The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-28
o. V. MATTERS AGAIN

Isl W did dltCN 1dA1Od0 ON ANS 1INGAFCA
has been discontinued on account of
the seizure of the rolling stock, and
also of the tracks and trackage fa-
ciIities lying in Marion county, Fla,
BY the sheriff of Marion county, under
warrant issued by the Hon. Ernest
Amos, comptroller of the state of
Florida, for the collection of the state
and county taxes, due the state of
Florida and the counties of Marion
and Putnam, for the years 1917,
1918, 1919 and 1920; and,
Whereas. 1t is the understanding of
tie Wholesale Grocers Association
that the Hon. Rivers III. Buford, at
torney general, and the Hon. Ernest
Amos, comptroller, are the officials of
the state of Florida in control of the
proceedings wherein said road was
seized; and,
Whereas, The operation of the said
0klawaha Valley railroad brings the
wholesale merchants of Palatka twen-
ty miles nearer to their customers in
Ocala, Dunnellon, Inverness, Wild
wood, Trilby, Dade City, Leesburg
and many other points reached by
railroads operating out of Ocala, Fla,
at consequent saving to the said
customers of the Palatka wholesale
grocers of many thousands of dollars
each year, and consequent direct
saving to the people of the territory
served by railroads operating out of
Ocala of many thousands of dollars a
year; and,
Whereas, The Wilson Cypress Com
pany, saw mill optrating in Palatka,
has been in operation in Palatka for
more than twenty-five years, and
employs many hundreds of people
i living in Palatka, and in the vicinity
of Palatka, and the said Wilson Cy-
press Company owns many millions
of feet of cypress timber in Marion
county, to which it has at great cost
built a spur railroad connecting with
the Oklawaha Valley railroad, and
was, until the Oklawaha Valley rail-
road was seized as aforesaid, using
portion of the line of the Oklawaha
Valley railroad to transport its saw
logs to its saw mill in Palatka; and, 4
Whereas, The Wilson Cypress CON-
pany will be greatly inconvenienced,
and in all probability compelled to
cease operations until it can make
other arrangements for timber at
great loss and hardship upon the
many hundreds of people employed by
the Wilson Cypress Company in the
vicinity of Palatka; and,
Whereas, The Rodman Lumber
Company of Rodman, Fla, operates
large saw mill at said Rodman, Fla,
and employs many hundreds of people
in the operation of its plant in the
vicinity of Rodman, and 10 the loss
dependent upon the operation of said
road for the purpose of Transporting
its saw logs from points in the in
terror of the state of Florida, and as
consequence of the shutting down
of the Oklawaha Valley railroad will
be virtually compelled to cease ope-
rations with a consequent loss of en-
pIoyment to many hundreds of people
in Rodman, and in the vicinity of Rod
man, and to the great loss and injury
of merchants and other persons en-
gagged in business in Rodman, and the
vicinity fRodman, and to the loss
of employment of many persons en-
gagged in the logging business, for the
Wilson Cypress Company and the
Rodman Lumber Company, and con-
sequent loss of trade to the merchants
and people supplying the employees
of the said Rodman Lumber Company
ard the Wilson Cypress Company;
and,
Whereas, The disastrous effect of
shutting down of the Oklawaha Valley
railroad will be felt by practically
every person and citizen in Putnam
lcounty, Fla, on account of its effect
upon the industries aforesaid; and,
Whereas, The disastrous effect of
the shutting down of the Oklawaha
Valley railroad will be felt in Marion
county, and in other counties in which
the Rodman Lumber Company and the
Wilson Cypress Company are operat-
ing their logging camps; and,
Whereas, the shutting down of the
0klawaha Valley railroad will work a
disaster to the wholesale grocers of
Palatka selling to the trade in the
vicinities above mentioned; and,
Whereas, The shutting down of the
Oklawaha Valley railroad will work a
great injury and damage to the citi-
zens. tax payers and people of the
communities above mentioned; there
fore be it
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