The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-10-16

lJOfS, ana MADE Ine rOunQ OF most OF
the industries of the. city that can
be classed among the producing or
manufacturing class.
He commenced at the extreme
northeast section Of the city, where
the Oeala Cooperage Company plant
is located, and wound up with the
big sewer contract work of Messrs.
Bryan & Company.
SUMMER HASN'T MADE US
TORPID
If anyone thinks for a moment
that there is nothing stirring" in
Ocala he has several more thinks
coming to him, as we believe he will
admit, when he peruses this feeble
and rambling attempt to give them
all little boost and show to the
world what we are doing now on the
tail end of long and hot summer.
In this hurriedly prepared article, we
will doubtless overlook several enter
prises of merit, but such has not
been intentional and also, some viii
not come under this head who may
think that their business is deserv-
ing of mention.
4 OCALA COOPERAGE COMPANY
The Ocala Cooperage Company,
though not operating on full time,
has been running right along all of
these years and making lots of fine
turpentine barrels and employing a
good many men.
THOMAS ROCK eRUSHER
Next came Mr.. A. T. Thomas new
crushing plant, where a good squad
of men are working all day and
sometimes in the night, and load a
car of crushed flint rock every few
hours. This rock, as we'll as that
crushed at his uptown plant located
with his Offices, near the Ocala Iron
Works, is shipped to all points in the
state and for which there is keen
demand. Mr.. Thomas operates his
plant with a 30-horsepower electric
motor, using the city's current, and
it is very interesting to see the pow.
erful jaws of the Scrusher "cronch'
up big flint boulder into pieces the
size of hazelnuts, and the elevator
-1stake away the finished product to The
screens, where it is sifted into thu
different sizes required, the very
finest of screenings being left fol
road building or surfacing purposes
for which it is we'll adapted.
WEIGH THE WOOD WORKER
Next there is the big planning mill
novelty wood working factory AM
lumber and building material plan
operated by Mr.. David S. Welch, OF
the leased grounds of the Ocala Lum
Der & Supply Company. Mr.. Welcl
is supplying the lumber and materia
for number of jobs about the city
and is making great deal of WOO,
work, such as screens, doors and win
dows, stair work, moulding, etc. Nh
Welch is keeping number of me-
employed, is using lot of the city
current and is doing his full shar
towards stimulating trade and indus
try in the city.
Among the jobs we saw, later on i
the day, where the material is beinI
supplied by Mr.. Welch, is the bi
new nine-room residence on Wes
Fort King avenue, near the crossin
of the S. A. L. railway that Dilsi
Graham, colored woman, is buildin
along modern lines; big church 70
the st. Paul A. M. E. congregatio
that the pastor, Rev. Fields, is build
ing in Tucker Hill; Mr.. P. d. O'Dell'
pretty home in the northern part @
town, which Mr.. O'Dell is superin
tending himself, in his capacity Q
contractor and builder, and the ne1
plant of the Texas Oil Company.
STANDARD OIL co.
Next to Mr.. Welch's business is th
plant of the Standard Oil Co., whic