The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-13

in the future to innoculating hogs
and doing other veterinary work.
Road warrant No. 1894, favor A. B.
Mock, for s20.25, being lost, the board
ordered that duplicate warrant be is
sued and payment stopped on the
original
Road warrant No 1859, dated Aug.
8, 1915, favor Tom Eaton, for $3.50
was ordered cancelled and outstand-
ing Indebtedness warrant ordered is
sued in lieu thereof.
Warrants Nos. 1929, 5629, 1886 and
$3.50 on general fund to amount of
SIT and warrant No. 54G3 on road
fund for So were ordered cancelled.
Warrant was ordered drawn on
outstanding Indebtedness fund to the
amount of s2210 favor Ocala National
Bank to retire validated building
warrant No. Al and interest coupons
No. 4 on validated building warrants
Nos. Al, 43 and A.
III. Gatrell Jr. was recommended
to the governor for appointment as
mark and brand Inspector for precinct
No. 81, in cattle district No. 5.
Notary bond of A. H. Lee was ap-
proved.
Bond for license to carry pistol of
c. A. Bangert, T. A. Perry and A. L..
Perry were approved.
Bid of C.. E. Simmons of 500 for
hoist engine at lime pit on Silver
Springs road was accepted.
Bid of T. E. Bridges of S45 for lum-
Der, etc., in building and track used
at lime pit on Silver Springs road
was accepted.
Bond for Bond Trustees of Dunnel-
Ion Special Road and Bridge District
was, upon motion placed at $4,000.
Upon motion the board ordered that
81 900 of the funds of Sub-Road Dis
trict No. 1, be transferred, April, 1st,
1918, from checking account to time
deposit in county depository.
Ben Boyd was placed on pauper list
at So per month.
To the Hon. VIM. G. McAdoo,
Director General of all Railroads of
the United States of America,
Washington, D. c.:
The following resolutions unanl-
mously passed by the board of county
commissioners, Marion County, Flori-
da, are submitted for your valued con-
sideration.
WHEREAS, all freight and passen-
ger traffic originating in the United
States, north of Jacksonville, Florida,
and having its destination on the west
ern coast of Florida, is routed through
Jacksonville. and
WHEREAS at the present time,
owing to the congested conditions of
the tracks and shipping facilities in
the city of Jacksonville, freight and
passenger traffic is unduly delayed
and a great damage and annoyance
caused thereby, and
WHEREAS, all freight and pas
senger business originating in the
north, and northwest and middle
states, has heretofore passed through
Jacksonville, Florida, thereby making
an extra haul of upwards of one hun,
dred miles, and
WHEREAS, points of origin in the
west and northwest for both passen.
ger and freight shipments are placed
at a great disadvantage in serving
southwest Florida, south and central
Florida, Tampa being shut out as a
basing point and a greater portion
of the state of Florida is thereby
placed in a differential territory by
virtue of there being only two rate
basing points in the state, Pensacola
and Jacksonville, and these rate bas-
ing points controlling all of the rates
in the state of Florida, are working
a hardship ON all of the citizens of
the state as all through rates from
points of origin are made up by To-
cal rates from Jacksonville, to points
of destination within the state, and
Whereas, in order to facilitate and
expedite the handling of passenger
and freight traffic, it is deemed wise
and advisable to petition you as
| director general to cause a readjust-
ment of present conditions by enter
ing an order or orders causing all
freight and passenger traffic origi-
mating north and west of Jackson
vile, Florida, and having its destina-
ton on the west coast of Florida, to
be routed on entering the state from
the northwest by way of Quitman,
Ca, through Perry, Fla, then to Will
cox, thence to Dunnellon, thence to