The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
INDUSTRIES OF
DEEP WATER CITY
Pensacola Manufacturing En-
terprises Rank With Any i'm
The Southern States.

years some cotton was brought to the
city by team from Baldwin county.
Ala, and other nearby districts. Nearly
all the cotton received at Pensacola
is exported, the exports handled
! through the compress alone last year
reaching something over 10000 bales
The business is on the increase and
cotton men confidently expect that the
cotton rehandled at Pensacola during
the coming season will be in exces
of 10000 bales. The cotton goes to
Manchester, Liverpool, Bremen, ,Hav.
re and other European ports.
n. G. DeSiIva G. Co.
| H. G. DeSilva G Co. operate a large
plant which is located almost in the
business section of the city, being only
three blocks from Palafox street. the
principal thOroughfare. This firm does
a large business in rough and dressed
lumber, sash, doors, blinds, columns
turned work of all kinds, store and OF.
| fee fittings, shingles, etc. IN connec.
ton with the plant a saw mill, Single
mill, planning mill and general wood,
working shop are maintained The firm
employs about IS men.
Electric Light and Power.
The Pensacola Electric Company,
which recently succeeded the Escam.
| bia Light and Power Co.. and Tho
Pensacola Electric Terminal Company
will have one of the most extensive
and complete plants in the Southern
States when improvements that are
now under way are completed and
will be in position to furnish all cleo.
tricity for lighting and commercial
purposes that may be needed for many
years to come. In it's power plant it
has three 100 k W. and one 500 k. w.
railway machines and in the lighting
department operates three 100 k. W
Westinghouse lighting machines and
j one 300 X. W. Westinghouse steam
turbo-generator. The steam PLAN
Els equipped with two $50
h. p. boilers, both OF which are
new, in addition to the plant which
was operated by its predecessors
i which will give a total of 1900 horse
power. The company contemplates
the establishment of a show room in
the near future where all kinds OF
electrical appliances will be on exhi.
ton and for SALE 1t Is the intention
OF the company to handle everything
|
larger cities of the country. including
electric stoves, heaters, cooking de.
vices of various descriptions. etc.. and
will also handle electric street signs
| The company Is out for business and
is in position to. take care of all
that may be offered for many years
to come.
| Coffee Roasting.
| Two coffee roasting plants are oper.
ated In this city, one by James Nc.
Hugh, who is the pioneer coffee roast
er of Florida, and the other by Tho
Gulf City Coffee Co. The product of
| these concerns is known throughoue
every portion Of West Florida. South
Alabama and Southwestern Georgia
and every travelling salesman who han
dies grocery lines can tell the good
qualities of the "McIIugh Blends or
the Gulf City Coffee Co.'S product
Both Of these firms pride themselves
on the purity of the coffee they handle
and both do large business The to-
tai output Of these two plants Is in
the neighborhood of 100000 pounds per
month and about % men are employ.
| ed by them in the coffee business ex.
clusvely.
Brick and Concrete Stone.
l Large quantities of the finest grades
of brick are turned out every month
by the Southern Brick Co., and the
/ Pensacola Brick Co, who operate ex.
tensive plants, giving employment I'd
over 100 men in the busy season, and
the product finds ready sale both in
this city and in the vicinity. Cement
stone is made in large quantities by
j Bliss & Vaudeville and A.W. Clubbs,
both of whom also do a large amount
OF cement paving work.
1 Machine Shops and Foundrys.
i Pensacola has several large firma
doing an exclusive machine, foundry
and boiler manufacturing and repair
business, who are generally crowded
to their capacity. Among the larger
J firms in this line of business may be
mentioned the Gulf Machine Works
and The Pensacola Iron Works and
Supply Co, both of which work in
brass, iron, steel, aluminium and phos-
phor bronze; Dodson e. Co., who do a
general machine and foundry bust.
ness. and F. j. Stearns, who manufac-
ture and repair boilers. There are
several smaller concerns engaged In
this line who find all they can do all
the year around.
Saw Mills.
Two big saw mills are operated
within the city limits, one by the Els.
Gambia Land and Manufacturing Co..
and the other by the Florida and Ala,
bama Lumber Company The former
/ is located at the foot of Intendencia
street and is known as Mill No. 2.
Both rough and dressed lumber, shin.
giles, lath, slaves and heading ara
manufactured. The capacity of tha
saw mill Is about SO, 900 feet per day
the capacity of the planning mill 10000
Single mill $4,000. lath mill $4,000
and stave and heading mill 5000 per