The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-18
a little town like Pensacola ?"

Yes.
It is estimated reliably that we
have 1000 people spending the winter
here. The San Carlos, the Manhattan,
the Merchants, the San Jose and the
tourist boarding houses are caring
for these people and are running
about two thirds capacity, therefore,
these establishments running full ca
Ipacity would care for 1000 people.
The old Park hotel, the Gilmore
hotel, the old National hotel, Dunn's
hotel and the Hooton & Watson hotel
on Wright street have total of 200
rooms and are and have been idle for
a couple of years; would easily ac-
commodate 400 people.
On Palafox street, south of Govern
ment street, on East and West Ro-
mana, Intendencia and Government
streets there are partially or wholly
unused second and third stories that
would readily make 300 rooms, ac-
commodating 900 people.
OF the 5000 dwellings in Pensacola
at least one-fourth could and would
set aside two rooms for exposition
visitors, making $500 rooms, accom-
modating 5000 people.
And one-fourth would set aside one
room. There Is no reason why the
humblest dwelling should not take In
at least 500 room rent during the ex-
position year; accommodating $500
persons.
These facilities would accommodate
10000 persons. In other words, the
accommodations that we now have
ready or that could be made ready
with the expenditure Of a few dollars,
could, on pinch, care for all the
visitors that we would likely have at
any one time. With the exposition
for 1919 definitely in sight, the talked
of Big Lagoon hotel would be a GER
tainty, and doubtless several moder-
ate price hotels and rooming houses
would be erected.
THE BENEFITS.
) Our country lands, millions of acres
/, of unoccupied cut-over pine lands
5 would come into the market through
the means of this exposition, as they
, would through no other means.
In the city, our prosperity would
) commence the day after the bond
election. Housewives would brighter
D up that spare room They would i'm
mediately send for the paper hanger
D Home owners that did not have E
spare room would figure out where
0 one (that was always wanted) coulc
be added, and would more than pay
for itself during the exposition year
and would send for their carpenters
0 With the "spare room" decided on
0 there would be a rush for the furni
0 ture stores. The carpenters, dozens
: or hundreds of them, would hurry tx
0 the hardware stores and planning mills
Bricklayers, plumbers, painters anC
teamsters, would all soon be busy
The weary owners Of those old hotel.
0 and unused lofts would at last see
0 ray of light. The city banks that al
0 now have more money on hand thar
they know what to do with, would
0 look favorably upon all kinds of build
: ing projects; the boarded funds, il
0 banks and cupboards, would go int
n circulation. And where there is
, circulation of money there is pros
perity.
We've got to do something to lif
ourselves out of the depression tina
the European war has showed us into
This Centennial proposition is Just tht
thing. BY the people of Pensacol,
getting together, and pulling ant
pushing together, we can put Z
through. We can get our original in
vestment back, with an enormous
margin of profit through direct an,
indirect benefits.
The P. & NJ. and Mclaughlin rail
road projects are at a standstilI. TIL
Central of Georgia extension int
Pensacola is merely awaiting ebette
times" This proposed centennial ex
position, on big, broad scale, woul
instantly put life into these projects
and the three new railroads would b
hauling people and freight in and on
of Pensacola, along with the L. & N
the P. & A. and the G. F. & A. rail