sentences:  The community's main commercial activities were fishing and the shipping of Florida cattle and citrus from its small port.The local economy was struggling; however, Henry Plant, owner of the Plant System and majority shareholder of the South Florida Railroad, was in the process of extending his network of railroad lines across the state, which would eventually connect Tampa directly with the rest of the U.S. rail system.Gutierrez left Tampa convinced that the area had the potential for development once the railroad was complete.