The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-29
PENSACOLA AN
ENTE RPRISING
SOUTHERN CITY
AN ELARoRATELY ILLUSTRATED
AND FxcELLENTLY WRITTEN
ARTICLE APPEARING IN APRIL
ISSUE or THE BANKERS Mag
AzINE GIVES DEEP WATER CITY
BIG BOOST.

Entitled AN Enterprtsing Southern
City," an article appeared In the April
/ number of The Bankers Magazine.
which gives Pensacola the most valu-
] able publicity that has been received
! in a long time. The magazine, as it's
name implies, is a monthly publica-
! ton devoted TO the interests of banks
and bankers. and circulates among
men who know a good proposition
! when they see 1t, and all this adds
value TO the otherwise exce.lentiy pre-
pared article. reference TO which is
made In the foregoing.
i Scenes. attractive and fne cut. en-
beilish the article The Illustrations
! picture the new l. & N. depot, Palafox
street looking north, interior Of a
4 wholesale warehouse a sawmili de-
/ scrfbed as zone of the many forms of
!. the city's Industrial activity" the Gulf.
! Florida & Alabama railroad pier, for
/ estry scenes, young growth of timber
1 in vicinity Of Pensacola" a naval
stores cornpany's yard, described as
| "a hint Of the cfty's commerce." and
scene, Pensacola, Florida, looking
toward the gulf altogether setting
forth the cfty's position in great shape.
! The article is as follows:
/ San Enterprising Southern City"
| privilege OF having permanent piers
1000 feet long in it's harbor, Pensa-
cola, Fla, has just finished one pier
Il 1.225 feet in length, has four more like
I It planned for the immediate future.
/ snd is also to have one 2,700 feet long.
| Pensacola is not planning TO take from
1 New York her great transatlantic
steamship trade. has no hopes of d.
! verting to her port steamship palaces
4 IF nj ola 1If he
less the enterprising Florida city is
! planning for expansion in her sea-
/ going transportation and Is going to
/ be prepared for whatever comes her
way when the Panama cana. Is opened
to traffic.
I Pensacola has one OF the greatest
.andlocked harbors in the world. The
city is located on q bay seven miles
| from the Gulf OF Mexico, and the bay
and gulf are connected by a channel
$50 feet wide with minimum depth
| of thirty three feet
Although Florida is best known as
a winter resort, and indeed the climate
| is believed to be tntolera bly, warm in
summer. the facts. so far at least as
Pensacola is concerned, do not war
rant this belief Government reports
SHOW that Pensacola has only 1.5 days
! per annum with a temperature of
=
1913 days per annun with tempera-
! ture of ninety degrees or higher. At
4 the other extreme. the report shows
! only II days per annum with tam
/ perature below thirty two
/ Concrete Evidence of Pensaeoia's
Growth.
1 Striking confirmation of Pensacola's
| growth is afforded in the following
enumeration Of facts in a bulletin. is
4
Pensacoia's exports reach the total
| OF s23.o00,0o0 per year. and the imports
! $1,000, 900 per year.
/ Pensacola is the nearest seaport to
the steel mills OF Birmingham.
That the best grades of steam coal
| are delivered at from s2.25 to $3.50
per ton.
From 1906 to 1910 Inclusive. there
| was expended 81 100000 for municipal
buildings street paving. sewerage and
drainage, and more than million dol
lars for business and seni-public
buildings exclusive OF a half-miliion
dollar hotel built by popular subscrtp-
ton.
Since 1909 the municipality and CIT
liens have laid 125 miles of sidewalks.
The city has an abundance of arte-
sian well water of exceptional purity.
That the city has the highest aiti-
tGde Of any seaport in the South
And finally, that Pensacola ranks as
one OF the most healthfui cities of its
size In the United States.
One of the most interesting facts Is
that the high cost of living problem
has been much easier to solve in the
Florida city, one Of the reasons being
the great abundance of fish in the
Il rivers and bay. Another reason is the
ease with which fruits and vegetables
can grown with the favorable condi-
tons Of soil and climate.
Social Advantages.
One OF the greatest claims that a
city can make for itself Is that II aims
TO be a city OF homes, and one that
looks after the welfare Of its people of
every station in life, and Pensacola IS
trying to reach this idea In every re-
spect- Good schools. good churches, a
proper care for the amusements and
welfare Of all the people are among
the chief aims of those \ no are work
ing to make Pensacola great. The city
now has population of more than
$4,000, and in less than a decade Il is
believed that It will be q city of 100
600. This IS what the leaders OF the
city's future are working for, and the