The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-30
THE RECEIVERS REPORT

made o Judge Strum of the United States
District Court by Receivers Loftin and
Kenan that would cause Key West to
stand up and cheer"
1t reads like report of men averse
to enterprise and DESTROYS of avoiding re-
sponsibility; and if the spirit of Henry M.
Flagler is aware of the futility with which
his splendid enterprise is beset, it must be
writhing at its inability to step back into
power and throw his courage and initiative
into the balance and turn defeat into vic
tory as he was wont to do.
AS of old, "the slothful man says,
There is lion in the PATH" and had this
spirit prevailed in 1895, the F. E. C.. would
never have built an empire south of st.
Augustine.
The salient parts of the test of the re-
port have been presented to the readers of
The Citizen in the issue of January %, and
there is no occasion to repeat the doleful
tale here.
The fact that an important city of the
Union, with potential possibilities of
restoration to health and strength is to be
tossed overheard like WORKOUT bucket,
is given no consideration.
If the court should say to these APP
plicants for instruction, "You say you can't
make this magnificent extension which has
been source of pride to the nation and
one of the wonders of the world pay. After
hearing your presentation, agree with
you. The court will therefore appoint in
your place, railroad men who can make it
pay" This would cause a thrill of life
throughout community that has shown
itself possessed of courage and tenacity to
marvellous degree.
With less effort than has been shown
by many railroads that have successfully
colonized the territory through which they
ran, an enterprising management could
make of the string of keys through which
the extension passes a hive of activity dur
ing the tourist season, and could encourage
..le development of year round settle
ment.
Like water piling up against dam, a
in its finest sense, mill around in Miami,
barred from the finest winter climate and
the most peaceful and restorative environ
ment that the nation has within it's Dor.
ders.
We are emerging from paralyzing
depression not only to the north of u.s.
but to the south as we'll; and the argu-
ment is presented that because a vessel
can not cross the bar at time of unprece-
denied low tide, she shall therefore be put
out of commission when, as surely as the
forces of nature operate, the tide will rise
and commerce again flow in golden
stream between Key West and Cuba.
More than that, the abandonment of
the railroad will forever end our hopes of
becoming Free Port and seeing ships of
all nations ride at anchor in our incom-
parable harbor, or moored to commodious
wharves
For the United States to abandon any
of its outlying possessions would be a
proposition that would meet with active
resistance. For it to permit an ancient and
honorable city lying within its borders to
be scuttled, is unthinkable.
We trust that the court in it's wisdom
will not permit this to take place.
There is only one Key West, your
Honor. Glorify the purpose, the vision
and the memory of Henry M. Flagler and
restore again and make available to the
rest of the nation one of it's choicest pos
sessions