The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-30


that this city already had as good
railroad services as any point in the
state.
Mayor-elect Chace thanked Mr..
Phillips and through him the S. A. L.
for its generous offer. Mr.. Phillips
had suggested that the mayor be
chairman of the committee appointed
to carry out the object of the meeting.
DIR. Chace thought it would be best
for the mayor not to act as chairman
but said that he would not refuse to
act as member of the committee,
nor, if it were necessary, as chairman.
He said that he was ready, as. mayor,
to do all he could to further the prop
osition.
j. D. Rooney, former secretary of
the Board of Trade, thought the offer
of the Seaboard a most important one,
and said that the people of Ocala
should respond to the offer. Although
just out of sick bed, Mr.. Rooney
made very enthusiastic speech. He
told the meeting that when in Ha-
vana recently, he made arrangements
with the hotels and traffic agencies to
send the thousands of tourists to Cuba
back North by way of the East Coast
to Palatka, thence over the river line
to Silver Springs and 0cala. He said
La aoJ 4ba hn+alc ord &c
with advertising literature and ar
ranged with them to sell tickets for
| the boat trip.
Frank Harris, editor of the Banner,
stated that it always occurred to him
that the railroads should be extreme,
| ly kind and generous to the interioF
cities, ard should even make gfeatd
efforts for. their upbuilding than for
the seaport cities. He said he felt
that as Silver Springs is located on
the lines of the s. A. L. that road had
not performed its full part in making
it's attractions known. He called at
tention to the fact that OcalaE had
been endeavoring for three years Il
get the trains that lay over at Wild.
wood for almost the whole day t.
come to Ocala for the ACCOMMODATION
I of the local traffic. Mr.. Harris sale
that he was sincerely glad that the
road was now showing aldisposition t.
do something to advance the upbuild
ling of one of the principal points o,
its line.
Louis II. Chazal said he thought i
was but fair to call attention to tbs
fact that Mr.. Phillips himself hat
done much to boost Ocala, having al
enthusiastic write-up in the folder is
sued by the Silver Springs Transpor
tation Company. Mr.. Chazal callet
attention to the recent live stock issu,
of the Seaboard Magazine. He sail
that the leading article in this mag
azine had to do with Marion county
and that the Seaboard, through ex
tensive advertising in the Countr.
Gentlemen and other national publica
tons, was offering to send copies O
the magazine to any one requesting
the same
c. w Hunter, who has recently tax
en- over the Ocala House, expresse,
himself as being entirely in sympath.
with the movement and said that HI
would cooperate to the extent of hi
ability. He said that he proposed t
make the Ocala House hotel worth,
of the city and referred to the mum
Der of automobile parties recentl
stopping at the 0cala House.
Fl. M. Weathers, as usual, mad
one of his positive and constructiv
talks, and said he thought that tn
very fact that the Seaboard repre-
sentatives made their tourist propo
sition was evidence enough of Ocala'
possibilities as winter resort MI
Weathers thought that during tn
past six months there had been NOR
boosting in Ocala than during an
time within his knowledge. He sal
he thought that the people of Deal
were now fully awake to the import
ance of inviting the tourists here an
making their visit pleasant one, an
would get behind the project propose
I Iby Mr.. Phillips and Mr.. Undertook.
D. E. McIver said that he was a
ways ready to work for the city an
would give the Seaboard cooperation
\ j. ]. Gerig suggested that it migl
be possible to turn a portion of tt
l Florida First funds towards the oil
ject proposed by the railroad men. f
4 proposed that the Florida First ma
Z ter be taken up by the board of go1
errors of the Board of Trade for d,
I cision with regard to it, and at his il
stance committee of five was name
to bring about large and enthu
Aliastic meeting of the commerce;
bodies on January 18th. Col. Roger
/ named, as the committee: J. j. Geri
Il chairman, w. T. Gary, Louis II Oh,
zal, L. r. Trammell and II. NJ Weatl
] ers.