The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-31
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.

From Fridays Daily.
The Ocala board of trade held a
call meeting yesterday afternoon at
four o'clock in the city council cham
Der.
The most important thing that came
before the board was the report of the
committee sent to Gainesville to in
terview the officials of the G.. s& G. rail
way to try to get them to defect the
road and have it pass through Ocala
on it's way down the peninsular.
The committee made a most excell-
ent showing of Ocala before the Of
ficials by exhibiting the amount OF
trade done in this city as shown by
statistics compiled from railway and
other data and the committee made a
most favorable report of their visit
to Gainesville.
The committee also made supple
mentary report, stating that Mr.. At
kinson, superintendent of this rail
road, had since visited Ocala and had
seen for himself the condition of AT
fairs here and had been driven to al
points of interest in the vicinity OF
our city and that Mr.. Atkinson stated
that some moneyed men in New YorE
city, who are interested in the con
struction of the road will visit Ocals
next week and will definitely deter
mine whether or not Ocala will be
Included on it's lines in its survey
southwark.
me following is the report of the
committee.:
Ocala, Fla, Aug. %, 1906.
Mr.. President and Members of thu
Board of Trade:
We, your committee appointed t
confer with the Gainesville & Gul
railroad company, relative to the pro
Iposed extension of their line from
Fairfield south, beg to report tina
we went to Gainesville on Friday, Au
Igust 23rd, and by appointment me
with the officials of the G. & G. rail
lroad at their Office Sunday morning
at 9 o'clock. We presented the pet
ton prepared by your president an
1.-THE figures showing amount of bus
mess done by the railroads at presen
lin our city together with other letter
letc. After which Col. Maurice Straus
addressed the officials setting fort
the many advantages and good bus
mess reasons why the road shoui
come to our city, impressing upo
them. we believe, very forcibly tina
we, by right of population, importanc
and amount of business which W
could give them, should have the mai
lime through our city instead OF
branch as we understand was thei
I purpose.
In saying that our Spokesman
, made an elegant effort is putting
mildly. The officials present wer
General Manager Atkinson, Vice-pre
ident Stuckey, General Council Simon
, ton. General Superintendent Cutie
: with a stenographef who made a not
: of our remarks. They gave us all a
? tention possible and were evidentl
impressed with our claims and I'll
general manager assured us that L
! was very favorably Impressed with tn
information. He has never Vlslte
our city, but he would do so vel
soon, also that our petition and n
j ures. together with the minutes
the meeting would be taken by hi
. Ito New York the next day to be pr
, sented to the parties who were in co
troll of the road, and that he saw I
= reason why if the proper inducmen
9 were offered, they would not graz
our request.
Attached please find receipted ol
g for expenses on the trip amountlr
:. Ito S14.50 paid by Mr.. Strauss.
e. p. THAGARD, Chm.
!. MAURICE STRAUSS, Orator
y GEO. c. GROIN, Sec'y.
Ocala, Fla, Aug. %, 1906.
The secretary of the committee b'