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Jacksonville, Florida.
Stop at " THE CARLETON."
WEBB'S FLORIDA.
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PRESIDENT : LOUIS P. KNOWLES.
VICE - PRESIDENT : WILLIAM H. KNOWLES.
MERCHANTS' BANK
OF PENSACOLA, FLA. Palafox Street, corner Government.
Cash Capital, $50,000.
Receives Deposits, Buys and Sells Foreign and Domestic Exchange, Makes Collections, and Does a Strictly Legitimate BANKING BUSINESS. - CONNECTED IS A -
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, which pays Four Per Cent. on Deposits.
WEBB'S
PENSACOLA DIRECTORY 1885-'86.
KNOWLES BROTHERS,
Real Estate
-: AND :-
INSURANCE AGENTS,
Pensacola, Fla.
BIIP und TRAVEL by the MALLORY LINE
Between FERNANDINA and NEW YORK.
HENRY HORSLER & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Ship Chandlery Ship Stores,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, TOBACCOS, AND LIQUORS, MANILLA, HEMP, RUSSIA BOLT ROPE, WIRE ROPE AND SEIZING,
Canvas, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Tar,
ANCHORS, CHAINS, OARS AND MAST HOOPS,
Brass and Galvanized Hardware,
EDSON'S DIAPHRAGM PUMPS AND POWER CAPSTANS,
American and Foreign Charts and Nautical Instruments.
ZARRAGOŚSA STREET,
Pensacola, - - Florida.
AGENTS FOR Tarr & Wonson's New England & Cape Ann Copper Paints, WATT'S CAST STEEL EDGE TOOLS. BAGNALL & LOUD'S
Metaline, Patent Iron and Rope Strapped Blocks.
Agents for PILOT BOATS. Agents for STEAM TUG BOATS.
SHIP CABOOSES AND STOVES.
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle.
THOS C. WATSON,
Real Estate Collecting Agent
Next to City Hotel,
PENSACOLA, FLA.
City. Property bought and sold, rents collected, and prompt monthly returns made. Taxes, Insurance, etc., attended to.
VALUABLE BUSINESS LOTS and CHOICE DWELLING LOTS FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES.
Property placed in my hands for Sale or Rent, advertised FREE OF CHARGE.
LITHOGRAPHED MAPS OF PENSACOLA, EMBRACING EVERY LOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS FOR SALE AT A MODERATE PRICE.
A. F. WARREN. SILAS STEARNS.
WARREN & CO.,
Palafox Wharf, Pensacola, Fla.
PRODUCERS AND SHIPPERS
-: OF :-
FRESH
THE RED SNAPPER A SPECIALTY.
Send for Price List and Directions for Cooking.
J. H. PORTER,
SAIL- MAKER and Manufacturer of AWNINGS for DOORS and WINDOWS,
Sents Of all Descriptions,
Flags of all Nations, - AND-
Flag Work Generally,
HAMMOCKS, SWINGING AND FOLDING COTS, CAMP CHAIRS AND STOOLS, WAGON COVERS.
DRAY AND WACON PAULINGS.
YACHT and BOAT SAILS A SPECIALTY.
Dealer in COTTON DUCK, from 14 inches to 44 inches, HEMP CANVAS and RAVEN'S DUCK.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List.
THE ALDERNEY airy and Stock Farm.
HIGH CLASS (REG. A. J. C. C.) AND GRADE JERSEY CATTLE Always on Hand and For Sale.
Pure Sweet Milk, Butter, Eggs, and Vegetables
DELIVERED IN ANY PART OF THE CITY.
Reg. Jersey Bulls held to Service at $5.00 the Season.
J. EMMET WOLFE, Manager.
WEBB'S
PENSACOLA DIRECTORY
1885-1886.
Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, a Business Directory, a Partnership Directory, a Street Direc- tory, a Record of the City Government, its Institutions, Societies, Corporations, etc., etc., etc.
No. 1. PRICE, $4.00.
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For Sale by DOW & COE, Booksellers and Stationers, 16 Palafox Street, Pensacola, Fla.
NEW YORK: WANTON S. WEBB, COMPILER. 1885.
F. 2 P41 W 1885-86
COPYRIGHT 1885, BY M. T. WEBB.
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Manufactured by M. H. GREEN, · PRINTER, ELECTROTYPER AND BINDER,, 74 and 76 Beekman Street, NEW YORK.
PREFACE.
IT is with feelings of mingled pleasure and pride that we present to the citizens of Pensacola the first directory ever issued in their city, and are satisfied that they will appreciate our efforts to not only place before them a handsome and use- ful volume for daily reference, but one which will portray, in its true light, the great natural advantages of the beautiful city which it represents. To the end that the best interests of our patrons and the public may be subserved, we shall not con- fine our circulation to local subscribers, but shall place copies of the work with the Boards of Trade in the principal cities of this country and Europe. The gathering of the necessary in- formation for a volume of this nature requires weeks of un- remitting labor and untiring effort, but thanks to the kindly feeling exhibited by the Pensacolians, their willingness to ex- tend the required information, and general courtesy have tend- ed greatly to lighten our labors. To the representative pro- fessional and business men who have so generally responded to calls upon them, we extend our hearty thanks, and hope that the pleasant relations established with the issuing of our first volume may continue and increase with the growth of the city, which we hope to record from time to time in the years to come. And that the future may bring increased pros- perity and happiness to all our readers is the wish of
The people's obedient servant,
W. S. WEBB, Compiler.
PENSACOLA, FLA., April, 1885.
X
GEORGE W. WRIGHT,
MANUFACTURER and SHIPPER
-OF-
Yellow Pine and Cypress
LUMBER
- AND
TIMBER,
- AND
Cypress Shingles
AND LATHS,
East End Intendencia St. and Foot 10th Ave.,
PENSACOLA, FLA.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Academies and Private Schools .125
Odd Fellows .. 157
Banks. . 151
Pensacola City Government .. 150
Benevolent Societies 157
Pensacola, Sketch of. 9
Bible Societies. 154
Pensacola Street Directory. 18
Blackwater. 165
Police Department. 150
Buildings, Blocks and Halls. 5
Churches. 151
Clubs
153
Railroad Companies. 156
Convents. .154
State Government .. 149
Courts 150
Telegraph and Telephone Cos. .154
Escambia Co. Officers. 149
Temperance Societies. 157
Fire Department. 150
Hospitals. 154
Incorporated Companies. 154
Masonic. 157
Military 153
Webb's Pensacola Directory. 33
Milton .. 161
Wharves.
BUILDINGS, BLOCKS, AND HALLS.
Blount Building, Palafox near Government
Brent Building, Palafox between Romana and Garden
Byrne Building, Palafox bet. Government and Zarragossa
Chaffin Building, Palafox bet. Government and Zarragossa City Hotel, Government, opposite Public Square
Commercial Hotel, Government, near Opera House
Clubb's Building, Palafox corner Government
Cushman's Building, Government. opposite Public Square Damianni Building, Palafox bet. Romana and Intendencia Germania Hall, Zarragossa corner Jefferson
Gonzalez Building, Palafox bet. Romana and Intendencia Hutchinson Building, Palafox below Main
Hyer Building, Palafox bet. Intendencia and Government Luke's Hall. Romana corner Alcaniz
Merchants' Hotel, Palafox corner Government
Moloney's Building, Palafox near Romana
Moreno Building, Palafox between Romana and Garden New Continental Hotel, Palafox, corner Wright Opera House Building, Government corner Jefferson
Pfeiffer, J., Building, Palafox between Zarragossa and Main Pitt Building, Palafox between Intendencia and Government Pitt's Hall, Pitt Building, Palafox
Post Office, Palafox near Garden Reache Building. Palafox near Intendencia
Riera Building, Palafox bet. Government and Zarragossa Spotzs Building, Palafox near Intendencia
Stevedore's Hall No. 2, Tarragona near Intendencia Union Depot, Wright corner Tarragona U. S. Court Rooms, 24 Palafox
U. S. Custom House, Palafox corner Government White Building, Palafox bet. Romana and Intendencia Yniestra Building, Palafox bet. Romana and Intendencia
U. S. Custom House .. 154
U. S. Internal Revenue. 153
Webb's Pensacola Business Di- rectory . 125
Post-office. 153
Public Schools. 152
MUSCOGEE LUMBER +COMPANY
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA.
The Most Complete Lumber Mills in this County-Located in the Finest and Most Picturesque Timber Belt- A Great and Valuable Business.
NE of the most important milling enterprises in the South is MUSCOGEE LUMBER COMPANY, located twenty miles by rail from Pensacola. This Company is now ten years most successfully in existence, and is situated on the Perdido River, which stream is the dividing line between Florida and Alabama. The location is most favorable and advantageous, as well as picturesque. The Company has at present two large steam saw mills in operation, having a capacity of turning out from eighty to ninety thousand feet of lumber a day; and also a large planing mill, complete in every respect, in operation. The property of this Company is in a high, rolling country, from seventy to one hundred feet above the sea, a section known for the most health-giving atmosphere in the world to live in, the immense pine forests adding greatly to that. This section abounds also in several springs of transparent, cooling water, whose healing qualities are acknowledged by the most prominent physicians.
We do not say too much by stating that MUSCOGEE LUMBER COMPANY is unexcelled in its completeness. The Company have their own teams, machine shop, carpenter shops, stables and boarding houses, and the lands of the Company consist of over a hundred thousand acres of forest lands. There are about eighty dwelling houses, which are inhabited by four hundred people. The large and well-stocked storehouses of the company supply the hands with all the necessaries of life. The Company have recently added the electric light to, their property, and now all their mills and lumber yards are lighted by electricity. In connection with their lumber and milling business, the Company are building a new railroad to Mobile, which road will be, when finished, an air line to that city. This road runs through their mill property. The road is built. twenty miles from Cantonment, towards Bay Minette, the track being as smooth as a table, thoroughly finished with fifty-pound rails, and equipped with cars for the hauling of logs.
The road has two very fine engines, one of which, called "J. E. Mooney," deserves particular mention. This elegant, strong and large engine was manufactured at Pitts- burg, Pa., and is the pride of MUSCOGEE LUMBER COMPANY, and the envy of railroad men.
The Company can supply by rail two hundred thousand feet of lumber a day alongside vessels at the wharves drawing 22 feet of water.
There is a telegraph office connecting with the Western Union offices, and telephone connecting the Company with their office in Pensacola.
The Officers of the Company are
W. F. McCORMICK,
GEO. P. GATES,
P. K. YONGE,
President.
General Manager. Secretary.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
PAGE
Alderney Dairy. .opp. title page.
Andrew Bros. 34
Andrews, J. N. 35
Leonard, S. S .. 74
Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co.
outside back cover.
Mayer Bros.
75
McDavid, R. M. 76
McHugh, James. 77
Merchants' Bank of Pensacola.
outside front cover.
Monroe, W. A., Jr. 78
Moreno, A. G. & Co. 79
Muscogee Lumber Co. . opp. page 7
Ollinger & Bruce.
165
Overman, C. H. & Co. 80
Peake, E. W .. 81
Pensacola Advance-Gazette.
opp. page 9
Pensacola Commercial, The.
opp. page161
Pensacola Ice Co 82
Pensacola Street Car Co .. 83
Pensacolian, The ... .opp. page 9
Pfeiffer, Henry, J
84
Pfeiffer, H. & Co. 85
Pfeiffer, John F 86
Piaggio, Dario 87
Pitt, B. R .. 88
Porter, J. H. opp. title page.
Quina, Ed. Gale. 89
Reache, D. & Sons. 90
Riera Bros ..
91
Schreiber. A.
92
Sexauer, Ed
93
Soto, M. P .. 94
Spearing. W. B.
95
Steele, William.
96
Stevens, P. J. 105
Stone, P ..
111
Touart, John. 113
Tucker & Thompson 114
Turton, George W.
115
Van Kirk, W. J. 166
Vidal, Vincent J
116
Walker, A. T. 117
Williams, F. M. 120
Williams, W. F. 121
Warren & Co ... front fly-leaf.
Johnson & Davis.
70
Kahn, S. Mrs.
771
Knowles Bros ... outside front cover.
Kohler, J. W 72
Le Baron, J. M. 73
Augustine, A.
36
Balbontin, B. M.
37
Baptist, John W.
38
Bear, Lewis & Co.
39
Bennett, L. C ..
40
Birkett, M. A. Mrs. 41
Blumer, William
42
Bonifay, George.
43
Borras, J. L. .
44
Bouvier, Edmond.
45
Brent, F. C ..
46
Brent Bros. 47
Brown Bros. 48
Brown, William C.
49
Brown, W. S. 50
Campbell, J. & Co
51
Clubbs, A. V ..
52
Collins, George W. 53
Corner, Christian.
54
Cosgrove, J ..
55
Cowles, R. W .. 56
Creary, W. F. & J. E. 163
D'Alemberte, W. A. 57
Davison & Lee
58
Dey, F. E. 59
Dow & Coe .. 60
Fauria, M. J.
61
First National Bank ... opp. page 33
Florida
Transit & Peninsular
R. R. 167
Forcheimer, G .. 62
Frater & Roberts. .. opp. page161
Gibney, P. J. .
17
Gonzalez, M. F. & Co.
124
Gugenheim, I.
opp. page 33
Hays, Leon S.
63
Hillson, I. B ..
64
Horsler, Henry & Co.
inside front cover.
Hudson, William ..
65
Hutchinson & Acosta. 66
Hutchinson, W. H. 67
Hyde, William V.
68
Hygienic Hotel.
20
Jackson, Wade.
69
Watson, Thomas C .... front fly-leaf.
Webb's Florida.
.164
Wright, George W. . .opp. page 5
WHARVES.
Central, foot of Jefferson
Clubb's, foot of Fla. Blanca Ice House, ft Commendencia Muscogee, foot of 14th ave
Palafox St. Perdido, terminus Pensacola and Perdido R. R. Sullivan's, foot Barracks
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"GAZETTE" Established 1824. "ADVANCE" Established 1878. --- Consolidated 1882 .--
PENSACOLA
Advance-Gazette.
THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF WEST FLORIDA.
MAGEE & PHILLIPS,
Editors and Proprietors.
Publication Days, Tuesdays and Fridays. Subscription Price, $2.50 per Annum.
THE PENSACOLIAN.
EIGHT PAGES.
KPUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
Entrances and Clearances of Vessels, and a com- plete list of the Vessels in Port in every Edition.
MARITIME NEWS A SPECIALTY.
To Subscribers in the United States, $2.50 per Annum. To European Subscribers, $3.00 per Annum.
JOHN O'CONNOR, PUBLISHER.
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PENSACOLA.
The Naples of America.
Much has been written about the past of Pensacola, its history from the time it was founded by the Spaniards in 1696 on down through the succeeding century during which time it was captured by the French, recaptured by the Spaniards, came into the possession of the British Government in 1763, and the part known as "Old City" laid out in 1764-65, when it was a simple fishing village, and when its solid history began. It was'again recaptured by the Spaniards in 1780, who held possession of it till the United States took possession in 1819.
With this cursory glance at the ancient history of the city, we proceed to describe Pensacola as it is rather than what it was. As an author once wrote in his description of St. Augus- tine, "It is the custom, and an old custom it is with guide- books, to surfeit the reader with dates. What purpose does it serve for us to recount how the Spaniards settled the city, and how it came into possession of the English, how the Spaniards came back, and finally, after passing through a host of vicissi- tudes, the United States obtained possession ? In fact these antiquarian minutiæ have become a bore after reading them a dozen times to submit to their rehearsal"-so we express our- selves with the same words in reference to Pensacola.
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Location.
The city is situated in the western part of the State, and in the southwestern part of Escambia County, of which it is the county seat, and on the north side of Pensacola Bay, within ten miles of the outer buoy in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, which marks the entrance to the harbor. The channel at the entrance to the port has a depth of twenty-five feet, and when the obstructions now being removed are away, the channel will again have the depth that it had before the war and ocean vessels can be brought alongside of and within ten feet of the cars, thus enabling this port to successfully compete with all others for both foreign and domestic trade.
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Distances.
Pensacola is 246 miles from New Orleans, 371 from Jackson- ville, 203 from Tallahassee the capital of the State, 420 from Savannah, Ga., 165 from Montgomery, Ala., 105 from Mobile, Ala., 653 from Louisville, Ky., 763 from Cincinnati, 740 from St. Louis, 970 from Chicago, 1222 from New York, 994 from Washington, D.C., and 1439 from Boston.
The Harbor
is one of the finest in the world. It has an area of about 200 square miles, is 30 miles long, with an average width of seven miles, and an average depth of water from 30 to 35 feet. Here can be enjoyed the not unusual scene for Pensacola, 200 square rigged ships from all ports of the world sent here for
Lumber and Timber,
the all absorbing interest on which for the present the people depend.
It is but necessary to add Pensacola's Annual Marine State- ment, for the year ending July 1, 1884, to astonish the unin- formed :
Foreign vessels entered, 372
Tonnage,
248,018 : 19,912
Men in crew, 5,119.
American
51
66
341
Coasting . "
170
66
80,718
1,525
593
348,648
6,985
During the season of 1884 ending October 31st, there were shipped 10,489 bales of cotton. Pensacola possesses unques- tionable facilities over all other Gulf ports for shipping cotton. A compress was built last season. Its easy access to and from the Gulf, its direct accessibility to and from the Western, Northwestern and Central Southern States, must furnish a very large, regular and rapidly-increasing business in transportation to and from its port, not only of lumber, but also of cotton, grain, coal, iron, and all the products of the West Indies and South America.
The Bay Island Fruit Co. which has just been organized with ample capital for the importation of bananas and other tropical fruits, after investigating the facilities of New Orleans, Mobile, and other Gulf ports have decided in favor of Pensa- cola, and will soon commence running a line of weekly steamers between this city and the Bay Islands on the coast of Central America and the West Indies. By deciding on this port they rid themselves of jetties, drayage, wharfage and other expenses,
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and will thus be enabled to flood the great West and Northwest with cheaper and better fruit than ever before.
Quite a trade in guano and coal is being developed, large quantities of the first named being imported and distributed throughout Alabama and Tennessee. In and about the city are situated numerous mills for the sawing of lumber, and by reference to our Business Directory the reader will note the other manufacturing industries.
Population.
The city has advanced in population from 1870 to 1880, 117 per cent, at least 90 per cent of which occurred from '76 to '80. This Directory contains 2,634 names, showing a population on April 1, 1885, of 10,536.
Railroads.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Florida runs from Pensacola north to Flomaton or Pensacola Junction, 44 miles, where it connects for the North, East and West. The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad which is owned by the above-named road runs from Pensacola east to River Junction near Chattahoochee, 161 miles, where it connects for the East and North via the Florida Railway & Navigation Co. and the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
The Pensacola and Perdido Railroad runs from Pensacola to Millview on Perdido Bay, ten miles, and is used largely in the transportation of lumber, although regular passenger trains are run. Then there are the St. Andrew's Bay and Chipley Railroad, which is being constructed from Chipley, on the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, 120 miles east of Pen- sacola, south, fifty miles to St. Andrew's Bay on the Gulf of Mexico; and the Pensacola and Memphis Railroad recently chartered, and which will be, when completed, an air-line road between the two cities, both of which roads have offices in Pensacola. Under this general heading of Railroads should not be omitted the Pensacola Street Car Company which has three and a half miles of track in the city and runs seven cars.
Climate.
The "Indian Summer" of the North closely resembles the winter climate in Pensacola; while in the summer the fame of its baths, boating, and fishing is rapidly increasing its pop- ularity. All classes of chronic diseases such as diarrhœa, dysen- tery, rheumatismn, diseases of the kidneys, and incipient pul- monary cases are benefited and relieved by a visit to Pensa-
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cola. The mean annual temperature at Pensacola during twenty years was as follows, for each month of the year: Jan- uary, 57.03; February, 59.94; March, 63.34; April, 68.78; May, 73.50; June, 79.36; July, 80.90; August, 80.56; Sep- tember, 78.60; October, 71.88; November, 64.12; December, 57.26.
Business Blocks and Public Buildings.
The visitor to this city will see evidences of a long-settled community. Within the last few years many new business structures have been erected, notable among which are the Pensacola Opera House, the Escambia County Court House, the New Continental Hotel, Clubbs' Building, the Union Depot, and the Custom House which is now being erected, to cost when completed $200,000.
Fine Residences.
The enterprise of the citizens is shown not alone in business blocks. Among the more prominent private residences are those of W. D. Chipley, Mrs. Clara Whiting, H. Baars, Ed- ward Abercrombie, William Fisher, C. B. Parkhill, Henry Horsler, Mrs. Simpson, Joseph Simpson, Bryan Dunwody, William K. Hyer, Geo. W. Wright, L. M. Merritt, Sr., Alex. Stoddart, and A. V. Clubbs.
Public Schools.
The public schools of Pensacola have the earnest support of the people, and are classed among the best in the State. Under the careful drill of A. H. Todd, Esq., the principal of the High School, students are prepared for college. Among the private schools may be mentioned the Pensacola Classical Academy, C. V. Thompson, Principal ; Carlin's Academy and Commercial Institute, J. V. Carlin, Principal ; and the schools of the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches.
Fish.
When the remarkable increase and growth of fish, oysters, shrimp, and turtle are taken into consideration, and the extent of the territory tributary to the city of Pensacola is taken into the account, the possibilities of future trade in this single direc- tion can hardly be over-estimated, especially in view of the rapidly increasing price of beef.
To day we find the supply of fish, even for New Orleans
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and Mobile, as well as points North and West, is being shipped mainly from Pensacola, where they are landed, packed in ice, and sent by rapid railroad transit to other cities. Fish cannot be sent either by the way of New Orleans, Mobile, or any other Gulf port with the speed and cheapness with which they can be shipped from Pensacola; nor is there any other port so near and so easy of access from the snapper banks and other fishing grounds. Pensacola is and ever must remain the great fishing centre for the waters of the Gulf, and the rich harvest field on which will be gathered the rich and bountiful supplies for the North and West. The delicate fish so plentiful here will soon be abundant throughout the Union. It is only a question of time and capital. Pittsburg, Chicago, and Cincin- nati and other Northern cities have already got, through dealers in Pensacola, a taste of green turtle, pompano, Spanish mack- erel, and red snappers, and they will not rest till they get a full supply, and there are daily trains of fish cars from Pensa- cola to all points of the compass reached by the railways. We call the attention of fishermen and fish dealers and breeders of the North to this subject. We ask them to open their maps and study them well, and see how nature has formed the inland and seaward water-ways that lead to the port of Pensacola, and her location in regard to the great snapper banks of the Gulf in the near future, sure to be as productive as those of New- foundland and Alaska. This is but a tithe of the product, for in the same territory are countless millions of blue fish, sheep- head, groupers, black fish, drums, Jew fish, jack fish, whiting, sardines, skip-jack, hog fish, rock fish; link fish. amber fish, and almost countless other varieties, all edible. Besides these there are six kinds of edible turtle, soft- and hard-shell crabs. and two kinds of shrimp, making an almost endless variety of salt-water food without taking into account the immense sup- ply of fresh-water trout, bream, etc., common to the rivers North and South, nor to the shad that is just beginning to make its appearance in the Southern rivers emptying into the Gulf.
On the line of coast tributary to the fish mart at Pensacola there are at present employed, as near as we can learn from the imperfect data, about 2500 men employed in fishing, with their families, mainly located on the shore nearest the snapper banks, or other fishing grounds on which their work is done. Besides smaller craft there are engaged in this trade about forty or fifty large fishing smacks of from 25 to 40 tons bur- den, besides a few steam smacks and luggers. The deep-sea fishermen reside mainly in Florida and Alabama, and send their red snappers, groupers, Spanish mackerel, pompano, etc., north from Pensacola, where they are landed fresh, alive and kicking from the vessel, and placed at once in refrigerator
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cars, packed in ice, and landed in Minnesota and Colorado as fresh and sweet as when they swam over the beds of coral in their native habitation.
Now take your map and a pair of dividers ; place one leg of it on Pensacola and extend the other until Matamoras and Key West are intersected by the segment of the circle, and within it you have the fish and the fishing territory naturally tributary to Pensacola, and within which the supply is practi- cally unlimited and the demand for that supply already great and constantly increasing.
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