The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
BUILDING BIG TANK
MANY MEN AT WORK IN NAVY
 YARD.
Fine Hotel in Pensncoia VIII Go Up on the Site of the old Palafox Street Methodist
 Church.

Pensacola. Fla. June 14--(Speciall l--
 The largest tank which has ever been
 erected in the Pensacola Navy Yard Is
 nearing completion this week, and will represent the expenditure of an im- mense amount of time and money
 when 1t is finally turned over to the government by the contractors who
 have had the work in hand.
 The capacity of the big water tank
 will be 50.00o gallons. the structure to
 be 80 feet high. With the completion
 of the tank. the large amount of con
 tract work which has been under way
 at the yards since the beginning of
 last fall will have been practically
 finished, and it Is anticipated that
 large number of men will then be laid off for lack of something to do.
 When the depression of last fall was
 first noted. 1t was hoped that as many
 of the old men as possible might be
 retained. until such time as matters
 were expected to readjust themselves
 A great deal of contract work which
 had been necessary for some time.
 was accordingly ordered done. and as
 . result. many hundreds of men have
 been kept employed.s
 It has been decided to tear down the
 historical old Palafox Street Method
 ist Church in order that Pensacola's
 new half million dollar hotel may be
 built upon the site presently occupied
 by the old church.
 Charles Hervey, the Mobile man who
 is back of the gigantic enterprise
 spent the day in the city yesterday. and a series of meetings has been ar- ranged for the coming week in order that he may be able to get together on certain propositions with the 2b0 stockholders which comprise the com- pany. George Hervey, of Mobile. Is also in the city.
 This appears to be a record breaker in the way of Q shark season. as some of the largest sharks which have ever have been caught by local fishermen during the past week. The big fish appear to stay near shore this year. and several bathers have already ex- perienced narrow escapes as result Jesse Morton and Sylvester Shelby. age IS and Is, respectively, who were arrested for the alleged rifitng of rural free delivery mail boxes. will have l their preliminary hearing before Unit 1 ed States Commissioner Marsh within | the course of the next few days, and should the evidence be sufficiently strong their cases will be heard dur I ing the next term of the court, which | will be during the month of Noven- ! Der. The boys were released from the I county jail Saturday under a bond of l $500, and were allowed their freedom l for the first time since they were arr
 rested by Sherif vanPelt on Thursday I afternoon.
 The Island of Santa Rosa. which Hes I just across the bay from Pensacola, will probably be converted into a sec l ond Coney Island. or general pleasure
 ground before the beginning of a new
 season, according to the plans of l Northern capitalists. who are said to
 be interested in such q project. The idea Is to improve the island with a series of pleasure parks, and establish
 a place of amusement which would shortly become known throughout the South as one of the novel pleasure re-
 sorts of the country.
 The entire membership of the Ger mania Club, which Is one of Pensa- | cola's most popuiar organizations, left 1 on the steamer Manteo on Saturday l night. and win spend a few days in l Mobile. The trip was strictly a social l affair and was planned in honor of Mir 1 Gus Riss, its popular president
 N. J. Nunnally. who came to Pensa- | cola from Birmingham, Ala, and who | has been in charge of the Electric 1 Theatre in this city, has disappeared
 
 | past few days.
 Mir. Nunnally had become well known | about Pensacola since he took the l management of the Electric Theatre, and the news of his mysterious disap l pearance has been a source of interest
 and concern among his numerous Pen- | sacola friends. .'l | An attempt is being made in Fen | sacola to establish city athletic as- sociation upon firm and reliable bn- | sis. Several base ball clusb have al. 1 really been considering the proposi
 tion and the athletic events which have
 lately occurred at Fort Barrancas | among the enlisted men stationed there | all indicate that the idea is receiving 1 general favor. Many of the officers of Forts Barrancas and Pickens are tp- l terested in the project, and will do all l in their power to further present | plans. I |