The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-15


uaetive waterfront e playground Cor
wealthy visitors.
Long Beach. California. r. the happy
hunting ground of many millionalres.
who enjoy clean sea bathing from
clean beach. and have settled there
Tor that reason.
Palm Beach. Florida. is another eV-
ample Now, just imasine a few mill
lioualrea coming 20 Pensacola % con
slider making o. their home. wouldn't
the present state q the water front
frightsn them away
True. there is santa Rose island.
but everyone doesn't like q sea trip
90 get a bath. NJ the conditions we're
ail right Including the extension Of
the sewer outlets o. deep water. u
should be possible 10 battle 10 The sea
right e. the foot 81 palafax street
from the pleasure pier and from the
beach.
True. bathing can be had AZ Bay
shore. MAGNOLIA Blum and the hayoua
eut they are too far away. What &C.
needed is Capitalization 80 that san
fur street FOR their morning dip More
over, one great attraction about sea
bathing at popular resorts ia the
crowd
I believe Il can be done IN Pensa-
cola. You must first provide the play
Sround and the visitors viii form the
crowa
d has been pointed out 20 me Fat
FMm eranFsannH essrrmHmsumH s.aaHrm ana
~ The space vest OK Pnlafox hich
should have been q pleasure park:
and that the next likely spot for pier
and PARK is az the foot q Alcaniz.
where the yacht club have q building
I have looked over this ground and
aEree that q would form a good site
q has q good open view % the East
Bay. but the Louisville aud Nashville
I wharf hides the West Bay and the
setting sun 70 THE site were adopted
the car track now running north
along AlcaniE from Wright could be
continued along south Alcanir 20 the
/ pier, and would be in direct commun-
I ication with the Louisville and Nash
I Vile depot
+ The belt line along Gregory would
by a switch az AlCaniz. carry the
north and west crowd
Munioipal Decks and Belt Lire.
With regard 30 the municipal docks
nov UNDER oonslderat ton. these ought
% have been constructed Ions aro and
should be pushed forward with an
+ possible speed they win constitute the
hrat step actually taken By the city
g. make civic use 20 the water front
FOR the beuaft ~ the city. The $500. o.
600 VIII not be a. expense but an IN
vesfmeut
I The docks wui be Tor an time a
. visible aHret iuEt the same a. a farm
or hotel represent me money In
/ vested in them And directly thay
. commence operations they wtl com
mence fo earn money They are ea-
Etntialy business proposition and
utl add very considerably lo the ship
pinE industry % Pensacola
~ ia scarcely necessary 90 SAY that
. the construction OF cocks Involves as
matter OF course. belt railroad
rluuoetinE the DOCKS with the exist
iuE railroad cempauy.a tracks Thla
necessity Cd 20 obvious that have
barely thought q worth mentioning
Z Yet lest there be- any douhtera. I sni-
I phAHiEa O. BY saying thar docka vita
out belt railroad would BE- sheer
. fJoliahucHs
TIE Sack Country.
Now lee me aay 8 word coneeruir q
+ the magnificent miles % ianA hirh
and dry. eHtendinF az round Pensa-
Z cola. rising 90 Esntiy from the sea.
and forming sites Tor tnnumerabIa
homes Truly Pensacola O. fortunate
in having such ideal surrounding.
And again. Z would IKE 60 g. a ut-
tla further inland and talk about the
scores Of square miles o. splendid
farm land waiting for farmers
why Il that land ldIef or better
question HtiL what can BE- done 90
induce farmers Co occupy So
Tire city Markst
AiY minf ruEerta to ere EnEiish sys-
TEN % fruit and vegetable markets en-
every city. where ave and ten acre
farmers brinE their produce on Wed.
nesday and Saturday and cell u. each
from his own stand. direct % The
public. one city. ore market. where
en- sorts and conditions % people rock
toEethsr 90 wEM through Ions rows
81 stands covered with fruit flowers.
l vegetables. poultry. rVws. BUTTER. ard
ar ire other delightful and fresh and
DAINTY eafab'aa that can De 80 sue
cgssfIiy raised on miniature farms
And the farmers wives and daaEh-
tera in their Enofless white aprons
and euHa look az fresh and a. dainty
a. the flowers they cut with their own
hands at dayliEhL
twice eesE hey drive 10 20 me