The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-24
DAY COUNTRY
IS BEAUTIFUL
CAPT. NORTHUP MAKES TRIP ON
THE STEAMER TARPON AND
SPEAKS IN GLOWING TERMS OF
THE COUNTRY AND THE STEAM
Err TARPON.

Making a trip from Pensacola to
st. Andrews, or from St Andrews TO
Pensacola. as the case may be, fur
niSheS a person an unmeaSuTed lot
of enjoyment, and ! cannot see how
it is that our citizens do not take ad-
vantage Of this journey, rather than
going elsewhere for rest and recre-
alton" said Capt w. II. NOrthup to
a Journal representative yesterday.
ITO use the steamer Tarpon to
make this trip furnishes an unbound
ed and amending source OF pleasure
and healthfulneSS, and in making the
statement, I am speaking from per-
sonal experience.
Recently. I had the pleasure OF
being with some of my old friends IN
AgalachicoIa and elsewhere in that
part of the state, and in returning to
iris city, l took advantage of the Tar
Don to come back. l will never regret
that / did so, for / enjoyed it very
much.
The Tarpon calls at a number
of points before finally heading for
this. her home. station. In the st.
Andrews bay country, even before the
beat is far from the shores, one be-
gins to catch the natural beauties OF
the country in which he is in. For my
nart. | could not help admiring the
lofty bluffs through which the boat
at times would steam, while the seen
cry, the placid waters, the numerous
tributaries and surroundings in gen
eral all would nicely and appropriate
" come under the head of beauty.
Wholly different from a generally
held idea. the country is as healthful
as can be imagined, no malarial dis
| Ar 20 u
place called NOrthport, | believe,
there is ample water, perfectly safe
for the navigation of a large steamer
like the one used. The streams are
teeming with fish of all species, and
l am Informed that nearby in the
woods, large game may be bagged in
plenty The sport Is attracting
sports from the adjoining states IN
large numbers.
Right here it may be added that a
Pensacola undertaking is largely re-
SponSible for the development of the
country of which write. Since the in
auguration of the steamer line, by
which means a weekly trip is made
possible, the commerce Of the place
has grown wonderfully and is still
growing The TarpOn makes a trip
once a week, and it is a remarka bly,
good record for Captain Barrow, the
genial master in command. that but
one trip has been missed within the
past five and One-haf years of his
service with the company. That was
en- the occasion of the big storm which
did so much damage to local property
ord generally paralyzed all dimes or
business
The captain gives his personal at
teption to the comforts of his pas
sengers, and on the trip over I noted
that he instructed the stewardess to
he particularly attentive to the young
wife Of a young man from some place
in Georgia. The young man had
taken his family into Franklin coun>
~ and soon began to drink. On the
passage over he was drunk The cap
tain found out that through drink he
had lost his position and was going
home with his WretChed family a
babe hardly a month old was a part
CT that family The vile seemed on
the verge of distraction, and this
Fig-hearted captain. He forthwith
issued the stewardeSs the above re-
ferred to instructions
Il have been to the mated Thousand
Islands in the St Lawrence. but never
enjoyed such a trip as l did on the
Tarpon last week. and / can only
look forward to a repetition of the
So me at an early and convenient
date. If in search of Il delightful
weeks outing, PensacOlianS are re-
ferred to that on the boat named"