The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-09-13
OPENING Of THE D. \.
TO ORANGE SPRINGS
4 Heretofore Undeyeloped Fertile See
Seffler~-Many New Manufacturing
Enterprises VIII Give Employment
to the People.

The Ocala Northern Railroad Com
pany announces officially the opening
of traffic 10 Orange Springs and Ken
wood tomorrow, Thursday, Sept 14th.
Commencing tomorrow a regular
daily passenger and freight service
will be inaugurated on the Ocala
Northern from Ocala TO Orange
Springs and Kenwood and return. The
train viii leave Ocala at { a. m. in
stead Of a. IN. as heretofore.
It is 81 miles from Ocala TO Orange
Springs and this famous resort Of
many years ago is now brought 10
within less than two hours Of Ocala,
whereas in the old days of its great
popularity il was a days drive TO get
there. 1t is confidently believed that
the marvellous curative properties Of
the water, the beauty of the Springs
and the natural attractions Of the
place will make ii a town of several
hundred inhabitants in a very short
time, as the community now has ample
transportation for its products and
facilities for getting in machinery and
building supplies.
\ force of 800 men are as busy as
bees extending the line of the Oca1a
Northern from that point on to Palat-
ka. The grade is completed to the
connection with the G. s & F. Rail
way at the city limits. and by the 1st
or 18th of October the ties and rails
will be down and the road will be op-
Grating through trains from Ocala to
Palatka.
One fare for the round trip rates
will be made over the road till further
notice from Ocala to Orange Springs.
to get the people in the Orange
Springs habit and they are all recon-
mended to go out there with camera
and lunch basket and see how pleas
ant the day can be spent.
In the very near future through
Pullman sleeping ears will be operat
ed over the Ocala Northern from the
connections with the G. S. & F. and
Dixie Flyer from Chicago to Ocala, to
give accommodations to the hundreds
| of families of settlers that are COM
| ing down this winter to the Ocala-
Burbank and the Burbank-Patlaka
colonies of the New South Farm and
Home Company. This company owns
most of the land along the railway and
has sold homes TO approximately TO-
900 families, most of whom are expect
ed to be on hand and erecting homes
| in the next few months.
| The advantages to Marion and Put
nam counties accruing from the set
Ting of this land and the opening OF
the rich and heret ofore undeveloped
section are hardly within the compre-
hension of the average person.
Two large lumber yards are being
opened up at Orange Springs anC
Kenwood and the people and contrac-
tors are there waiting for the lumber
with which to build their new homes
There are fourteen new families
these two places just now waiting OF
their lumber.
\ large handle factory, equipped
with the most modern machinery TO
the making of handles of all kind
from the hardwoods Of the swamp
ialong the Ok1awaha and st. Johns riv
ers, has been erected and will nov
furnish employment TO many hand
and open a market for the hard WoOt
THAT was heretofore valueless on &C
lcount of the lack of transportation.
| This paper believes that the openin:
of this territory by the rails of tn
IOcala Northern Railroad Company i
1.-The largest and most beneficial piece 0
development work that has been don
in this section OF the state in de
cade. Mr.. Rentz, the president of tn
company and its moving spirit, is YER
happy and justly optimistic over tn
work achieved and the future of tn
great enterprise.