The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

BILE hoale of the First National bank
a structure fit to grace the most fin
ished center the world affords.
For generations Pensacola was con
tent with those examples of the me-
ligence with which so many South
ern cities invited plague and D,
iencS, open sewers, which in
selves announced the medieval
ton and offered sights and
most offensive. One after ano1
the greater cities of the souti
suffering dire affections Desf
their sniftlessness in this +.
Memphis, Mobile, New Or.
banished these ancient reli
vided underground Dram
Pensacola stands by the l.
of these offenses against
health, and can raise a
vent Hosanna, at their
the past For the comp
of sewers, is finished and i
ly be in operation, and TIN
announcement that this is :.
city of the past will be effs
The matter of .decentSss(
having attention and on
are evidences that the cit
own streets. through which
trian may. pass. without ns
TO limb and life
THE City Beautif-.- ii
a realized ideal in Pensaco
every hand. park and plaza
transformed into those cha
tas which are evidences that
is alive and awake.
The main streets are 500
paved and SO changed from
sand roads. through which pA
was nearly impossible, to
highways over which commerce
pleasure may easily find their
sisted way.
The bayshore has fairly blosso
with charming and costly homes,
within the past eight years, and r
shows the beginning of tnat whio
within another decade, Will dhanE>
that section into one of the most not.
ed. and beautiful parts of any South
ern city.
Bay Valuable Asset.
Every one knows of the Day of Pen
sacoia, and it seems useless to write OF
it. and yet it is the most valuable as
set of Pensacola, and consequently OF
Escam bia county For, bar none, il is
the proudest body ofdwaIer possessed
by any city South of New York, and
this important natural fact must in
fallibly inure to the greatness of the
metropolis which Is Destined to rest
on its inland shores Before many
wears have elapsed the sea wall now
begun by the government at Fort
Pickens will be extended, either by
civic pride and wisdom, by state or.
ganization. or by the general govern.
ment. until an egectiye barrier is rails
ed against those devastating blasts
which rarely, it is true. find their way
thither from the waters of the Carib.
bean. For, with the example of Calves
ton writ large in the history of current
events, where city exposed disas
trously TO the open sea. and once eff
faced entirely by storm and wreck
is now become place of safety and
reliance. it should follow in the not
far distant future that Pensacola will
discover the immense importance
which will accrue 70 this civ ,.sis.,ii it
too, shall be safely proceed against
the stiffest West indian hurricane
which may invade this region
AS 60 the futur3 of Escam bea county
and of Pen-1cofa. that is as 0Ud wills
and as oae thinks. The Good Book
SAYS, As man thinketh so is he
This being true why is not the same
true of a county or a town? Or al
least of the people thereof?
Much good thinking is being done
right now for Escambia county and
for Pensacola liz is in the air. talked
on the streets. at church. across aisles
at the theatre, in street cars. at table
on gallery. in fact everywhere where
at least two are gathered together,
Civic pride, keen interest IN City
Beautiful. sharp wish for better
streets, walks. handsomer yards and
greater abundance of trees and shrubs
and flowers: these are UP on all hands
for discussion. This must result in
important gain and betterment in the
immediate future.
What Decade Will Show.
Let us here briefly lima gIne" what
the next decade will show for Escam-
bia county and for Pensacola.
Our ardently anticipated new hotel
the Hervey, has been completed and
opened. At night the wide corner OF
Palafox and Garden is ablaze with
light. From the many windows, be.
low and above for the ersire eight
stories, and in wide corridor and lob
by as we'll as in arcade in front and
on the side. these glitter and twinkle,
and the erstwhile darkness of those
magnificent corners has vanished and
they become as radiant as day. Crowds
throng the portals and fill the walks,
fer at last Pensacola las 4 down town
public resort where men may meet
and mingle in a social way and keep
abreast with the times. Nor mas this
been the end OF the octrerment fol-
lowing the introduction of the Hervey
Because its has now become possible
for people of means to come to Pen
Sacoia and enjoy themselves in liv-
ing among the best environments. hun
dreds OF the weli-to-do have found
their way here TO whom before this
city has been merely SPOT on the
map; the Hervey has become the CEN
ter of the street life Of the city, and
its rooms are filed each night These
visitors have means and it - now pos
sib1e for them TO remain long enough
to become familiar with The advan-
tages the city offers.
Gradually the local situation has be-
come a matter of common inforna-
ton In the great eenters OF the north
and east. and more people Of wealth