The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-19
BIG REAL ESTATE
DEAL PUT ACROSS
Cantonment Property to Be Subdivid-
ed and DeveIoped-Plan Build
ing of a New City.

The e. j. Leonard property at Can
Torment, including store buildings,
garage, several dwelling houses and
about five hundred acres Of land was
recently sold to a company of Pen
sacola business men headed by John
+. Gaynor, Hinmann r. Root, Forrest
G. Osgood and others, and is to be
subdivided into town lots and small
farms and improved upon a somewhat
elaborate plan, according to informa-
ton given out at the office Of the COM
pany in the Blount building.
The Big Store at Cantonment is ia
miliar to practically everyone who has
ever driven north from Pensacola on
the Flomaton road and the location,
fifteen miles from Pensacola, would
seem to be about right for the build
ing OF market and industrial city
back in the central portion of the
county. The county is rather thickly
settled in all directions from Canton
mept, and this creates the need for i'm
proved shipping facilities, warehouses,
q preserving and canning plant,
creamery, ice plant, etc, all of which
the cantonment Development Com
pany proposes to establish. There is
no question as to the productivity of
the good lands of Escambia county;
but our producers have not always
been able TO dispose of the produce at
profitable prices upon the local mar
kets. So that the greatest need at the
present time is for improved market
ing facilities. Figs and pears can be
marketed best when preserved. Sweet
potatoes are not always readily sal
able and should be cured" and stored
in scientifically constructed ware
houses to await a better market.
Farmers need an outlet for their live
stock, and a milk depot which will re-
ceive their daily supply of milk and
cream and give them regular cash
income from week to week. And such
a program is what the newly organized
company is starting upon.
In addition to this ambitious pro-
gram, the lands of the company will
be planted to Satsumas, blueberries or
other fruit trees, and offered for sale
in units" OF various sizes to meet the
'pocketbook" Of the small or large in
weston who may want few acres of
oranges for his own individual hold
ing. and may wish to have a part in
the building UP of the county and
creating the substantial wealth that is
possible under such intensive treat
ment.
Escambia county needs such devel-
opment and there can be no question
but that the Cantonment section is
destined to attract large numbers of
northern and other farmers and bust
ness men who will see in. Escambia
county the location that suits them.
Every far-seeing business man of
PENSACOLA and Escambia county will
welcome this far-reaching and broad
gauge development program for the
Cantonment section of the county, and
viii wish the men who are promoting
the project the very largest measure
of success.
Mr.. Gaylor has had many years of
experience in development and coloni-
zation work, and insists that Escam-
bia county is by far the finest and
most promising section which he has
ever visited. This does not mean, so he
says, that we have necessarily the
best soil, but that the combination of
soil and subsoil, of pure water and de-
lightful climate; schools and churches
and social conditions; good roads and
shipping facilitioes; recreational and
other conditions to make living really
worth while" are to be found in Es-
Gambia county, Florida in more nearly
ideal proportions than anywhere else
he has ever seen. And so he has To-
Gated here with his family, and hopes
to make his efforts and influence play
an important part in building UP the
city and surrounding country.
Mr.. Root has had several years
practical experience in the sstsuma
orange industry. and owns. a fine
orange grove Of his own. He be-
lieves that the satsuma is bound to
make this section one of the wealth
lest and best known citrus localities
in the country, and is willing to de-
vote his personal resources and labors
TO building UP a vast acreage of orange
development, and making the satsuma
the best known and most highly priced
fruit on all the markets of the coun-
try.
We wish the new company every !
success. /: