The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-17

feet vessel seldom misses her
schedule on either end of the one
hundred mile crooked run. She has
never been more than Is minutes
over due.
Much Freight is Moving
The freight service has been very
heavy the past two weeks. There
was so much freight to move that
the Sharpshooter, Captain, E. l.
Mills, made an extra trip TO Palatka.
Orange shipments are extra large.
| The East Side is on and for the riv-
er: all freight comes and goes by
water and living is not high here.
Oklawaha River Route
Conditional s735, 900; initial.
| $4,000 for the river; 50 per cent.
towards the above sums navigation
/ thru Congress is accomplished, in its
propaganda, l mean, before steam
| ing for the Houses of Congress. We
! viii get the tri-costal canal | be-
lieye. and the initial sl75, 200 will
90 thru the House and Senate. The
$4,000 for opening transportation
lane will send people 10 inland Flor
iGa by the millions.
Editorially Florida Times-Enfon
says: While It seems that Floriia
/ - ~. - ,~,. n. ,,,-,ob a., ,,r,,aI Ero,,,
| the rivers AMI harbors bill. the chief
appropriation that Will be made for
Florida project is very important
one-possibly the most important
| that has ever been made in this
state. The appropriations for Jack
sonville. Tampa, Pensacola and ether
ports have benefited the entire state,
but they represented a complete local
| work. They were not steps to any
thing further On the other hand,
the proposed opening of the Okla
| waha river is part of more COM
prehensive plaza plan that will
greatly benefit all the gulf states and
| Floriia more than any other. With
navigable water in the Oklawaha
water in the Withlacoochee and a
comparatively level country. with
| one Or two lakes Ga dozen or more)
between, it will not be long before
the two rivers will tie connected, and
thru them the waterways of the At
iantic will be connected with the
waterways of the gulf. This joins
together about thirty thousand miles
| Of inland navigation and makes it
possible to bring thru cargoes with
0ut change of bulk from one part Of
the country TO all others. 1t will ma
cer.ally reiuce freight rates. not by
| the arbitrary action OF the govern
nent, but by providing competition
that could handle products econon1i-
cally. As local project, the Okla
waha is fully as important as the St
johns fer hantling CT freight. If
there is a difference it is more i'm
portant for it runs nearer the CEN
|
exert an influence on greater terri
tory. We are glad to see this work
undertaken, and to see it pushed to
ispeedy conclusion"
Ocala will Receive Freight by Water
| The Brick City will receive freight
by water and be On an equal freigh,
basis as the port of Connor, the post
office address of the National Park
| Mr.. C. Carmichael has alrea iy
ordered part Of the lumber for his
first vessel which will be built on the
Sharpshooter style, stern wheel. The
vessel will probably be named the
Oklawaha. More about her later
The main vessels which will be or
duty when the river project gets in
full swing, the Oregonian III, the
Wanderer and Sharpshooter. The
/ project will be opened when the pow
er boat Captain Mcclure, appears il
, the mouth of the river, which will b.
/ soon.
!, Glass Houses and Starlight
;. In the future glass houses are Il
e not the river course and to each on,
d OF these glass houses shall be attach
1 ed an open air starlight. The star
light is to be quite large and multi
r Pile. that is, many in one. The star
S light is an open air sleeping apart
: ment where only the starry dotte,