Biography of W. M. Arrington, Miami, Dade County, FL

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Transcribed from:  The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol 
II, page 145, 1923.

ARRINGTON, W. M., secretary-treasurer of the Crystal Springs Water Company of Miami, is an 
ex-service man, was with the Aviation Corps, and is one of a large group of World war veterans
who have united their enterprise for business and for the advancement of this marvelous city 
of Southern Florida.

Mr. ARRINGTON was born at Arrington in Nelson County, Virginia, in 1888, and grew up in the 
ancestral home of the family, where the Arringtons have been settled since before the 
Revolution.  He was educated in Brown's College at Charlottesville, and was engaged in the 
tobacco business at Arrington until he joined the colors.

In September, 1917, he volunteered in the air service, and had his preliminary training at 
the Georgia College of Technology at Atlanta, where the Flying Corps of which he became a 
member was organized.  From Atlanta he was sent to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, as an 
instructor in the School for Instructors in Air Service.  Almost his entire period of duty 
was passed in that capacity at Brooks Field.  Mr. ARRINGTON received his honorable discharge
in April, 1919.

In September, 1919, he came to Miami to make that city his permanent home.  He helped organize
the Crystal Springs Water Company, of which he is active manager as well as secretary-treasurer.
This company has the facilities and supplies the service of giving the people of Miami a pure,
soft spring water supply.  This water is taken from the springs at Orange City, famed as the 
source of the best water supply in Florida.  The water is shipped to Miami in the company's 
specially constructed cars.  Since the main water supply of the city is unavailable for many 
domestic uses, this service is in every way an essential one.  Mr. ARRINGTON is a member of 
the Civitan Club.  He married Miss BESS HUTCHINSON, of Hanover County, Virginia.