The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-03
COL. CRA|GHEAD
TELLS OF C|TY'S
GREAT GROWTH
VETERAN EDITOR OF MOBILE
REGISTER PAYS PENSACOLA
FIRST VISIT IN THIRTY YEARS
AND COULD SCARCELY REcoo.
NIZE THE CITY OF TODAY.

Colonel Erwin Craighead, editor of
the Mobile Register, attended the an.
niversary banquet Of the San Carlos
hotel Wednesday night and yesterday
he spent In renewing old acQuaint-
ances and during the day took In the
navy yard and many other places OF
interest. When seen last night by a
Journal representative Colonel Craig
head talked Interestingly about Pen.
sacoIa and its improvements since
he was here last.
1T has been nearly thirty years
since / was here and the town Of to-
day would scarcely be recognized as
the one / then visited There was
nothing north Of Government street
except woods, all Of the business be-
Ing done down On the waterfront I
stopped at hotel which was either
the Merchants or one where it is To-
Gated.
"But speaking OF hotels You have
one Of the flnets in the south In the
San Carlos. l have travelled around
quite a bit, and while / have seen
larger ones, even in New York there
are none better. Mr.. Hervey had the
Cawthon In Mobile built and then
skipped out to come to Pensacola to
build another one. He took ideas
from the best hotels in Texas, took
only the good plans Of the Cawthon
and the Battle House in Mobile and
combined them all in the San Carlos
and I am sure no city Of the south
can boast better one"
On the way to the navy yard yes
terday Colonel Craighead visited
"Harborview," the home of VIM. H.
Knowles, which he says Is one OF the
most beautiful places he ever saw.
The magnificent residence command.
ing the view Of the water is one OF
special beauty and one which the Mo
bile editor said was too lovely to de-
scribe.
When asked Of his opinion as to the
abandonment of the southern naval
stations, Pensacola In particular. Col.
Craighead said: "As long as they
are not abandoned altogether there
Is hope for the reopening Of them
This should be one Of the first endeav.
crs Of the southern congressman. II
there Is another war, which we hope
there never will be, these southern
stations will be the ones In use and
this talk about them being placed In
commission in few days II the neces
sity demands it, is all tommyrot
You are entitled to an open navy
yard and the government ought
to have its work done here. We dc
not get any of the work that we are
entitled to. All Of the shipbuildine
is done on the Atlantic coast and
every congressman from the south
isn't worth -" BY this time
Colonel Craighead was worked up to
a state Of excitement and was about
to make speech on the advantages
of the south and the raw deal she
gets from the federal government
What | was going to say" said
Colonel Craighead, "is that We need
strong men in Washington to insist
that the south gets an equal share Of
the government money Down here
we have more waterways and only
! get the tail-end Of the appropriation
just about in proportion to the nava.
stations"
| Colonel Craighead said he enjoyed
his visit 70 Pensacola very much an6
that he would come back oftener thar
heretofore. He left on the 10 O'Clock
train last night for Mobile.
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