The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-03-03
SPENDING THE WINTER
IN THE sunny SOUTH
Some Interesting Scenes AS Oh.
served By An Ohio
County Man.
PENSACOLA. Fla, Feb. "a. 1915.

Pensacola, Fla, FEB. "a. 1919.
Editors Hartford Herald, Hart
ford, Ky.:-As | am and have been
. for number of years a reader of
your valued paper, | will write a
few lines from this place.
Myself and wife left Cromwell,
KY, Dec. 23, 1914, and took train
at Beaver Dam for Pensacola, Fla.
Our first stop was at Nortonville.
There we took an l.. & N. train and
had a delay at Nashville of about
two hours. 1t was showing when
we left .there and 1t was showing all
the way to Birmingham, Ala. We
didn't notice II getting warm until
we got to Montgomery, Ala. There
we were delayed two hours. We
went out to see the city and found
a very beautiful place. Starting
again on our trip. We began to no.
tice green trees, and green fields of
grass and wheat and when we ar
rived at Flomaton, Ala, we changed
cars for Pensacola. Without fur
Their delay we reached Pensacola at
p. M, Dec. gath.
Next morning being Christmas,
and bright sunshiny day, we start
ed out to see the city, which has a
population of 10000. We took a
car out North Hill. which is the
residence part of the city and we
were delighted to see so many fine
homes, each with a spacious yard
set with all kinds of flowers and ev-
ergreens. We then took a car out
East Hill and found it very beauti-
full, with fine residences and large
yards filed with flowers and beau
tiful green trees. We next visited
the Confederate monument in re-
membrance of the dead of the Civil
War. From there we went to the
bay along Palafox street. 1t is
about 100 yards wide with parks in
center and driveways on each side.
he PARKS are set with DCuutiiui
palmetto trees, palms. live oaks,
camphor trees and orange trees,
which make it very pretty. On this
street are the principal retail stores.
There are some very fine stores
with well decorated show windows,
lighted with fine electric signs and
it might we'll be called the white
City"
Wa went-on to the bay and-there
found ships anchored out in the bay
from all ports of foreign lands,
some discharging cargoes and 9TH
ers loading. They ship from here
large quantities of steel rails, cot
ton and lumber. also much tur-
pentine, and much cotton seed
cake. At another wharf We found
one of the greatest industries here
the fish-packing business. There
are about fly sailboats or smacks
that go out to fishing shoals and are
gone about ten days. They each
bring back from 1900 to $4,000
pounds of fish called red snappers.
Here they are prepared and packed
in barrels and shipped to different
parts of the country.
We also visited the Navy Yard
and Fort Barrancas and there got
passes to Fort Pickens across the
bay. This is the cost defense. 1t is
mounted with four twelve-inch
guns and two ten-inch guns, and is
very modern in structure. There
you find the old Spanish fort (not
in use) which was mammoth old
defense in ancient times. Fort Bar
rancas is a beautiful place, indeed,
with fine scenery overlooking the
gulf. At the Navy Yord We were
shown the aerial ships and saw
them rise from the water and sail