The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-16
ocala, Florida. Oct. 6. 1908

To the Hon. Board of County Com
missiOners Of Marion County. Flor
ida:
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
commissioners. appointed TO view
and mark out the best route for pub
lie road from Belleview to Lake Weir,
beg 20 report that we have examined
the said route and marked out as the
best and most practicable route the
following:
Commencing at a point chains
east of the northwest corner of sec
tion ,, township l6, range %. east,
thence south 81 degrees. east through
sections %. 33 and "a. in township Is.
range %; also running through sec
tions .. ,. and a half of section 1. i'm
township i. range %, intersectng a
street running east and west. by the
Baptist church, and being a distance
OF 4 "a miles and chains at inter
section Of said street.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN L. CARNEY.
A. L. IZLAR,
CHAS. A. TREMERE.
Committee.
Which report was duly adopted by
the board, and the clerk ordered to
post notices as required by law.
The petition asking for road from
Rocky Sink to Ocala was refused.
The hard road overseer filed his re-
port. which is as follows:
Mr.. John L. Edwards, Commissioner
In Charge of Hard Road Work in
District One, Marion County, Fla:
beg TO submit the following as
my report for work and expenditures
for the month of September, 1908.
Eight DAYS Of September worked
ION the Ocala and Summer1eld hard
road near Belleview. I then moved
camp and located same over on the
Ocala and Dunnellon hard road, about
four miles southwest of Ocala. My
first work on this road was to g-ade
took me one week to complete.
then commenced road building at q
point on the Shady Grove road where
said road turns south. which is about
three miles out from Ocala. / Rave
builr about one-cuarter Of a mile OF
road: have pit in very good working
shape. I find that I am going to have
a lot of grabbing Of stumps and trees
along this road. which l am afraid
will retard the progress Of the hard
road building unless more help is pu'
on the work.
Nv expenditures for this month
including all bills. feed of prisoners
mules. hire of free labor and guards
Is eight hundred and thirty-ive dol
lars and forty-four cents. Ny roa'
account at bank is overdrawn TO the
amount of SIS. Think 1925 will pa!
1 This and run me through October
Respectfully,
W. n. LUCIUS.
Overseer H. r.
Commissioner Pyles filed his repor
Of the moor farm. which Is as follows
eoor Farm Report for Month Of Sep
TENDER, 1908
Ocala. Florida. Oct 6, 1908.
To the Honorable Board OF Count
Commissioners:
bar 10 submit this my report Q
the county poor farm for the lnoH'
of September.
q Owing 10 business calling me ava
for few days. didn't get TO Wis
rbs farm. and this is made up lroi
interviewing Superintendent Priest
Our inmates are eleven. four WHIT
ana seven colored. John Fisher cam
+,t As farm from the Ocala House o
,be nth OF September and died o
tfs 10th. and one, Early GalloWa.
q. -Ise coIored. died on the 2lst~ IL
rrsrrbman. August Manner, was no.
o-sl1y discharged on the 18th oil sc
tamber. one Abraham Johnson 9
orad. blind man from Meln'os
having been brought here by the g
t-.ns Of that place on the 4th OF y
toler. was admitted, and l recon
rnend that the board accept MN III
the farm. -
our crop Of corn has been gaOheIe
A. amounting TO 200 bushels anu