The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-20

senators while here several matters
affecting Pensacola commerce, art
left yesterday morning for Gainesville
to acquaint himself with the stat.
university and visit the Escam6t.
students club of young farmers. He
found here, among local business
men and visitors, a great interest il
the Pensacola business mems fund to
send the agricultural students to
Gainesville. Apart from the agricu,
tural benefits expected of the move
ment, it has proved a big advertise
ment throughout the south for the
new spirit of progress in Pensacola.
NEXT CONVENTION.
About IS out-of-town delegates
went to the Columbus convention, and
nearly double that number were here
from out-of-town, representing twelve
states and coming from as far as
Ohio. The PensacolianS who attended
were Messrs. Blount, O'Brien, Reeves,
YOnge and Waterman. Besides the
entertainment fund, Jacksonville fur
nished 81 500 last year for the current
work of the association, and the exc
cutive committee today passed reso-
tuition requesting Pensacola to sup
ply $4,000 during the coming year. A
field secretary is to be employed, and
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penditure the coming year of $4,000
in working up the next convention
and spreading broadcast the gospel Of
the inland waterway by newspaper
publicity, personal correspondence
and the dissemination of instructive
and interesting pamphlet matter.
Pensacola, as the next convention
city, and as the city which would
probably derive more direct benefit
than any other place from the propOS-
ed waterway, is asked to furnish one
fifth of the amount needed for the
coming years work.
It is confidently expected that the
next convention will bring at least
500 outside delegates to Pensacola, |
whose representatives here were
kept busy answering questions about |
the new hotel, paving. sidewalks, and |
the many other things that are at
tracing outside interest very strong
ly to the Deep Water City.
WHAT is The OuTLoOK7
Capt. Spalding, u. S. engineer at !
New Orleans, was one of the speakers
at the convention. He answered the
doubling Thomases' question, Whats
the use?" Captain Spalding reviewed |
various routes surveyed at various |
times for a canal across Florida and 4
touched on the surveys now being 4
completed from Mobile to the Florida |
peninsular, and then declared that eff |
the advocates of the project can de- I
mOnstrate to congress that the canal /
would carry the tonnage claimed, /
there is no doubt in my mind that 1
congress would order the work done"
President Fletcher, MT. Parker OF /
New Orleans, and others dwelt on the /
necessity of being able to furnish I
properly compiled commercial data /
when the chief OF engineers and the /
committees of congress ask Why /
should the government spend TINS
money!" 1T is in large part to be able I
to gather, digest and compile this
data in expert form that the executive /
committee asks for $4,000 a year !
Mr.. Fletcher and others pointed out /
that last year the National Rivers and /
Harbors Congress got $4,000, and OF |
this $4,000 was from the immedi- /
ate section interested in the Missis-
sippi to Atlantic Inland Waterway.
WATER FRONTAGE.
U g. Commissioner of Corporations /
Hinox pointed out in a very interest
ing paper that proper water front IA
ciIities are Just as essential TO wa
ter transportation as are waterways |
themselves, and the resolutions com
mittee, to which Mr.. Hinox's paper
was referred. reported the resolution,
which the convention adopted by
unanimous vote as embOdying eco
nomic principles which every state
and city should put into form of law
and commercial effect, in order tC
prevent anything like monopOlistiJ
use of natural water frontage.
EFFECT OF CONVENTION.
Among the people of Jacksonville
as among the people of Columbus
last November, the convention has
had the result of quickening local a9
probation and understanding of tbs
vast importance of the east gulf coast
to the commerce of the whole c0un
try Many men who stand high here
as successful men OF affairs, say that
the convention opened their eyes &c
many things they never before realiz
ed about the commercial future O.
the whole gulf coast, and that it nov
seems surprising to them that the
ever could have questioned the use
going hard after big things thu
seemed too remote to be worth gOinH
after. Pensacola is credited with r
alizing more fully than most place
that the inland waterway associatiol
is not chasing a rainbow, and with
the present Pensacola sentiment To
start on, il is cOnfidentaIly believed
here, and was generally prophesied
bv members of the convention, that
the next convention would make Pen
sacoIa a lasting fountain head of in
SEPARATION and enthusiasm in the
cause
Only one "RRoMo ouIN.NE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUI- |
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