The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-25
BOARD OF TRADE
WAS VERY BUSY
Ocala Public Affairs Well Looked
After at Its Meeting Friday
Evening

EVenlnS
The Marion County Board OF
Trade held a we'll attended meeting
last night. Mr.. George Mckay pres
ident, in the chair
Secretary Rooney read his report
OF the state good roads meeting in
Gainesville, which report follows.
Report ON Good Roads Meeting
Members of Board Of Trade: Re-
specially submit attended good
roads meeting of the state at Gaines
vile April 9-10th. Presented for
membership names OF H C. Jones.
NJ. J. Roess, r. r. Carroll, Fred R.
Hooker and myself, with member
ship fees of one dollar each Many
interesting topics were discussed.
The main question is to get legisla-
ton enacted favorable to a general
plan of good roads throughout the
state. The legislative committee
has this in hand and will present at
next legislature a plain bill along
common sense lines. Several i'm
portant resolutions were presented,
read and adopted, which were pre-
pared by Marion's delegates. The
general outline of present roads with
connecting links which will become
the official map OF good roads was
presented by committee of F. o. Mil
Ter, Fred f. Smith and J. D. Rooney,
who We're named as permanent
committee for 1914 to cooperate with
legislative committee and see these
roads We're recognized as the official
good roads to be first taken care of
IN whatever plan or plans or legisla-
ton may be enacted. In this Ocala
is placed on route Jacksonville to
Tampa and st. Petersburg, as coming
via Gainesville and Mcintosh present
road into Ocala, out thru Dunnellon,
Inverness and Brooksyille. Road
from Miami to Quebec highway from
ST. Augustine, PaIatka to Ocala
from Orlando thru Eustis, Tavares,
Leesburg to Ocala; from ,Daytona via
Salt Springs to Ocala, making our
city the geographical center of the
state. This committee connected up
something like 1000 or more miles
Of road in so, 60 and 1OO-mile loops
that will give autoists the advantage
of this extended trip thru our state
and yet be on good road the entire
trip.
Your delegate was honored by be-
ing named treasurer of the state or
ganization and by placing Mr.. j. NJ.
Meffert on the executive committee
thus you see Ocala never takes other
| than a forward step and front seat in
any movement
| On motion of Mr. Meffert, the sec
rotary was instructed to send to the
Interstate Commerce Commission al
washington, vigorous protest or
the proposed raise in all freights O.
/ 5 per cent. by all railroads of the
country Also that he ask all othel
commercial bodies in the state to d.
/ likewise.
! Secretary Rooney introduced tn,
i following resolution which he hat
drawn, protesting against the new
| charge the railroads of the state pro
pose to put into effect in a shor
time, which, after some discussion
was passed unanimously.
/
Against the Spotting Charge
Whereas, the policy has obtained
| for many years for the railways Of
! the country to encourage the build
ing Of spur tracks and sidings fol-
industries;
| Whereas, All rates effective have
been recognized as covering not only
the conveyance of the shipments bu1
! full service, which includes the fur
nishing Of cars, proper place to load
the conveyance of the car and its
Terminal delivery. Where there are
not spur tracks, present rates include
placing at public team or dray tracks
at destination accessible for unload
| ing;
WHEREAS, We note that there is
being proposed spotting charge on
private spurs, which is not in line
with former policies. Consider the
advantages to the carrier these spur
tracks assure, both on inbound and
outbound business. 1t also increases
the terminal facilities of carriers AT
practically no expense to themselves
and saves them interest, taxes, in
surauce and maintenance etc be