Show COMPELLED TO BORROW henry flagler Pl agler the standard oil magnate who Is popularly supposed to carry the state of florida around in ills his pockets has been con belled to abandon one of ills his dearest ambitions and announce a bond issue for the railroad bo be Is ii building from the mainland across the coral beds to io key west up to date the engineering world has S seen een 1 nothing more unique in its way than tills this railroad of miles flagler has boon been constructing it much oa as a man would build a stable his ma manager in charge of the work being unlimited as to expense and only bound to make theroan the road a good one it has been Flag lers pet idea that w when hen tile tho road Is completed it should be without a penny of indebtedness of borrowed money no notes nor bonds nor other ev evidences of obligation were to be lie in in its records it was to show that the big flagler Vl agler fortune which h had ad built three palatial hotels atan at an expense of more N athan than wai was equal to meeting all bills for the construction of a rail road even such a railroad as this the announcement made the other day that a bond issue is to be put out shows the flagler fortune was not at all points equal to the emergency still nobody will believe that the poor poof commissioners are likely to be called upon in mr behalf for same some time yet next to john D 1 rockefeller lie he to la the largest individual stockholder in the standard OJ 1 CG lie he was a poor boy boi clerking lit hi a country store before he heard the rapping A ot of opportunity on the door but lie ho let go his bundles sallied out ana got aa A halt half nelson lock on the rapper befaro the echoes echoe s had dlud awai away I 1 |