The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-31
WATER sUPPLY-A KEY WEST NEED


ington dispatch which might be considered
dismaying to our people, if we had not
long ago learned that disappointment is
not fatal and that sooner or later we can
surmount discouraging conditions.
For this dispatch informs us that
plans for new water main in Key West
were abruptly terminated today whenbthe
Public Works Administration announced
that the application for federal funds for
|! the project had been finally disapproved. :
Napoleon is said to have been APP
preached by one of his generals with the
sad tidings, ''The battle is lost Taking
out his watch, the Little Corporal calmly
looked at it and informed his aid that in
that case, it was time to start another
battle
In this spirit we will take up that
matter cf bringing water to the mains
which have been laid in our streets and
which, unless they are used for their des-
tined purpose, are the sorriest of ''boon-
doggles.''
We have just employed, with an adj
vance payment of 100000, the firm Of
Hill & Treadway iii Washington, to keep
an eye on matters of interest to us: and on
Isthe0supposition that when we need special
representation they can be counted on to
furnishsit.
Right now as our Chief Executive
puts it, is very excellent time for them to
manifest their ability in our behalf and
their interest in matter most vital to the
client from whom they have accepted a
retainer
Providentially, today marks a for
ward step on the part of Key West. Our
people, taking heart from the tide of pros
perity rising all about them; have set in
motion an organized Chamber of Com
merce which will be clearing house for
public opinion and point at which pub
lie sentiment may crystalize and become a
mandate of united people.
Rest assured that we did not bury
our hopes for tropical town of marvel
lous beauty, equipped with modern sani-
tation, when the dirt was shovelled in on
those water pipes. Rather, with them
was planted the seed of determination
that Key West should not for long remain
handicapped by the lack of a bountiful
supply of water.
That determination may be consider
ed as fixed factor in all of our plans for
the future.
Just what ascendant evil star has
thwarted our hopes for the moment
would be an excellent problem for our
elected and our employed representatives
in Washington to begin solving.
And, whether that problem is solved
or not, still more important one demands
the immediate attention of elected repre-
sentatives employed legal talent, and our
own Chamber of Commerce,-when and
how do we get that water without which
our best efforts to avail ourselves of our
natural advantages can make little head
way
ssIns Somehow, we are not greatly cast
down by this reversal. There is one suf-
fiefen6 reason why be believe that water
will presently flow through those pipes
IITEow lying useless beneath our pavements.
buried at tremendous cost of labor.
That reason is the best in the world.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE WATER.
And what an American city has got to
have, it usually manages to get.
At any rate, Messrs. Andrews Pep
per, Wilcox, Hill & Treadway in Wash
ington, and our unfledged Chamber of
Commerce, have their work cut out for
them; and we are counting on the Cham
Der of Commerce to step right out of its
she'll and into action for the community
which has placed upon it its seal of ap-
prevail.