The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-28
PEOPLES FORUM
QUIZ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

EAlkQE EeES1CD&d dO0EndAs
Anan has a most lovabIy dispose
toned, personally attractive wife, but
by continual propinquity and intimate
contact he becomes forgetful OF these
facts. and It Is only when the other
male members OK his set or commun-
ity speak about Il, or arouse his jeal-
ousy, that he Is again reminded OF her
excellencies and of the esctacies OF ad-
miration that caused him TO become
entrapped in the matrimonial. meshes.
Just so 1t IS with out Chamber Of
Commerce and it's personnel We do
sometimes forget the great service II Is
rendering.
1t would be hard indeed--almost inn
possible to find a city the size OF Pen
sacola, a more unselfish, capable, sta
BILE, efficient and hard working syn
chronizing lot Of men than right here
in Pensacola. Pensacola without its
Chamber OF Commerce is unthinkable,
just like an automobile without car
buretor. It has worked very hard.
Some schemes have failed but not for
want of well thought-out plans and
we'll directed energetic action, but
rather because fruition time had not
yet arrived. The harvest time. never
theless, Is sure TO come.
We turn back the hands of time to
1912. We are walking round about our
city. There we see no paving, except
meagerly on Palafox street. We see
empty sites and only possibilities. We
see no Creosoting Works, no Excelsior
Factory, no Newport Turpentine and
Rosin Company, no Pensacola Ship
yard. no Texas OIL Company, no Bruce
Dry Dock, no Muscle Shoals, Birming-
ham & Pensacola railroad. We see
poor school housing.
Now, let us stand upon the hill of
reason and hope and faith, and see
the picture that the great movie man
Father Time has. and viii unfold.
We see a white streak Of paved
roads bisecting our county from south
to north and from east to west. We
see an ambitious people, eagerly buy
ing our farming and cut-over lands
at high prices and developing farms,
with great rapidity close to these
highways. raising the valuation Of our
assessable county property from SIS
933, $4,000, it's present valuation, to ST.
900 10000 more additional.
We see the Gulf Beach Highway de-
veloping. as our "Anglewood" 1t has
one Five Million Dollar Hotel and
haIf-a-dozen of lesser ones, each
costing more than One Million Dol
lars
It has at least 100 home houses
costing no less than 800, 10000 each,
and all of these Gulf Beach proper
ties helping us to pay off our bonded
Indebtedness.
The Wolvin Steamship Company is
running a daily swift passenger. ex-
press and freight line from Vera Cruz
and Puerto Mexico, and from other
near foreign ports to Pensacola.
Saufley Beach is famously patron
lied by excursions, the people coming
from Atlanta, Birmingham and the in
tervening territory south Of those
points to enjoy themselves.
We know that our Chamber Of Com
merce has given its quickening i'm
pulse to ell these things accomplished
and will aid in bringing to a material
realization all these not yet in exist
ence, but visioned by any man who
viii think it over calmly and reflec-
lively.
Captain Paul Stewart, our present
and very efficient president Of the
Chamber OF Commerce. is giving I'M
stintingly of his valuable time in clear
thinking and organizing and co-ordi-
mating the actions and activities OF our
Chamber Of Commerce.
He is ably seconded by J. II. Nc
Cormack, who as chairman Of the fl
nance committee has organized the
best possible system to raise the
money needed to carry on all this ire
mendous work: and better yet, to hus-
band the use of these moneys, so that
it may bring the greatest possible re
suits
All very excellent and active mem
bers of the Chamber Of Commerce
cannot be mentioned, but this would
be incomplete If "our George" Eman-
uel were omitted, and II that famous
and practical road dreamer and build
er, f. ". Marsh, were forgotten.
NJ. G. HOFFMAN.