The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-31
combined business estimated at fifteel
million dollars yearly.
Many Plants Here.

combined business estimated at fifteen
million dollars yearly.
Many Plants Here.
There are plants in Pensacola for
the manufacture of boxes, bricks, Gig
ars, wagons, buggies, cotton-seed
products, chalk products. mattresses,
fertilizers. store and bar fixtures, boats,
awnings and sails, sheet metal work.
barrels, liquors, creoscted wood blocks,
turpentine cups, turpentine stills, lum-
Der and ice. Some OF the n anufac-
turers do business all over the state of
Florida, and much In adjoining states.
One Of the most successful ones tells
me that Pensacola Is a good place for
manufacturing. and Is getting better.
And just as soon as manufacturers are
informed Of what we now have to offer
in transportation and rates, and al
ways have had in convenience, 1oca-
ton, and climate, the hum Of our in
dustries will drown the roar of the
stormiest surf on Santa Rosa island.
IF the value of our imports has
grown from $4,000 to over $4,000. 600,
and that of our exports from S14,500.-
600 to s22.5O0,000, with q single rail-
road system, what may we not expect
with double facilities. with the Panama
canal open, and the flood tide of COM
merce flowing through the gulf ports.
| ITO the gentlemen who have built
and are building this road, I pay trtb-
ute. To their vision, their nerve, and.
above all, their business ability. In
the face Of many discouragements
they have gone forward. They planned
wisely, in fact I think. grasped with
clear insight the best route and plan
for success. We hope they may pros
per abundantly, that all their ex-
pectations may be realized. and that
the Deep Water. Route may become
famous not only because 1t enters the
best port on the gulf, but for the sa
gacity Of IT'S management and the
marvellous returns to its stockholders.
Pensacola has thriven without rail-
road competition, thanks to her mag
nificent harbor and unparalleled nat
ural advantages. What may we not
expect now? How rosy the future
looks. How bright the colors of the
coming day. With what hope and con-
f1dence may we, here. sitting at the
gateway to Panama, through which
will ebb and flow the golden tide of
trade to and from South America and
the Far East, look to the future. For
the harvest will be plentiful. The
South's day Is dawning. And it is
along the gulf that great cities will
grow In the next decade The Medit-
terranean was the cradle of empires.
So shall the gulf be. And Of the great
cities and harbors, with their golden
Argosies, there shall be none greater,
Iv-iahay Nv iff,1 fhoy
Pensacola
Secretary Henderson.
Secretary Leland J. Henderson spoke
as follows:
The expression West Florida" as
used herein. Is intended to include all
that part of the state Of Florida ly-
ing west Of the Aucilla river, includ-
Ing the counties Of Jefferson, Leon.
Walton, Wakulla, Gadsden, Liberty,
Franklin. Calhoun, Jackson, Washing
ton, Holmes, Santa Rosa and Escam-
bia. These 13 counties have an area
in square miles Of 1880, and a pop
ulation, according to the 1910 census,
Of 207,170.
The coast line mileage Of West
Florida, excluding the shore line Of
bays, sounds, ETC.. is 265 statute miles.
In eight of these counties, there
are IL bays.
The ports and supports are. st.
Marks, Carrabelle, Apalachicola, Port
st. Joe, ST. Andrews, and Pensacola.
AT least three of the bays named
have inner anchorage basins of more
than 40 feet depth; one Of them has
a harbor entrance Of 30 feet; and
three, % feet or more.
The waters of eight streams, having
a total navigable length Of 755 miles,
flow into the bays.
The coast line of 265 statute miles
is paralleled with 200 miles of bays
and sounds.
About II per cent of the area has
some sort of forest growth on it; 81
per cent Of the lands are virgin (not
having been cultivated). The region
| is within the southeastern coastal
plain territory, and made up Of de-
pogits of sediment washed down from
| the higher lands to the north and
west, except for organic material
| which forms limestone. The topog-
raphy is flat or gently undulating,
| roughly divided into two broad types
of upland and lowland. The highest
elevations. from 800 to 500 feet, are in
western Florida, chiefly in Leon, Jack
| son, Gadsden and Jefferson counties.
The surface soils are almost every
where sandy, although in the hill re-
gions of West Florida, there are many
| clay pockets of varying extent AL
are excellent agricultural soils for the
right crops. Sois may be classified
| under two general Observation-Disclosures
| drift, and loan (Which is the sand, in
| mixture with some clay and vegetable
matter). Artesian water Is found in
abundance in almost every part of
the area
CLIMATE.
The climate is greatly modified by
| the temperate winds from the Gulf of
| Mexico, and by the action of the gulf
stream. The mean annual tempera-
| ture is 81 per cent: normal annual
| rainfall Sc inches; normal annual
pressure 80 inches; winds average
about 10 miles per hour; the tempera-
ture seldom falls below 80 degrees in
winter and goes above 80 degrees in
summer.
TRADE.