Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-08-06


subscribers that they are not receiv-
ing their papers promptly. The PILOT
is mailed to every subscriber on
Thursday afternoon of each week,
and the East Bay Subscribers should
receive them on Friday morning.
That they are not doing so shows that
there is something wrong with the
mail service. All we can do is to re-
port the matter to the Post Office
authorities and ask for an investiga-
ton.
On Monday afternoon Messrs A. b.
Steele, A, j. Gay and G. NJ. West
visited Capt Turtle, who was on the
Santa Rosa, in the lower bay. Capt
Leslie Gay took them out in the
Regal. They enjoyed a very pleas
ant call under the shade of the canopy
on the Santa Rosa with Capt Turtle.
The surveying force are busily en-
gagged at the work of sounding the
lower bay, having already made over
1000 soundings. twill probably take
two months to complete the work.
The Enterprise Lumber Company
have begun the making of a pond at
SPANS, and the putting in of about
Aths of a mile of side track prepare
tory to the erection of $4,000 capa-
city saw mill at that point. The
building will be 40 by $50, and the
machinery, boilers &C., are all on
hand and in readiness to place in
position. This Company have large
body of fine timber in that locality,
and expect to get the mill in shape
shape to begin the same about January
1St
Mr. Daniel was at last favored on
Tuesday night with a fair tide and
succeeded about midnight in floating
his pile driver. He will now get at
the work on the railway dock and
make up for lost time. The rails have
been laid out onto the abutment, a
crossing put in by the railroad on the
beach highway, and trains will soon
be running out on the dock. Every
day shows some little addition to put
ting the road into good condition for
business.
HogeboOm & Co., have emphasized
the fact that they have a first class
cafe on the dock by engaging Felix to
letter flag bearing the above in
scription, as we'll rs placing the name
on the end of the building Both Mr.
HOgebOOm and Mr. Shepherd are do
ing all in their power to make this
cafe equal to any in this section of
the South, while they are ably second
ed in the cuisine by Hans Mass. With
broiled fish of all kinds, as good
meats ag can be procured, ice cream
of various kinds, and cool drinks,
every one can find something that is
appetizing even on our hottest days.
Try them.
1t is stated that the letter mail for
the Bay was on Tuesday thrown off
at Round Lake, a station some Al
miles north of here, and from there
taken to Bay Head by team, and will
some day reach here from Bay Head
by water If there could be any more
stupid combination in the movement
of the mail the PILOT will pay a pre-
MUM for the method. Undoubtedly
the Postal Officials who have this
matter in hand would be delighted &c
learn of anything that could surpass
their idiOtic methods. Just why, when
the mail was within two hours run OF
its destination, it should be switched
off and sent across country, and by {
route that would delay it from one tC
two days, is past the comprehension
of any one but the inefficient officials
of the Transportation Department o
the Post Office in this section.
Panama City Booming.
Nearly every train now days brings
in parties who either buy property