The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-11
ON TO THE GULF.

ON TO THE GULF.
n fo:'ne' PeDsacolian, making his
homie in Mann. and at present spend
ing 7me time in this city, in COM
uentlng on~the coming bond election,
and the development of the roads lead
ing into Pensacola and on the Gulf
Beach, said:
THE bond issue will do more for
Pensacola and Escambia county than
anything else could possibly do. The
Beach at Miami cannot compare to that
which would be reached by the Gulf
Beach Highway, and the value of re-
sort which would be the result of these
roads can hardly be estimated"
That this is true. anyone at all ia
miliar with Florida development must
admit. Every city and ~ ction in the
state which has made any appreciable
progress during the past ten years is
heavily bonded for good roads. This is
particularly true of Miami West Palm
Beach and St. Petersburg.
South Florida appeals to the winter
visitor, but West Florida, and Pen
sacola, on the Gulf of Mexico, with
fresh, healing winds from pine forest
and gulf, makes the ideal resort, winter
and summer.
Pensacola will never be fully de-
veloped without capital South Florida
has attracted capital by first making
the resorts pleasant places for winter
visitors, many of whom, after spending
a season, have invested largely in
property, which they are developing.
You cannot attract winter visitors
to town unless you have something
more to offer them than an historic
background, a prettily laid out city,
and some thriving industries. These
may appeal to the business man who
comes to the city for the direct pur
pose of making an investment. But
such men are few and far between.
First attract your visitor, and you
have then and there a prospective in
yestor. For the man who is able TO
spend months in the year in search of
amusement is the man who has capital,
or is in position to secure capital.
Otherwise, he would not be a man of
leisure, and have the time for rccre-
alton periods.
The large leisure class which comes
to Florida to play, comes for that pri-
uIdIlAys IL IlOI SOIely. we ar SSChLhS
for that very class of tourists, and yet,
should we induce large numbers of
such tourists to come to Pensacola,
what have we to offer them in the way
of amusement-the very thing which
they seek?
We have excellent fishing and hunt
ing, it is true; a hotel that is unsur
passed by any city in Florida of the
size OF. Pensacola; golf links at the
Country Club, which are adequate,
provided our golfers are not many; a
service to the Gulf Beach, which is
wholly inadequate for any large num-
Der.
What should we have to offer. these
capitalists in search of outdoor life
and diversion, if we bonded the county
for good roads?
We should have roads for motoring
unsurpassed in Florida, leading i'll all
directions. and terminating at the
Gulf Beach making DIRECT ROUTE
FROM THE NORTH TO THE GULF,
BY AUTOMOBILE.
A man could take his car in New
York or Chicago, or any other city to
the north Of us, and by direct auto
mobile route could reach the Gulf of
Mexico in a few days. enjoying surf
bathing that is absolutely unsurpassed
in the United States.
The opening of this beach to the |
public would mean the establishment
of one, if not two hotels. with golf |
links, bathing beaches, hunting and
fishing right at hand
take a Run From Coney Island to
the Pensacola Gulf Beach, or Leave
Lake Michigan Behind You and Spend
the Weekend at Pensacola, on the
Gulf of Mexico!" Would slogans /
such as these advertise Pensacola and
Escambia county? Make your own de-
cision.