The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-12
a CRUISE WITH CAPT. iNoLIs

by the initiative, referendum ana
recall the editor of this paper ac-
cepted an invitation from Capt. John
L. Inglis for few days cruise on the
gulf of Mexico aboard his elegant
new yacht, the Tuna"
In company with Judge w. S. Bull
lock we left Ocala on Thursday
morning at GAO on board the Sunny
JIM" We were met at Dunnellon by
Mr.. Aleck Inglis, and were taken to
Rockwell in his automobile.
Rockwell is only few miles dis
tant, and is the headquarters of the
Dunnellon Phosphate Company. 1t is
the parent company, and has wit
messed the "rise and fall of many RI
val companies. Incidents cluster
about it as interesting as romance,
and in his leisure moments Capt. In
glis could not do a better thing than
to write history of it.
At Rockwell we boarded the STAN
dard- fernando railroad train, and
| were taken to Inglis, a distance of
fifteen miles.
We found ballasted road-the
only one in Florida-and it is being
put in elegant shape.
At Inglis are located the Dunnellon
drying plant, and the Barker Chemi-
cal Works.
The Dunnellon Company brushes
and dries all of it's rock before ship
ping it. This renders it more valua-
BILE, and gives larger employment
to labor.
The Barker Chemical Works re-
duce the crude rock into sulphuric
acid, and so far as we know it is the
only plant of the kind in Florida. 1t
extracts the sulphur from iron pyrites
which is im9orted from Spain.
Sulphuric acid is the basis of all
fertilizers, and the product of the
Barker Chemical works is shipped to
fertilizer plants within and without
the state.
The company intended to enlarge
the plant to double its proportions,
thus giving a larger employment to
labor, but the Levy county commits
sioners placed such heavy tax upon
it that the idea was abandoned.
The season over, Capt. Inglis ex-
pected to build a house for the Tu-
ma. and put her on the ways at Port
Inglis, but for doing so he was taxed
| $500, so he was forced to take her to
Jacksonville.
The average American citizen re-
sents being unjustly taxed-it is the
spirit that we inherit from our rev.
dictionary ancestors. 1t is inbred in
us.
Port Inglis is nine miles from In
glis. We were met there by Mr.. R.
A. Alfred, in his little racing boat,
the "Berenice." We covered the dis
lance from Inglis to Port Inglis in
ItWenty-tnree minutes.
The "Berenice" split the waves in
way that was most exhilarating. 1t
moves along not only like thing of
| life, but a thing of beauty, and may
we'll be termed a nautical motorcy-
Gle.
Port Inglis is located on what was
once known as Chambers Island,
and is the prettiest of the many little
| isles fringing the gulf. 1t juts well
out to deep water, and commands a
fine view of the famed Mexic sea.
On the most elevated spot Capt. In
glis has erected an elegant bungalow,
and here enjoys the soft gulf breezes
and the luxuries of its delicacies. Be-
sides, he has garden in which is
growing a variety of spring vegetables
and we saw on peach trees no larger
than ones thumb, a most ambitious
yield of promising fruit. 1t is the
home of the fig. The fruit is most de-
i licious and the leaves are large and
/ lustrous, and we could not help
thinking how Eve would have been
delighted with them, and what beau
tiful figure she would have made
amongst the surroundings, being so
close TO nature and so in keeping
with what we may have so easily inn
agined the Garden of Eden to have
| been.
After inspecting the bungalow and
grounds we were conducted aboard
the Tuna. 1t is the third yacht of
the same name that Capt. Inglis has
built, and each has been an improve
ment upon its predecessor. The ''Tu-
ma" is a fraction less than one hun.
dred feet long, and is about twenty
feet in width. 1t was built at Balti-
more from blue prints drawn under
Capt. Inglis' personal supervision, so
everything is finished just as he want
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