The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-01
CITY OF MOBILE
IS CHANGING
RAPIDLY
Many Old Landmarks Being Re-
placed With Modern Struc.
lures. Former PensacoIians.

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A representative of The Journal was
In Mobile day or so last week and saw
must to interest him. Someone from
Pensacola is almost always in our sis
ter city and no one from here need be
lonesome, nor friendless.
Mobile is changing rapidly and these
changes are for tho good of the city.
Many of the old landmarks are disap-
pearing and fine, new structures taking
their places. Mobile boasts the finest
laundry building in the South. To the
casual observer the building looks more
like public library with it's large win
dows and light walls and clean floors
The first thing the observer saw was a
sign bearing a name we would all like
to be-Damrich. At least most Of us
would. If consistence is indeed a jewel
1t is exemplified in the fact that Mr..
Needalman is a tailor.
Out in the residence districts the same
conditions obtain. New residences are
building and the old houses of Spanish
architecture are rapidly disappearing.
The writer was much interested in the
retention Of the old Spanish names for
the streets. These help to bind together
location and history and the euphonious
titles are most pleasing adjunct to the
language and lend a foreign flavor to
the city nomenclature that is worth con-
serving. Note the names Eslava. Eman-
uel, Joachim, Royal, and the French
names Dauphin, Lafayette. And then
away from the old city American his
torical names are employed. 1t was not
ed that Church street and Theater street
run side by side. There are some many
corners in Mobile and the unwary may
lose his way, or himself by the turning
of single corner that is not a right
angle.
Former Pensacoians.
Among former Pensacolians whose ac-
quaintance was renewed was Mr.. John
F. Ryan. He is in the same business that
occupied his attention in this city and
says that his love for Penacola. and Pen
sacillians is no less. In fact, absence has
made his heart grow fonder" and his in
quiries of this city and her people show
ed plainly that he is still loyal to the
deep-water port. Mr.. John Pool, who is
connected with large furniture store, is
just recovering from a long and severe
illness. He is quite thin and the sill
yer in his hair attests the fact that he
is mot so young as he used to was" Mr..
Pool seemed surprised that DeLuna
street has grown to be so prominent a
thoroughfare. He said he long ago real
lied the possibilities of Cushman's alley,
but never supposed his notion would be-
come practical fact. Harry L. Will
hanson, whom so many will remember as
one of Pensacolas boy hustlers, holds a
responsible position with the Title Insur-
ance Company. He was found buried in
the records in the probate office, but
after being eXhumed and allowed to catch
his breath discoursed entertainingly on
the respective merits of Mobile and Pen
sacola. 1t will interest his friends here
to learn that runaway like one reads
about occurred a few days since in
| which his mother, brother. sister and
brother-in-law figured. His brother,
| Claude, was slightly injured by the horse
stepping on his foot, but the remarka-
Bile instance is in the fact that the horse
ran the length of the shell road, four
miles, and no damage was done. 1t might
have been running yet had not the sur
rev wheels locked with those Of a heavy
| bus.
Faith In This City.
| well known citizen in Pensacola and who
now lives in Mobile is Mr.. r. F. Smith,
formerly editor of The Pensacola Times.
| Mr. Smith was seen at his desk in the
Windsor hotel, where he has been clerk
even since he gave up newspaper work.
| He still has very warm place in his
heart for Pensacola and says his faith
| in the future of the city is as strong
as ever. He spoke of the difference in
the newspapers of Pensacola as compared
| with his time here and complimented The
Journal on its advances Mr.. Smith was
looking well and does not seem to have
grown day older.
| Allerdine Wade is In business In the
city and has somewhat diversified his
| interests. His family, with the excep-
| ton of Mrs. Wade, are well and like Mo-
bile Mobile business men are watching
Pensacola and it behooves this city to
keep UP the interest. Almost everyone
asked as the first question: How are
health conditions?" Why, health condi-
tions are Al, and a perusal Of the latest
report of the State health officer amply
bears. out the assertion. Several OF
Mobiles business men commented freely
on the good fortune Of Pensacola in the
matter, of its magnificent bay. Mobilians
say: 1--WE have our channel" but Pen
sacola does not need any chan
4 mel for vessels to reach her
\ docks. The merits of the two cities
have. however, been compared so often
! that they are well understood and need
not be repeated here. This is simply to
convey to our home folks the greetings
| of Mobile friends and to show that the
| sympathies between the two cities are
so~strong that there will always be in
terest in the one for the other, that the
two cities are representative of the
Southern sections and that what infiu-
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