The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-11
MUNCASTER FOR MAYOR.
Competent and Enterpri~Ing Young
Secretary of the Board of Trade
Presents His Candidacy

To the Citizens of Ocala: In making
my announcement as a candidate for
the high office of mayor l do so with
a feeling that Ocala needs a man that
stands for progress and / feel that 1
am a man that can fill the needs Of the
city as their chief executive along
lines that will make Ocala the largest
inland city in the state.
Later in the campaign I will explain
fully my position on many questions
that l feel sure are Of vital Importance
to our citizens, but among those that
are most important are those Of sewer
age. water, paving, a public park and a
city hall that we could boast of.
1 am in favor of the city owning
and operating its own water plant and
building one that viii meet the needs
of Ocala of the future as well as
Ocala of today. 1 do not favor the
| purchase of the present water plant,
! that is being operated in Ocala today.
at any price. The men we elected as
Icouncilmen to voice our sentiments re-
| jected the proposition made them by
| the engineers appointed TO appraise it
and therefore the matter of purchas-
| ing this plant is a dead issue. We have
| already voted a bond issue to be used
| for water works purposes and ! favor
using this bond issue to build a new
water works system for our city. and
l assure you if you elect me to the Of
| fee that / am seeking that / will a no
time ever consider any proposition 70
purchase the plant now owned and
operated by the Ocala Water Com
pany.
Ocala needs a sewerage system
Men that have been in office in the
past have not given this matter the
attention it should have received and
L promise that l will do all in my
power to have a sewerage system il
Ocala that will be guarantee OF
healthfulness and sanitary conditions
for generations to come. This mat.
ter should be given immediate atten
ton as under our present system We
are not only endangering our owl
health but we are keeping other PEG
pie from making this their home, tina
would otherwise come here.
| 1 favor more and better paving o
both streets and sidewalks and insis
upon strict adherence to the grade
as established by our city engineer.
That paving has been done in tn,
past speaks we'll for our city bu
in a substantial manner and our re
pair bills for our streets have alread.
far exceeded the cost of good sub
stantial paving.
Ocala is badly in need of a city park
"A place where our children may enjo,
the sunshine and fresh air that we ar
so abundantly supplied with would b.
something that would help our futur
generations to grow to manhood an,
womanhood in the manner in which
they were intended to do
Our city hall is building that Ger
tafnly does not reflect much credi
; upon us as progressive citizens and
would heartily favor movement for
betterment OF this condition.
While L cannot promise to accom-
plish everything that l have outline
as things that 1 favor l will promis
that l will do everything in my powe
10 accomplish these particular end
besides giving every man, woman an
child of Ocala fair and edufta bl
treatment so long as | am mayor @
the city
Let the slogan of this campaign h
progress and all those that are
favor of a progressive city remembe
that L stand for everything that wi
tend to the upbuilding of our city an
the uplifting of our citizens.
Sincerely,
r. c. Muucaster