The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-02
PENSACOLA TO
SHAKE HANDS
WITH MOBILE
Glowing Promise Held Forth by
Coast Boulevard Boosters at
JOy-Fest Banquet.
BASIC PLAN TO BE
OUTCOME OF MEETING
Mobile Visitors to Be Taken on
Visit to Various Points
in County Today.

Coming over with the friendly in
tention Of meeting with Pensacola.
good road enthusiasts, IA MobiIians
were entertained informally last night.
at the San Carlos, and will remain
over today to develop basic plans for
a gulf coast boulevard, and to visit "a
rious points OF interest in the county.
among which is the Ferry Pass bridge
site.
Before leaving the city the party,
which made the trip from Mobile to
Pensacola by way Of the Old Spanish
trail, will visit the Pensacola Naval
Air Station, Fort Barrancas and prob
ably will go over the route Of the Gulf
Beach highway.
Among those who are being enter
tained are w. A. Steadman, who Is
accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter; F. Taylor Peck and WIFE Warren
Roberts Of the Mobile Register, z. NJ.
Bailey, Harral B. Ayers OF San An
tonic, managing director Old Spanish
Trail association; George zolezzi, as
sistant secretary of the automobile
club; Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. MoraEnus,
James Coleman, C. A. Barth and C. c.
Johnson.
Neishbor Cities.
f. w. Marsh presided, and in his
opening remarks called attention to
the wonderful spirit which has devel-
oped in Mobile and has made possible
the present movement which viii even
tually find its elimination in the bridge
which will link Mobile and Pensacola,
and will at last bring about the gulf
coast boulevard, a part Of the Old
Spanish trail movement close to the
heart of Pensacolans.
In speaking OF the recent meeting
In Mobile, when the Alabama high
way committee was in session there,
Mr.. Marsh said that he looked upon
that gathering of road enthusiasts as
the most wonderful of the kind he
had ever attended, and he looked for
ward to. the time when the two cities
would not only be brought together
in a closer comradeship, but that It
would be easier for them to show that
neighborly spirit that they felt, and
that lately had been so apparent.
Pensacola an Orphan.
Mr.. Marsh then called upon Mr..
Roberts, managing editor OF the Mo-
bile Register, who spoke briefly but
most felicitiously.
81 don't know why 1 should come
over to Pensacola to talk" said Mr..
Roberts. 81 think it behooves us to
listen. What we want to do while We
are over here is to find out how you
people. shut off as you are from the
rest Of the state, sort Of state orphan.
as it were, have been able to get the
rest Of the state to agree to give you
%I1o% 30
for your road development.
''Over in Mobile we are also an Or
plan county. We have come in con-
tact with the world and have shaken
hands across the ocean, but we have
not been able to span that eight miles
Of water which is dividing us from the
rest of Alabama and Pensacola. We
are going to come across, and we are
going to make the state come across.
"The only difficulties that we are
facing in connection with this problem
are financial difficulties. There are
no engineering problems.
Each county IN Alabama is to receive
Of a million dollars for
county improvement. But after that
has been made. there will
still remain $S,00oooo, and we hope
10 get our OI lIldI peCduS6 W6
know that it is only right that we
should.
mobile county has been paying
into the state treasury for a long time.
and we are glad to have done 80. But
we feel that we have every right TO
ask for financial assistance in build
ng this bridge and we have already
had assurance from the Alabama state
highway commission that we shall
nave that aid"
Following Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. Marsh
,alled upon Dir. Bailey of the Mobile
Chamber OF Commerce and Rotary
,lub.
Mr.. Bailey spoke with much apprs-
station Of the interest that Pensacolh
aas taken In the building Of the bridge
which win mean so much for the de-
aelopnent OF the entire delta section,
He said that Florida and Mississippi
lad both been well represented at the
Mobile meeting, and that Mobile ap-
,reciated the splendid spirit Of coopO-
-ation that had been shown.
He declared that the party Of Mo- {
,ilians left Mobile at yesterday aft
.rnoon. arriving in Pensacola about
,'clock. having a delightful trip along
some Of the finest country in the south.
Mr.. Bailey said that he had not ex-
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