The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-23

cilities now afforded in this city prove
serious obstacle TO their securins
comfort and renders them all stall
wart opponents TO the fleet assembling
here Provided the city had such hotel
accommodation as are here suggested
the friends OF those who man the feet
would assemble here and unite a visit
with their dear ones with the delights
of a season of winter in the south
There being but one railroad serv-
ing Pensacola, the Louisville and
Nashville. it follows logically that Il
would be TO the interest of that syS
tenn to make Pensacola of as grea;
attraction as possible, We're there ac-
commOdations here for such visitors
as the read might induce hither Dur
ing the incumbency OF c. l.. Stone as
general passenger agent of the system,
was repeatedly advised that the
road would make Pensacola the best
advertised city on the map if satisfa :,
tory hotel accommodations were af-
forded for visitors, a position af-
firmed by the present genial incum-
bent of that position, Mr. W. A. Rus
sell. In this direction alone abundant
returns are assured for tha project
Pensacola is full of historical asso-
Citations which strongly attract visit
1rs from other points and offer much
Of value to those who care for that
feature of life. We all know how pow
erful is this feature as a drawing card.
In addition there is the great army i
those engaged comm ercially, whose
avocations take them lIp and down the
land. and to whom a comfortable hos
telry means much. TO these the cay
of natural attractions, sunpl emented
with that whi-h Is modern in the way
OF hotel life, draws with the power Of
a magnet on steel, and weekend Wis
its become recognized as normal de-
tails of life, bringing multitudes for
the Sunday comforts attached to mod
ern ways and environments.
The present status Of the liquor
question in the south offers another
sterling reason for expecting that a
first-class hotel would be profitable.
Witholv entering at all into the topic.
it is beyond dispute that those known
as favoring wet" are liberal in money
matters, and those of this class who
have meaDs-and it is, a. large one
will go where they can have the best
of life. The liquor business provides
great fortunes. 1t is driven out o.
Alabama. and much of it for that state
is now done here This increases the
present need for. better hotel accom-
modations. 1t may be said that this Is
ephemeral, but it is to be borne n
mind that reform waves ehb as wei,
as flow; last week the legislature OF
Mississippi turned down prohibition.
If It should chance that Florida failed
to join the dry colann, Pensacola
will remain an important liquor dis
tributing point for much of Georgia
and Alabama for some time to come.
With all this-and much more equal
" pregnant with truth--to be said of
the ned existing here for modern
hotel. and the certainty of profits at
lending such enterprise, it would seem
entirely normal were the remarkable
opening quickly seized upon.
A fable of Aesop tells of mother
mouse who was greeted with an out
cry from her brood when she re-
turned at night, they having over
heard the farmer, IN whose ripening
grain their tiny home was established,
declare to his sons that the crop was
ripe for gathering and they must as
semble their neighbors for the harvest.
The little mice, who were trembling
with fear at the impending destruction
of their home, were treasured by their
wiser parent with the statement We
are in no danger so long as the farmer
depends on his neighb0rs.
/ The following night another tale of
farmer having again visited his field
of grain and, noting how rapidly it
was growing ready for the sickle, had
insisted that his sons should forthwith
visit their relatives and bid them come
TO the aid of the farmer and help him
gather his crop.
! Never mind quoth the mother
mouse. so long as people depend on
| their relatives TO help them. nothing
will be done.
But a few nights later the head OF
the family was greeted with walls and
tears, the small ones. having listened
as the farmer and his stalwart sons,
who had visited the field and, Observ-
ing with what rapfdity the golden
grain WAS becoming mature. had con
cluded that they must themselves
assemble the following morning, equip
/ ped for the harvest,
Now, indeed said the mother
! mouse, I'VE must pack up and be
gone, for when people set out to do
things themselves, the thing is done!
Similarly, this remarkable opportu
nity which now lies before Pensacola
TO have a big. fine, modern hotel
and opera house. the good people OF
Pensacola must assume the initiatory
burden themselves.
Rut can they do it? -AsSuredly. A