The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-18
THE CAMP POWER COMPANY

Quite a number accepted the invi-
tation extended by the Messrs. Camp
to visit their power plant on the With
lacoochee river, about ten miles below
Dunnellon, Thursday afternoon, and
they were we'll repaid for their visit.
There were seven automobiles in
line and they were occupied by the
following gentlemen: Dr. J. E. Chace,
president of the board of trade, and
Mr.. j. D. Rooney, secretary: Mr.. Ed
ward Bennett Mr.. John H. Taylor, Mr..
Clifford Livingston, DR.. J. Walter
Hood and Mr.. F. G. B. Weihe, mem
bers of the city council; Mr.. John l..
Edwards, PRESIDENT of the Ocala Ma.
tional Bank, and Mr.. H. d. Stokes,
cashier; Mr.. George Bitch, cashier
of the Commercial Bank; Mr.. J. c..
Caldwell, superintendent If the Ocala
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roll of the Ocala Evening Star; Mr.
Arthur Cobb, Mr.. ID. w. Tompkins.
Mr.. J. J. Gerig, Mr.. Benjamin Borden,
Mr.. Harry Clarkson, Mr.. H. w. Tuck
er, Mr. G. r. Kreger, correspondent
for the Union; Mr.. Robert L.
Martin, Mr.. Henry Livingston, Mr..
Rogers of the abstrac- company Mr..
George Crom, Mr.. G. S. Scott, Mr. Fred
Vogt, Mr. Van Boney, Mr.. Robert
Thagard, Mr.. J. R. Perry, Mr.. E. Z.
Dobbs, Mr.. A. VI. Lanseord, Mr.. E. r.
Colby, Mr. Frank Harris, members of
he Ocala board of trade.
When we reached Dunnellon Mr..
Harry Peter joined the party to pilot
the way.
The aftern 1r~ was e"Iightful There
was a soft wind blowing and no
showers.
The power plant exceeded all expec-
tations and the Messrs. Camp have
truly built a wonderful enterprise in
the Florida woods.
The plant is built at what was hith-
erto known as the rapids. The pow
er house and the dam Immediately
across the river are built of solid con-
crete, and it is piece of engineering
work that reflects credit upon the pro-
jectors.
The late Colonel w. n. Camp con-
ceived the idea, and lived to carry the
enterprise to successful completion.
It's construction required two years,
and it cost upwards of a half million
dollars.
There are three immense genera
tors, having a capacity of 4000-horse-
power, and arrangements are being
made for the installation of a fourth
one.
The plant furnishes power for the
town of Dunnellon and a large num-
Der of phosphate plants, two or three
of which are as far away as Brooks
Vile
1t is capable of furnishing power
for Ocala, even if its population and
industrial enterprises were many
times larger than they are now. The
object of the invitation was to let the
members of the city council and board
of trade have an ocular demonstra-
ton of the immensely of the enter
prise. and we suppose at some future
time another proposition will be made
to the city to supply it with electric
power, as the Messrs. Camp are in a
position to furnish it cheaper than the
city can manufacture it with fuel.
If Edward Bellamy were living and
residing in Ocala and were called to
write another story entitled, Look
! ing Backward" and were to give it a
local application, he could tell of the
Harvesting of the waters of the With
lacoochee and joining them with an
electric current to the waters of Sill
driving a trolley car between Dunnel-
lon, Ocala and Silver Springs, and the
half mile annex between Ocala and
the springs brilliantly Illuminated
with many arc and incandescent
lights, with beautiful grounds and
dwellings of winter tourists lining
either side of the boulevard connect
ing the two places
Secretary Rooney says that a per-
son will have to live less than a de-
cade to have a vivid realization of
this picture.