The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-16
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gelken. and there were others al
most as we'll disguised.
By O'Clock the working men
were on their way and most OF them
at work Then came the ladies. in
tent on their task of feeding the
toiling thousands.
The autos that had taken the men
out came rushing back after the
provisions Hundreds OF rations ,
had already gone forward. hundreds
more were in the rooms, and every
minute or two another car or buggy
The ladies were busy as bees and
much more amiable. Everything
had been planned and now it was
executed. The edibles were rapidly
packed in the cars and the willing
engines drove the tireless wheels
northwestward again. Blessed be
the man who invented the automo
bile. How in thunder would We get
along without it?
About 9 o'clock, all the provisions
were on their way, and the ladies
bright and attractive and happy as
larks packed themselves into the
autos and sailed out on the road tC
put the crown on the undertaking.
About that time Mr.. Rooney came
in. He had been all the way to
Morriston. and said the country was
out and hard at work all along the
line. and more men and teams arriv-
ing every minute. He estimated
three thousand men at work
Just outside the western limits of
the city is superintendent Henry
Gordon with the regular road crew
which has been working for the past
few months on the Ocala-Leesburg
road around Lake Weir. The road
in this particular section has been
graded for some years and it only
remained for a complete reSurfacing
TO make it "a splendid roadway. Mr..
Gordon started his work just north
of the county fair grounds and is
moving northwestward to meet the
second section. which is working
this way from the five-mile post.
The workmen on the first section
and those on the south end of the
second section took dinner at the
first dinner station located at the
three-mile post, under the supervis-
ion of the ladies of the Ocala w C.
T. L.
The three miles OF road between
the three and seven-mile posts is I'M
der the direction Of Mr.. James r.
,, Moorhead. A large clay pit on the
Mcintosh hill right alongside the
road is the scene of much activity
as it is here that the filling material
| is being secured for the entire sec
| ton. What is known as the Mcln-
| tosh hill road just east of the Tay-
| lor place was filled in to a good
depth. the material being scraped
| from the top of the hill and CARRIE
| TO the low places on the north side
of the hill. This Will make a SPLEEN
| did road OF what was formerly a
most undesirable place to pass espe-
cially in the wet season Of the year.
After building UP the grade on this
piece of road it was surfaced with
| lime rock secured only q few hum
drei yards from the road.
Employed in the gravel and lime
pits in the neigh5orhood OF the Tay-
| Tor place besides the teamsters there
were possibly TWO hundred and fifty
men. The spreading OF the mater
ials is attended 10 here by scores OF
| men with hoes and shovelS. mostly
the former. This crew took dinner
at the second station in charge OF the
| la dies under Mrs. Sistrunk ; super
vision and located midway between
| the four and fiye-mile posts.
Among the other enthusiastic
workers on this division were a
large squad of the Ocala Rifles with
their picks, sho,eis and hoes. Many
OF them being used as surveying
corps. placing grade stakes and lines
for the guidance Of the builders
when they reached the points at
which grading became necessary
This division and the one north OF
i it were dined at the stations OF Mrs
| Ditto. Mrs McClane and Mrs. Brin-
son and their assistants.
| The third division under Superin-
tendent Priest devoted the principal
part of the day at working what is
known as the Cottage Hill road near
the Beck place. The top Of the hill
was graded down and the material
used in filling in the road on both
sides OF the hill. which IN years past
| il has seemed almost impos sible TO
get in such shape that the roadway
| is not washed away by heavy rains.