The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-27
MANAGER GEORGE n. HESVEr,
OF TIE SAN CARLOS HOTEL,
INTERVIEWED IN THE HoOS-
TON CHRONICLE ON PENSA.
COLA.

/ Manager George II .Hervey. OF the
San Carlos hotel, who has been visit
ing in Texas. has given forth many
very valuable boost interviews" for
the San Carlos and for Pensacola. aud
. the following from the Houston
! Chronicle. which will be Of great
value to the city from the standpoint
Of publicity. will be read with much
, interest here:
According to the plausible theories
I OF George II. Hervey. vice-president
of the licrvey Hotel Company. oper-
ating the CGwthon and Rienville in
| Mobile. Ala, the San Carlos in Pen
sacola Fla. and the Bristol in Eous-
! ton. hotel management is a science
OF the highest order. and the man.
agcment should reflect the social and
economic conditions of the city in
which an establishment is operated.
Mir. Hcryey arrived in Houston Fri
day morning from San Antonio, where
ne went from his home in Pensacola,
F., one of the oldest cities in the United
States, and one whose regeneration
within the past few years has at.
F! large.
\ From here Mr.. Hervey will go win
I his brothers. r. !. ard II. c. Hervey,
of the active management nf the Bris-
/ tol. TO Hemp I'd, Texas. to partici.
/ pate in A family "cunion.
/, Mr.. IIervc.- Is ore % he leading
hotel men ~ tbs country end mas fire.
/ ouently been termed the 'hote; sci.
I enlist. whose name is frequently
| quoted in tho leading hotel journals
Of the ccnnlrr. making a specially Of
/. this line o. work.
4 Mr.. EervrT holds that city's pro
/. rcsTivencsS is il, nine cases out OF
\! teai rejected through its hotels. and
|! thrt the hd;:iing Of these structures
\ should always be a little in advance
D af Tie town or city. il the best re-
/ suits are 20 be obtained.
\ THE citizen from Pensacola walked
UP and down Main street Friday
/! morning with a Chronicle reporter
and expressed wonder in every block
over the changes observed since his
former visit here. On every hand i'm
provements were noted.
4 lis this Ma.r street, said Mr.. Her
vcy, after .a;;g led along Travis
through FraDic. Veil, we'll. I would
\ have hardly Known il but for a few
of the old Landmarks
|, PensscoIas Curse.
/ Fer TOre than . hundred years
Pensacola vas cursed. according 20
IN CID saying III Florida but Of late
ycCra = re-. .&ticn has revolution
;zcd mater; .'.are Not the least i'm
por.aat +<s2t.:. III .bat revolution was
the ",9abi.zhrleIt of the San Carlos
hotel. a pra7cl OF the Bristol Hotel
Company, with Mr.. Hervey as its
manager.
F, "Nr. EIervey Attributes years of ret
repression in DeLsac Ola 20 q preju-
dice existing against me city in the
mind of Admiral Robiey y. Evans.
who ALWAYS pa.=cd the Florida city
W IN D,aI;irE his recommendations
fo~ naval ap':rc i,riatiors.
"FnnSaCci? u.s. harocr ,Eat can
I sccurcir ,in2t the .avie<. net only OF
the United states. but OF the world.
r0T man years sitter the war, the
federal so; ernEaent ignored the city's
claims. and larcr Admiral Evans fig
/ u"eJ cor ~?icuOnsir in keeping the
i place Dack. through his failure to rec
ommanG appropriations and in keep
: ing tie vessel, L the nav out OF the
harrOr.
The -rouOlc between Pensac ola and
: Admiral Evans grew out Of some diff
/ ticIity in which young Evans entan-
glcd himself while il FLORIDA.
Up 10 some three or four years
; ago, citizens in Florida attributed
! Pcnsacola's failure to advance to 4
! curse, which seemed 10 retard all
! progress. bat Of Late the city is as
Stunning n,odcrnized looks and appear.
aucc5.
Mr.. Hcrvey's Views.
If successful. MOTEL management
and oDcration is OF any valuo in
. Gua'ityrG Il nan. Mr.. Hervey is an
authority upon tho subject of running
and operating hotels.
modern hotel means every.
thing 10 q city said Mr. Hervey
. i ne building of such a motel accord.
Z ing 10 ny thou.nt of prosresiveness,
- the iIrSi important step TO he ssri-
ouslN considered. 4 city ma be won
. rcriU}i' attractive in itg Natural loca.
ton, may have natures blessing thick
upon IL. Tho climate may be all that
. orc could dream of. lBt docs the out.
%jd" World believe all these things
"ac1 VI toll them so" Unfortunat.-
jy. no. possibly because so many have
learned til" SAYING OF tho man from
: Missouri, You VIII have to show me-
Gould his no done without furnishing
J. ~ adC1uat" motel accommodations
Gnur arrival? | wish to lay stress I'D
on IL" last 'vO words, upon arri, III.
for il Is worry true that our first i'm
t,r"SsioU Of most everything in life
has great 70 10 with or future in
}e-tlGauons Of that subject If we
nave ~ Ou.' ritE Tee most desirable
Il Cf liz i,,u IN,