The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-15

Election of officers and a board OF
directors for the ensuing year, the
opening address of President c. E.
Dobson, the report of Secretary Le-
land j. Henderson, given elsewhere,
the adoption of a resolution offered by
Col Frank L. Mayes placing the or
ganiZation upon record as being OPP
posed to the proposed federal control
of pilotage and an evident spirit of
push and progress marked the annual
meeting last night of the Pensacola
Commercial Association.
The meeting was held in the audi
torium of the San Carlos hotel and at
tracted about twice as many OF the
members as did the annual meeting
last year.
The officers elected last night are:
c. e. Dobson, president. re-elected;
Alba H. Warren, first president;
]. M. Muldon, second vice-president.
The directorate for the ensuing year
will comprise:
Samuel Pasco, Alexander Friedman
and Henry Jeudevine. reelected: H. P.
Ferris, R. NJ. Wells and ]. G. Carroll,
elected
There were several vacancies in the
directorate to fill.
While the members favored unani-
mously in every instance the names as
presented by a nominating committee
/ comprising G. w. Parker, II. P. Fer
| ris, Frank Mayes, w. Chipley Jones
and n. J. Lillard, the name of Mr..
Dobson was not among those, his re-
election having been decided upon be-
fore the nominating committee went
/ into session through the adoption OF
an amendmet offered by Mr. Mayes
and amending a motion of Mr.. Parker
that a committee be appatats6 to offer
names for approval of the organiza-
ton.
It was the privilege of each mem
ber present to offer any name in nom
ination, but none avaiIed himself Of
the right
The opening address of President
Dobson and the report Of Mr.. Hender-
son were warmly received. Each took
up the work of the association the past
year and made reference to the newest
activity of the association, that of get
ting the rivers and harbors board TO
recommend an appropriation for the
proposed Pensacola bay to Mobile
bay canal
Mr.. Dobson left last night for
NlOIl5OAl6IS III COlAGCIlOn WITH LlaI
work. He will meet there and go over
present plans with Colonel Lansing H
Beach, who is enroute to Washington.
ADOPT RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Mayes
and adopted after brief debate aims TO
bend the prestige of the association in
opposition to the several federal pilot
age bills now pending in congress,
both in the senate and in the house
In offering the resolution, Mr.. Mayes
said that pilotage under the supervi-
sion of the federal government would
probably work greatly to the detri-
ment of the port as we'll as take con-
troll of the pilotage from the state.
He said that whether the pilotage is
now good or bad it is under state con-
troll and may be controlled by the
state. Under government control, he
told his hearers, it would be subject
to federal rulings in everything and II
complaint is made the complaint may
POSSIBLY be subject to several limita-
tions. In the case of the governments
/ establishing of a uniform rate for pi-
lotage ii would certainly work to the
disadvantage Of Pensacola and other
Florida ports near the open sea If A
vessel could be taken the 12O miles up
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