The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-13
Mississippi Valley Magazine Carries
Story, "Florida, Americas Fav-
orite Playground"


Under the general head, Florida
Americas Favorite Playground the
Mississippi Valley Magazine Of Janu-
airy carries a number of articles de-
scriptive of the various cities of the
state, Pensacola leading with an arti-
Gle by j. b. Morrow, industrial com.
missioner of the chamber of commerce
Other cities included in the symposium
are st. Petersburg. Fort Myers, Tam
pa, Apalachicola, Oldsmar and st. An
drews Bay, the articles appearing in
the order named.
The Pensacola story written by Mr.
Morrow, follows the Introduction by
the editors of the Mississippi Valley
Magazine, and is given greater space
than any other article appearing in
the collection:
Pensacola's claim as the Natural
Deep Water Harbor'' of the Gulf is
predicated upon fact Comparisons at
all times are odious, and the people OF
Pensacola having in the finality the
development of the great gulf area at
heart as the great theatre of America S
foreign t.ade movement, feel that
whatever comparisons are made origi-
nate in natural pride that, among
the great gulf ports, her natural har-
Dor advantages stand out pre- emf
nently.
That this is borne out by fact is ev-
ldenced in the following statement
Within the anchorage area of Pensa
cola there is seven and one-half square
miles of water of a depth of 80 feet to
So feet and 10 square miles of water
of depth of 20 feet and over.
A landlocked harbor in which the
commercial fleet of the nation might
easily ride; its great wharves in the
center of the city but a scarce eight
miles from the open sea. The entrance
to this magnificent harbor is through
channel entrance 1000 feet wide,
with minimum of 500 feet width, and
depth at mean low tide of SO feet.
Is il. necessary to further to prove
Pensacola's advantages in the matter
of Deep Harbor" facilities?
The wharves of the city Of Pensa
cola cover an area of two and one
third miles, with water depth at
mean low tide of from % to 80 feet
In addition to this there is available
two-thirds of a mile wharfage for
vessels Of lighter draft, with a water
depth ranging from 10 to Is feet. The
berthing space afforded by these
wharves gives is, $50 feet at thirty-foot
depth, $500 feet at twenty-five foot
depth 1878 feet at eighteen TO TWEEN
ty-fiye foot depth, 1861 feet at ten TO
eighteen foot depth, or a total of seven
and four fifths miles of berthing area,
The trackage on piers is 9o,549 lineal
feet, or more than. seventeen miles.
on these wharves is provided ware
house space totaling over 100000
square feet, while back OF these
wharves and at other points closely
associated with the wharves, are addi-
tional warehouse facilities aggregating
754. 900 square feet.
One Of the principal features the
ship owner. the exporter and importer
seeks, is the car storage capacity con-
tiguous to the wharves. In this Pensa :
cola is fortunate. for there is provided
within and closely associated with the
dock area, storage room for $500 cars
Again. availability of open storage
is a prime consideration. Again Pensa-
cola is fortunate, for there is, served
by trackage, etc. 7,569.6OO square feet
Of open storage. or III acres. over
sixty Of which is directly contiguous
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