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


front as a manufacturing center and
already the money invested in manu-
featuring industries in this city runs
into the millions. In addition to its
own business in this line it is the Gen.
ter of the immense lumber manufac-
turing interests of the South, and the
exports of lumber from this port are
greater than from any other port on
the Gulf coast. Among the many arti-
cles manufactured in Pensacola may
be mentioned the following:
Rough and dressed lumber, sash,
doors, blinds, columns and turned work
OF every description; fruit crates and
baskets; cotton seed oil and oil cake;
white and red brick and artificial stone
building blocks; fertilizers and acids;
machinery of all kinds; jugs and
crockery ware of every description;
gas and electricity; cotton compress;
whiting; coffee roasting, and many
others Of less importance.
Saunders Mill Co.
The Saunders Mill Company oper-
ate large plant in the northern sub
urbs of the city which includes saw
mill, planning mill, veneer mill and
basket factory The company manu-
| features everything in the line OF
woodwork including baskets, fruit
crates, sash. doors, blinds, Office fix
lures, columns, turned work of all
( kinds-in fact everything in the line.
In addition the company operates a
large store in the city where it car
ries a full line of paints, oils, glass
and builders hardware. 1t also ham,
dies brick, lime and cement. The
company employs from 100 to 125 men
| all the year around.
GouIdinq Fertilizer Co.
Just north of the city limits is the
| immense plant Of the Goulding Fer
tilizer Co.. which makes speciality OF
| fertilizers of all grades, the total out.
! put being over 10000 tons per annum
| In addition to fertilizer the COMPANY
manufactures sulphuric and phospher'
| ic acide and ammoniates, and when
running full time, which is the greater
part of the year, employs over 300
men. The sulphuric ore used at this
plant Is imported direct from Spain;
| the potash comes from Germany and
|
posts of Tennessee and Florida. The
product of this plant is shipped to all
parts of the South and large proper
ton of it finds an outlet to foreign
countries through the port Of Pensa-
cola. Shipments are regularly made
to the West Indies and occasionally
shipments go from Pensacola to far
away New Zealand, to Great Britain.
| South African and many other foreign
countries.
Manufacture of Ice.
Pensacola has three large plants for
the manufacture Of ice, the Stratton
Ice Co., the Garfield Ice Co., and the
Moore Ice Co., the total capacity OF
which is 100 tons per day. About 70
men are employed at the various con-
Germs. All of the plants do a large
business. operating cold storage rooms
in connection with the factories and
shipping considerable. ice to other
nearby places.
Pensacola Gas Co.
The Pensacola Gas Company, which
supplies gas for illuminating and COM
mercial purposes. has a thoroughly
|
pares favorably with the plants
in any city in the South
The gas furnished is of high
candle power and the supply is ade-
ouate to all demands for some time
to come. The big tanks of the com.
pany have a storage capacity Of $780,
900 cubic feet, and the plant can man.
ufacture 100000 cubic feet of gas per
day. Over eighteen miles of gas mains
are now in operation and the company
is constantly increasing its facilities
and extending its service to every part
of the city as fast as the growth of
the CITY warrants Ii. The cost of gas
in the city for all purposes is 81 so per
thousand feet. The gas company EN-
ploys about 40 men in all branches OF
its business.
Cotton Oil Mill.
| A large branch OF the Southern Cot
ton Oil Company Is operated in this
city which is operated night and day
to supply the demand for export and
from the section Immediately sur.
rounding Pensacola. The plant has a
capacity of sixty tons of feed and g.
400 gallons of Oil per day. A large
proportion OF the product Is exported
and several hundred tons will be ship
ped from this port during the month
Of September. The plant employs
about 40 men.
Cotton Compress.
A large cotton compress Is operat.
ed in the northern suburbs Of the city
which has a capacity of about 700
bales per day and storage capacity OF
Is 900 bales The cotton for this plant
is drawn from within a few miles OF
Montgomery on the north, half way
between Flomaton and Mobile on the
west, from over the P. & A. division
| of the l. & N. on the east and also
comes from poipts along the Opp
branch of the l. & N. in Alabama.
During the season many large ship
ments are received from OPP, Anda-
lusia Geneva and other points in Ala