The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-14
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STATE NAME
cHAs. A. DEXTER MAKES OFFER
OF NEAT SUM FOR MOST APP
PRoPRIATE NAME FOR PRO-
POSED NEW STATE.
Editor Pensacola Journal.

I|ullOT fS1SdCOId journal.
Referring to the letter of the board
of directors of the Pensacola CONNER
cial Association in The Journal Of to-
day. it would seem that the worry of
the association and others over the
selection Of a competent engineer by
the board of trustees for designing the
municipal docks and belt line is little
premature and unnecessary.
The board of bond trustees, being
business men, undoubtedly have no
idea of rushing blindly into the con-
| struction Of dock without the detail
plans Of competent engineer, although
their letter. to the mayor and council
might suggest that idea. The object
of the letter would seem to be to dis
courage the promiscuous advice and
annoyance of the professional advisers
| always so plentiful around a public
movement, whether 1t be the moving
Of balky mule, the launching of a
ship or the building Of belt line.
| This free advice usually comes from
| the men who never contribute a cent
or push a pound, or from some organ
| ization of citizens which takes itself
too seriously.
It is natural that the commercial as
sociation should feel the greatest in
terest in the bond issue, for 1t is about
the first of the associations many
| dreams that has materialized The as
ISOLATION is the pilot that brought the
bond-laden bark into port-the cleo
ton is the anchor that holds 1t here.
The pilot should now put out and bring
| in another of the many treasure-laden
craft it assures us are in the offing,
and leave the one now safe at anchor
| in charge of its regular officers.
The fleet referred to is no phantom
! f1otilla; it has been off the harbor for
several years waiting for the fog and
| fogyism to lift. Several well known
| business men in Pensa cola can remem-
| Der being shown maps and charts made
| by the writer over four years ago, Civ
| ing the logical location of such docks,
| the course of the belt line and four
new lines of railroad. Two of these
| lines as drawn are now under way,
another nearly so, and the other as
sure to come as are the dock and belt
| line, and still there's more to follow"
If we want the people and the traffic
to come to US, let us give them some
| thing to come to-they'll comet We
l
| best character and the people are
coming. Because we are to have pub
| lie docks, the boat lines are coming,
| and the railroads are coming and when
we have the belt line insuring reason
/ able switching charges, the manufac-
| turers will come-and they will be on
/ the belt line. Given cheaper fuel hun
dreds if not thousands more will come.
We need not offer free taxes, free fac
| tory sites and free lunches-we do not
want the free lunch kind.
Now let us have the short canal to
| the west connecting us direct by inland
| water~ay to the coal fields. and get
| cheap fuel to feed the boilers of the
| factc- IS and the boat lines and for
| the Lresdes Of our own and of our
new neighbors. When that is done, let
us have the inland waterway to the
| east, where, with a hundred other
blessings such a great project would
bring, we may procure lime and phos-
| phatic rock to further feed our lands
and grow the crops to feed our in
creased population.
This new blood will circulate
| throughout the arteries of commerce
to our adjoining counties, giving new
| life and growth to all of West Florida
and contiguous territory; and then,
when we have created a new, live
country, let US draw line around it,
make 1t a new state and call it-what?
The writer will give one hundred
| dollars ($100.00) to any man, woman
or child suggesting the most appro-
| pirate name for the new state. The
detail Of the award being left to a
committee Of three composed of Frank
L. Mayes, n. ]. Lillard and the third
| to be selected by them. Without their
| previous knowledge or consent take
| the liberty of requesting them to act,
az they are well known friends Of West
| Florida and have always given literally
| Of their time, money and influence to
every public cause in this territory.
| What shall be the name Of the most
beautiful and resourceful state in the
| Union?
Please hold your answers and watch
the paper until the committee makes
| its announcement