Mr.
Frankish got me thinking about visionaries. According to the Merriam-Webster
dictionary, a visionary is a person who
has “foresight and imagination.” For me, Steve Jobs was a true
visionary. He wanted to change the world and he achieved it quite successfully.
What I admire most is his persistence; failures drove
him to work harder.
In a letter to O.S. Picher, Mr. Frankish talks about building the “San
Antonio hotel.” He writes,
“By the way referring again to “San
Antonio hotel” if the thing could be started this fall I believe it could
be more than filled all next winter. I would not say this much to some people lest
they thought me visionary but I know that you fully appreciate the situation.”
Shortly, in
another letter to Mr. MacNeil, he writes,
“…..neither do we want a “Sanitarium”
but rather a “grand pleasure resort” for healthy people as well as invalids,
and we can run the whole business without the doctor’s advice.”
And
further in the same letter,
“And if you come across someone with plenty
of funds, speak a good word for the “S. Antonio Hotel and Electric
Railroad Co.” for that is what will sell every acre we have a from double
to three times our present prices and I feel that we ought to make every effort
to put it through to completion. if we had it done and the hotel built every
room would be full by Nov. and thousands of people would come to Ontario to see
the novelty of a complete Electric road of 7 miles, street and house lighting, Hotel
lighting, elevators, etc. etc. all run by Electricity without one cent expense
for motive power. You must not think I am wild on the scheme but I do want to
stir you all up to action.”
Not sure what he thinks but I consider him a visionary.
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