The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-23

At the rate of dollar a day for the
care of three hundred horses, he said
it would mean $4,000. There would
be not less than three and possibly
five men to each horse, who received
SIS a day. He said it would be a low
estimate 20 make it 100000 for the
meet, and more than a million dollars
to the towns good. He urged the
people to get behind the movement
and keep it going to a successful end
Closing he introduced a Mr.. Apple
yard, from Jacksonville, who gave the
audience his personal ideas of the
good which had come to the city or
Jacksonville, where the same people
operated a race track, saying that
men who would have nothing at all
to do with horse racing had cOntribut-
ed to the fund to get the race track
there. He said that Jacksonville had
paid for the proposition and had
profited by it. Here, he said, the
proposition was offered practically
without cost, and certainly Pensacola
could gain by it wonderfully. He
said that sentiment and concerted ac-
ton, If gotten behind the street car
people, would do a heap toward help
ing out of the present difficulty.
STILLMAN ENDORSED 1T.
two engagements to take Mr.. Bick-
ers to see some property near Gould
ing, where transportation facilities
would not be so difficult to obtain, but
in view of the fact that the Howell
place had been selected, he said that
he would not further hold out his
proposition He said his land was
near Goulding, where there was quite
a business settlement now, and where
the company would likely have built
without much urging. The PROPOSE
ton, however" he said, "is a good
one. and will make Pensacola a live
wire town" Reciting recent expert
ences which he had in construction
of line, he said that it was doubt
full if construction material could be
gotten on the ground and used inside
OF the few months intervening before
the Spring meet was scheduled. He
said that some data on that line
should have been forthcoming
MANAGER WARREN SPEAKS.
Being asked about the position that
his company would take in the mat
ter, Manager Warren of the car COM
pany, stated that the company did
not feel disposed TO build and oper-
ate the line just now; that a very
heavy expenditure was being made
to interest his company in what was
certainly a heavily losing game to
build and operate the track to the
race course the year around He of
fered the same terms as were given
the East Pensacola Heights Company
and other companies which he was
dealing with. Should the line be
built, however, the Stone & Webster
Company would buy it as soon as It
became profitable, he said.
NEW PHASE OF QUESTION.
Asked about operating the line only
during the meet, Manager Warren
said that was quite a different and an
altogether new proposition, and he
would consider that in a different
light. He said the company would
operate it during the meet on the
transfer system basis, and he was
ready TO almost assure cO-operatiOn
on such basis.
KEYNOTE OF MEETING.
The keynote of the meeting, how
ever, was expressed in a motion bv
H. P. Neumann, who proposed that It
was the sense of the meeting that
the city of Pensacola wanted and de-
sired the race track, and that a COM
mittee of five be appointed to confer
with the Stone & Webster represen-
tativeS- and see IL some sort of an
agreement relative to the transporta-
ton problem could not be made.
He said that if electric cars
were unavailable, that steam
power be employed until electrical
energy was forthcoming The motion
was adopted and Chairman Rfover
named on that comittee t II. Ian
non, Henry HyeT, Clarence Hutchin-
son. H. P. NeUmann and r. c. Pack
ard
The meeting was then adjourned.
after Mr. Warren had informed the
gathering that he would have to get
IN communication with Boston Offices