
Mrs. s., Great Falls Montana,
writes: 81 have used Billiards. Hore
hound Syrup in my family for years
my children never suffer with coughs
For sale by all druggists.
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melt is the greatest Liniment. Quick.
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reach OF all. T. H. Pointer, Hemp
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been used in my household for years
and has been found to be an excellen,
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never without it." For sale by all
druggists.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

encouragement, the girl of his heart. The story
is written in a very different style from the
lively tales Of action which have composed the
bulk Of this authors previous work. He knows
his boy he knows his provincial Canada and
he knows his New York; and from the sum OF
this knowledge he has succeeded in construct
ing novel Of more charm, perhaps, than power
AS a first novel it is full of promise and demon
strates that Mr. O'Higgins has much wider
range than he has hitherto exhibited.
The association between the title ana the text
of Mr. Fgerton's novel, The Coming Dawn
is to say the least remote. It is tale OF III
in ENGLAND in the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury the principal object of which IS, apparently
IN afford the author an opportunity for display
ing his knowledge of court manners and Gus
toms and of the social, political and literary
tvnes and activities of the period. The hero,
widely travelled earl, held up as a man OF more
,l,ap ordinary cultivation and high principle
rascues a leading beauty of the day from
brutal and gambling husband only TO make her
his mistress. They live an ideal existence for
six wears until the woman comes under Ihe spel
of the great preacher WhitefeId and the story
ends in \ tragedy The authors lack OF con-
e+r1c+fve ability is not redeemed by the long
,7-o,,,, ont conversations irrelevant matters
- ,..bicb he causes his characters to engage on
the most trivial provocatIon.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

t.1Ae the authors word for the charm exerted nv
'iese ignorant and hardworking ranch women
upon the more highly cultured swains whose af-
Iectons they engage. The story is full of color
ana action, and the interest is heightened by a
mutual misunderstanding between the girls as
10 which one is the object of the attentions and
intentions Of the more active of the lovers. A
christian Indiana despised member of the tribe
helu in captivity in the fort-and a wandering
evangelist figure largely in the eIucidation of
the plot.
In on-a-Dreams'' Mr. Harvey J. O'Higgins
tens the story of impractical young Cana
ulah-a "make-believer," a day dreamer, a Wis
lonary, an idealist-who remains true to the
sweetheart Of his baby days. The first half of the
tale Is taken I'D with account of the school
and college period of the hero's life The second
hd1 shows him-in revolt against the restric-
uons and lack of appreciation of his aims and
ldeals which beset him at home and at the pro-
VihclaI unTversity-seeking his fortune in New
YORK and compelled to earn a scanty livelihood
as booster for Bowery museum and as 4
super IN the theatres. Exactly what his aims
and ideals are, it is little hard to guess but
ne eventually achieves fame and fortune as a
playwright, and, with a good deal Of outside
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

actors appeared 20 be exhausted from the extraor-
dinary effort they had made.
The author tells how the great little Booths
greater son, and John S. Clarke, leach dressed
in white linen trousers and black Jackets" as
Cassius and Brutus recited before their school
their first public appearance. He tells how.
later. Booth with blackened face, sang Negro
melodies. and even attempted unsuccessfuIIy the
art cf pantomime." Following the career of the
melancholy but ambitious youth, Mr.. Moses con-
cludes:
The life Of Edwin Booth was filed with successes
that have since become the greatest traditions of
tn American stage Though manager be lost
fran1ay the force OF his art rebuilt his fortunes
thrice Tor hinl-a worthy example to he held up
70 those who clscountenance the idea of estab-
Ished home for the legitimate drama ''Renem-
ber." is The saying Booth made and lost three
fortunes ca Shakespeare-'
The story Of the Jeffersons makes lively read
ing Joseph Jeferson's Observation-Disclosures, a
sunny tempered English actress, died in the year
q American independence, from the effects Of
excessive laughter: and throughout this branch
Of the fl-rily an unfailing ripple of merrirnent
IS detected This Mrs. Jeffersons husband was
a noted wag. This lighter vein Of his at times
found mischievous outlet in pranks upon his
fellow actors. Mr.. Moses relates how at ore
time during the "'recorders'' scene in Hamlet, 3"
al audience was surprised by new turn TO the
dialogue:
CfuIlenstern IS besoaSit, n the text, to play the
i1str1-1eEts and showing utter 3erplexjty xii and
"Rt lF- look You low unworthy thing you
E-Er Of me. lou %oUld play upon me, and so
on Presumably jefferson was the crafty courtier
nat particular night for to Hamle1s insistence
G-denstern replied: well. my lord. since YOU are
81 very pressing. ] Will do my best and began
LADY Coventry's Minuet," a performance which
must have upset the gravity Of the Dane, to
say anything Of the audience.
IN his estimate of Dion Boucicault as a play
wright as an actor and as a man. Mr.. Moses
Is as entertaining as he is discriminating. The
ready resource Of Boudcault is Wen Illustrated
b. this aneCdOte:
s. intent he during the rehearsals of The
Shauguraun, regarding the other characters in
The Lhat the opening night. when he
reached The theatre he suddenly realized he had
wholly forgotten 70 pick himself out Il costume for
C-E- So ne rushed 10 TIE property room. and on
with cd coat that had done service for Tony
I---pE.n and on with old cap belonging 70 that
same -.llVldI2E Grabbing odd pair OF boots
from discarded chest-and he ready!
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
THE GR4SsHOPPER.

EpON ANACREON, BY T. STANLEK-
Grasshopper thrice happy! who
SinUing the cool morning dew
Oueen-Ifke chirpest all the day
seated in some verdant spray:
rhine is all whate'er earth brings
ar the hours with laden Wings
Thee the ploughman calls ms Joy.
cause thou nothing doSI ueSuoS'
Thou by all art honoreu, an oor1.
Thee the springs sweet pro'ii0e
I,Lr tbo Nusps thou admired,
~ Apollo art inspired
Agaless, ever singing, good'
IHi+bout nassion, flesh or blood
w. bo1, near thy happy state
Comes % the gods to initiate!
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
SPRUNG FROM THE SOIL.
T5o0 Ranch Girl HerOines of More
Character then Culture.

CASA GRANDE A California Pastoral By
Charles DuI Stuart I2Eno, PIP S67 Henry Holt
4 Co
TIE PL.oTy-- WOMAN. By Eleanor Gates. 12mo.
pp 55t Mcclure, Phillips & Co
DoS-A-DHEAMs. A Story Of Love and Youth,
Century company.
THE COMING DAWN. BY Charles Egerton. 12mo,
92 9z- John Lane Company
casa Grande" is a romance of California
Inch lie in the late sos Its incidents and
atmosphere are Of the open. The situations are
evolved from the dispossessilg Of a number Of
sgUatte.s who have settled on land purchased
by young fastener In one of the families
there is q daughter, beloved by the sheriff who
is compelled 70 manage the eviction. The oppo-
sIti9n which this ratherIess girl sets up to the
Carrying o-t If what she regards as a cruelty
unjust order enIists the sympathy and adrnira-
Lon of The rGnchEnan, who had unsuccessfuIly
sought u co-pr0mise with the squatters. AS a
consequence of the eviction follow numerous
ENCOUNTERS lstWeen the young ranch owner and
11e people whom he has forced from his land.
i is not, however. 50 much with these incidents
that tie E-sry concerns itself with the love
icyl which Grows up beween the cultured East
e-1eF AID the uncutored but WinsOme and high
SPIRITED child Of the West In its plot, perhaps,
names Of frontier life, but the author ap-
proaches his subject from the analytical rather
u-an from the purely episode standpoint Char
acter should count for more than environment,
10 doubt: and the author makes Us feel that
ii this instance. at least the supericialities Of
early taiI--s could be safely brushed aside i'll
ue mating " two kindred souls, however rarely
Successful INC experiment is likely to prove in
real LIE
The Plo"- Woman is a story of Dakota
shortly after the close Of the Civil War The
scene is lald in the vicinity Of an army post,
"LeFe a. unreconstructed Texan, with two
-%1glters, t1l-es UP quarter section. He hates
-Ds YANKEE soldiers more than he does the
'--l-ls. but manages to have plenty of excite
--7ll With both. Disabled by accident, he Is
'oiged 10 depend almost entirely upon the older
5Hi Tor the rough worl, Of breaking the ground
GU putting IN his crops. Though looked at
~Eance by the women Of the fort, the girls at
al lhe favorable attention Of at least one Oh
II clcers ana Of an Eastern stoTekeeper III
ME- nearest settlement Through their ASSIST
---=' II the ice Of the discouragement or the
4"'efSe Old Southern fre-eater, the girls are
~IFled through 4 year Of difficulties and I'M
.--'7ft disaster, owing chiefly to the eHorts OF
Unborn" rambler 10 oust theIn from their
-oiia and 70 attacks by Indians whom he mas
--A7d IL LIS Cause. The reader Is Obliged "
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

Two volumes may this season be expected
in that series, published in this country by the
Scribners, in which have reviewed such eX-
cellent books as Sir Charles HOlIOyd'S Michael
Angelo" MIR. HilHS ''PisaneIlO'' and DR.. Gro
nau's Titan" \ "Correggio" by Mr.. T.
Sturge Moore who wrote the "Durer' in the
same series, is in press, and it will be followed
by a book by Miss Maud Cruttweil-who has
written we'll Nerrocchio-on Antonio and
Piero Pollaiuolo Another art book to which we
look forward with interest is THE Note Books
of Leonardo da Vinci,' by Edward McCuTdy.
Bj0rnson's new novel, Mary" is said to be
concerned with the history of an old Norwegian
family and the development of a strong minded
transations foreign editions are coming out
Has Coventry Patrnore still public. a con-
siderable body of readers delighting in his work
and eager to have it in attractive fOrm2 We
doubt il, but nevertheless faithfully record
the fact that his publishers, the Bells, of Lon
dom take another view Of the matter. for they
have just brought out n new single volume
edition of his complete writings in verse. 1t is
issued here by the Macmillans. There is an
introduction by Mr. Basil Champneys, who
wrote Patmore's biography and of course, it
takes a friendly turn. 1t is difficult however,
to feel much confidence in the inspiration of Il
poet capable of writing lines like these, in the
''Sarum Plain:
Breakfast enjoyd, mid hush of boughs
And perfumes thro the windows blown;
Brief worship done which still endoWs
The day with beauty not its own;
With intervening pause, that paints
Each act with honor, life with calm
(As old professions of the Saints
At every step have wands Of paln),
We rose the ladies' vent to dress,
And soon returl'd with smiles; and nd then
Once more we drove to Salisbury Plain
We oast my house observed with praise
And left the old and lazy grays
below the hill, and walk'd the rest
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

There is something of absurdity sn3e in en'9nbe 10 tbe
as an ar Of liteFaTy n5ert ngTT to wv write her renn
notorious st If is not impossible that she shoIa %
IsSs produce book yyns IN 6ndon sp PaS paSsheP @ has
memoirs Of Gas@nq0ab 3o bring out translation of
fbe "reminiscences
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
GU e A
AND THE INTER VENTION
QS99-1909
BY
ALBERT q. ROBINSON,
"AG.R"
Large Crown 8vo. PIP. 1850.
Price. Sl8O net. BY mail. SI.92.

g. a book which is destined long to
figure among the most valuable materials for
a comprehension of CUba's history at q critical
cGnJuncture. The author an eye
witness of the events that he describes, and he
brought TO his task mind qualified by educa-
ton and experience for the work of ObSeTVa-s
tiOn."-NEW YORK sun.
:" Mr.. Robinson has undoubtedly writ
ten the most truthful book Cuban inter-
vention that has yet appeared, and this has
been possible to him because he himself
sufficiently detached from administrative Off
cialsm during the years of his personal and
close observation of the intervention to mako
him something of a critic. ."-REPUBLI-
CAN, Springfield, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

Queer are the subjects which some writers find
for their books. \ volume is to appear called
The Gate of Death a Diary and in it the
author describes the experiences of one who has
twice come near to passing through that gate.
1t is odd to think OF a mans making copy on
such i theme.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

Correspondence rather more interesting thah
that which we had expected will be printed in
"Sfr Thomas Lawrence's Letter Bag, a vol
,ryna which we announced some time ago.
Ar1one the names included in it are those Of
peel Wellington, Scott, Cowper, Canova, Mrs.