The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-13
PENSACOLUS DISCUSSES
THE FISH WHARF


hands?" querieth Pensacolus. as he
metteth Ye Laboring Man.
Not yet. but soon." repiieth Ye La
boring Man, ''but the City Dads soon
bundeth a municipal dock and
hopeth."
Don't make me laugh, for hath a
cracked lip" saith Pensacolus. so
thou hopest that thou and thine wilt
soon labor on ye Municipal dock2"
sure Nike" answereth Ye Laboring
Man. Hath not yet taxpayer and We
citizen voted ye filthy lucre to con-
struct We municipal dock?"
"Ah, It's true. but forsooth, ye city
Dads in We City Hall sayeth We
buildeth municipal dock by ye pur-
chase of fish wharf" quoth Pensa-
eoIus.
But. learned sire. is fish wharf a
municipal dock?" asketh Ye Laboring
Man.
''Ye city Dads in ye City Hall saith
answered Pensacolus.
Thou tellest me, who needeth en-
ployment for mine hands OF toll, that
me and mine brethren cannot through
honest toll get share in We building
y
boring Man.
"Thou gettest the angle" quoth
Pensacolus. 'Dost not know that 217,-
900 golden simoleons goeth into the
purchase price of We fish wharf?"
But there still remaineth some Of
We golden simoleons unexpended," saith
Ye Laboring Man.
True for you" answereth Pensaco-
lus. "but give heed that buildeth tracks
on we fish wharf, which, Of course,
taketh some more Of We golden simo-
Icons, and it costeth much money for
plans and specifications for We eXpan-
sion C?) of ye fish wharf; it taketh
also some simo1eons for a sign labeled
Municipal Dock so that We newcomer
will not, percbance. take we municipal
dock for fish wharf And it taketh
some more golden simoleons for yeI
plans and specifications Of We great
warehouses "a, ye loading devices. We
wharfma house, We dredging, etc,
etc, etc, and so forth"
Thou talkest in riddles" saith YeI
Laboring Man. Answer me in truth
what needeth one with plans and spec
Ihcations of We Expansion (?)' Of ye|
fish wharf, when there lacketh we gold
en- simoleons to carry out ye plans
etc. %
"Ah, but listen, when We populace
again saith 90 to u that We City
Dads shall continueth as City Dads
then some benighted and deluded citi-
zen saith, as follows and to-wit: Tel
low citizens, we hath for some period
had fish wharf which hath been re-
named municipal dock. 1t needeth |
expansion, for so great hath become
the traffic Of We fish boats and We
great vessels of We coastwise trade, /
which draweth from four to nine feet
Of the briny, that we needeth more
room, for even now there are more fish 1
boats and We huge CD excursion
launches who wanteth berth, therefore
I pray thee, my fellow citizens, that
thou voteth another 100000 golden 81
moleons, so that We "City Dads" can
construct another fish wharf and glue
It on We old fish wharf Il beggeth par
don, meaneth Municipal Docl1), and
then we viii have real municipal
dock, dost get me" quoth Pensacolus.
True It's an earful." saith Ye La
boring Man. "But so on, tell me the!
worst"
"And so, when the two fish wharves
hath been glued together, and more ex-
pansion cometh We City Dads buyeth
more fish wharves and nameth them
Docks continueth Pensa-
,olus. And when all the fish wharves
have been made municipal docks, We
City Dads saith My kingdom for an
other fish wharf and none being OBJ
.ainable we City Dads saith, Alas and
alack, now it behooveth US to con
struct a municipal dock and they
yoeth to We Citizens and saith Hath
we not given to thee and thine the
inest fish wharf, excuse, we mean
dock, in the world? There
no more fish wharves to
Now we buildeth a munich
pal dock separate from fish wllarves.
Give US more golden simoleonsr And
re Citizen diggeth into We sock and
1andeth forth the mazuma."
"Then there is hope that some day.
.hese hands of mine toileth in the
of a real municipal dock ?"
oudly crieth Ye Laboring Man.
Not thee, good friend, but thy chill
lren and thy chi1dren's children, even
INTO the seventh generation" sadly an
iwereth Pensacolus.
"i-?-x-i-?-x-?- (whatever
hat meaneth) remarketh Ye Laboring
Van.