The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-01
SEEING PENSACOLA.

Pullmans left Montgomery and at 8 a.
m. we awoke in Pensacola, Florida,
which city fronts on Pensacola bay,
and is forty miles from the Alabama
line. A committee fro that cfty's Cham
Der of Commerce met the train, dis
tributed breakfast tickets, and auto
mobiles conveyed us 10 various hotels
or restaurants, after which many of
the city's hospitable and progressive
citizens placed their cars at our dis
posal and conveyed us around, point
ing out the numerous places of inter-
est. Two steamers, the Richmond"
and the Leroy" conveyed the editors
to Fort Pickens on the gulf and on the
way over "Blimp" (cigar shape ball
LOOM sailed over us and dropped flow
ers. some of which were saved as
souvenirs. On landing at the naval air
station we were met by the comman-
dant and the Fort Pickens band. Here
the honors had to be divided between
the editors and Governor Hardee, as
he was member of the party on that
trip. We were shown over the gov
ernment property by several officers
who very kindly explained to the
sight-seers and answered numerous
was the three blimps and about
twenty-five seaplanes in the air at one
time and~all sorts of stunts were per-
formed by the expert airmen in those
wonderful machines.
Another ride in the gaily decorated
boats about two miles out in the gulf
OF Mexico, after which lunch was
served at Fort Barrancas and our first
try at fish soup, made by the forts
chef, was pretty good. On our return
to the city another automobile ride
was enjoyed and after visit to the
shipbuilding yards we were conveyed
to our home on Wheels" and after a
brief rest went to the San Carlos,
Pensacola's largest and most up-to-
date hotel, where a banquet was
served to $50 people. Here the party
was officially welcomed by Governor
Cary A. Hardee: the mayor of the
city; member of the Chamber of
Commerce, which organization gave
the banquet Gas we'll as all other
entertainments during the day. and
responses were given by several MEM
bers of our party, among them:
Will Wilkie, president; George e.
Hosmer, past president, editor Jour
nal. Bradentown, Fla, to whom much
credit must BIO given for his untiring
labor in arranging this itinerary, and
Garry A. Willard, Daily News. larry
town, N. Y, and others. Some of
our notes have gotten away from us
and names forgotten, but we must
mention a lady whose whistling so
greatly pleas ed the banqueters. The
knocking bird has nothing on her.
Pensacola claims to be four years
older than ST. Augustine. The bay
here could accommodate the navies of
the world in its landlocked harbor; has
a population of $4,000; owns its water
works plant valued at $500, 900. it's two
national banks have combined capital
of over a million dollars: three rail-
roads enter the city,. greatest red
snapper fish market in the world; its
parks and driveways are we'll kept and
beautiful and the surrounding scenery
is most charming, to say nothing
of it's beautiful women, who added
much to the pleasure and comfort of
the party by their courtesy, hospital
ity and consideration, especially to the
lady visitors in the city. Escambia
county OF which Pensacola is the
county seat, has a bond issue of So
600, 900 authorized covering a paved
road program of 102 miles; has "a
$500. 900 public school program and
100000 nigh school under construc-
ton. and the city has forty miles of
paved streets.-The Morgan Messen-
ger. Berkeley Springs, w. Va.