The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23
Pensacola 5 Brilliant Opportunities
BY CONDICT c. PACKARD
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+ Is hackneyed to write Pensacola
needs modern hotel!
T,a statement has become so worn
-,.s Use that it might seem idle to add
| % is publicity.
And vet there is no single factor SO
..,-,,--an, 10 the city, nor one which,
- ,1iusted. would SO surely fetch
- - civ into deserved prominence as
Md , first-class, up-to-date, modern
lO ~ thousand ways this feature of
,,a - ob,rldes to her disadyan-
ana will continue to do so I'M
I - t5a evil has been remedied. 1t is
In aid that foreign capital is need
u ba,e PRAY tell me how it would
;. no nossible 10 get any sane capt.
- - remain here. long. enough to
IL. leone wise as to the local sit
..%ticn provided he-or they-were
o-TnneiIef To suffer our present hotel
lie ,.,-, -.
tito evi-t'ug conditions, it is obvious
t5af those who have ample funds and
ca command what they want, viii not
mi NJ, with what IS here offered. And,
.--ar = dav or two, off they fit to the
,9s+ or the west, where they can get
nj -ley want There are tens of
,s7gsauts Of wealthy people who visit
,5s rsginsuIa OF Florida each winter.
.7l who would be glad to prolong their
coielru in 4 softer climate were it pos
sr-'a for them 10 do so without depriV-
ION. These thousands are people of
mans AMI are used to having their
desires ratified. They go to the east
roasr ami on TO Nassau, the Bahamas,
Ter West and Cuba AS winter begins
= raD3 2 period of eXhauSting and en-
Grazing heat obtains in those regions.
qli. heat enfeebles those who are
bred 10 the sterner climate of the
north, and they turn their faces to-
ward ,neir homes. They are aware
-asy are taking chances TO venture in
n Pttsburg. Philadelphia, Boston,
New York. Buffalo, Cleveland or Chi
|oso Turing March at least, and most
likely for April But they are worn
out with the tropics.
Our coast country. terminating at
New Orleans, ought to prove a Mecca
n- hese Montgomery now has one
f!st-,iaSs hcstelrv, with another e ten
series. now under roof and nearly
leady fer occupancy At Mobile the
Cgwthcn offers the essence Of modern
nr. tde BienviIle is now well within
Ge limits for convenience and com
fort and the New Battle House VIII
shortly offer the maNm5.m OF attrac-
=. ~ rrrfl frRr 81, m -
icr the best Gulfpol't supplies, In the
Great SCuth arn, with its 300 rooEls and
f-stclass cafe, all that the most cap
Iu,a, m'%ht demand, albeit the CITY
hsei offers little in the way OF
Ss-i. or historic attractions. NeE'
Orleans now has, in addition to The
go: st. Charles, the enlarged Crane
Fass-which is practically rebuilt and
tas another large hotel under way
Gside from the now and handsome Den
schaud, all modern and thoroughly ny
b {ate. These hotels now supply a
hain Offering those attractions which
re become so much feature of ma
sraI progress.
This Snlend'd array should be sup
lemented at Pensacola by a hotel Of
z least $50 rooms. Were this Cae
2se the opulent residents OF colder
lines. who have sought the region 81
lear skies and balmy air for relief
rem the stress OF ice and snow and
ros,. but who have found that the
rurics indoleutly impress them. might
.sily include the Gulf Coast littora,
IS me finale of their visit to the south
'gMinS up from the East Coast. either
tgsct 10 Pensacola or Montgomery.
.c easy route would then incfIdo
lose Two cities, Mobile, Gulfport and
\ew Orleans. and SO conclude the win
ar trim among more moderate SUI
-Jurd,n2s. but yet sufficiently cool
10 warrant a strengthening of the sys
TEN and avoid the evil results SO fire.
n1ently attending an abrupt transit
,-om the Gulf 10 the Great Lakes This
/. a considerable and importan- feature
@. winter travel, a feature whb-h here
lc.orc has infrequently visited these
.rsicns, nut which might easily be in.
dlcsd to include it in its pleasure itir-
er2ry, and which would provide a lib
81 income to such affair as Is mere
being discussed.
Inc splendid opportunities AFFORDED
~ Pensacola and her surroundings
4@ve been abund2ntIy emphasized In
jhe past as affording the best winter
rendezvous for out battle feet. With
ms feature there becomes immediate
'l for That which a modern hotel
alone can supply. The families of the
o5-ials o. such feet must inevitably
allow where the heads of the families
are located; 10 them the primitive IA