The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-16

J. II. Ehreheart. consulting engineer on
corporation work OF New York is AZ the
New Willard. having just returned from
trip down 10 Florida, where he inspect
ed Mr.. Flagler's new railroad, which viii
ultimately land passengers from The Unit
ed States IN Havana, Cuba. without leav-
ing the coaches. The read referred To IS
the Florida East Coast Railroad, and Mr..
EhTeheaTt said that it is owned and cap
itaIized solely and exclusively by lIr
FIagler himself
I don't believe there is any other man
who would have had the courage ana
spirit OF enterprise 10 build a road OF The
same immense proportions and outlay OF
money snglehauJed The line is not
quite finished yet. and VIII not pay for
number of years tn come As soon. how
ever, as the Panama Canal IS iu opera
tion, this railroad viii get a big part Of
the travel and freight and fast mail
This new line Of communication will save
two days in the present schedule to New
York. The road goes along for over $50
miles, always I'm sight or water. and
"a
entirely over water; inst is, On concrete
arches. which are proving very satisfac-
tory
Il observed that business down South IS
good. ana ! believe that we will have q
very prosperous year. There is only one
drawback from whica the Southern cotton
manufacturers suffer. ana that is that
they cannot get hrst-CIass labor. The
result is that they cannot turn out the
same frst-class goods which are pro
duced by the New England cotton mills.
The Southern cotton manufacturers have
tried again and again TO secure Northern
workers for their plants. but for some
uneXplsinabIe cause they cannot get
them"
Speaking Of conservation OF natural re-
sources, AIr. Ehreheart said he could not
agree with Mr.. Pinchot in his policy of
wasting natural water power when the
same might be turned TO profit and use
TO the community without damaging fl
any shape or form the water supply
If there is a bona tide concern which
would ike to make use of natural water
power and give q satisfactory guarantee
10 the United States that the peoples
rights shall he safeguarded in every re-
speCt." continued NJ Ehrencart. the
privilege should be granted 10 this con-
Germ to develop this water power. This
course would at once give employment 10
people and work many other benefits.
while. on the other hand, the water
wastes away and benefits nobody"
Fitzgerald was elected MAYOR of BOs-
ton by the foreign vote said Charles 7.
Phenix. a prominent hote! proprietor of
Magnolia, Mass, who was seen 1T the
Shoreham
''Storrow, who ran against Fitzgerald
is an excellent man. and paid his own
election expenses. This tie foreign ele-
meut Of voters could not quite under
stand He was too rich for them. They
did not believe in q man who did not
ask them to make contributions TO the
election fund, Fitzgerald asked for funds
from these plain and Woodworking peo-
pie, and they contributed willingly, there
by feeling that they had "a proprietary
interest in the election and in the can
dates success.
Fitzgerald is an accomplished p0liti-
clan. added Nj Phenix. and has TAM
many beaten coming and going This
is his second term. Hibbard's course in
this election is severely criticised bv
everybody. lie polled only about l.,05
votes"