The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-22
OCALA NORTHERN
OPEN To ken WOOD
And Now Running Daily Pas
senger Trains.
New and Fertile Section of Putnam and
Marion Counties Opened Up
For Settlement.

The Ocala Northern Railroad Com
pany announces officially the opening
of traffic to Orange Springs and Ken
wood tomorrow, Thursday, Sept, l4ih.
Commencing tomorrow regular daily
passenger and freight service will be in
augurated on the Ocala Northern from
Ocala 10 Orange Springs and Kenwood
and return. The train will leave Ocala
al 7 a. m. instead of a. m. as hereto
fore.
II is 81 miles from Ocala TO Orange
Springs and this famous resort OF many
years ago is now brought TO within less
than two hours of Ocala, whereas in the
old days of its great popularity il was
DAVIS drive to get there. 1t is confident
ly believed that the marvellous curative
properties of the water, the beauty OF
the springs and the natural attractions OF
the place will make il town OF several
hundred inhabitants in very short time,
as the community now has ample trans
portation for its products and facilities
for getting in machinery and building
supplies.
A force of 800 men are now as busy as
bees extending the line of the Ocala
Northern from that point on TO Palatka.
The grade is completed TO the connec-
ton with the G. S. & +. Railway at the
CITY limits, and by the 1St or 18th OF DC
tober the ties and rails will be down
and the road will be operating through
trains from Ocala 10 Palatka.
One fare for the round trip rates VIII
be made over the road till further notice
from Ocala to Orange Springs, 10 get the
people in the Orange Springs habit and
they are all recommended TO go out there
with camera and lunch basket and see
how pleasant the day can be spent.
In the very near future through Pull
man sleeping cars will be operated over
the Ocala Northern from the connec-
lions with the G. S. & F. and Dixie
FLYER from Chicago TO Ocala, TO give ac-
commodationS to the hundreds OF tami-
lies of settlers that are coming down
this winter to the Ocala- Burbank and
the Burbank. Palatka 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, 10000 families, most o.
whom are expected 10 be on hand ano
erecting homes in the next few months
The advantages to Marion and Put
nam counties accruing from the settling
of this land and the opening OF the rich
and heretofore undeveloped section are
hardly within the comprehension OF The
average person;
Two large lumber yards are being
opened up at Orange Springs and Ken
wood and the people and contractor,
are there waiting for the lumber will
which TO build their new homes. Iher'
are fourteen new families at these two
places just now waiting on their lumber
A large handle factory, equipped witt
the most modern machinery for th
, making of handles of all kinds from th
, hardwoods of the swampS along I'M
, Oklawaha and ST. johns rivers, has beeI
erected and will now furnish employ
, ment to many hands and open marke
. for the hard wood that was heretofor
, yalueleSs on account Of the lack OF trans
portation.
| This paper believes that the openin
of this territory by the rails OF the Ocal
Northern Railroad Company is the lal
S gest and most beneficial piece OF de
velopment work that has been done i
, this section of the state in decade
, Mr.. Rentz, the president of the compan
and its moving spirit, is very happy an
Justly optimistic over the work achieve
and the future of the great enterprise
! Ocala Star.