The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-21

Is the fourth.
I give you some Of the old time
names. Gonzalez, Yniestra, Hargis,
Pons. Hernandez, Bombay, Riera,
Touart. Moreno, Ditmars, Farinas.
Palmes, de la Rua, Bobe, Zarragossa,
DeHdoboo and DUMAS. Pensacola used
to be divided into four wards, No. /
west OF Palafox, south Of Romano;
No. east OF Palafox, south OF Ro-
mana; No. west OF Palafox, north
OF Romano; No. 4 east Of PaIafox,
north Of Romano The bell at the
station would ring ward number in
case Of fire.. Firemen were known as
Germania Engine Company. Germania
Hose Company, Washington Engine
Eompany. Florida Hose Company, and
some, boys with coal carts. May /
was known as F1remen's Day. The
equipment belonged to the fremen as
they paid for It. No matter where
they were when the bell rang, away
they went. from church, from dances,
It was all the same and their clothes
faredgbadly. We had two drop gates
on the east side in the ditch. When
she alarm sounded they were dropped
20 catch a head OF water.
There were two hotels in Pensacola
at that time, the City Hotel and the
European It was at the corner OF
Government-st, whore the Chero-Cola
works are now. Captain Kruger moved
out of It and started the Merchants
where that hotel is now. He and his
wife we're the kindest hearted people
I ever saw, have known them to
take the food of their table and bed
ding on their bedstaads in time OF an
epidemic.
The freight business used to be con-
niderably smaller than It Is now. When
the train came In they would make
up the bills, list the names and
amounts and tack them UP on q large
post in the wareroom so man could
see what his freight bin was without
asking. Frank N. Ruse had charge
Of that. The express office was in a
small building close to the depot on
Governmental A. s. Mallory had
that business in charge for several
years. He, had two young colored
men, March and Wade Harvey, who
served him faithfully, handling all the
goods collecting money and paying
bills.
When came here tho stores had no
particular time for closing. In the
Spring of 1888 I gave G. Moreno Jones
and Robbie Ware each a petition to
get the stores 20 close for the summer
ut $3.50. They went round and all but
two OF the stores were signed for 1t,
but those two were contrary so went
down to the station and they agreed to
ring the city bell promptly at $3.50
which they did for three summers and
all the stores closed and those two
had to fall into line.
Edward Sexaur was q comfca1 gem
Jus. He was the keeper of the City
Hotel and served as police Judge
sometimes. There was a man before
him once; ne said to him. you guilty
or not guilty?" The man said, mot
guilty" Sexaur said. well, fine you
$40 anyhow" About the same time
there was an italian on the 6orce. He
was called Pretty Frank, who ar
rested a man and when he was asked
what he arrested him for he said be-
cause he "Lootee suspich." There
used to be two fine springs with brick
curbs, one about where the truck
house is on Spring-st. and the other
one between Railroad and Alcaniz-sts
The vessels often had water barrels
filed from them. Then there were
two or three artesian wells. one at
the corner OF Devillier and Main-sts,
and one in the slip between Palafox
and Baylen-sts. wharves, coming up
through the waters of the bay Then
we had water boats. small schooners
with the words, water Boat" in large
black letters on their sails. They sup
piled water to the vessels in the bay.
A great many of the vessels filled their
barrels or tanks from the Mississippi
River and say, when you took one
yneuthful OF that you had enough
eOn Pa1afox-st. the house up on the
corner or Wright was built for the
Danish consul, Boysen, father OF the
florist, Lem Boysen. Then General e.
II. Perry lived there while he was
governor South of that Is the Mallory
house. s. r. Mallory who was secre-
tary OF war; believe. under Jefferson
Davis and s. r. Mallory. his son. who
was our congressman and later United
States senator and who was one of
the squarest politicians 7 ever knew.
1t was also the home of our friend,
s. r. Mallory. Jr, who Is with us vet
We had q man who fenced in four
squares in New City, A. A. Stoddart.
He came once a year from New York
and spent money freely planting trees
on the otAcCto anu aNenuSS anu
ished clay to build the streets ad was
anxious to see the city grow and
prosper. The house at the corner of
Palafox and Gregory was built by f.
r. Simpson, father OF our DR.. Simp-
son. He was the main man in the
frm OF Simpson and Company OF Bag
dad. They were known all over the
world and just here the ladies Of that
place had conupdrum. here it is:
why is man going up Blackwater
River like a man going to put his
father in a sack2" Because he is go
ing to bag dad Pretty good. wasn't
tn On e. Gregory-st. Mrs. Simpsons
father. Mr. Overman built the house
Mrs. Taylor has just converted into
an apartment house. He had wind
mill there that pumped water all