The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-02
BOOSTERS COME BACK FROM TRIP
WITH PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM

| of commerce rooms, where the Tour
list club was holding a dance. After
| remaining a short time the boosters
We're excused to satisfy the inner man
and form theatre parties with the in
structions to be on hand at the cham
/ Der of commerce rooms the following
morning at 1920. Every one reported
| present and an automobile tour of the
| city was started. The boosters were
taken around beautiful Riverside drive
/ and other residential sections, over the
principal business streets and to the
railroad and dock terminals and shown
| the workings of the municipal docks,
! after which they were taken to the
| state fair grounds, the home of the
Tin Can Tourists and given a most
hearty welcome by W. B. Flynn, ma
yor of the Tin Can Tourists City.
After explaining the object of the club
and listening TO speeches of welcome
by A. w. Cockeral, president of the
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce,
and George w. Parkhill of the rivers
and harbors committee of the same
organization, J. II. Bayliss was pre-
scented the key to the Tin Can Tour
lists city, Mr.. Bayliss made a brief
response for the boosters. Other
speakers at the occasion were F. X.
Carroll, representative of Escambia
county and Mr.. Carter, formerly own
er of the Jacksonville Metropolis. The
visitors were given the liberty of the
grounds and willis there enjoyed
fine barbecued dinner, which had been
prepared in honor of their visit. After
enjoying the dinner to the utmost, the
boosters were taken back to town in
ample time to give them little rest
before boarding the train for the re-
turn trip to Pensacola.
1t can be readily seen that people
all along the line from Jacksonville to
Miami were more than glad to meet
the Pensacolians and extended every
courtesy possible. The visitors money
was practically useless, and it is bel
lieved that the good fellowship and
better understanding of the east and
west coast as the result Of this visit
will bear an untold amount of mutual (
benefit. The broad minded people of
all the different cities visited realize |
that there is room for us all and that
these visits by delegations from the |
different cities is the best way to be-
come acquainted and establish. a feel |
ing of brotherly love that cannot but |
work for the good and prosperity of
all sections of the state. Any one who |
was on the trip has come to a better |
understanding of his home state and |
realizes more than ever that it does
not make any difference what he is |
looking for, he does not have to leave |
his home state to get it, business or
pleasure, it can all be found within !
the boundaries of the state.
Pensacolians returned home with a !
firmer conviction than ever that they |
are living in one of the best towns of !
the state and there is as much natural |
beauty to be found here as any other |
place and all we lack is a Carl Fisher |
of Miami to start a development that |
will make Pensacola one of the chief |
winter and summer resorts of the |
country. A few things that we do |
lack is good roads, better railroad IA
cilities and more hotel accommo6a- |
ton as the tourist trade develops.
The result of this trip will go a /
long way toward getting the first as
every place visited promised that their
legislators would see that the men
elected to represent them would join
our forces to try and put through
movement that will give us perma-
nent roads between Jacksonville and
Pensacola. When the Escambia road
building program is completed we will
have one of the best permanent road |
systems in the state and perhaps if
enough pressure is brought to bear the
railroads will do their part. Many
tin can" tourists want to come to
Pensa cola next year and a number of
the boosters are going to try and work
out a plan whereby they can be taken
care of, plans for which will be start
ed soon.
One of the things that can be done
very easily and will beautify as much
as anything that can be done and in
which we can all take part is the
planting of an abundance of flowers
and shrubbery to which this part of
the state is naturally adapted. Ma
tives do not notice these little things
so much as the stranger, especially
those from the colder regions. God
surely must have intended that Flor
ida should be a playground of the
United States or he would not have
given us such a fine climate and the
soil adaptabhlity for raising so many
pretty flowers. shrubbery and trees
and the people of this community
should take a greater advantage of
the privilege. We have plenty of nat
ural beauty and more than the aver
age as far as other places in Florida
are concerned, and Florida is known !
all over the world for her natural
beauty.
Let's start flower campaign and a
year from now just notice the differ
ence. Our bay is one of the most
beautiful bodies of water to be found
anywhere and none can claim the nat
ural beach with its white sand
to be found off Santa Rosa Island.
All it needs for a pleasure resort.
or winter is the bath houses,
etc.
Let's have them.