The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-20
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day written BY j B. Morrow. was fine
and to the point. Everything has
been covered and explained from ev-
cry angie. The location from com
merciai standpoint and the indisputa-
bic facts covers the whole and I do
hope il viii strike in and wake nip the
respective parties who are dilly daily
ing and retorting this most essential
enterprise for Pensacola and Escam-
bia county's present and future vel
fare.
Time is passing month after month
and nothing doing-no steps taken to
erect the most essential thing for Pen
sacola: the Municipal Docksl The
writing in newspapers win never build
your docks and the longer YOU wait
the more you lose in the commercial
worlds demand
1t is time that Florida is waking up
to its resources. Although it has
slept for years on the golden oppor-
tunities offered I see that Jackson
vile has started another great enter
prise, for instance, the largest auto
mobile and truck factory in the Unit
ed States, second, the biggest glass
factory. Many years ago parties came
here and / took them all over Santa
Rosa Island and on the mainland and
they analysed the sand and pronounc-
ed this the most perfect in the United
States, SO per cent silica. Nothing
was done; Jacksonville, not blessed
with near the facilities as Pensacola
in handling all kinds of commercial
exports cheap. it is putting up these
great factories. The American Motor
Export Company the greatest in the
United States and the Tide Water
Glass Manufacturing Factory. The
Manufacturers Record records that
glass produced from Florida sand is
fine. We could have had it here and
If any effort had been hade we could
have the best paper mill in the United
States; if the people will come togeth-
er we can have a large steel plant for
manufacturing rail, etc.
Nothing doing; the paper mill is
started, hundreds of tons of waste ma
terdal bought, paid for and stored in
the warehouses, two buildings erected,
some machinery, but stopped for the
want Of a little capital, and this paper
mill ought to interest Pensacola and
Escambia County, as it would employ
men and women and leave several
thousand dollars in our midst per
month that are now sent out to other
cities for the paper needed, and shun-
dreds of tons of this material for
paper mandatory is burned and des-
troyed every month that would be
bought and paid for by the mill and
all this would bring an income to our
city. and if the steel plant and paper
mill were working there would be sew
eral hundred people employed, and
the money circulated among the mer-
chants of Pensacola.
Coming back to the glass factory, |
the chemical investigation of Florida +
sand pronounced it 80 per cent silica. |
1t is limitless in quantities, and is {
unexcelled anywhere on the globe for
the manufacture of glass, but that
damnable spirit of MANANA gave |
other cities of our state the Tide
Water Glass Factory. Just think I
what factories of that kind weuld be /
to Pensacola. and Escambia County, |
employing a large number of men, |
large payroll every week and the de-
mand for glass of all kinds is in con-
slant demand and increasing every |
day. 1t is next to the paper manufac-
tory in constant demand.
Pensacola seems to be unfortunate |
1t loolSs-lik the hundred years curse
is still in force. Other cities and |
places can have all kinds of indus
tries and enterprises and we are doing
nothing to start or make use of the
various opportunities laying at our
very doors. and are making no prepa-
ration for a share of the worlds COM
MERGE which is now, and win increase,
and we must have shipping resources
which Pensacola can supply by the
use of her wonderful natural situa-
ton
The article written by Mr. Scott and
the party who signs his initials as p.
L. T., and the advice given there is
good While on the subject / wish to
tell this P. L. u. that the member of
the Grand Army is very proud OF be-
ing one. and with all due respect to
this Solomon, this Grand Army man
is a sailor, a steamboat and shipmas-
ter, and has navigated every hcle,
river and bayou in Florida and Ala
bama, and was here when there were
only few piling called Palafox Street
Wharf, so that If that remark was
made for a slur 1t fails in its object.
| can further inform him I carried
three wounds on my body In protect
ing that grand emblem of liberty and
stand ready at any time TO help guard
that grand old flag. and will also in |
form No P. l. U. stand ready to
help in any way In my power to help I
and work for my sweetheart, Pensa-
,cla. to get municipal docks built.
]. c. PATTERSON.
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