The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-02-12
J. p. PARROT

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Mr.. ]. R. PARROT.
The people of Florida little realize
the great debt Of gratitude they owe
| to this man.
From the time Ponce de Leon land
ed at st. Augustine until the present
moment Florida never had a better,
a more devoted. more loyal friend.
The fact that Mr.. PARROT has been
Mr.. Flagler's confidential adviser I'M
interruptedly for so many years and
has managed his great and varied in
terests so successfully is proof
enough that he is a great man.
If Mr.. Flagler has been the Moses
in the wonderful experiment of con-
verting an almost barren waste into
an Eden of fruits and flowers for the
Qualification of the pleasure seekers
of the nation and the making of de-
lightful homes for actual settlers, Mr..
Parrot has been the Aaron who has
held up his hands and the pillar of
fire that has beckoned him on in his
great work.
Now that the experiment has been
an accomplished fact and has been
successful for all purposes in view,
the newspapers and magazines of the
country are giving it the need of praise
that it deserves and all with one &C.
cord say that the achievements have
been marvellous.
Mr.. Herbert n. Casson, in the Feb
ruary Munsey Magazine heads an ar
ticle, "The New Florida" and follow
ing the course of Mr.. FIagler down
the East Coast calls it "The Great
Winter Playground and says that
Mr.. Flagler's achievement will make
Florida "a vast industrial and COM
mercial state" In the body of the ar
ticle Mr.. Casson says:
The Florida of the Future
Flagler has faith in Florida-sucb
faith as removes jungles and builds
in the midst of the sea.
Looking south of her he sees a new
Cuba, too busy and prosperous for !
revolutions. He sees the shutting of
ships through the Panama Canal. He
sees the union of North and South
America in a confederacy of COM
nerce. He sees Florida as a great I
central state, sending the product of ,
Ter farms nOTthward and the OUTPUT
VI hOp fnnfnrinC I ]
'lagler's confident vision of the fu- c
ure, and he has backed his judgment t
With most of his immense fortune and
WITH the high reputation as a man of r
BUSINESS.
1t is said that when the plans for
he sea-going railway were placed be-
ore him. he studied them for some
ime. Finally he turned to J. R. Par -
otL his railway manager, and asked: .
Can you do this?"
EYES," replied Parrott
Then do it, said Flagler. ;
The next day the building of the c.
lOst unique railway in the world be- Y
an.
Mr.. Edward Stats Luther, in the l.
ankers' Magazine for February has
his to say under the head of 1.-THE .,
of the Florida East :,
oast:" Y
Retaining a large part of an en- 81
re state from sand waste and Jun
e; building up its commercial value
ON almost nothing to leading rank; in
nd changing it from an isolated Sec al
on to vital connecting link in the NJ
'eat traffic chain that is being forged
join the interests of the United 7"
-ates with those of the West Indies, eT
entral and South America, as we'll be
} those of the Orient by way of the .,
Anama Canal-that is achievement 81
lough to satisfy the dream of ac- al
of any one man. ha
When Mr. Flagler's attention was pa
st directed to Mr. Parrott he was tn
lie of the receivers of the J. T. & K.
z. railway. Mr.. Flagler is a keen an
server and the ability, skill and in an
lstry displayed by Mr.. PARROT in
nding up the affairs of that road told
is great wizard of finance who had
ready pictured in his mind his 10
hemes of development that this was N
e man to put ar the head of his af- ~
irs in Florida, so he Immediately %
'ered to commission him for this \
Ipendous work.
Mr. Parrot accepted the commits -
IN and the successful management h.
the enormous interests committed -;
him demonstrates the fact that Mr.. g,
agler made no mistake in the esti- \,
ate he placed upon his wonderful
instructive and administrative abil- AN
es.
It is estimated that Mr.. Flagler has
id out s5O,OOO,OOO in constructive DC
'rk and to Aese are to be added Ba
IRE than s5O,OOO,OOO that have been We,
zen in from his hotels, steamship
railway lines. Every dollar of pre
S money has passed through Mr..
rrott's hands, and yet those who
closest to him and know him best 7