The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-08-30
AN EXPLANATION


Editor Star: Some time ago you
had an article in your daily paper
eensuring the Representatives of Lake
county for not annexing Linadale ter
ritory from Marion county during the
last session of the legislature, and in
that article you intimated that Marion
county representatives were perfectly
willing to let that territory go.
| spoke to you about my objection
to the bill, and you seemed inclined to
censure me, because of the fact that
SO many of our people favored letting
Lake county have that part of our
county / promised to drop in your
Office and explain the matter, but
have not had the time, and / now beg
of you to allow me space tc write of
it.
l do not think any one should be
censured for the bill not passing. /
had heard nothing of the people of
Linadaie wanting to be annexed to
Lake county until the legislature was
in session. Senator Igou showed me
petition to him from citizens of
Linadale asking that ranges 20 and
20, township IL and two sections IN
range &c, township 16, in Marion
county, be annexed to Lake county.
made copies of said petition, and sent
one to the Ocala Star, one to the
Il
Board of Trade, one to the county
commissioners, also few individual
citizens. Senator Igou at my request
kindly held up the introduction of the
bill for two or three weeks, giving me
time to hear from the people on Mar
ion county on this matter. 1t looked
for time like there would be no OBJ
lection from the people of Marion, I'M
til we heard from the county commits
sioners, and they insisted that the
north half of range 25 be left in Mar
ion, also they wanted Lake to give
Marion portion of her territory Ia
piece of the grant, also to reimburse
Marion county for improvements in
the Linadale section.
l conferred with Representatives
Mayo and Hunter, and we agreed that
the north half of range % should be
retained in Marion county. The SEN
ators, representatives and two citizens
| of each county met in a committee
room and discussed the matter thor
oughly, and / continued to contend
that the north half of range % should
be left in Marion | appeared before
the committee on county organization
and asked that they amend the bill,
leaving out of the bill the north half
of range 25. / had protests from
| many citizens against the BILL Among
them We're Messrs. Nugent, Colbert,
| Waters, Shealy, Lancaster and others.
/ was told that Lake county would
build q. hard road to the Oklawaha
river and their half of the bridge, and
several times l conversed with Sena-
tor Igou and insisted that the bill
should not be passed until the terms
of territory agreement and contract
should be settled by the officials of
the two counties. and citizens interest
ed, and not left up to the senators and
representative to disagree over.
I was so late in the session before
the bill went on the calendar, that it
was not reached in its regular order,
and there was no opportunity to take
it up out of its regular order. and
after Senator Johnson's motion car
ried on the last day of the session,
! chat no more bills pass" / promised
Senator Igou that / would do all !
could to have the matter properly adj
/ iusted by the two counties before the
1929 session of the legislature.
/ / appeared before the board of
county commissioners at their first
meeting, after my return home, and
! suggested that they take the matter
up with the commissioners OF Lake
county ard agree upon terms for the
Linadale section, and am ready to
render any assistance that | may be
able to give. Yours very truly,
w. ]. Crosby.
Citra, Fla, Aug. %. 1921.
The Star can hardly be said to have
eensured anybody about this matter
tho it has made few remarks, but
it has always explained that its in
formation on the subject was incom-
plete. We were in favor of the orig
inal request made by the people OF
Linadale, but our remarks on the sub
Jet were to the effect that Lake coun-
| ty wanted too much. The foregoing
letter from Senator Crosby is the first
full report we have had of the cause
Of the Gisa greensnt.
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