Panama City pilot., 1908-04-02
Beach Combines.

itor the fore part of the week.
Engineer HARDWOOD, of the A. q st.
A. b. R., has been spending some
days in our city.
The eva" was a caller at our
wharf on Monday, taking on load
of lumber from the Panama City
Mill.
Attorneys Dan Jones and Buell.
Cook, and Sheriff Allen, were arrivals
here in the legal line yesterday fore
noon.
The Manteo came in from the west
ward early Tuesday morning with a
fair cargo of merchasdise and heavy
passenger list.
A large number of Spanish mack
erel have been seen off the Tortugas.
Our fishermen are hoping they are
headed for this shore.
Mckenzie & Co., have the material
on their lot north of Second street
with which to build store building
in front of the Bottling Works.
z. B. Porter is putting in place the
foundation for building to be erected
by DR. Rozier, on his lot on the west
side of Harrison avenue just north of
First street.
F. II. Sheppard, of st Andrew, and
Ii 1u Of pnnConn1a
were business visitors here yester-
day. They selected lots upon which
a Catholic church will be erected some
time in the future.
Messrs Powell & Sawyer have erect
ed the frame of their new building on
their lot on the west side of Harrison
avenue just north of the Ward
Brothers building, and will soon have
it ready for occupancy.
E. Agar was over here yesterday
with launch party consisting of Mr.
and Mrs F. Barnard, Mrs Ayars, Mrs
Spicer, Miss Crandall, and Mr. Allen.
1t was a beautiful day and very en-
joyable on the water.
w. G.. Caswell, wife and children,
were arrivals in town on Friday last,
having returned from their winters
absence from their home here. a
baby girl has been added to the
household since they left last Fall.
The Ward Brothers are this week
engSg ed in hauling material to their
property on the west side of Harri-
son avenue just north of Fourth
street, with which to erect a two
story business building. This section
of town seems just now the focus of
building operations.
There was a school of large fish
nearly a hundred in number about
the dock this morning. Larkin
Welch gigged one measuring feet
and 6 inches in length, and weighing
81 pounds. They were very trim
pretty fish but we could not learn to
Just what family they belonged.
A big grouper has been noted off
the end of the wharf here recently,
but our fishermen equipped with the
common light gig dared not risk them
i'm the big fish. The forepart of this
week Dan Whitehead fitted up a
heavy spear on pike pole and cap
tured the fish. 1t weighed 81 pounds.
Panama City, and other steamer
stops on the bay, now have steam
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. AS both boats are now in good
condition it is probable that this
schedule will be maintained with sat
isfactory regularity.
We wish to get, within the coming
week, full particulars regarding the
boats that we heve ~uts of. 1t is i'm
portant to have their measurements,
name of builder, size and kind of mo-
tor, present owners name, and any
other particulars that would be of in
terest in publishing a picture of he
boat. Pleae help out in this as soon
possible.
With the rapid changes in the
struggle TO get our railway here
through overcoming the opposition
of the German American Lumber
Company, involving a number of our
citizens, and others, in litigation, and
bringing here many members of the
legal profession, holding of courts