The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-05-16
FOR "a GREATER ocALA"

va - IN 4 AGAEA
The people of Ocala are enthusiast
lcally in favor of extending the limits
OF the city so as to make possible "a
greater Ocala." They not only want
the corporation to include Silver
Springs, but they want TO build to that
wonderful natural curiosity the most
beautiful boulevard that human skill
and ingenuity can build. When it is
completed they want it to be a contin-
uation Of Lovers Lane" from the
court house to the springs They
want it shaded with all sorts of indig-
enous trees, and some distance back
they want continuation of pretty
homes. Here and there houses al
ready dot more than half the distance.
Advertise it to the world, and hun,
dreds of our friends across the bor-
ders of Dixie Will take advantage of
the opportunity to share with us our
delightful winter climate A trolley
line between the extreme ends of the
new corporation would annihilate dis
tance and weld them together, max
ing, as in wedlock, two hearts to beat
as one.
The freight rate proposition, we be
lieve, would be solved Ocala would
become a great shipping center, and
We would have in this section OF Flor
IDA another Atlanta.
To this end the city council and the
board of trade have drawn up q set
of resolutions which tel how anxious
our people are for the annexation of
more territory.
Here is the resolution drawn up
and signed by the members of the
city council:
Resolution by City Council
At a meeting of the city council Of
the city of Ocala, Florida, held on the
evening Of the 10Th of May, 1913, the
following preamble and resolution
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, There are now two bills
pending in the legislature of this
state, one providing for the enlarging
of the corporate limits of the city of
Ocala in all directions. and the 9th
er by the extension of the city linn
it's by taking into the corporate linn
its a strip of territory one-half mile
wide. to and including the water
front of Silver Springs; and,
Whereas, After full and free dis
cussion of these two measures, we be-
lieve the adoption of both will be
greatly to the advantage of the city
and do much toward the material de-
velopment of the same; and,
Whereas, After full, free and gen
eral discussion we feel assured that
a large majority of our citizens both
in the city and in the territory pro
posed to be taken in by said bills are
in favor Of the measures; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved, by the city council of the
said city of Ocala, that our senator
and representatives in the legislature
be and hereby are earnestly request
ed to use every honorable ad lawful
method to secure the enactment of
both of these measures at the present
session of the legislature.
Resolved, further, That we believe
the enactment of these measures into
laws will be in line with the pro-
gressive movements of our people for
the building up of our city, and viii
rebound to the benefit of all interest
ed in the growth and development OF
our city and county.
JNO. H. TAYLOR,
F. G. B. WEIHE.
c. NJ LIVINGSTON.
J. w HOOD,
BAXTER CARN,
Z. T. HELVENSTON,
G. A. CARMICHAEL,
Members of City Council, Ocala, Fla.
Resolution by Board of Trade
Hon. E. H. Carney Senator, goth Sen
atorial District, Tallahassee. Fla:
Dear Sir-At a largely attended
meeting of the Ocala board Of trade
held on May 18th. 1913, the following
resolution was unanimously passed:
Resolved, That a committee con
sisting of Messrs. J. D. Rooney, c.
Carmichael and Arthur C. Cobb be