{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3550", "width": "2247", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Copyright 189 1\\nby\\nJ. O. D. Clarke.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "A SKETCH\\nP OF ITS HIS-\\nTORY RES-\\nIDENCES\\nBUSINESS\\nINTERESTS ETC.\\nWITH ILLUSTRA-\\nTIONS OF PICTUR-\\nESOUE SCENERY\\nAND PORTRAITS OF\\nLEADING CITIZENS\\nJ. O. D. CLARKE.\\nr^\\nWa\\nNew York\\nThe REruHLic Press\\n1891", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE\\nHE object of this book is to answer clearly and\\ncompletely every reasonable inquiry about\\nOcala and its environs. Believing that this\\npurpose would be completely lost by depart-\\ning from the truth, the author has prepared\\nthe accounts of climate, soil, mineral and\\nmanufactured products with conscientious accuracy, paring away\\nunnecessary adjectives and avoiding the flowery and highly\\ncolored descriptions which usually characterize books of this kind.\\nIn the effort to portray Ocala as it is, the book has been pro-\\nfusely illustrated with reproductions of actual photographs. By\\nthis method no distortion of facts is possible; whereas, in the use\\nof pen and ink work or wood cuts, the reader has no proof what-\\never that the attractive scenes on the paper before him have any\\nexistence except in the vivid imagination of the artist or engraver.\\nTo this proof of good faith, the writer needs only to add, that\\nfalsehood or hyperbole about such a favored region as this would\\nbe a wasteful and ridiculous excess.\\nThe men who are described and the interests they so success-\\nfully conduct are here to speak for themselves, and Ocala is to-day\\nFlorida s most prosperous and progressive city.\\nJ. O. D.\\nOcala, Florida, July ij, i8gi.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "FLORIDA\\nO State in the Union possesses a more interesting,\\nromantic and diversified history than Florida.\\nFrom her discovery, early in the sixteenth cen-\\ntury, her history has been a continuous chapter of\\nromantic occurrences, in which mystery and\\ntragedy play ever important parts.\\nFirst came the discovery by De Leon, while in quest of the\\nfar-sought Fountain of Perpetual Youth; then the ill-fated\\nexpedition of Narvaez, searching for the fabled treasures of\\nApalache; next the long march of the intrepid De Soto, resulting\\nin the invaluable account of the early inhabitants of Florida; the\\nearly Spanish settlement followed; then the Minorcans in\\nFlorida; the Huguenots in Florida; the War of the Exiles;\\nthe Seminole War, and the long train of minor and more recent\\nevents. The mysteries of the Everglades are yet to be fathomed,\\nthe subterranean caverns explored, and from the rivers of Florida,\\nher mineral springs, rich mineral deposits, fossil remains of pre-\\nhistoric birds and animals, will yet come a story to rival with its\\nrecord of wealth and power, the picturesque and exciting incidents\\nof the peninsula s early history.\\nA SKETCH OF FLORIDA S EARLY HISTORY.\\nWhen De Soto landed on the shores of Tampa Bay in 1539,\\nthere lay before him a region unexplored and unknown to\\nEuropeans. Florida had been discovered some years before by", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "6 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EARLY FLORIDA.\\nPonce de Leon,* and later De Narvaez made an ill-starred expe-\\ndition to the new country but it remained for De Soto to pene-\\ntrate the peninsula and give to the world an account of the region\\nand its inhabitants.\\nTHE EARLY PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.\\nDe Soto found in Florida a race akin to that found in Mexico\\nand Peru at this period a race far in advance of the North\\nAmerican Indians. The country was divided into provinces, each\\nruled by a cacique, who exercised despotic control over his\\nsubjects. Under the cacique was a head man or councillor; then\\ncame the nobles, commanding the army; then the warriors, and\\nlast the vassals, who tilled the fields and performed menial ser-\\nvice.\\nEach province had its capital or chief town, which was named\\nafter the cacique, as was also the province. These capitals were\\nbuilt as follows: In the center was an immense mound upon\\nwhich stood the Temple, in which the entire populace worshipped\\nthe sun and moon, and performed funeral and other rites under\\nthe direction of the head man, who had charge of the edifice.\\nUpon this mound also were the dwellings of the cacique and his\\nretinue, and that of the head man. Around the mound were clus-\\n*JuAN Ponce de Leon was a soldier noble of Spain, who had won distinc-\\ntion in the Moorish wars in Granada. He accompanied Columbus on his second\\nvoyage to the New World in 1493, and for gallant service was made commandant\\nof a province of Hispaniola, or St. Domingo. Later he was made governor of\\nPorto Rico, where he amassed great wealth. While at Porto Rico he was informed\\nby the natives of a wonderful country to the northward, abounding in gold and\\nall manner of delights, but, above all, possessing a fountain of such wonderful\\nvirture that whosoever bathed in it would be restored to health and youth. The\\nIndians called this wonderful land Bimini. This statement so impressed De\\nLeon that he resigned his governorship, and, fitting out three ships at his own\\nexpense, he proceeded with a company of kindred spirits in quest of his wonder-\\nful Fountain of Youth.\\nHe landed at or near the present city of St. Augustine on March 29th, 1512,\\n[the year is given by different historians as 1509, 1512, 151-3, and 1521. but 1512\\nis generally regarded as correct], and named the land Florida, after the day of\\ndiscovery, which was Pasciia Florida (Palm Sunday).\\nDe Leon did not penetrate into the interior. He cruised along the Atlantic\\nand Gulf Coasts of the Peninsula, until June 14th, and then returned, disheart-\\nened, to Porto Rico, leaving an officer Juan Perez de Ortubia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 with one of the\\nships, to continue the search for Biiiiiiii. Ortubia, upon his return to Porto Rico,", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HIS lORICAL SKETCH OF KARLV FLORIDA. 7\\ntered the dwellings of the subjects, and beyond the well-tilled\\nfields, where the natives cultivated maize, vegetables, fruits, etc.\\nL)e Soto mentions the following provinces encountered m his\\nmarch between his landing-place (Tampa Bay) and Apalache\\n(Tallahassee)\\n1. Hirriga or Hirrihigua.\\n2. Mucoco.\\n3. Urribaracuxi or Hurripacu.xi.\\n4. Ocuera.\\n5. Ocaly.\\n6. Ochile.\\n7. Vitachuco.\\n8. Ossachile.\\nAt Mucoco, De Soto found a Spanish prisoner named Juan\\nOrtis.\\nTALE OF ORTIS.\\nOrtis had accompanied the Narvaez expedition. With three\\ncompanions he was captured by Harriga, cacique of the province\\nof that name. His companions were at once put to death by\\nHarriga, but Ortis was reserved for torture. After undergoing\\nthe most fiendish cruelties Ortis excited the sympathy of Harriga s\\nclaimed to have found Biiiiiiii, which he described as a large island, verdant,\\nand covered with beautiful groves, abounding with crystal springs and limpid\\nstreams, which kept the land in perpetual verdure, but none capable of restoring\\nyouth. Bimini is supposed to be what is now known as Providence Island.\\nThis ended Ponce de Leon s quest for the chimerical Fountain of Youth.\\nIn 1 52 1 De Leon fitted out two ships and again sailed for Florida, which he\\nnow knew to be not an island, but the main land. In attempting to land, he was\\nattacked by natives and driven back to his ships, which returned to Cuba,\\nwhere De Leon died soon afterward from an arrow wound received in the battle.\\nDe Leon died at the age of 72, bereft of fortune and friends, and broken-hearted\\nat seeing the fruits of his discovery given to others.\\nThe following epitaph was inscribed upon his tomb:\\nMole sub hac f ortis rcqiiicscunt ossa Leon is\\nQui vicit factis no/nina /ungna suis.\\nThis epitaph was thus paraphrased in Spanish by Juan de Castellanos:\\nAquesfo /u_L; (rr estiwlui\\nEs st pidii-o del 7 aroii\\nQue en el nomhre fue Leon\\ny niueho mas in el heelio.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EARLY FLORIDA.\\ndaughters, who interceded for him and induced the cacique to\\nforego further torture. Harriga then made Ortis guard over the\\ndead, enclosed in rude caskets and supported on frames in the\\nedge of the forest, where lions and other wild beasts came nightly\\nto rob the coffins. Ortis, armed only with three darts, was\\nrequired to fight off the lions, the crafty Harriga expecting to thus\\nget rid of him and elude his promise to his daughters to spare his\\nlife. One night a lion made off with the body of an infant.\\nOrtis, believing he would be killed in the morning when the\\nabsence of the body was discovered, determined to pursue the lion\\ninto the forest and at all events die fighting. He came up with\\nthe lion in the act of devouring the body, and by a lucky cast of\\none of the three darts killed him. Killing a lion with a dart\\nwas regarded as a wonderful feat, and Ortis at once became a\\nhero with the natives, excepting Harriga, who, enraged at his\\nescape from the lions, determined to put him to death secretly.\\nHarriga s oldest daughter, learning of this, planned Ortis escape.\\nShe was engaged in marriage to the cacique, Mucoco. Giving\\nOrtis a message to Mucoco, begging his protection and kindness\\nfor her protege, she assisted him to escape in the night from\\nHarriga s capital. Ortis reached Mucoco s capital, where he was\\ntreated kindly by the cacique. De Soto* secured the release of\\n*Hkrnando de Soto was the son of a Squire of Badajos, Spain. He came\\nto the Spanish Indies early in the Sixteenth Century, and was made a captain in\\nthe service of the then Governer of the West Indies, Pedro Arias de Avila, whose\\ndaughter he afterward married. He won distinction in the Spanish invasion of\\nNicaragua, and later with Fernando de Pizzarro in the Conquest of Peru (1532).\\nIn the latter conquest he won high office, and secured much treasure, which, on\\nhis return to Spain, he loaned to the Emperor, thus winning his favor. Upon his\\nmarriage with Donna Isabella de Bobadilla, daughter of Pedro Arias de Avila,\\nEarl of Punno in Rostro, the Emperor made him Governor of the Isle of Cuba\\nand Adelantado of Florida, with the title of Marquis of such part of the land as\\nhe should conquer.\\nDe Soto reached Cuba in 1538, with a fleet of ten fine ships and a brilliant\\nfollowing. After establishing his government, which he left in charge of his wife.\\nDonna Isabella de Bobadilla, he refitted his ships, and, taking on board 1,000 men\\nand 250 horses, sailed for Florida. He left Havana May 12th, 1539, and reached\\nFlorida on May 25th, coming to anchor in a deep bay (Tampa Bay), which he\\nnamed Espirito Santo, in honor of the day of arrival, which was the day of Pasco\\nde Spirito Santo.\\nThe route of De Soto is best given in Shipp s De Soto and Florida, which", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HISTORKAL SKETCH OF KARLY FLORIDA. 9\\nOrtis, whose woodcTaft was subseciuently of much service\\nto liini.\\nIt is interesting to note that at Hurripacuxi a feast was given\\nby the Spaniards and natives combined, each party contributing\\nits native viands. Tlie Spaniards contributed bread (pan), the\\nIndians a pottage of meat, fruits and vegetables, called l)y them\\nSoff-Kee. This is supposed to have been the origin of the\\nname of Panasoffkee also presumed to be the site of the feast.\\nTHE rROVIXCE OF OCALY.\\nIn the early Summer De Soto came to a deep river with steep\\nbanks, the height of two pikes, not far from which was a well-\\nbuilt village of 600 houses. The river was the Withlacoochee and\\nthe village Ocaly, capital of the province of that name. De Soto\\ngoes to some length to describe this province, which he regards as\\nsuperior to any province encountered in his march from Tampa\\nBay to Apalache. He found here no bad lands or defiles, and the\\ncountry was higher, more fertile and more highly cultivated.\\nOcal\\\\\\\\ the capital city, was much larger, more populous and bet-\\nter constructed than those of other provinces. The mound in the\\ncenter of the village was of great size, with high and steep sides,\\nthe only way of getting to the top being by broad, well-con-\\naccount, being based upon careful comparisons of, and deductions from, those of\\nBiedma, Garcilasso de la Vega, the Elvas Narrative, and other historians,\\nis most authentic. According to this account, he landed on the eastern arm of\\nTampa Bay, May 25th, 1539, a large artificial mound marking his landing\\nplace. He then marched inland to the Indian capital, called IJ iirripacitxi\\nsituated about 28 miles from the coast. From there he proceeded to Apalache (at\\nor near Tallahassee), about thirty miles from the coast, where he spent the Winter\\nof 1539-1540. .-://(?/(7(7/t is described as a village of fifty or sixty houses. In\\nMarch, 1540, he proceeded northward to the country of Altapalia, near where\\nAugusta, Ga. now stands; thence to Giiachoulc, which has been located in Bartow\\nCounty, Ga., on the Chattahoochee River, near Cartersville, by the ruins of a\\ntemple on a mound surrounded by a deep ditch, from which was dug up in the\\nearly part of the present century a granite idol.\\nDe Soto continued north to the village of Chialia, in the mountains of Georgia.\\nHe then came south to Ac It us sc (Pensacola Bay); thence westward to C/iicaca,\\na village of 200 houses, on a river (Tombigbee), where was passed the Winter of\\nI 540-1541. Leaving Chicaca in April, 1541, he marched northwest to A/ilhiiiio,\\non the Tallahatchee river; then west to C/iisca or Quiz-quiz, on the great river\\n(Mississippi). {Quiz-quiz was located near Delta on Friar s Point.)\\nDe Soto went as far north as Casquin (presumably St. Louis), then back to", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "lO HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EARLY FLORIDA.\\nstructed steps, with side rails, which could be defended readily\\nfrom attack.\\nThe Temple, the cacique s dwelling and the dwellings of his\\nretinue and the head man of the village, on the mound, were large\\nand well built, as were also those of the subjects surrounding the\\nmound. The houses were all of slabs and boards, chinked with\\nclay; the roofs covered with bark, shaped like the scales on a tur-\\ntle s shell, the roof taking the form of a turtle s back. All about\\nthe village were well-tilled fields, in which were grown maize or\\ncorn and various vegetables. De Soto mentions particularly find-\\ning here an abundance of vegetables, dried grapes, nuts and\\nfruits of all kinds.\\nOf the people, the men were tall, well-formed and muscular;\\nthe women fair and of fine figure. The men all wore a kind of\\nchamois or dressed-skin breeches, over which was worn a robe of\\ndressed skins, beautifully painted or embroidered. The cacique,\\nhead man, and nobles were distinguished by head-dresses of\\nplumes fashioned from birds feathers. The women were dressed\\nmodestly in a graceful garment of coarse linen or grass cloth,\\nbeautifully painted or embroidered at top and bottom. Both\\nmen and women wore moccasins, some being elaborately decorated.\\nThese natives were well advanced in civilization. They wor-\\nshipped the sun and moon under the guidance of the head man or\\nhight priest of the village, and had a code of laws for their gov-\\nernment, which were strictly enforced. The marriage laws were\\nvery strict. Adulteresses were punished much the same as with\\nAntiamquc, at the mouth of the Arkansas river, where he spent the Winter of\\n1541-1542.\\nDe Soto died at Guaclioya, on the Mississippi, just below the mouth of the\\nArkansas, May 21st, 1542, of fever. He was 42 years of age when he died.\\nHis companions, wishing to conceal his death from the natives, first placed the\\nremains in a trench over which horses were driven to prevent the grave being dis-\\ncovered. Mistrusting, however, that they were seen by the natives, they dug up\\nthe remains again, and, placing them in the trunk of a tree hollowed out for the\\npurpose, sunk theip in the mighty river (Mississippi) which he had discovered.\\nAfter the dfeath of De Soto his followers made their way, amid great\\ndangers and losing many of their number in battles with the Indians and by\\nhunger, south into Me.xico. The survivors were found, in 1543, at Vera Cruz,\\nby one of the vessels sent out by De Soto s wife to search for him. She is said\\nto have died of grief soon after learning of his fate.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EARLY FLORIDA. II\\nthe New Engiand Puritans {vide Hawthorne s Scarlet Letter\\nThe woman accused of this crime was brought before the caci |ue\\nand his council, in the presence of all the people of the village.\\nIf the crime was proven, the cacique and council so announced;\\nthe woman was then stripped naked and shaved with a kind of\\nrazor of flint by her husband who then left, taking with him her\\nclothes to show that he repudiated her. The woman was then\\nlashed and jeered out of the community by the villagers, after\\nwhich her parents took her home and kept her out of sight while\\nshe lived. J he daughters, wives and mothers who remained vir-\\ntuous, however, were treated with all respect and consideration,\\nand never, as with the Texas tribes, like slaves.\\nThe food of the natives was chiefly corn or maize, vegetables,\\nfish, fruits and nuts. They also ate meat of animals fit for food\\nkilled in their hunts, but when they did so, wanted the meat well-\\ncooked. The Spanish habit of eating rarely cooked meats they\\nregarded as inhuman.\\nThe cacique s army was composed of well-drilled warriors\\narmed with the same weapons used by the Spaniards, with the\\nexception of the cross-bow and arquebuss or musket. The army\\nwas commanded by the cacique with the nobles as officers, and\\nuntil De Soto convinced the cacique of his peaceful intentions, it\\nwas quite ready to fight to the death, notwithstanding the\\nSpaniards were regarded as of supernatural origin and power.\\nThe natives had considerable skill in dressing and embroider-\\ning the skins of animals for clothing, and the women wove a kind\\nof grass cloth, which they used for clothing and various purposes.\\nIn addition to worshipping the sun and moon these natives had\\ncertain carved idols, to which they made sacrifice of fruits,\\nanimals and various treasures. They also had certain festivals,\\nwhich all united in celebrating, such as the anniversaries of suc-\\ncessful wars, harvests and the like. One of these festivals, called\\nthe Festival of the Virgins, is thus described by De Soto: A\\ncircle was marked out on a plain, round which were driven posts\\neach about a man s height, after the manner of Roman termini.\\nThese posts were surmounted by the head of a woman with a vail\\n(veil) hanging from her brow down both sides of the face. The\\ninhabitants having all assembled in gala garb, each according to\\nhis rank and quality, the young ladies ranged themselves around", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EARLY FLORIDA.\\nthe circle, all clad in fantastic dress, and began a rude dance with\\nweird gestures. In the center of the circle were placed the three\\nvirgins of the most exquisite form and beauty, in attitudes similar\\nto those with which the ancients represented the three graces.\\nThe other young ladies executed a circling dance around the\\nthree virgins, to rude music furnished by gourds filled with\\npebbles and shells beaten together. The dance was followed by\\na feast, of which all did partake.\\nDe Soto crossed the Withlacoochee east of Dunnellon and\\nC^v?/) is supposed to have been located in the vicinity of\\nthe Big Hammock. south of Ocala, where are traces of\\nan Indian mound; and ancient pottery, weapons, etc., have\\nbeen found.\\nThe Province of Vitachiico, north of Crrt-Zy, was the largest\\nprovince encountered by De Soto, being 200 leagues in extent.\\nThis province was divided between Vitachuco and his two broth-\\ners, Ochile and Ossachile, Vitachuco having five parts, Ossa-\\nchile three parts and Ochile two parts. Ochile and Ossachile\\nsubmitted to De Soto, but Vitachuco resisted all advance and gave\\nDe Soto the hardest battle of his march. In this battle, which\\ntook place in the vicinity of Micanopy, it is presumed, Vitachuco\\nwas killed and above 200 warriors were driven into a pond\\nLake Tuscavilla where they did remain for 24 hours, swim-\\nming and fighting, before they would surrender.\\nThis ancient race, with its caciques and citadels, has long since\\nbecome extinct. Traces of them are still found, however, in the\\nmounds which they erected, from which are dug up ancient\\nweapons, ornaments, pottery and parts of skeletons. Several of\\nthese mounds are in the vicinity of Ocala, which city is within the\\nlimits of the Province of Ocaly and preserves its name.\\nFrom the time of De Soto s famous march through Florida,\\nbut little was known of the interior of the peninsula beyond the\\nfact of its Indian occupation, down to the period of the Spanish\\ngrants. These grants were made during the latter part of the\\nF,ighteenth or early part of the Nineteenth Century, and consisted\\nof gifts by the Spanish Crown of large tracts of land to certain\\nsubjects who had become distinguished in war or otherwise. These\\ngrantees were astute chaps, as they always selected the most valu-\\nable lands. The grants were all sustained by the United States", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "IIISTOKUAI. SKETCH OF KARLV ILORIDA. 1$\\n(lovernmLMil when Florida was ceded to tlie United States. The\\ngrants in the immediate vicinity of Ocala are:\\nThe Sanchez grant.\\nThe Alvarez grant.\\nThe Perixdl grant.\\nThe Catilina de Jesus Hijuelos grant.\\nIn a few instances the owners of these grants established\\nplantations thereon, but, as a rule, they remained without habita-\\ntion other than by Indians until after the Indian wars. Some of\\nthem are still unsettled, while others have been cut up into sec-\\ntions and sold to more enterprising owners.\\nCHAIN OF FORTS.\\nAfter the Exile War, which was between fugitive slaves,\\nwho had escaped from Georgia and intermarried with the Florida\\nIndians, and their former owners, who sought to recapture them,\\nthe United States Government established a chain of forts with\\ngarrisons extending from Tallahassee to Tampa, and connected\\nby a well constructed military road, over which supplies were\\ntransported. This was about 1S35. One of the most important\\nof these forts was Fort King. This fort was situated about three\\nmiles east of the present town of Ocala. It was a fortified and\\nwell-garrisoned outpost, and for a long time marked the frontier\\nline between the white settlements and the Indian country. It was at\\nthis fort that Col. Thompson, then the commandant, was ambushed\\nand slain by Osceola, the Seminole chief. During Osceola s im-\\nprisonment, his wife, described as a beautiful half-breed (negro\\nand Indian blood), was seized and sold as a slave. Osceola held\\nCol. Thompson personally responsible for this, and determined to\\nbe revenged. One day Col. Thompson, his wife and a lieutenant\\nat the fort, started for an after-dinner walk. They were am-\\nbushed by Osceola, who shot the colonel and the lieutenant, but\\nspared the colonel s wife.\\nNothing now remains of the fort but a few traces of the old\\nearthworks. Its site was upon an eminence commanding an ex-\\npansive view of the surrounding country. It is one of the favor-\\nite picnicking resorts, reached by a delightful drive from Ocala,\\nand forms an interesting reminder of the troublous times in the\\npioneer settlement of this section.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "OCALA\\nMARION COUNTY.\\nARION COUNTY was set off from Alachua in 1843.\\nIts extent from north to south is 38 miles, and\\nfrom east to west 54 miles. The area is 1,645\\nscjuare miles. It contains 1,043,840 acres of\\nland and 12 square miles of water, embraced\\nin 45 1-2 townships. The northern boundary\\nis 29 degrees, 15 minutes.\\nMarion is aptly termed the banner county of Florida. It\\nhas higher hills, richer lands and more wild and sweet bearing\\norange groves than any other county in the State. As a purely\\nagricultural county, in the yield of cotton, corn, peas, potatoes,\\nsugar, syrup and other products per acre, it has long enjoyed the\\nreputation of excelling all other counties. It is also one of the\\nrichest in deposits of phosphate, kaolin, ochre, lime, brick-clay,\\netc., and the operations in phosphate and lime to-day exceed those\\nof all other counties combined. The output of phosphate is prob-\\nably greater than in any other county in the world. iNlarion\\nCounty is in the center of the Florida peninsula, and forms a\\nportion of its water shed, to the ocean on one side and to the gulf\\non the other. It can therefore boast of higher altitude, natural\\ndrainage, milder climate and exceeding healthfulness.\\nThe first Marion County Commissioners were J. M. Mcin-\\ntosh, cx-flffi c io ?in(l President; Thos. P arnes, Abraham Geiger, S.\\nF. Halliday, John Morrison. The first Treasurer was John G.\\nReardon, Esq., father of the present Ocala lawyer of that name.\\nUp to 1846 all the county business was done at Fort King,\\nwhich was at this period a trading post with quite a settlement\\naround it. In this year the County Commissioners located the\\ncounty site or seat, securing for the purpose a section of govern-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "l6 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nmeat land near the center of the county, not included in the\\nSpanish grants. The new town site was given the name of Ocala,\\nand this was the origin of the present flourishing city of that name.\\nDcala is a modification of the ancient Indian name Cr 7/v,\\nmeaning fair country or Land of Plenty. Up to 1S50 Ocala\\nremained a mere village, comprising a court house, which, as now,\\nstood upon the public square; one church, a jail, some ten or\\ntwelve residences and a couple of stores located around the square.\\nAbout this time a number of wealthy planters came down from\\nSouth Carolina and established plantations around Ocala. These\\nplantations, located within a radius of eighteen miles, were among\\nthe largest and finest in the South. Each had its cotton gin, sugar\\nmill, etc., which, with the family mansion, overseer s house,\\nquarters of the hands and other plantation buildings, constituted\\nquite a village by itself. The planters, among whom were such\\nnames as Marshall, Owens, Keitt, Waldo, Broome, Martin, Gary,\\nVogt and others, were eminently representative of the ante-bellum\\nwealth and culture of the South, and the plantations were the\\nscenes of many gay fetes. Likewise in town there was a con-\\ntinuous round of society events.\\nIn 1858 Ocala was in the zenith of her aiite-hcUinn fame. She\\nhad a resident population of 1,200 to 1,500, and was one of the\\nleading social and business centers of Florida. The aggregate\\nbusiness of Ocala at this period probably exceeded that of any\\nother town in the State. Besides being a source of supply for the\\nplantations and a shopping depot for the planters families, she\\nhad a general trade, extending from Gainsville to Tampa and\\nthroughout South Florida.\\nOcala was not materially effected by the Indian war (i855- 7),\\nthe scene of which was farther south. A company from here,\\nhowever, took part in the war, one of the officers being the present\\nmember of Congress General R. Bullock. But the Civil War\\nvirtually ruined Ocala, although no fighting took place in her im-\\nmediate vicinity. During this period nearly all the able-bodied\\nmen were in the army, the plantations grew up in weeds, business\\nwas destroyed, and the town was practically depopulated. The\\nOcala of to-day, therefore, dates from the close of the war.\\nIn 1868 the population was about 200, and some idea of prop-\\nerty values at this date may be gathered from the fact that a", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "ITS RISE AND PROGRESS. 1 7\\ncorner lot on the scjuare was considered dear at $18.50. I he\\nsame lot to-day would be cheap at $i 0,000. In 1876 the popula-\\ntion had increased to 400, or thereabouts, business was prosjierous\\nand increasing, and a new era of progress and prosperity had\\nbegun.\\nTRANSPORTATION PRIOR T(J Si.\\nUp to 1 88 1 Ocala had to depend for trans])ortation upon the\\nSt. Johns River and Ocklawaha steamers to Silver Springs, thence\\nfour miles by a steam tram-road to town.\\nFIRST RAILROAD.\\nIn 1 88 1 the Peninsular Railroad now the Florida Central and\\nPeninsular was completed to Ocala, and in 1883 the Florida South-\\nern Railroad reached town. This gave Ocala ample communica-\\ntion with the outside world, and removed the last obstacle in the\\nway of her speedy development into a great inland commercial\\nmart.\\nTHE BIG FIRE.\\nBut in the latter part of this year a severe blow came. Early\\non the morning of November 27th a fire broke out, which con-\\nsumed nearly the entire business portion of the town. Four blocks\\nof buildings were burned, including two fine hotels recently com-\\npleted, the court house and all the principal business houses\\nlocated about the square. To add to the disaster, much of the\\nproperty was uninsured. But the people were quick to recover, and\\nthe work of rebuilding was soon begun. The fire proved a blessing\\nin disguise, as, in place of the old-time wooden buildings there were\\nerected fine brick structures, which are to-day the pride of the city.\\nIn 1885 Ocala received a city charter.\\nIn 1889 phosphate was discovered. This was the most impor-\\ntant event in Ocala s history, and to the immense business subse-\\nquently accruing therefrom may be largely ascribed her present\\ncommercial wealth and importance. Ocala has been aptly named\\nTHE CHICAGO OF FLORIDA.\\nIn 1880 Ocala was an isolated village of possibly 500 souls.\\nTo-day, with a population of 5,000, she is the great inland commer-\\ncial center of Florida and ranks among the most progressive and\\nprosperous cities of the South. This phenomenal growth has been", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "38\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\ndue to no boom or other unstable inHuence, but rather to\\nnatural and accrued advantages, aided by the conspicuous enter-\\nprise of her citizens.\\nA PICTURESQUE CITY.\\nOcala is one of the best-planned and most picturesque cities of\\nthe South. In the center is the public square, a well-kept stretch\\nof greensward with shade trees on every side, upon which stands\\nthe Countv Court House. Around the square are located the\\nEAST Sl.lUARE.\\nbanks, hotels and business blocks, all handsome modern stuctures\\nof brick, stone and plate glass, and beyond are the churches,\\nschools and other institutions. Leading from the square are\\nbroad suburban avenues, with rows oi majestic trees, whose wide\\nspreading branches form a leafy canopy over roadway and pave.\\nThese avenues are lined with beautiful homes, whose spacious,\\nwell-shaded and handsomely laid out grounds make a charming\\nperspective. Surrounding the town are magnificent orange and\\nlemon groves, fruit orchards, vineyards and some of the richest\\ntruck farms to be found in the South, forming an admirable and\\nexceedingly appropriate setting for the Brick City.\\nOcala possesses in a marked degree all the elements and ad-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "ITS RISF, AND PROGRESS. I9\\nvantages of the modern metropolitan community, and in a general\\nAvay is in advance of most cities of much greater size.\\nPAVED STREETS.\\nThe city streets and suburban avenues are broad, well graded\\nand paved with lime rock, of which there are large deposits in the\\nvicinity. This material is comparatively soft when taken from the\\nbeds, but becomes hard with use and makes a durable and most\\nexcellent pavement.\\nSTREET RAILWAY.\\nOcala has a well-equipped street railway, running to all desira-\\nble points within the city limits and to the Exposition grounds.\\nThe railway company is soon to adopt the electric motor, and will\\nextend its line to Silver Springs via Silver Springs Park, and to\\nother desirable points.\\nELECTRIC LIGHT.\\nOcala has a first-class electric-light plant of the latest and best\\nimproved type, which supplies public and private illumination,\\nboth the arc and incandescent systems being used. The plant\\nalso furnishes electric motive power for manufacturing and other\\npurposes.\\nWATER SUPPLY.\\nOcala has one of the finest water-works systems in the South,\\nwhich supplies an abundance of pure water for all purposes. The\\ncity water has been subjected to a critical examination by Dr. R.\\nR. Snowden, analytical chemist, who pronounced it remarkably\\nfree from all objectionable properties and thoroughly wholesome\\nand desirable for drinking, toilet, laundry and other uses.\\n[A full description of the water-works will be found elsewhere.\\nSEWERAGE.\\nOcala has a natural sewerage system, which partakes of the\\nphenomenal. Beneath the town, at an average depth of So to loo\\nfeet, is a swiftly-flowing under-ground river. Connection with\\nthis river is obtained by natural sinks and bared and piped\\nsewer wells.\\nThe town sewage is carried off by two sinks or natural\\nsewer wells, one of which is located on the northeast, and the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "20 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nOther in the southwest part of the city. The former is in the\\nshape of a deep grotto in a ledge of lime rock, through a fissure\\nin which the sewage passes to the river mentioned. The south-\\nwest sink is in a natural depression, where is a good-sized\\nnatural well, through which all drainage flows into the river, at\\nthis point probably 75 feet below the surface.\\nBesides the city sinks there are three private sewer wells\\nlocated, one each at the jail, Ocala House and Montezuma Hotel.\\nThese wells are fitted with a four-inch pipe, and so great is the sue-\\ni J T\\nMAGNOLIA STREET.\\ntion of the river, at this point 100 feet below, that each well\\ncarries off readily the flow from two six-inch sewer pipes.\\nThis subterranean river was discovered about ten years ago in\\nboring for a well. The town sinks were known and used for years\\nbefore, but no particular thought was given to the phenomena\\nuntil the discovery above mentioned. Since that date, however,\\nit has been utilized for a sewerage system with signal success, one\\nof the most remarkable results being the total absence of sewer gas.\\nNothing definite has ever been developed concerning the source of\\nthe river, but it is supposed to have an outlet in the Ockla-\\nwaha river.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "1 \u00c2\u00bb*r ^S P* A", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "ITS RISE AND I ROCRESS.\\nrhenomena of tliis character are by no means unusual in this\\nhuul of weird wonders. At or near Wakulla the St. Marks river\\nis more subterranean than surface, being, in fact, a succession of\\nsmall lakes at various distances apart, each with a whirlpool and\\nstrong current in the direction of the flow of the river. The ex-\\ntensive caverns recently discovered near Leroy is another of the\\nmany instances that could be cited in this connection.\\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT.\\nOcala is policed by the City Marshall and a corps of experi-\\nenced and capable assistants, who have no difficulty in maintain-\\ning law and order in the community.\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nOcala has the best-equipped and most efficient Volunteer Fire\\nDepartment in the State. It has participated in a number of State\\ntournaments and other competitions, and won many prizes, of\\nwhich the members are justly proud. The composition is as fol-\\nlows\\nChief. J. T. Lancaster.\\nFirst Assistant. R. E. Yonge.\\nSecond Assistant Maurice Rheinauer.\\nMarion Hose Co., No. i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Foreman, F. G. B. Weihe; number\\nof members, i8; Hand Reel.\\nProtective Hose Co., No. 2. Foreman, R. S. Clark; number\\nof members, 12; Horse Reel.\\nYoung America Hose Co., No. 3. Foreman, Otto Mente;\\nnumber of members, 16; Hand Reel.\\nOcala Hook and Ladder Co.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Foreman, Alonzo Walker; num-\\nber of members, 14; Hand Lruck.\\nThe equipment embraces three hand reels, one horse reel, one\\nhook and ladder truck, and 1,800 feet of rubber hose. The ap-\\nparatus is of the newest and best improved type; inch nozzles are\\nused, with patent cut-off, Siamese couplings, etc. The alarm is\\nsounded by a 1,500 pound bell in a tower near the center of the\\ncity. There are 85 city hydrants, from which, with the natural\\npressure (50 pounds), a stream can be cast perpendicularly 65 feet.\\nWith the forced pressure (100 pounds) a stream can be thrown\\nover any steeple in town. The department, upon several occa-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "22 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nsions, has demonstrated its ability to cope successfully with any\\nfire at all likely to occur within the city limits.\\nCITY MARKET.\\nThe City Market is one of the finest institutions of its kind in\\nthe South. The market house is a fine modern brick structure,\\nconveniently located on Main Street. It was erected in 1888, is\\n50x100 feet on the ground and open to the roof, with a relative\\nheight of two and a half stories. The floor is of cement, light and\\nventilation are abundantly supplied, and the facilities for flushing,\\nrefrigeration, handling and display of meats, produce, etc., are\\nfirst-class in all respects. The market is an important factor in\\nthe preservation of the health of the city, and a convenience alike\\nto marketmen and their patrons.\\nNEWSPAPERS.\\nAs far back as 1847 Ocala had a newspaper The Ocala Argus.\\nThere are to-day six papers published in the city, as follows:\\nThe A^ew Capital J. W. Harris, editor and proprietor; F. F.\\nHarris, city editor.\\nThe Ocala Banner F. E. Harris, editor and proprietor; C. L.\\nBittinger, local editor and business manager.\\nThe Marion Free Press Wm. K. McDonald, editor and pro-\\nprietor.\\nThe Plain Dealer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Vi. W. Chandler, editor; R. R. Robinson,\\nproprietor.\\nThe Ocala Ledger R. B. Brooks, editor and proprietor.\\nThe Baptist Witness Milton F. Hood, editor and proprietor.\\nThe New Capital is a six-column, four-page morning daily, with\\na double-size Sunday edition.\\nThe Banner is a nine-column, four-page weekly, with a daily\\nevening edition during the Winter season.\\nThe others are weekly issues.\\nCHURCHES.\\nOcala is well provided with places of worship. There are ten\\nchurches in the city, as follows:\\nGrace Church (Episcopal).\\nFirst M. E. Church, South.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "ITS RISE AND PROGRESS.\\n23\\nFirst Baptist Church.\\nSt. Church (Roman Cathohc).\\nSynagogue.\\nChurch of the Disciples, or Christian Church.\\nMt. Moriah Baptist Church (colored).\\nM. E. Church, North (colored).\\nA. M. E. Church (colored).\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe educational advantages of Ocala will compare very favor-\\nOCALA UIC.H SCHOOL.\\nablv with those of any city of her size in the country. The prin-\\ncipal institutions of this character are:\\nThe Ocala High School. Principal, Prof. J. M. Streator, A.\\nM. Assistants Miss E. E. Zeigler, Miss Effie Sells, Miss Fanny\\nClark, Miss Annie Sharpe, ?^Irs. E. E. Streator, Miss Hattie Spiro.\\nEleven grades, 340 pupils.\\nThe Howard Academy (colored). Principal, Prof. W. H. John-\\nson, A. M. Assistants Prof. J. W. Alexander, Miss J. K. Burge,\\nMrs. A. A. Johnson, Miss S. F. Johnson, Miss S. L. Hunt. Eight\\ngrades, 325 pupils.\\nThe Glen Mary Female College. This is^a primary school for\\nchildren, and finishing school for young ladies. Principal, Miss", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "24\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNannie Clements. Assistants Miss Louise Manly, Miss Minnie\\nNash. The college has recently received from Mrs. S. M. G.\\nGary the gift of a beautiful park in the aristocratic residence\\nquarter of the city, upon which will soon be erected handsome\\nschool buildings. When the proposed plans in regard to build-\\nings and grounds are carried out, the college will have one of the\\nfinest school properties in the South.\\nThere are also several private schools, including Mrs. Aukie\\nParker s Music and Kindergarten School.\\nProf. Brooks Dancing Academy furnishes excellent instruction\\nin the terpsichorean art.\\nMARIOX OrERA HUUSE.\\nOPERA HOUSE.\\nThe Marion Opera House in Ocala is admirably arranged, has\\na full complement of scenery, a well-appointed stage and all the\\nmodern improvements in lighting, ventilation, exits, etc. The\\nhouse has a seating capacity of i,ooo, and the auditorium can\\nreadily be transformed into a ball-room.\\nIHE EXPOSITION.\\nThe Florida International and Semi-Tropical Exposition is an\\ninstitution projected, completed, owned and conducted by the citi-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "ITS RISK, AND PROCRESS. 25\\nzens of Marion county, a fact sufificient in itself to establish the\\nenergetic, prog ressive character of the people inhabiting the ban-\\nner county of the Floral State. Commenced at anything but a\\nfavorable time (1888), it has, nevertheless, been a success from\\nthe start, and now justly ranks among the prominent institutions\\nand nK)St important factors in placing before the world the great\\nresources and natural advantages of Florida.\\nThe Exposition buildings, constructed and arranged especially\\nfor the purpose, are eligibly located on Broadway, a short dis-\\ntance from the square, with ample transportation by street cars,\\nstages, etc.\\nThe main building, an imposing structure of symmetrical pro-\\nportions, {8350x150 feet on the ground, with several wings or\\nextensions which materially increase the floor area. With the\\nspacious and beautifully designed grounds the Exposition covers\\nforty acres. A tour of the buildings is both interesting and in-\\nstructive, and an inspection of the many tastefully arranged and\\ncomprehensive exhibits supplies a better knowledge of Florida and\\nher extensive and varied productions, than could be gleaned from\\nyears of ordinary tourist s travel in the State. The gigantic gen-\\neral exhibition of fruits and products, decorative woods, manu-\\nfactured articles and materials for manufacture, native flora, etc.,\\netc., would be bewildering but for the patient courtesy of the at-\\ntaches of the Exposition, who are ever ready to guide and\\nexplain.\\nThe gentlemen having the enterprise in charge can be aptly\\ndescribed as the right men in the right place. Their manifold\\nduties are zealously performed, and they are continually introduc-\\ning novelties in the amusement line. Colby s Exposition Band,\\nled by Prof. C. H. Colby, musical director, discourses first-class\\nmusic during the day, and also plays for the tri-weekly Exposition\\nHops, the dancing fioor being the largest in the South. There\\nare frequent special days, devoted to counties, schools,\\nsocieties, etc., which keep up the enthusiastic interest in the\\nExposition and bring thereto large excursions from all over\\nthe State.\\nThe Exposition is open from January to April each year, the\\nopening taking place with appropriate ceremonies, civic and\\nmilitary parade, speeches, grand ball, etc. The officers of the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "ITS RISE AND PROGRESS. 27\\nExposition are George W. Wilson, President; J. O. Clarke, Sec-\\nretary; Director-General; Prof. C. H. Colby,\\nMusical Director.\\nTHE OCALA RIFLES.\\nThis crack military organization is enrolled in the State Militia\\nas Co. B, 2d Florida Battalion. Its membership is composed\\nof the representative young society and business men of Ocala,\\nand it is one of the best-eciuipped and best-drilled companies in\\nthe State Militia.\\nThe pcrsoiiicl of the company is as follows:\\nCaptain, R. B. McConnell First Lieutenant, P. E. Williams;\\nSecond Lieutenant, J. R. Martin; Sergeants, i, R. E. Davidson;\\n2, J. E. Raysor; 3, George L. A^an Echop; 4, S. R. Birdsey; 5,\\nNeil Allred; Corporals, i, B. F. Perry; 2, Gibson McRae; 3, C,\\nL Bard; 4, Morris Stearns; 34 privates.\\nTHE OCALA RIFLE CLUB.\\nThis excellently conducted social organization is an auxiliary\\nof the Ocala Rifles, and is governed by the officers. A portion of\\nthe armory is utilized for the club rooms, which are handsomely\\nfurnished with billiard tables and all the equipage of a first-class\\nclub. The Governing Board is composed of Captain R. B. Mc-\\nConnell, First Lieutenant P. E. Williams, Second Lieutenant J. R.\\nMartin, Sergeant George L. Van Echop, Privates R. P. Izlar, J.\\nE. Bugbee, S. Bernhardt, George Mackay.\\nTHE OCALA GERMAN CLUB.\\nThis distinctly social organization takes a leading part in the\\nsocial life of Ocala. The fortnightly Germans of the club, dur-\\ning the winter, in the Ocala House parlors, are the society events\\nof the season.\\nThe officers are: President, W. C. Koehnle; Vice-President, E.\\nC. Hood, Jr.; Secretary, E. T. Helvenston; Treasurer, W. E.\\nWendt. Executive Committee: Albert Birdsey, O. M. McAulay,\\nR. E. Davidson.\\nTHE OCALA TENNIS CLUB.\\nThe Tennis Club has fine grounds on Ocklawaha avenue, with\\nall the requisites for an enjoyable game.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "28 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nThe officers are: President, George Robinson; Vice-President,\\nE. C. Hood, Jr.; Treasurer. C. H. Lord; Secretary and General\\nManager, Lon Green.\\nLODGES.\\nMarion Lodge, No. 19, F. A. M.\\nOcala Lodge, No. 62 (colored), F. A. M.\\nLodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite.\\nOcala Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.\\nHarmony Lodge, No. 24, L O. O. F.\\nTutula Lodge, No. 22, L O. O. F.\\nSouthern Standard Lodge, No. 27 11, G. U. O. of O. F.\\nMarion Lodge, No. 3378, K. of H.\\nOcala Lodge, No. 2, A. O. U. W.\\nOcala Lodge, No. 14, K. of P.\\nFort King Division, LIniformed Rank, K. of P.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nWoman s Christian Temperance LTnion.\\nLadies Hebrew Benevolent Society.\\nSociety of Christian Endeavor.\\nRAILROADS.\\nThere are now three railroads entering Cicala, viz. the Florida\\nSouthern Division of the J. T. and K. W. System (Cuban Mail),\\nthe Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, and the Silver\\nSprings, Ocala and Gulf Railroad. The first two give direct and\\nfast service to all j^oints in the north and west and throughout\\nFlorida, including gulf and ocean ports as far south as Tampa.\\nThe S. S., O. and G. road starts from Ocala, and with its various\\nbranches traverses the phosphate region and orange belt, and is\\nthe direct line to Homosassa-on-the-Gulf.\\nBeside the above-mentioned, the following roads are now under\\nconstruction or soon to begin: The Florida, Georgia and Western\\nRailroad, via Tallahassee and Gainsville to Ocala, thence to\\nPunto-Gordo-on-the-Gulf the Palatka and Auclote Railroad, Pa-\\nlatka to Auclote-on-the-Gulf, via Ocala; and the Florida Orange", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "ITS RISE AND PROGRESS. 29\\nCanal and Transit Company s road, which will give direct com-\\nmunication between Inverness and Ocala.\\nWA TKR ROUTE.\\nOcala has also a water route furnished by the Hart Line of\\nOcklawaha river steamers, which i)ly between Silver Springs and\\nPalatka, connecting at the latter point with the St. Johns river\\nsteamers.\\nBUSINESS ST A TITS.\\nOcala has to-day in successful operation two national banks,\\none banking loan and trust company, one iron foundry and ma-\\nchine shop, two carriage manufactories, two saw and planing mills,\\ntwo cigar factories, two lime industries, a ten-ton ice factory, six\\nhotels and between fifty and sixty mercantile houses, one of them\\nthe largest in the State.\\nMARKET TOWN AND SHIPPING POINT.\\nOcala is located in the center of one of the richest agricultural\\nand mineral districts in the South. Surrounding the city within a\\nradius of thirty miles are hundreds of acres of orange groves, in\\nall stages of bearing, while peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, guava,\\ngrape, plum, and all semi-tropical fruit culture is carried to the\\nhighest degree of perfection. Within this district are grown over\\none-f/iird of the oranges shipped from Florida to /lortheni markets.\\nHere also are some of the largest and most highly cultivated\\ntruck farms to be found in the State, besides the most valuable de-\\nposits of phosphate, kaolin, ochre, lime rock, brick clay, etc.,\\nwhich are now or soon to be extensively worked.\\nOcala is the market town or shipping point for all this incom-\\nparably rich district, and the immense volume of business accru-\\ning therefrom constitutes a leading factor in her commercial wealth\\nand importance.\\nThe city is the financial and business center for the phosphate\\nindustry, the interests here represented in this connection being\\nthe most extensive and valuable in the 7vorld.\\nOcala is situated upon the central ridge or backbone of\\nthe peninsula, which at this point is no miles wide. To the\\nnorth is Orange lake, to the east the Silver Springs and Ock-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "30 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nlawaha river, to the south Lake Weir, and to the west Blue\\nSprings and the Withlacoochee. The high dry land is entirely\\nfree from malaria and the refreshing breezes from the ocean\\nand gulf combine to produce a mild, equable and healthful\\nclimate.\\nThe mean temperature in winter is 60. 69*^ F. This is milder\\nthan in any other region in the United States. The equability is\\nalso greater than in any section east of the Rocky Mountains, and\\nthere are more clear, fair days than in any other State on the\\nAtlantic seaboard. During the Summer the range is from 75 to\\n970 F. (rarely over 90\u00c2\u00b0). But there are conditions which render\\nthis temperature much milder than these figures would imply.\\nDuring the rainy reason, which begins early in July and lasts\\nuntil the end of September, there are daily showers which serve\\nto cool and freshen the atmosphere. Then there is nearly always\\na strong breeze and in passing from the sunlight into shade one\\nexperiences a change of from 12 to 15^. But the most important\\nfeature is the cool nights. After sunset the temperature falls to\\n65^ or 70*^ F., and throughout the Summer, nights are rare when\\nbed covering is not required.\\nA HEALTH RESORT.\\nOcala is remarkably free from sickness of any sort. The city\\nhas never been visited by yellow fever or other plagues common\\nto a warm climate, and pulmonary complaints, sunstroke and\\nrabies are unknown. Ocala is commended by the best medical\\nauthority as a resort for those suffering with all pulmonary or\\nthroat diseases, chronic rheumatism, gout and senile debility or\\nenfeebled nervous system, the warm dry air and resinous odors\\nfrom the piney woods having a wonderful remedial effect. In\\n1885, according to the census reports, Marion County numbered\\nbut 45 deaths out of a population of 17,365, showing the smallest\\ndeath rate of any county in the State.\\nIn Ocala can be found a delightful home the year round. It\\nis a refuge from the cold blasts of Winter in the north and the\\noppressive Summer heat of the far South. Here are combined\\nwith modern metropolitan advantages the best features of country\\nlife. A few minutes walk from the square in any direction brings\\none into a region of delightful suburban avenues, with charming", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "ITS RTSE AND PROGRESS. 31\\nvillas and cottages and magnificent bearing orange groves, fruit\\nand truck farms, etc., on either hand.\\nThe gulf and ocean coasts are sufficiently near and convenient\\nof access to admit of a day s outing, with bathing, boating, fish-\\ning, etc., at their best.\\nLANDS IN THE VlCIXirV OF OCALA.\\nThe lands in the vicinity of Ocala are first and second class\\npine and hummock.\\nThe first-class pine lands are covered with a dark vegetable\\nmould, several inches in depth, beneath which, to a depth of sev-\\neral feet, is a chocolate-colored sandy loam, mixed with limestone\\npebbles, resting upon a sub-stratum of marl, clay and limestone.\\nThe fertility and durability of these lands is suggested by the fact\\nthat they have been known to yield for thirty years of successive\\ncultivation, without the aid of manures, 400 pounds of (lint) sea\\nisland cotton per acre.\\nThe second-class pine lands, although not equal to first-class\\npine, are made valuable and productive by a proper system of\\ncultivation. They afford a natural pasturage, are heavily timbered\\nwith the best species of yellow pine, and are generally, high, dry,\\nrolling, healthv and well watered. It is in these lands that are\\nusually found the valuable deposits of phosphate, lime rock,\\nochre, kaolin and brick clay, for which this region is famous.\\nThe hummock lands are the best lands, and Marion County\\nhas 100,000 acres, some of the finest tracts being within a short\\ndistance of Ocala. In these lands the orange tree grows indigen-\\nously. They are high, indulating, and perfectly dry lands, are\\ncovered with a rich vegetable mould, and have an enormous growth\\nof hardwood trees. Yields are reported from these lands of forty\\nbushels of corn and three hogsheads of sugar per acre without fer-\\ntilizing. Planted to bearing orange trees, these lands are priceless.\\nThe prices of lands range as follows, 5 to 20 miles from Ocala:\\nFirst-class pine, $5 to $10 per acre; second-class pine, $2.5010\\n$7.50; hummock, $25 to $100; mineral (phosphate, kaolin, ochre,\\netc.), from $500 upwards\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as high as $1,000 per acre refused.\\nAGRICULTURAL.\\nIn earlier times, when the region of which Ocala is the center\\nwas occupied by large, well-cultivated plantations, the staple pro-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "32 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nducts were cotton and sugar cane. The cotton raised was the\\nlong staple or sea island grade the finest known. The\\nsugar cane was also of the highest grade. Each plantation had\\nits cotton gin and sugar mill, in which the crops were prepared for\\nmarket, the cane crop being transformed into crude sugar, syrup,\\nmolasses, etc. In addition to the above, corn, oats, and the\\nvarious vegetables were raised for home use.\\nDuring and immediately following the Civil War, new sources\\nof supply for cotton and sugar were developed, and with the con-\\nsequent fall in prices, added to the increased cost of production,\\nthrough the loss of slave labor, the planters could no longer raise\\nthese crops to advantage. Subsequently, for a goodly period, the\\nproductions of the plantations comprised chiefly the ordinary field\\ncrops oats, corn, some rice and vegetables for home consump-\\ntion. Cotton and sugar cane were not abandoned, however, and\\nare still grown, although to nothing like the former extent. The\\ncotton now produced is principally of a coarser grade, the sea\\nisland variety being no longer a profitable crop. Meanwhile,\\nthe planter, through extensive experimenting, had found that\\nchoice varieties of early vegetables could be most successfully\\nproduced; but, being without railway facilities, they were unable\\nto get their crops to Northern markets in time to compete success-\\nfully therein. In 1881 this handicap was removed by the comple-\\ntion of a railroad to Ocala, and since this date the growth and\\nmarketing of early fruits and vegetables has steadily increased,\\nand now constitutes a representative and highly prosperous farm\\nindustry.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "ORANGE CULTURE\\nT is the popular supposition that the orange was\\nfirst introduced into Florida by the Spanish\\nconquerors early in the sixteenth century.\\nThere is as good reason, however, to believe\\nthat they found the orange under successful\\ncultivation here. De Soto speaks of finding a\\ngreat profusion of fruits in the Province of Ocaly, and why not\\nthe orange among them\\nAt this period the modern sweet orange was unknown, the\\nvarieties then under cultivation being the sour and bitter-\\nsweet only. The early settlers of the region about Ocala (which\\nis within the limits of the ancient Province of Ocaly) found here\\nmany wild groves of sour and bitter-sweet oranges but so little\\nvalue was attached to them that, as late as the sixties, they\\nwere destroyed to make room for cotton planting, as they occu-\\npied nearly always the most valuable lands. The ancient\\nOcalians were proficient horticulturists for their time and quite\\nprobably cultivated a fruit so thoroughly adapted to their soil\\nand climate. The advent of the modern sweet orange in Florida\\nis difficult to date but is said to have been brought about in this\\nwise: Planters returning from some orange market brought the\\nfruit with them and from curiosity planted the seeds in boxes.\\nThe seeds developed into trees, which were subsequently trans-\\nplanted and in time bore fruit. This very probably was the\\norigin of the first Florida sweet groves.\\nPrior to 1835 the culture of the sweet orange was extensively\\ncarried on at St. Augustine, and large shipments of the fruit were\\nannually made. These were also grown at Mandarin on the St.\\nJohns River.\\nIn 183S the orange coccus, or scale insect, appeared at\\nMandarin, and two years later at St. Augustine, practically de-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "y ajgjriw /J^vrtKTJ-n-jM jmirajiaaijao", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "oran(;e culture. 35\\nstroying the groves at both places. By 1855 this pest had spread\\nover the State, with equally disastrous effect, and the primal\\nFlorida sweet orange industry received practically its death-blow.\\nThere are to-day in Florida a few groves said to be fifty years old,\\nincluding the widely known Hart Grove, at Palatka; but the\\nmajority are not more than half as old, ami the orange industry,\\nas now constituted, dates back not more than fifteen years.\\nThe first grove in Marion County was started in 1850. In the\\nspring of this year. Col. Adam L. Fichelberger planted in his gar-\\nden near Ocala fifty sour stumps procured at Orange lake. At\\nthe end of two years these stumps were budded with sweet\\nbuds. In 1855 the little grove was attacked by the scale insect,\\nbut, under the best of care and fertilization it survived, although\\nits growth was retarded. In 1868 this grove came into full bear-\\ning, and in the size and cpiality of the crops demonstrated the\\nadaptability of Marion County, and this section (Ocala) in particu-\\nlar, for successful orange culture. Col. Eichelberger now con-\\ncluded to go into orange culture on a large scale. To this end\\nhe planted the seed from four barrels of Parson Brown,\\nVelvet Reel, and other choice varieties of oranges. He also\\nset out 4,000 sour stumps, 1,000 of which he budded in Octo\\nber. In December of that year (1868) a serious freeze killed the\\nbudded and sour stumps; but the seed plants survived, and in the\\nfollowing spring were transplanted. They were given proper\\nfertilization and care, and have now grown into the famous Eich-\\nelberger grove.\\nThe success of Col. Eichelberger induced his former skeptical\\nneighbors to embark in the industry, and Ocala was soon sur-\\nrounded by orange groves in various stages of growth. The com-\\npletion of the railroad into Ocala in 1881 gave the needed im-\\npetus to the industry, and the growth and shipment of oranges\\nto-day is a leading interest of the county.\\nThere are three methods of starting an orange grove, viz.\\nthe seed, budding and grafting methods.\\nFROM THE SEED.\\nThis method, while the longest, is considered the best. The\\nseed from selected choice fruit is planted in properly prepared\\nland. At the proper time the young plants are transplanted in", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "36 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nrows (Quinceux order is the best), the trees being not less than\\ntwenty-five feet apart; thirty feet apart is better, and some plant-\\ners insist upon forty feet as the proper figure. With proper care,\\nfertilization, etc., the grove will in twelve years be in partial bear-\\ning and self-supporting. In fourteen years it will yield a bounti-\\nful, well-paying crop, and at twenty years will be in full bearing.\\nBUDDING.\\nBy this method sour or bitter-sweet stumps from wild\\ngroves are set out in symetrical rows, twenty to thirty feet\\napart. These stumps are budded with selected sweet buds. Bud-\\nding consists of making a slit in the bark of the stump and insert-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.ng a bud, the junction being covered with wax and bound. The\\ntime for budding is in April or October. If in October, which is\\npreferred, the tree remains dormant until the following spring\\n(April), when it is topped or cut down to the bud. A budded\\ngrove bears a paying crop in five years, and is in full bearing at\\nten years.\\nGRAFTING.\\nThis is the old process known to fruit growers everywhere.\\nThe method of planting and periods of bearing are the same as in.\\nbudding.\\nCOMPARATIVE VALUE OF GROVES.\\nA sweet seedling grove of ten acres will have about 700 trees.\\nAt twelve years old the yield should be three to four boxes, at\\nfifteen years eight to ten, and at twenty years fifteen to twenty\\nboxes per tree. A budded grove of five-year-old sour stock with\\nthree-year-old sweet buds should yield at five years seven to eight\\nboxes, and at ten years ten to twelve boxes per tree. The budded\\ngrove is quicker to come in bearing, but more susceptible to cold.\\nThe possible yield is also less than with the sweet seedling grove.\\nThe average price of Florida oranges last season (i 890-1) was\\n$2 per box. Deducting estimated expense of handling from tree\\nto car of fifty cents per box, and there remains a net profit of $1.50\\nper box. Thus a sweet seedling grove at fifteen years or budded\\ngrove at ten years, will yield from 700 trees ten boxes per tree, or\\n7,000 boxes, at $1.50 net, making $7,350. Deducting $i,2co for", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ORANGE CULTURE. 37\\nfertilization and care of grove for the year, it would yield a net\\nincome of $6,150. At $1,000 per acre such groves are manifestly\\nprofitable investments.\\nVARIETIES.\\nRegarding varieties of the oranges raised in Florida, they\\nare simply too numerous for classification. The orange industry\\nin Florida is not above fifteen years old, yet in this period more\\nprogress has been made in accpiiring a thorough knowledge of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0orange and its characteristics than anywhere in the world in the\\nsame time. The scale insect and other dangers encountered here-\\ntofore in orange culture are no longer to be feared, safeguards\\nhaving been discovered for one and all. Extensive hybriding,\\nfertilizing and selection and zealous care of groves have resulted\\nin the development of a class of fruit which stands pre-eminent in\\nthe market to-day.\\nThe orange product of Florida in 1SS9 was 2,664,791 boxes,\\nof which 364,776 boxes were grown in Marion County. The in-\\ndustry is increasing, and the aggregate production of Marion\\nCounty will soon be greatly in excess of the above.\\nOCALA AND VICINITV FOR FARMERS AND FRUIT GROWERS.\\nMarion County, with her great diversity of soils, from the light\\nloom to the deep clay lands, giving plant food adapted to every\\nvariety of the vegetable kingdom that grows in the temperate and\\nsemi-tropical zones, offers superior advantages to settlers. Here\\nare ample facilities for rapid transportation of products for mar-\\nket, and a large home demand for the surplus, and the amount of\\ncultivation required in other sections here bestowed upon farms\\nand groves will give a profit beyond comparison.\\nExperience has shown that the following can be successfully\\ngrown in Marion County:\\nField Crops. Cotton (Sea Island), cotton (upland), corn, hay,\\nrice, field peas, sugar cane, tobacco, peanuts, oats, sweet potatoes.\\nci:;ctahlcs.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\n potatoes, beets, beans, cabbages, tomatoes,\\nwater melons.\\nFruits. Oranges, lemons, pears, peaches, grapes, strawberries,\\npine apples, guavas.\\nZ/V 6 Stock. Horses, mules, goats, hogs.\\nPoultry, etc. Turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, eggs, etc.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "38 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nDairy Products. Milch cows, milk, butter, cheese.\\nMiscellaneous. Wool, wine grapes, honey.\\nThe above list only includes what are already raised here, and\\nby no means limits the possibilities of this region in this connec-\\ntion. There is in the vicinity of Ocala and throughout the coun-\\ntry a wide field for farmers and small fruit growers, the attention\\nof the present settlers being so largely given to phosphate mining\\nand orange culture.\\nCOST OF BUILDING.\\nLumber at the mills is from $12 to $15 per thousand feet, and\\nhouses of any sort cost fully one-third less than at the North.\\nPeople here do not go in for expensive houses, being content with\\ncomfortable homes and leaving display out of the consideration.\\nLABOR.\\nThe hire of farm hands ranges from $12.50 to $15 per month\\nand board; orange grove hands from 75c. to $1.25 per day, and\\nhouse servants from $6 to $10 per month and board. Mechanics\\nget from $2 to $3.50 per day.\\nOcala offers rare opportunities for business establishment. The\\ngrowth of the city in a general way is steady and substantial, the\\npopulation is increasing, new enterprises are continually starting,\\nand city and suburban property, while not held at exhorbitant\\nprices, shows hardening figures in keeping with the general\\nadvancement.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "PHOSPHATE,\\n|HE commodity commercially known as phos-\\nphate rock, bone phosphate, natural\\nphosphate, or plain phosphate, is bone\\nphosphate of lime {tricalcic arthophospJiate) in\\nct)mbinati()n with varying percentages of\\nsilica, magnesia, iron, alumina, carbonate of\\nlime, etc.\\nPhosphate appears in various forms. When occurring in prisms\\nmore or less transparent it is called apatite. This name is given\\ntoother forms also, including a soft, granulated substance resemb-\\nling pure sand and known locally as sugar phosphate. When\\noccurring as the fossilized excrements of animals and birds, phos-\\nphate is known as coprolitcs or petrified guano. It is usually m\\nthe shape of small white nodules imbedded in a buff, plastic and\\nchalky matrix, the matrix being also phosphate, but of a lower\\ngrade. Deposits also occur where the nodules are not distin-\\nguishable from the matrix, the whole appearing as a compact,\\nhomogeneous mass, ranging in color from buff or tan color to\\npure white. This form is unctuous, soft and plastic, or hard and\\ntenacious, according to the water action or atmospheric exposure\\nto which it has been subjected. Another and distinct form is\\nthe pebble or bone pebble phosphate. The color is bluish\\ngray, dark blue and blue black, the amorphous nodules ranging\\nin size from a pea to a walnut. This form is found in great quan-\\ntities in river beds, intermingled with teeth, tusks, bones and\\nscales of prehistoric animals.\\nThe apatite form is found chiefly in Canada, the South\\nCarolina phosphate is of the nodular form, while in Florida are\\nfound the coprolite, nodular and pebble forms. The Florida phos-\\nphate belt is about 300 miles long, extending in varying quantities\\nand qualities from Fort Myers to Tallahassee; the course being", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "40 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nfrom southeast to northwest. The Ocala or hard rock phos-\\nphate region is fifty to sixty miles long and one to five miles wide.\\nIt crosses the Withlacoochee river at Dunnellon, where are the\\nmost extensive and richest deposits. This phosphate is found in\\nboulders, from pebble size to loo tons weight. It is hard, soft\\nand laminated rock, and at times has a flinty appearance. The\\nphosphate occurs chiefly in pockets, the best of which are often\\nfound out-cropping in immense boulders on the highest ground in\\nthe region. These pockets are scattered more or less thickly\\nthroughout the hard rock region. There are pockets at Dunnellon\\n50 to 100 feet in depth and covering several acres. I he phos-\\nphate here found is hard masses and boulders, intermixed with\\nsoft phosphate and occasionally clay or sand.\\nA great feature of the Dunnellon phosphate is the small per-\\ncentum of iron and alumina found therewith, cargoes having been\\nshipped which contained less than two per cent, of iron and\\nalumina combined. Phosphate in other sections of the State is\\noften rendered valueless for export by showing too great propor-\\ntion of iron and alumina.\\nThere are several theories as to the origin of phosphate, but\\nall agree that the process of formation began at a period ages\\nago, when, according to science, the entire continent was sub-\\nmerged. The most popular theory heretofore has been that\\nFlorida, being the lowest part of the continent, received the\\nanimal and bird deposits, bones, etc., which in the process of\\ndisintegration became phosphate.\\nIn the Ocala phosphate region, however, there is a conspicuous\\nabsence of fossils, bird or animal excrements, etc. This fact, in\\nconnection with other logical reasons, has led to the following and\\nseemingly correct theory by a world-famed chemist and phosphate\\nman Ages since, Florida consisted of soft coral and lime-stone\\nreefs, which served as a roosting place for myriad flocks of birds,\\nsea fowl, etc. The excrements of these birds leaching through\\nthe soft lime-stone converted the carbonate of lime by some pro-\\ncess of nature into phosphate of lime. In time sand accumulated\\naround these reefs and the land, making into ocean and gulf,\\nformed the peninsula of Florida, leaving the reefs, now phosphate", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TIIK I HOSI IIAIK INDUSTRY. 4I\\ndeposits, in the interior. An En.iiiish .o;entlenKin, prominently\\nidentilied with Floritla phosi)hale, and who has ^^iven the subjeet\\nnuich tht)Li-ht and study, gives it as his opinion that there was a\\nseeond inundation or submersion of the peninsula, and the sea,\\nmaking breaches through the deposits before they became strati-\\nfied or hardened, formed the pockets above mentioned. He\\naccounts for the pebble formation upon the supposition that\\nthe wash of the sea dislodged fragments of the great deposit\\nwhich became drift, and eventually lodged in depressions in\\nthe low lands, river beds, etc. The lower grade of these pebbles\\nwould follow from action of the water and atmosphere, evapora-\\ntion, etc., reducing the amount of phosphoric acid.\\nDISCOVERY.\\nPhosphate is the basis of all fertilizers, and the discovery of\\nFlorida s immense deposits the most extensive and richest in the\\nworld ranks with California s gold and Pennsylvania s oil dis-\\ncoveries, and like them was discovered by accident.\\nThe true history of the discovery and primal operations is as\\nfollows: In May, 1889, Mr. Albertus Vogt, while digging a well\\non his place Rose Bank in Dunnellon, discovered a stratum\\nof chalky substance similar to lime or marl. Shortly before this,\\nCol. Adam L. Eichelberger had discovered a bed of gypsum in his\\norange grove on the Withlacoochee river, not far from Dunnellon.\\nMr. Vogt, thinking he might have found gypsum also, brought\\nspecimens of his find to the Hon. John F. Dunn at )cala. ^[r.\\nDunn sent the specimens to Messrs. Regis, Chauvenet i.\\\\: pjro.,\\nchemists of St. Louis, for an analysis. He also gave a sample to\\nDr. R. R. Snowden of Ocala for the same purpose. Dr. Snowden\\n])rononnced it not gypsum but phosphate, as did also the St. Louis\\nfirm, both analyses showing it to be exceedingly rich in phosphoric\\nacid. His interest excited by these reports, IsL Dunn paid a visit\\nto Mr. Vogt s place and made a thorough examination of this and\\nthe adjoining property. He also secured samples of the deposits\\nin the vicinity, w hich he sent to prominent chemists in St. Louis\\nand New York; also to the Shepard Laboratory at Charleston, S.\\nC. In due course the several analyses were received, and all con-\\nfirmed those previously made. Now^ fully satisfied as to the value\\nof the discovery, Mr. Dunn purchased a half interest in Mr. ogt s", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "42 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nplace, containing the well, together with several adjoining tracts,\\nand engaged Messrs. Albertus and John Vogt as prospectors, and\\nDr. R. R. Snowden as chemist, to assist him in the purchase of\\nphosphate lands, giving them for their services a goodly share in\\nall lands secured. In a few weeks a wide section had been pros-\\npected, and about 8,000 acres of choice phosphate lands secured.\\nMessrs. S. W. and F. A. Teague now joined Mr. Dunn, and the\\nholdings were increased to 13,000 acres. Next, Capt. John L.\\nInglis joined the party, followed later by Messrs. Dutton and\\nLawtey and Alexander Wyllie of Scotland, and although a number\\nof capitalists examined the land, these gentlemen were all who\\nwere willing to invest in the enterprise.\\nThe organization of the Dunnellon Phosphate Co., with a\\ncapital of $1,200,000, was the next move, and this, coupled with\\nMr. Bradley, head of the great Bradley Fertilizer Co., taking an\\ninterest and becoming an active member of the company, drew\\ngeneral attention to Florida phosphate, and started many former\\nskeptics to prospecting and buying here, there and everywhere.\\nBy this time, however, Mr. Dunn had purchased, ostensibly for\\nthe Dunnellon Company, about 80,000 acres, which, with the pur-\\nchases of the Messrs. Bradley, gave the company upwards of\\n90,000 acres of first choice phosphate lands, probably the largest\\nholding of any phosphate company in the world.\\nCharleston phosphate runs from 52 to 65 per cent, phosphate,\\n25 to 26 per cent, phosphoric acid. Florida phosphate shows 55\\nto 87 per cent, phosphate, and 32 to 42 per cent, phosphoric acid.\\nAdd to this the fact that the deposits found are practically\\ninexhaustible and conveniently mined, and it is not unreasonable\\nto assume that Florida s phosphate fields are the richest in\\nthe world.\\nGROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY.\\nWithin the past two years the marvelous richness of the Florida\\nfields has become world-famed, and capitalists and phosphate men\\nfrom all over this country and Europe have come here and made\\ninvestments.\\nThere are to-day represented in Ocala eighteen phosphate\\ncompanies, with an aggregate capital of nearly $29,000,000, as\\nfollows", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE PHOSPHATE INDUS IRV.\\n43\\nCoiiipaitic-s. Capital.\\nAnglo-American $250,000\\nNew York 4.000,000\\nDunnellon 1,200,000\\nEarly Bird 500,000\\nEagle 2,000,000\\nGlobe 5,000,000\\nOcala Blue River 3,000,000\\nPeninsular 200,000\\nNetherlands 820,000\\nPanassoffkee 100,000\\nStandard 2,000,000\\nWithlacoochee 400,000\\nMarion Citrus 200,000\\nMarion 5,000,000\\nFlorida 210,000\\nAlbion 300,000\\nZeigler 200,000\\nBoulder 1,000,000", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "SCENIC BEAUTIES,\\nSILVER SPRING.\\nHIS world-famed sight of Florida is located about\\nfive miles east of Ocala. It can be reached by train,\\nor, what is better, by a delightful drive through\\never-changing and always-beautiful semi-tropical\\nscenery. The head spring or pool is a large\\nand deep basin from which the waters flow through\\nSilver Spring Run, which is six miles long, to the Ocklawaha\\nriver, which is a tributary of the St. Johns. Both streams are\\nnavigable for steamers, a line of which makes daily trips between\\nSilver Spring and Palatka.\\nMrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe called a trip up these streams a\\nvisit to Fairy Land. Of her fellow-passengers she said they\\nreturned from their trip fairly inebriated with enthusiasm and wild\\nwith inherent raptures. They had seen Europe, Italy, Naples and\\nthe Blue Grotto, but never, never had they in their lives seen\\naught so entrancing as this. It was a spectacle weird, wondrous,\\nmagical to be remembered as one of the things of a lifetime.\\nOf her own impressions of the Ocklawaha, she says: The boat\\nglides on from hour to hour as the river winds and turns and\\ndoubles upon itself, with still the same flowery solitudes, reverb-\\nerating with the same wild cries of birds, glittering with slanting\\nsunbeams, festooned with waving garlands that hang from tree to\\ntree. Of her entrance into Silver Spring, she says: We seemed\\nfloating through an immense cathedral where white marble col-\\numns meet in vast arches overhead and are reflected in the grassy\\ndepths below. The dusky plumes of the palmetto waving above,\\nlit by torchlight, looked like fine tracery of a wondrous sculp-\\ntured roof. The brilliant underwhite of the bay leaves, the\\ntransparent red of the water-maple, and the soft, velvet feathers", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "46 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nof the cypress, had a magical brilliancy as our boat passed through\\nthe wooded isles. The reflected fire-light gave the most peculiar\\neffect. The gray moss that streamed down seemed like draping\\nveils of silver and was of wonderful profusion. Clouds of fra-\\ngrance were wafted to us from orange groves along the shore and\\nthe transparent depth of the water gave the impression that our\\nboat was moving through the air. Every pebble and aquatic plant\\nwe glided over, seemed, in the torchlight, invested with prismatic\\nbrightness. What a sight was that There is nothing on earth\\ncomparable to it!\\nThe waters of the spring begin to rise about the middle of the\\nseason of Summer rains, and attain their maximum height about\\nits termination. The maximum depth of the water in the pool\\nand adjacent springs is from sixty to ninety feet. There are sev-\\neral deep basins known locally as the Head, Bridal Chamber,\\nBone Yard, etc. The Bone Yard, located about two miles\\nbelow the Head, takes its name from the finding of mastodons\\nbones therein. The most remarkable phenomenon in connection with\\nthese springs is the extraordinary transparency of the water, sur-\\npassing anything that can be imagined. On a clear and calm\\nsunny day, the view from the side of a boat floating on the surface\\nis beautiful beyond comparison, and well calculated to make a\\npowerful impression upon the imagination. Every feature and\\nconfiguration of the bottom of the springs is as distinctly visible\\neven at this great depth (sixty to ninety feet), as if one were gaz-\\ning through a clear atmosphere only. The bottom is in some\\nplaces covered with a luxuriant growth of fresh water algK. At\\nother points it is wholly clear of vegetation and composed of lime-\\nstone and white sand. Here the water can be seen boiling up\\nthrough fissures in the limestone. These fissures are filled with\\nsand and comminuted limestone, and the springs are indicated by\\nthe agitation thereof by the ascending currents of water, which\\nproduce a milk-white appearance about the crevices. Gazing into\\nthe depths below from a boat, one seems suspended in air, with\\nbeneath an ever-changing panorama of subaqueous vegetation\\nwaving to and fro, boiling springs, swaying algffi, etc. while\\nthe numerous fish swimming above give life to the scene. Each\\nobject in the sunlight is tinged with prismatic hues and by some\\nstrange, weird, magnifying property of the waters, objects are", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "SCl.NIC HKAUIIE-\\n47\\nAI.ICK SI KIM;, I;1.UK hPUINGS.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab^f f?/%.^\\nlocixim; down i;ia e rh ^r", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "48 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nenlarged, and their seeming nearness makes it hard to realize the\\nactual depth of the basins or pools. Great amusement is obtained\\nby dropping a dime or other bright object into the springs and\\nwatching it slowly settle in the depths, with prismatic changes\\nand flashings of light, and seemingly growing larger as it\\nsinks.\\nSilver Spring has its Indian legend. It is as follows: Oka-\\nhumkee, one time King over the tribes of Indians which roamed\\nand hunted about the northwestern lakes, had a daughter called\\nWenonah, whose rare beauty was the pride of his life. She had a\\nwealth of raven tresses which fell about her beauteous form like a\\nsilken robe, reflecting back the sunlight with wondrous effect.\\nWenonah was in truth a forest belle, and chiefs and warriors vied\\nwith each other in the performance of brave feats in the hope of\\nwinning her hand. But Wenonah had meantime seen and loved\\nChuleotah, the renowned chief of the tribe which dwelt among the\\nwild groves of Silver Spring. Chuleotah was a magnificent type\\nof physical manhood, and his intelligence and bravery added to\\nhis attractiveness. Moreover, he was a famous chief, and under\\nother circumstances would have been a most desirable parti.\\nBut between the tribes of Okahumkeeand Chuleotah there existed\\na deadly feud. No sooner did Okahumkee hear of his daughter s\\nlove for the hated chief than he gathered his warriors and marched\\nforth to give him battle. In the fight which followed, Chuleotah\\nwas slain, and by the father of Wenonah. Upon the death of her\\nlover Wenonah flew to the Crystal Fountain, which had been a\\nfavorite trysting place, and upon the still bosom of which the pale\\nghost of Chuleotah stood beckoning. With the cry upon her lips,\\nYes, my own, my loved one, I come! she plunged into the\\ncrystal waters and joined her lover in the spirit land. From the\\nwhite sands in the bottom of the spring, long green filaments ot\\nmoss and fresh water alg?e wave to and fro in the sunlight, which\\nthey reflect in many bright hues. These are the loosened braids\\nof Wenonah s hair, whose beauteous reflections of sun and moon-\\nlight are the chief glory of the spring.\\nThe transparency of the springs continues the length of the\\nrun, which, flowing between deeply wooded banks, mingles\\nwith the dark waters of the Ocklawaha six miles below. This\\nstream teems with fish of all sizes, which can be seen darting to", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "SCENIC BEADTIKS. 49\\nand fro about the boat, and now and then an alligator is discerned\\nasleep on the bank or swimming lazily close by.\\nSilver Spring has lon 4- been a noted tourist resort, and a visit\\nto Florida without the trip up the Ocklawaha to Silver Si)ring\\nis like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. There is an ex-\\ncellent hotel at Silver Spring, kept by Messrs. Proskey l^ros., who\\nare also proprietors of the Bay House, a noted Summer resort at\\nBellport, Long Island. The register of this hotel is an interesting\\nstudy, as in it will be found autographs of many noted personages\\nof this and other countries. During the period between now and\\nFall great improvements are to be made at Silver Spring, includ-\\ning the erection of what will be one of the finest hotels in Florida.\\nThe Springs is now a popular resort for Ocalians and picnic,\\nfishing and boating parties are of daily occurrence.\\nBLUE SPRINGS.\\nThe far-famed Blue Springs {/as ac/uas az//U)o is a sight to de-\\nlight lovers of the weirdly beautiful. This phenomenon has its\\norigin in a large pool or basin, known locally as The Head.\\nThis pool is fed by numerous small springs, bubbling up from\\ncrevices in the white sandy bottom with a never-ceasing flow and\\nin great aggregate volume. From the Head abroad stream,\\nknown as the Wekiwa or Blue river, winds, in graceful curves, for\\na distance of six miles through a region of rare scenic beauty, its\\nwaters finally mingling with those of the Withlacoochee at Dunn-\\nellon. The waters of both pool and stream are of crystal-like\\nclearness, the marvellous transparency being enhanced by a pro-\\nnounced bluish cast, from which the distinctive appellation is de-\\nrived. There is also a weird, magnifying effect, and any bright\\nsubstance dropped from the side of a boat seems to grow in size\\nas it sinks slowly into the depths, flashing back, meanwhile, in\\nprismatic hues the rays of sun or moonlight.\\nBoating adown this magic stream is a veritable trip through\\nwonderland. From the Head to the Withlacoochee there is\\nan ever-changing panorama of tropical forest and glade, magic\\npools in shady nooks, etc. and while floating dreamily on, alter-\\nnately in sunlight and shadow, myriad fish of all sizes flash to and\\nfro in the crystal tide. Tropical Park and Alice Spring r//\\nnu/A embody the grand and romantic beyond description, and", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "5\u00c2\u00b0\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nthe head, blue springs.\\nBOATING ON THE BLUE RIVER, BLUE SPRINGS.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "SCENIC liEAUTIF.S. 5 1\\nthere are many scenic gems which must be seen to be fully aj)-\\npreciated.\\nThere is a line hotel at The Head, called the Blue Springs\\nInn. It is liuilt in the form of a hollow scjuare, with a large cen-\\ntral court, in which is a fountain sui rounded by an artistic arrange-\\nment of flowers and greensward. There are wide balconies along\\nthe front and court side of the building, upon which all the rooms\\nopen. The hotel grounds, a rare combination of grassy lawn and\\nshady park, descend in a graceful slope to the shores of the head\\nspring or pool, the board walk around which affords a delightful\\npromenade. Here also are bath houses and a fleet of launches,\\nwherries, punts and other craft for boatmg and fishing. There is\\nplenty of game to be found in the vicinity, and the sportsman will\\nfind abundant employment for his rod and gun.\\nThe Blue Springs property was recently purchased by Mr. A.\\nMclntyre of Ocala, and is now undergoing extensive improve-\\nments, which, when completed, will make it one of the best\\nappointed, as it is one of the most delightful, Florida tourist resorts.\\nBlue Springs is less than an hour s ride from Ocala, via S. S. O.\\nG. R. R. which has a station at the grounds, and its many\\nattractions and accessibility make it equally delightful for a day s\\nouting or lengthy sojourn.\\nHOMOSASSA-ON-THE-GULF.\\nThis widely popular Winter resort is situated about midway of\\nthe gulf coast on and near the mouth of the Homosassa river.\\nIt is forty-five miles from Ocala, via S. S. O. G. R. R., of\\nwhich it is a main line terminus. There is also a steamboat line\\nto Cedar Keys, and it can be easily reached from all points.\\nHomosassa is one of the most charming spots in Florida at\\nwhich to pass the Winter. The climate is delightful at all times,\\nand the region abounds with semi-tropical scenery of the grandest\\ndescription. Here boating, fishing, bathing, hunting, etc., are\\nfound at their best and amid scenery rarely to be found even in\\nFlorida. There is a first-class hotel, the Homosassa Inn, kept\\nby Capt. A. E. Willard. Horses and carriages are kept for riding\\nor driving amidst the romantic scenery of the riverside, and ham-\\nmocks and row-boats, sail-boats, steam launches, tents and other\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0camping equipage are furnished to guests. A number of elegant", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "scKNu: r.KAU riKs. 53\\nvillas and cottai^ es have recently been erected in this Arcadian\\nretreat the cotta^^ers includin.u- Messrs. Hoii.u-hton and Dutton,\\nthe well-known IJoston merchants, and lloniosassa is fast becom-\\ning the St. Augustine of the gulf coast.\\nDUNNELLON.\\nDunnellon is situated at the junction of the Wekiwa and With-\\nlacoochee rivers, and is one of the most picturesque localities in\\nMarion County. It is on the line of the S. S. -.K: R. R.,\\ntwenty-five miles about one hour s ritle from Ocala and four-\\nteen miles from Crystal river on the gulf coast. In and about\\nDunnellon there is much to amuse the visitor, and the region\\noffers unusual opportunities for the artist or Kodaker. The\\njunction of the two rivers and Dunn s Bluff, a romantic spot\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2opposite and commanding a fine view of these streams, has been\\nrecently placed on canvas by a noted artist with grand effect.\\nDunnellon, within the past two years, has become famous the\\nworld over through the discovery of her vast phosphate wealth,\\nand the mammoth enterprises at present engaged in its develop-\\nment.\\nLAKE WEIR.\\nLake Weir is acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful if\\nnot the most beautiful, of Florida lakes. It is situated in the\\nsouthern part of Marion County, on the central ridge, midway\\nbetween ocean and gulf, and is eighteen miles south of Ocala, on\\nthe main line of the Florida Southern Railroad, which furnishes\\nexcellent transportation facilities.\\nIn ante-bellum days Lake Weir was a favorite resort, famed for\\nits healthfulness and mild and equable climate. Here wealthy\\nplanters had their villas and cottages, and during the Summer\\nmonths passed the time in delightful dolee-far-/iie/ite, with unri-\\nvalled facilities for fishing, hunting and bathing. Within the past\\ndecade Lake Weir has more than regained its old-time prestige as\\na health resort, and in addition has acquired a goodly and fast-in-\\ncreasing permanent population.\\nLake Weir is about seven miles long and four miles in width.\\nIt is fed by springs, with bottom and shores of hard, white sand,\\nand its waters are of crvstal-like clearness and free from all im-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "54\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\npurities. Tlie surrounding country is higii and rolling, often ris-\\ning abruptly from the beach twenty to thirty feet, thence continu-\\ning in gradual ascent to the hill-tops, some of which reach a height\\nof eighty to one hundred feet. The region about the lake is a\\ncharming vista of wooded hills and semi tropical vegetation, inter-\\nspersed with magnificent country homes, highly cultivated orange\\nand lemon groves, grape vineyards and the like. This section of\\nthe country is peculiarly adapted to successful orange and semi-\\ntropical fruit culture, as also for truck farming. The lake affords\\nreliable protection from frost, and the fertile soil and salubrious\\nLAKESIDE HOTEL AND BLUFF\\nSOUTH LAKE WEIR.\\nclimate still further conduce to the eminently successful prosecu-\\nlion of enterprises of this character.\\nAn instance of what may be accomplished in orange culture is\\nshown in the fine grove of Mr. F. C. Buffum, a gentleman late of\\nWesterly, R. I., but now, and for some years, a prominent resi-\\ndent of Stanton-on-Lake-Weir. Mr. Buffum s grove is twelve\\nyears old. It covers ten acres, upon which are 700 trees, every\\nfourth row being lemon, and the balance orange of the famous\\nParson Brown variety. The net proceeds from this grove last\\nyear amounted to $8, 000, and its limit of profitable productive-\\nness is still well in the future. Mr. Buffum s beautiful home (see\\nillustration) is one of the many to be seen about the lake. There", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SCKNIC BEAUTIKS.\\n55\\nis also a fine hotel, with all the adjunctive features of the best\\nSunmier resorts in the sluii^e of l)eautiful rounds, commanding\\nan expansive view of the lake and surrounding rei^ion, steam\\nlaunches, sail and row boats, water [)avilion, bathing-, fishing,\\netc., etc.\\nThere are many delightful rambles and drives in the vicinity,\\nand the woods, teeming with game, present a veritable sports-\\nman s paradise. The social atmosphere in this delightful region\\nleaves nothing to be desired. The settlers about Lake Weir are\\npeople of education and refinement, who have been attracted\\nhither by the scenic, climatic and other advantages. They have a\\nChautauqua Society, with a fine building on the lake shore,\\nconstructed for the purpose, which has a seating capacity of\\n2,000.\\nDuring the Summer months, the hotels and cottages are filled\\nwith guests, antl there is plenty of social entertainment. It is, in\\nfact, an advanced and progressive community, which is ever\\nready to extend a cordial welcome to newcomers capable of ap-\\npreciating its superior advantages.\\nThe accompanying illustrations will give an idea of this Arca-\\ndian bit of Florida, but a visit will be necessary in order to fully\\nappreciate its many and varied attractions.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "OCALA DIRECTORY.\\nCoutit^ (3ov ernmcnt.\\nSheriff,\\nClerk,\\nTreasurer,\\nI ax Assessor,\\nTax CoUeetor,\\nCounty Judge,\\nSupervisor of Registration,\\nE. T. Williams.\\nD. G. Miller.\\nr:)R. S. W. Moody.\\nJames W. Matthews.\\nH. T. Wartmann.\\nRichard McConathy.\\nE. M. Gre(;g.\\nJGoarD of County Commissioners.\\nMeets first Monday of each month at Ocala\\nH. W. Long, Cliainuan.\\nL. M. Ayer.\\nJohn W. Stevens.\\nW. P. Williamson.\\nSol. Benjamin.\\nCount\\\\2 JGoarD of ipublic flnstruction.\\nMeets first Monday in each month in Ocala.\\na\\\\I. L. Payne, County Superintendent.\\nF. E. Harris, Chainiuui.\\nG. G. Matthews.\\nG. R. Grifein,\\nIsaac Stevens.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "DIRECTORY. 57\\nCounts JBoarD of IRoai? Supervisors.\\nR. L. McCi.iKK, Chainiiaii.\\nJ. G. Drigckrs. J. M. T. Carter.\\nJ. W. Williams. F. F. Fripp, Clerk.\\nCounts J6oar q 1 IF^ealtb.\\nT. P. (lARV, iM. D., President.\\nD. A. Smith, M. D. E. 15. RjciiARnsdN, Dickson Erwix.\\nCounts JuDiciarS\\nCIRCUIT COURT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fi fill Judicial Circuit.\\nSpring Term, Third Tuesday in March.\\nFall Term, Second Tuesday in October.\\nJudge, J. J. FiNLEY.\\nStates Attorney, H. WiGG.\\nSheriff, E. T. Williams.\\nClerk, D. G. Miller.\\nCRIMIXAL COURT OF RECORD.\\nTerm, Second Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October and December.\\nJudge, W. S. Bullock.\\n.Solicitor, EinviN Badger.\\nClerk, L. DoziER.\\nPROBATE COURT.\\nCounty Judge, Richard McCox-vlhy.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "^S OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nCOURl OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.\\nJustice of the Peace, JOHN CoRDERO.\\nCits Government.\\nJ/AVO/^.\\nR. L. Anderson.\\nCI TV COUNCIL.\\nF. A. Teague, President.\\nE. L. Root. E. W. Agnew.\\nP. B. Dukes. Wm. Fox.\\nB. A. Weatheres. R. E. Yonge.\\nG. A. Carmichael. H. W. Chandler.\\nCITY CLERK AND ASSESSOR.\\nW. L. Jewett.\\nCITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR\\nF. P. Godson.\\nCITY ATTORNEY\\nOtis T. Green.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "I)1RECT()R\\\\\\nMARSHAL!..\\n1). WlIJ.IAMS.\\n59\\nSAXl J AK y [XSPF.C I-OR.\\nH. C. Gat IS.\\n.V TREE r SI EA /X TEXDEXT.\\nS. S. (OHNSTON.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "REPRESHNTATIVE MEN OF OCALA.\\nHON. JOHX F. DUNN.\\nHERE are few men of Florida so widely known\\nto-day as Hon. John F. Dunn of Marion\\nCounty. Mr. Dunn was born in South\\nCarolina in 1844. In 1852 he came to\\nFlorida, and at the age of 16, enlisted in\\nthe first company from his county (4th\\nFlorida Regiment, C. S. A.), to engage in\\nthe war. After twelve months service in\\nthis, he re-enlisted in the 7th Florida Regiment, with which he\\nserved to the end of the struggle. To this record he owes his\\nwidely recognized title of Private Dunn.\\nMr. Dunn came to Ocala in 1872. Having prepared him-\\nself by a course at Eastman s Business College, at Poughkeep-\\nsie, N. Y., he began the study of law in the office of Col. S. M.\\nG. Gary, a prominent Ocala practitioner, taking care of the office,\\nand doing clerical work as required, to pay for the use of the\\nlibrary. He was admitted to the bar in 1S73, and subsequently\\nfor six years practiced in co-partnership with his former employer,\\nunder the firm name of Gary Dunn. In 1882 he abandoned his\\nprofession to take the presidency of the new Bank of Ocala, which\\nhe had been chiefly instrumental in organizing. It was a private\\ninstitution with a capital of $30,000, and was also the first bank\\norganized in the county. In 1887 this bank was reorganized and\\nnationalized under the title of the Merchants National Bank, Mr.\\nDunn becoming the President, an office he still holds. In 18S9\\nMr. Dunn purchased the property and erected the elegant brick\\nstructure in which the bank has since been located. The building,\\nwhich occupies the most eligible site in the city, was subsequently\\npurchased by the bank, and is counted among its most valuable\\nassets.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "(32 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nMr. Dunn has ever been a firm believer in land investments,\\nand for years has been judiciously purchasing as opportunity\\noffered in this connection. As a consequence, he is probably\\nto-day one of the largest citizen land-holders of Florida. Of his\\nupwards of 60,000 acres of Florida lands, 400 acres are in and\\nabout Ocala, including Dunn Park, one of the most valuable\\npieces of city realty, and large and very valualile holdings at Lake\\nHON. JNO. F. DUNN.\\nWeir. The above acreage is exclusive of his immensely valuable\\ninterests in phosphate lands.\\nMr. Dunn organized and is President of the Heather Island\\nOrange Company, capitalized at $200,000, and owning a 5,000\\nacre orange grove in Marion County, and was the leading spirit in\\nthe formation, and is Treasurer of, the Belleview Company, which\\nfounded the thriving town of Belleview; the Homosassa Company,\\nowning a popular resort on Crystal River near the Gulf; and the\\nWithlacoochee and Wekiwa Land Company, which founded the\\ntown of Dunnellon, named for Mr. Dunn, as was also Dunn s\\nBluff, at the junction of the two rivers. He is also the founder\\nand largest stockholder in the Dunnellon Phosphate Company,\\nand in point of fact, there are but few great enterprises in this", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "^(v- n ^1", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "REPRRSKNTATIVE MKN. 6^\\nsection that do not owe to liini their formation and successful\\noperation.\\nMr. Dunn has always had the best interests of his adopted city\\nat heart, and has ever been prominently identified with their pro-\\nmotion. To him is due the introduction of electric light, the\\nwater works, paved streets, the market house, and many other\\nmodern advantages, which have greatly increased the wealth and\\nprosperity of the city. His efforts in behalf of the city have won\\nfor him the highest esteem, and he is generally recognized as a\\nleading spirit, and his opinions sought and respected in every-\\nthing pertaining to the public weal. He has been repeatedly\\nelected Mayor, President of the Council, etc., whenever he would\\naccept the office, in fact and in iSSS was elected to represent this\\ndistrict in the State Senate, receiving over three-fourths of the\\nvotes cast, and being the first Democrat elected in the district\\nsince the war.\\nA little incident, which occurred soon after the phosphate dis-\\ncovery became public, will show the high estimate and apprecia-\\ntion of Mr. Dunn s value to the town. Amazed at his daring\\noperations, and fearing that he, gone daft on the subject, was\\ngoing to smash, some of the prominent men of the town essayed\\nto remonstrate with him, saying that his services were too valuable,\\nthe city couldn t afford to have him go down, etc., etc. The reply\\nwas characteristic of the man: Gentlemen, said he, I may be\\nwrong, but if the ship goes down, it will be with colors flying, and\\nI ll be at the flag-staff.\\nAs a matter of fact, Mr. Dunn, instead of wild-cat specu-\\nlation, was making the investment of his life, with a thorough\\nknowledge of the immense value represented.\\nIn Mr. Dunn are combined the qualities of a genial, courteous\\ngentleman, and a shrewd, able and progressive business man. He\\nis the type of man that can successfully conduct a dozen different\\nenterprises representing millions of capital, conceive and carry out\\noriginal projects for promoting the interests of his town, and\\ndeliver from the floor of the Senate a speech so logical, penetra-\\nting and conclusive as to carry his point in debate. There was\\none trait of character brought out during the phosphate epidemic\\nwhich shows Mr. Dunn, although a practical business man, to be\\nanything but sordid in his dealings. During the excitement, all", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "64 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nthe small homesteaders were anxious to sell, and quite content\\nwith a moderate advance upon the old value estimate of their\\nholdings. To a number of these, Mr. Dunn said: Keep your\\nplace; it will never be worth any less, and if it increases in value,\\nyou should reap the benefit.\\nSeveral thus advised have since disposed of their lands for\\nmany times the price at which they were then willing to sell.\\nMr. Dunn is to-day one of the most influential and prominent\\nmen in Florida. Although not the first to find the deposit, to Mr.\\nDunn belongs the distinction of giving it to the world, making\\ncommercial value, in fact, of the discovery of phosphate. The\\nfirst specimen was brought to him, he secured the first chemical\\nanalysis and determined its value, and the subsequent extensive\\nprospecting, purchase and development of phosphate fields was\\ndone by him or with his moral and financial support. This, in\\nconnection with his extensive and valuable phosphate interests,\\nhas given him the not inapt title of the Phosphate King.\\nE. W. AGNEW.\\nE. Walter Agnew was born in South Carolina in 1847, but re-\\nmoved with his parents to Florida in early boyhood. His father\\nwas for years a leading merchant and closely identified with the\\nmaterial progress of Ocala and Marion County. Soon after leav-\\ning school young Agnew began his business career as junior clerk\\nin his father s store. In 1870 he became a co-partner, and upon\\nthe retirement of his father, in 1884, became the head of the lead-\\ning mercantile house in its line in Florida, and one of the foremost\\nin the South.\\nMr. Agnew has always taken an active interest in and given his\\nhearty support to any project tending to promote the best interests\\nof the commonwealth, and his great wealth and equally important\\ninfluence have been generously devoted to this purpose, with great\\nand manifest benefit to the town and county. In 1885 he organ-\\nized the First National Bank of Ocala, and erected the handsome\\nbuilding in which the bank is located. He has been the President\\nof this institution from the start, and owns the major portion of its\\nstock. He also organized the Ocala Company (see sketch,\\netc.), of which he is the Treasurer and Manager; owns and ope-\\nrates the Marion Lime Works was a leading spirit in the forming", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "REPRESENTA riVF. MEN.\\n65\\nof and a prominent officer and stockholder in the Afarion Phos-\\nphate ComiKiny owns the Agnew and l- irst National Bank\\nblocks, and has other and extensive and vahiable interests, all of\\nwhich conduce in an important det^ree to the material development\\nand prosperity of the city and county.\\nPersonally considered, Mr. Agnew is a practical, shrewd and\\nprogressive business man, while yet preserving the high-bred cour-\\nK. WAI.l 1-,K A(,.\\\\K\\\\\\\\\\ntesy and hospitable manner of the true Southern gentleman. His\\ngenerosity and w illing aid to the ambitious and deserving are pro-\\nverbial, and many of his former clerks and townsmen, to-day in\\nprosperous business, owe their success largely to his financial and\\nmoral support.\\nCOL. ADAM L. EICHELBERGER.\\nCol. Eichelberger is a native of Newberry County, S. C. In\\n1849 he caught the gold fever, and went to California. Shortly\\nafter, he went South into Mexico, and later to Panama. While in\\nthese countries he became deeply interested in the orange family,", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "66 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nand made a careful study and acquired a comprehensive and\\nvaluable knowledge of its nature, growth and culture. He now\\nresolved to return to the States and engage in orange growing.\\nBelieving Florida to be best adapted for this purpose, he removed\\nhither, and, after due consideration of the site question, located\\nnear Ocala. In 1850 he set out the first orange grove in Marion\\nCounty. It was small, consisting of only fifty budded sour stumps\\nset out in his garden, but it formed the nucleus of what is now a\\nrepresentative and eminently successful county industry. After\\npassing through various trying stages, including the scale insect\\nplague of 55, the young grove in 1868 came into full bearing,\\nand yielded a fine crop of high-grade oranges. Satisfied with the\\nsuccess of his experiment, Col. Eichelberger abandoned the mer-\\ncantile business, with which he had been prominently identified\\nfor some years, and embarked in orange culture upon an extensive\\nscale. Here success attended his efforts, and Eichelberger s\\nBanana Hill Grove to-day is known far and wide as one of the\\nhighest cultivated, most successful and generally finest, orange\\ngroves in Florida.\\nCol. Eichelberger may be aptly termed the Father of Orange\\nCulture in Marion County. A pioneer of the business, he has in\\nsubsequent years given the subject of orange culture careful study,\\nand as a result of extensive experimenting in fertilization, irriga-\\ntion, hybriding, etc., has evolved and given freely to his neighbors\\nmuch and valuable information tending to the successful cultiva-\\ntion of orange groves. An instance of Col. Eichelberger s skill\\nwas displayed in 1855, when he successfully fought the scale\\ninsect and saved his grove, when nearly all others in the State\\nwere killed. Col. Eichelberger is also extensively engaged in\\ngrape culture, and from his large vineyard of choice scupper-\\nnongs produces a wine of unrivalled excellence.\\nIn the early part of 1889 Col. Eichelberger discovered a\\ndeposit of gypsum underlying his grove. This gave him a keen\\ninterest in Florida s mineralogy, and when in a subsequent search\\nfor gypsum, phosphate was discovered at Dunnellon, he secured\\nand took to Dr. Snowden the first specimen, the analysis of which\\ndetermined the character and value of the discovery.\\nCol. Eichelberger was one of the founders and is now an\\nofficer of the Withcacoochee River Phosphate Company. He has", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 67\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Other and extensive interests also, in this connection, and is num-\\nbered among Ocala s representative phosphate men.\\nF. A. TEAGUE.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Newberry County, S.C.,\\nin 1853. He was educated at Furman University, and subse-\\nquently became a cotton planter in his native State. In 1884 he\\ncame to Ocala and entered mercantile life, which he abandoned\\nthree years later to engage with his brother in the real estate busi-\\nness, Mr. Teague has been prominently identified with phosphate\\nsince its discovery. He was a member of the Dunn syndicate\\nwhich prospected and purchased the first choice phosphate lands,\\nand was one of the founders, and since its inception has been the\\nSecretary, of the Dunnellon Phosphate Company, the first-\\nestablished and most prominent enterprise of the hard rock\\nregion. Mr. Teague is an extensive owner of real estate in and\\nabout the city, together with valuable grove and other lands in this\\nand adjoining counties. He has had charge for several years of\\nthe largest estate in the vicinity, and is an authority upon realty\\nvalue.\\nMr. Teague is President of the City Council, President of the\\nOcala Company, Secretary of the Dunnellon Phosphate Co., Di-\\nrector of the Bank of Brooksville, head of the drug house of F. A.\\nTeague Co., and member of the real estate firm of S. W. Teague\\nS: Co., and ranks among Ocala s representative citizens.\\nSAMUEL V/. TEAGUE.\\nSamuel W. Teague was born in Newberry County, S. C, in\\n1852. He was educated at Furman University, S. C, and later\\nwas a cotton planter in his native State. In 1882 he came to\\nFlorida, and for two years followed the profession of civil\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0engineer and railroad building. While moving about the State in\\nthis capacity Mr. Teague acquired a valuable experience and\\nknowledge of Florida lands, and became an expert prospector.\\nUpon the discovery of phosphate at Dunnellon in 1889, Mr.\\nTeague joined the Dunn Syndicate, and being familiar with the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0country, took a prominent part in the selection of its immense\\npurchases of first choice phosphate lands.\\nMr. Teague was one of the founders, and from its inception", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "68 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nhas been the Land Commissioner of, the Dunnellon Phosphate\\nCompany, the pioneer and leading company in the hard rock\\nregion. He was also one of the incorporators and a director of\\nthe Buffum Loan and Trust Company, for which until recently he\\nwas land inspector and appraiser.\\nMr. Teague has been extensively engaged in the real estate\\nbusiness for several years, and is the owner of valuable city and\\nsuburban realty, and large tracts in this and other counties, com-\\nprising grove, farm, timber and other lands. He was one of the\\nfounders, in 1884, of the now progressive and thriving town of\\nLady Lake, located on Lake Griffin in Lake County, twenty-five\\nmiles south of Ocala. It is one of the prettiest places in Florida,\\npresenting a charming vista of hills, lakes, tropical vegetation,\\norange groves, pineapple, guava and other fruit and vegetable\\nfarms, etc. As a Winter resort it is unrivalled, and for choice\\nfruit and vegetable culture it offers advantages rarely to be met\\nwith.*\\nMr. Teagae resides at Lady Lake, where he has an ideal semi-\\ntropical home. He is an enthusiastic horticulturist, and the\\nluxuriant growths of choice fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc., upon\\nhis place show the results of careful cultivation.\\nA. MC INTVRE.\\nMr. A. McLityre is a native of North Carolina and was edu-\\ncated at the LTniversity of that State. He came to Ocala in 1882,\\nand up to 1886 was a clerk in a leading mercantile house. At\\nthe latter date he resigned to organize the First National Bank of\\nOcala, of which he has been the Cashier from the start, and whose\\nsuccess may be largely ascribed to his well-directed and spirited\\nmanagement.\\nMr. Mchityre is Secretary and I reasurer of the Ocala Com-\\npany, President of the Ocala Building and Loan Association, Sec-\\nretary and Treasurer of the Albion Phosphate Company, and Sec-\\nretary and Treasurer of the Seminole Orange and Lemon Com-\\npany. He owns much and valuable real estate in and about the\\ncity, which he is continually improving and building upon, and is\\nThe superior advantages and attractions of Lady Lake are soon to be set\\nforth in a handsome illustrated pamphlet.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "K KPK i:si:\\\\ TA ri V e men.\\n69\\notherwise and prominently identified witli the growth and progress\\nof Ocala. Mr. Mclntyre s i-)lace on Ockhuvaha avenue (see illus-\\ntration) is one of the finest to be seen in this vicinity.\\nMr. Mclntyre is also now the owner of the celebrated Blue\\nSprings, of which a full (illustrated) account is given elsewhere.\\n.1. O. CLARKE.\\nJ. Clarke was born in Oxford, Chenango County, N. Y.,\\nand educated at the )\\\\ford Academy. from 185 i to 1S73 he was\\nJ. O. CLARKE.\\nin the dry goods trade in New York City. He came South in 1S73,\\nlocating in Savannah, Ga. In 1882 he came to Ocala, where he\\nhas since made his home.\\nMr. Clarke is Secretary and Director of the Florida Interna-\\ntional and Semi- fropical Exposition at Ocala, and his efforts have\\ncontributed largely to the success of that institution. He is a\\nprominent stock broker and promoter of enterprises, and is popu-\\nlar and esteemed as one of the active and progressive business\\nmen and public-spirited citizens of Ocala.\\nR. P.. MC CONNELL.\\nMr. R. B. McConnell was born in this city in 1S67. He is the\\nyoungest bank cashier in Florida and probably in the country.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "70\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nUpon leaving school he entered the old Ocala Bank as a junior\\nclerk. In 1885 he became the Cashier of this institution, through\\na special act of the Legislature permitting him to serve, as he was\\nthen but 18 years of age. In 1887 he was appointed to the same\\noffice in the newly organized Merchants National, a position\\nwhich he continues to fill with signal ability.\\nMr. McConnell is President of the Brooksville (Fla.), State\\nBank, Secretary and Treasurer of the Withlacoochee River Phos-\\nphate Company, Assistant Treasurer of the Dunnellon Phosphate\\nR. B. MC CONNELL.\\nCompany, Treasurer of the La Criolla Cigar Manufacturing Com-\\npany, Secretary and Treasurer of the Florida Bankers Association,\\nand Captain of the Ocala Rifles. He ranks among the ablest\\nfinanciers of the State and is a prominent figure in both social and\\nbusiness circles of the Phosphate City.\\nDR. R. R. SNOWDEN, CHEMIST.\\nDr. R. R. Snowden was born in South Carolina, but came to\\nFlorida in 187 1, and since 1876 has been a resident of Ocala. He\\nacquired his profession at the New York College of Pharmacy,\\nfrom which he graduated in the class of 1881, and subsequently,\\nuntil 1888, was prominently engaged in the drug business in Ocala.\\nThe discovery of phosphate opened up a prolific field for the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 7 I.\\nexercise of his professional skill, and to Dr. Snowden belongs the\\nhonor of having made the first determinate analysis of the now\\nworld-famed Florida phosphates. This was the oj^portunity of the\\nDoctor s life, grasping which, he has fully demonstrated the truth\\nof the well-known adage, There is a tide, etc.\\nAbandoning the drug business, he proceeded to construct and\\nequip one of the most complete laboratories in the South, with all\\nrequisite facilities for promptly and properly meeting the ever-in-\\ncreasing demand for his services as an analytical chemist. Dr.\\nSnowden has probably made more analyses and acquired a more\\ncomprehensive and accurate knowledge of Florida phosphates than\\nany man in the State. He was one of the incorporators and the\\nfirst chemist of the Dunnellon Phosphate Company, and later a\\npromoter of the Citrus County Hard-Rock Phosphate Company,\\nrecently absorbed by the New York Phosphate Company. He is\\nnow President and Chemist for the Anglo-American Phosphate\\nCompany, Chemical Director and one of the founders of the Glen-\\nAlice Phosphate Company, a Director and leading spirit in the\\nOrange Canal and Transit Company, a Director and largely inter-\\nested in the Floral City Investment Company, President of the\\nTsala-Apopka Building Loan Association, and Treasurer of the\\nOcala Furniture Co. Dr. Snowden sold out his laboratory some\\nmonths since, his e.xtensive interests requiring too much of his time\\nto give it proper attention. He has, however, a private establish-\\nment equally well equipped, where he makes analyses and experi-\\nments in his own interest.\\nDr. Snowden has served as Treasurer for both Ocala and\\nMarion County, and has ever been actively identified with local\\nprogress. He is the owner of much valuable real estate in and\\nabout the city, which he is constantly improving and building\\nupon, and is to-day esteemed as one of the representative, public-\\nspirited citizens of the Phosphate City. Although now possessed\\nof both fame and fortune. Dr. Snowden is by no means out of the\\nbusiness world. He occupies a handsome suite of offices in the\\nGary Block, where he manages the business of the Anglo-\\nAmerican and Glen-Alice Phosphate companies, in addition to\\nlooking after his voluminous and valuable private interests.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS\\nPHOSPHATE COMPANIES.\\nTHK DUNNELLON PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nREvVIEW of the phosphate industry would be\\ncomplete which failed to give due prominence to\\nthe mammoth enterprise conducted under the\\nabove title. The Dunnellon was the first\\ncompany to take the field, its incorporation in\\nNovember, 1889, following immediately upon the\\ndiscovery and demonstration of the value of the Florida phosphate\\ndeposits, with which its corporate members and present officers\\nAvere most prominently identified. It is purely a mining company,\\nwith no land or stock for sale, and is operated and controlled by\\nFlorida men, which insures to the State the greatest possible bene-\\nfit from its immense business.\\nThe Dunnellon Company has a capital of $1,200, coo, divided\\ninto 12, 000 shares of $100 each. Its holdings comprise 20,000\\nacres of first choice phosphate lands probably the richest in the\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2orld located at Dunnellon and along the Withlacoochee river\\nand Tsala-Apopka lake in iSlarion and Citrus counties. The ope-\\nrations of the company are upon a mammoth scale. The mines\\nare situated at Dunnellon, about one mile back from the main line\\nof the S. S. O. G. R. R., a spur from which, with five miles of\\ntrack, extends into the premises, thus supplying excellent trans-\\nportation facilities. Here is a methodically-arranged village,\\ncomprising laborers cottages, the more pretentious dwellings of", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "74 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nmine superintendents, company store and the various buildings\\nidentified with the mining plant, railroad station, store houses,\\ndry sheds, etc. The machinery and appliances used in mining are\\nall of the latest and most improved construction, no feature being\\nomitted which could in any way contribute to the advantageous pro-\\nsecution of the extensive business, which proceeds systematically\\nwithout friction in any department. The company gives employ-\\nment to 400 hands and operates five steam cable hoists and a steam\\ndredge boat the latter for use in river dredging on the Withla-\\ncoochee.\\nThe product of the mines is hard and soft rock phosphate of\\nthe highest quality; the former, for foreign shipment, running never\\nlower than eighty and as high as eighty-eight per cent., while the\\nlatter, chiefly for domestic markets, is in two grades, the first from\\nseventy-five to eighty, and the second sixty-five to seventy-five\\nper cent. The estimated output for the current year is 60,000 to\\n70,000 tons. Dunnellon phosphate is standard value in the mar-\\nkets of the world, and particularly in Europe, whither large ship-\\nments are being continually made.\\nThe officers of the Dunnellon Phosphate Comi)any are:\\nPresident John L. Inglis.\\nVice-President Peter B. Bradley.\\nTreasurer John F. Dunn.\\nSecretary Frank A. Teague.\\nLand Commissioner Samuel W. Teague.\\nChemical Director Dr. Charles U. Shepard.\\nMessrs. Inglis, Dunn, and F. A. and S. W. Teague are repre-\\nsentative Floridans, whose names are most closely connected with\\nthe origin, growth and progress of Florida s new world-famed\\nindustry. Mr. Bradley is the head of the Bradley Fertilizer Com-\\npany probably the largest enterprise of the kind in the country,\\nand Dr. Shepard is one of the eminent chemists of his day, for many\\nyears Chemical Director of the Charleston Phosphate Company,\\nand a recognized authority upon all tpiestions pertaining to deter-\\nminate values of phosphate.\\nThe business of the Dunnellon Company has been character-\\nized from the start by conservative, yet progressive and able, man-\\nagement, and it is to-day a representative and eminently success-\\nful industry, contributing in an important degree to the commer-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n75\\ncial wealth and prosperity of the State. The offices of\\nDunnellon Company are at Ocala, Fla., Boston, Mass.,\\nLondon, Kng.\\nTHE MARION I HGSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThe Marion Phosphate Company was incorporated May\\n1890, with a capital of $5,000,000, and the following officers, v\\nPresident (ieorge J. Baldwin.\\nVice-President E. W. Agnew.\\nSecretary and Treasurer W. W. Rogers.\\nthe\\nand\\nist,\\niz.\\nThe holdings of the company embrace 36,000 acres of the\\nmost valuable phosphate lands in Florida, and probably in the\\nworld, located in Marion, Hernando and Citrus counties. This\\ncompany was the first to make a foreign shipment of Florida phos-\\nphate, and its operations from the start have been conducted upon\\na mammoth scale. The seat of operations is at Dunnellon, on\\nthe main line of the S. S. O. G. R. R., twenty miles below Ocala,\\nwhere the company has one of the most extensive and finest equip-\\nped phosphate mining plants in the world. Along the line of the\\nrailroad and extending back to the piney woods, is a model min-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "76 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\ning settlement, comprisini^- laborers ciuarters, superintendents\\nhouses, company store, warehouses, stables, dry sheds, crushers,\\nengine houses and other buildings, all substantial structures em-\\nbodying every advantage in the way of convenient arrangement\\nand general utility. Spurs from the railroad enter the premises at\\nconvenient points; the mining machinery and appliances are\\nthe best obtainable, and all requisite facilities are supplied for the\\nsystematic and generally advantageous prosecution of the work.\\nIn mine No. i was found the famous big boulder, a fifteen-\\nton monster, containing So to 85 per cent, pure phosphate. (See\\nillustration).\\nThe Marion mines produce the richest grade of hard rock\\nphosphate. Marion phosphate is standard value in the trade\\nand commands the highest prices in the world s markets, particu-\\nlarly in Europe, whither from its inception the company has made\\nfrecjuent and the largest shipments.\\nThe Marion Company is now mining at the rate of 2,500 tons\\nper month, and it is estimated that the output for the current\\nyear will aggregate 30,000 tons. The officers of the company are\\ngentlemen thoroughly conversant with the phosphate industry,\\nwith the requisite experience and abilit} for the successful con-\\nduct of this gigantic enterprise. Mr. Baldwin is well known as\\nthe head of the Baldwin Fertilizer Company of Savannah, and\\nMr. Agnew is one of the foremost business men and financiers of\\nFlorida. (See sketch). Mr. Rogers is an Ocala man, long j^rom-\\ninent and popular in business circles. The offices of the Marion\\nCompany are at Blue Springs, Fla., and Savannah, Ga.\\nTHE OCALA AND BLUE RIVER PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThis company was incorporated on the 30th of June, 1S90,\\nwith a capital of $800,000. In January, 1891, by a vote of three-\\nfourths of the stockholders, 18,000 acres of land were added to\\nthe company s holdings, and the capital was increased to 5^3,000,-\\n000, the articles of incorporation for increased capitalizaticjn being\\nfiled with the Secretary ot State. The company has now 22,000\\nacres of choice phosphate lands, located in Citrus, Marion, Levy,\\nSuwanee and La Fayette counties.\\nI he com] )any s mines are located four miles southeast of\\nDunnellon, in Citrus county, a spur from the S. S. \u00c2\u00abS: G. R. R.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTKRESrS.\\n77\\nextending into the premises aiui siip|)lyin!^ all re(]uisite transpor-\\ntation facilities. The mining plant consists of the latest and best\\nimproved methods and appliances for phosjihate minin.s^, including\\na newly invented crusher and dryer, which has no equal in its\\nfield of utility. This apparatus (the only one in existence) by a\\ncontinuous process receives the crude material taken from the\\nmines, crushes, screens, wasiies and drys it, and deposits the\\nresultant merchantable phosphate in the dry shed. It represents\\na great saving in time and labor, and does the required work\\nmuch better than could be done by old-time methods. The com-\\nOCALA AND I .LUE RIVER\\nPHOSPHATE CO\\npany employs 200 hands, and is now taking out 100 tons of phos-\\nphate per diem. The company began mining in December,\\n1S90, and the first cargo, shi])ped in March, 1891, reached 81.59\\nper cent, (unwashed rock.) This is a remarkably high grade,\\neven for this famously rich field, and it goes far in proof of the\\nsuperior phosphate in the company s mines.\\nThe main offices of the company are at Ocala, with a branch\\noffice in New York.\\nThe officers are\\nPresident R. G. Wright.\\nVice-President Jas A. Harris.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "78\\nOCA LA, FLORIDA.\\nSecretary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. T. Lancaster.\\nTreasurer C. W. White.\\nDirectors R. G. Wright, Jas. A. Harris, E. C. Hood, Geo.\\nW. Wilson, Jno. G. Reardon, C. W. White, G. C. Stevens, E. S.\\nGaulden, F. E. Harris, J. T. Lancaster.\\nThe Ocala and Blue River is one of the most active and\\nprogressive companies in the field, and its business for the ensuing\\nyear will figure largely in the grand aggregate of the phosphate\\nindustry.\\nWITHLACOOrHEE RIVER\\nPHOSPHATE CO. S\\nMINES.\\niiiiMi^MiririiiiWiiiliJiiTi[ii i Vvw^*\u00e2\u0084\u00a2!^\\nCLUBE PHOSPHATE CO. S\\nMINE NO. I.\\nTHE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER PHOSPHATE CO.\\nThe Withlacoochee River Phosphate Co. was incorporated early\\nin 1890, with a capital stock of $400,000 and the following active\\nofficers\\nPresident James A. Harris.\\nVice-President A. L. Eichelberger.\\nSecretary and Treasurer R. B. McConnell.\\nGeneral Manager William Anderson.\\nSuperintendent at Mines W. J. Taylor.\\nThe company owns 1,780 acres, embracing some of the most\\nvaluable phosphate lands in Citrus County. These lands are upon", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "KUSINF.SS INTERESTS. 79\\nthe lines of the S. S. O. c\\\\: G. and F. C. V. raih oads, also upon\\nthe Withlacoochee river, from which the company s title is derived,\\nthus affording unusually excellent facilities for transportation.\\nThe company is now mining extensively and shipi)ing to all mar-\\nkets. The plant includes the latest and best machinery and appli-\\nances for the purpose, a force of eighty-five hands is employed,\\nand no concern in the field is better equipped or has greater facili-\\nties for prosecuting to the best advantage its large and fast in-\\ncreasing business.\\nThe Withlacoochee Co. was among the first to begin mining\\nand shipping, the product of its mines comprising hard and soft\\nphosphate of the highest grade, which has a standard value in the\\nmarket, and it ranks to-day with the representative and most suc-\\ncessful Florida phosphate companies.\\nOf the officers, Messrs. Harris and Eichelberger are among the\\nleading orange growers of Florida, Mr. McConnell is the cashier\\nof the Merchants National Bank, and Mr. Anderson is a promi-\\nnent druggist of Ocala. Mr. Taylor, the Mine Superintendent, is\\na gentleman of experience and ability in this field of industry.\\nThe offices of the Withlacoochee Co. are at Ocala, the mines\\nat Shell Mound, Citrus County, Fla.\\nTHE NEW YORK PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThe New York Phosphate Company was incorporated under\\nthe laws of Iowa in February, 1891, with a capital of $4,000,000.\\nThe company owns 7,100 acres of high grade phosphate lands in\\nMarion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, Pasco and Hillsborough coun-\\nties, which were selected at the same time as those of the Dun-\\nnellon and Marion Companies lands, or, in other words, they are\\nfirst choice lands.\\nThe New York Phosphate Company began mining in Marion\\nCounty on June ist. Six weeks later two other mines were\\nopened, and are now in successful operation, one being located\\nnear Tompkinsville, and the other within four miles of Pemberton\\nFerry. The several mines are equipped with the latest improved\\nphosphate mining plant and appliances, and ample transporta-\\ntion facilities are supplied by the S. S. O. G., and a branch of\\nthe F. S. railroads, both of which extend into the premises. These\\nfacilities are soon to be augmented by a new railway under", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "8o OCALA, FLORIDA.\\ncontract for completion by August, 1891 which will pass through\\nthe company s property, giving outlets at Archer and Dunnellon.\\nThe New York Company is composed of prominent New York\\ncapitalists, who organized with the above title in February last,\\nand purchased the property of the Citrus County Hard Rock Phos-\\nphate Co. The company has now in contemplation the purchase\\nof a large tract adjoining the present lands, which will give it one\\nof the largest and most valuable phosphate properties in the State.\\nIt is the purpose of this company to work systematically upon a\\nlarge scale, with a view to supplying the world s markets with\\nstandard value phosphate exclusively.\\nThe company has ample capital, a progressive and able man-\\nagement, and, in short, possesses all requisite facilities for carry-\\ning out its plans, and it will at once take a position in the front\\nrank of Florida phosphate mining industries.\\nFollowing is the list of officers:\\nPresident\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. M. Pierce, LL. 1).\\nVice-President Starr J. Murphy.\\nSecretary Robt. M. Boyd, Jr.\\nTreasurer Franklin D. Wheeler.\\nChemical Director Francis Wyatt, Ph. D.\\nGeneral Manager J. W. Pearson.\\nFiscal and distributing Agents Central Trust Co., 56 Wall\\nstreet. New York.\\nOf the officers. Dr. Pierce is a gentleman prominent in New\\nYork s social and financial circles; Messrs. Murphy and Boyd are\\nof the well-known New York firm of investment lawyers. Murphy,\\nLloyd (S; P5oyd Mr. Wheeler is one of the prominent capitalists of\\nNewark, N. T- and Dr. Wyatt is one of the foremost chemists of\\nthe country. Mr. Pearson, the Crcneral Manager, is an astute\\nbusiness man, eminently qualified for the responsible position he\\nholds.\\nThe offices of the New York Phosphate Company are at Ocala,\\nNew York, and London, England.\\nTHE eac;le phosphate company.\\nThe Eagle Phosphate Co. was incorporated in July, 1890,\\nunder the laws of the State of L)wa, and is capitalized at\\n$2,000,000. The company owns 1,700 acres of choice phosphate", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. 8l\\nkinds in ]\\\\Iarion County, convenient for transportation, and the\\netiuipment embraces all the improved methods and appliances for\\nadvantageous phosphate mining.\\nThe product of the mines is a superior grade of hard rock\\nphosphate, for which a standard value will be maintained in all\\nmarkets.\\nThe officers of the company are:\\nPresident Andrew S. McCreath, Ph. D.\\nVice-President A. J. Dull.\\nSecretary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. W. Barrs.\\nTreasurer H. W. Clark.\\nSuperintendent of Mines George E. Potts, Ph. B.\\nDr. McCreath is a famous chemist of Harrisburg, Pa. Mr.\\nDull is a prominent iron manufacturer of the same city. Messrs.\\nBarrs and Clark are leading real estate men of Jacksonville, Fla.\\nand ]\\\\Ir. Potts is a Bachelor of Philosophy (Yale) and an expert\\nmining engineer.\\nI he offices of the Eagle Phosphate Co. are at Ocala and Jack-\\nsonville, Fla., and New York City.\\nTHE EARLV I .IRD PHOSPHATE CO.\\nThe Early Bird Phosphate Co. was incorporated in December,\\n1890, under the laws of Iowa, with a capital of i|5oo,ooo. The\\ncompany owns 700 acres of the richest phosphate lands located in\\nMarion County, and possesses every requisite in the way of min-\\ning plant, transportation facilities, etc. The enterprise will be\\nconducted upon a sound business basis, with all the advantages of\\nample capital and progressive and capable officers, and the phos-\\nphate mined and shipped to the world s markets will be kept up\\nto the highest standard.\\nThis company began mining in March last. By June the work-\\ning force had been doubled, and the mining operations corres-\\npondingly extended and increased, and it already ranks among the\\nrepresentative phosphate mining enterprises of this region.\\nThe company s officers are:\\nPresident H. J. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., and President Buffalo\\nAlcholene Co.\\nVice-President D. O. Ashbaugh, New York.\\nSecretary and Treasurer E. D. Stevens, Buffalo.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "82 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nResident Chemist L. M. Burbank.\\nConsulting Chemist Francis Wyatt, Ph. D.\\nGeneral Manager J. B. Wilcox.\\nThe offices of the Early Bird Phosphate Co. are at Ocala and\\nNew York.\\nThe transportation facilities of this great phosphate mining\\ncenter are soon to be gfeatly improved. On May 12th a contract\\nwas made between the New York, Eagle and Early Bird\\ncompanies, and Mr. Ambler, President of the National Bank of\\nthe State of Florida, by the terms of which a railroad is to be\\nbuilt by August next which will pass through the mining centers\\nof the companies named, giving them and other concerns in the\\nvicinity an outlet via Archer to Fernandina, also connection near\\nDunnellon with lines from Pemberton Ferry.\\nThis is an important move and will greatly benefit one of the\\nrichest phosphate districts of the State.\\nBOULDER PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThe Boulder Phosphate Company was incorporated under the\\nState laws of Florida, in May, 1891. It has a paid-up capital of\\n$600,000, and an authorized capital of $1,000,000, and is officered\\nas follows\\nPresident Col. R. B. Metcalf of Lexington, Ky.\\nVice-President J. H. Livingston of Ocala.\\nTreasurer R. B. McConnell of Ocala.\\nSecretary H. C. Vortriede of Toledo, O.\\nBusiness Manager J. A. McDavid.\\nDirectors R. B. Metcalf of Lexington, Ky. J. W. Appleton\\nof Lexington, Ky. S. M. Heller of Napoleon, O. H. C. Vor-\\ntriede of Toledo. O. O. J. Carpenter of Covington, Ky. R. B.\\nMcConnell of Ocala; J. H. Livingston of Ocala.\\nThe company has 3,300 acres of high grade phosphate lands in\\nAlachua and Levy counties, with a railroad running through the\\nbest section, and is pushing forward preparations for mining and\\nshipping on a mammoth scale. The lands of the company con-\\ntain immense deposits of the richest phosphate, analyses of which\\nhave shown 77 to 85 per cent. The deposits are either out-crop-\\nping or with a light overburthen, and the strata have been pene-\\ntrated to a depth of thirty-three feet without going through.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n83\\nAn immense boulder probably the largest ever discovered\\nwas recently unearthed upon the company s property. It is esti-\\nmated to weigh 100 tons, and samples analyzed have shown S5.25\\nper cent, phosphate. The company intend placing this boulder\\non exhibition at the World s Fair, if suitable arrangements can be\\nmade for its transportation.\\nThe Boulder Company is the latest to date to perfect its organ-\\nization and begin mining. It will have, however, one of the most\\ncomplete and finest phosphate mining plants, and, with its experi-\\nenced and capable management, will at an early date be found in\\nthe front rank of representative Florida phosphate enterprises.\\nThe offices of the Boulder Phosphate Company are at Ocala,\\nFla. Lexington, Ky., and Toledo, O.\\nSTRANATHAN PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThe Stranathan Phosphate Company was incorporated under\\nthe laws of the State of Florida, in May, 1891, and althougli but\\nrecently come into the field, it starts out under the most favorable\\nauspices, and will quickly take rank among the most prosperous\\nas well as most active and progressive companies engaged in the\\nphosphate industry. The company has a capital of $100,000\\nfully subscribed, with no stock for sale, and owns forty acres of\\nselected high grade phosphate land near Anthony, this county,\\nwhere extensive preparations are being made for mining and\\nshipping in a systematic and highly advantageous manner. The\\ncompany will have one of the finest plants in the State. The\\nequipment will include much newly perfected apparatus, the\\nutility of which has been carefully ascertained. The mines are on\\nthe line of the F. C. ^i P. R. R., which offers every advantage in\\nthe way of transportation facilities, and no feature will be lackino-\\nwhich could in any way promote the advantageous prosecution of\\nthe business. The deposit of phosphate on the company s land is\\npronounced by the best authority after careful inspection to be\\none of the richest and easiest mined in the State. There is plenty\\nof it, also; a conservative estimate placing it at 1,000,000 tons.\\nCapt. L. M. Thayer, the President of the company, is also\\nGeneral Manager of the Peninsular Phosphate and Mining Co.,\\nand a gentleman of experience and thorough knowledge in all\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0departments of the industry. The Vice-President is Mr. C. E.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "84 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nTaylor of Ocala, a gentleman prominently connected with the F.\\nC. P. R. R. Mr. N. S. Pennington, the Secretary and Treas-\\nurer, is General Trafific Manager of the F. C. P. R. R., and one\\nof the best known and most astute business men of the State.\\nTHE ALP.ION PHOSPHATE COMPANY.\\nThe Albion Phosphate Company was incorporated in 1890, with\\na capital of $300,000, and the following active officers, viz.\\nPresident Dr. H. Knight.\\nSecretary and Treasurer A. Mclntyre.\\nThis company owns 2,000 acres of valuable phosphate lands-\\non Peace river in De Soto County. These lands are conveniently\\nlocated for mining and transportation, and the deposits of phos-\\nphate are among the richest and most conveniently worked.\\nParties wishing to engage in mining under the most favorable\\nconditions, or to obtain a valuable phosphate property thoroughly\\ndeveloped for inspection, will find it to their advantage to commu-\\nnicate at once with Mr. A. Mclntyre, the General Manager of the\\ncompany, at the First National Bank of Ocala.\\nTHE GLEN-ALICE PHOSPHATE C0MP.4NY.\\nThe Glen-Alice mines are located in Sumter County, near\\nBay Hill P. O., where the company owns 52 1-2 acres of the\\nrichest phosphate land. The mining equipment embraces all the\\nnewest and best improved machinery and appliances. A compe-\\ntent force of hands is employed, and spurs from the F. C. \u00c2\u00ab!v: P.\\nand F. S. railroads supply all requisite facilities for transportation.\\nThe output of the mines, consisting of high grade hard rock\\nphosphate, is estimated at 40,000 tons for the current year, and\\nthe superior character of the Glen-Alice product gives it a wide\\nmarket. Dr. R. R. Snowden, the Chemical Director of the com-\\npany, is also the General Manager in charge of the Ocala office,\\nand to his well-directed management of the business may be\\nlargely ascribed the success achieved.\\nTHE GLOBE PHOSPHATE MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF\\nCITRUS COUNTY.\\nThe Globe Phosphate, Mining and Manufacturing Company of\\nCitrus County perfected its organization in August, 1890, at\\nwhich date it was duly incorporated under the laws of Florida.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. 85\\nThe name embraces the idea of its founders and the fundamental\\nlaw of the company, viz. To dig, to mine, to manufacture. It is\\na distinctively co-operative company, its promoters and officers\\nbeing all owners of lands, and their organization was made and is\\nvigorously supported with a view to the more advantageous hand-\\nling and development of their individual holdings.\\nThe company has an authorized capital of $5,000,000 limited\\nto non-assessable shares of $100, each share being entitled to a\\nvote. Stock of the company is issued in payment for lands which,\\nafter a thorough inspection by the company s Board of Appraisers,\\nhave been pronounced desirable or up to its strictly maintained\\nhigh standard, each shareholder having a voice in their accept-\\nance or rejection. This plan insures to the company none but the\\nbest lands, and also for obvious reasons makes every shareholder\\ndirectly interested in the promotion of the company s interests.\\nIn its present status the company has a capital stock issued of $2,-\\n313,865.50, and owns 8,541 acres of the richest phosphate lands\\nin Florida, which means practically in the world. These lands\\nare the result of a careful selection by experts from many thous-\\nsands of acres which have been placed upon the company list for\\nexamination, and it will be apparent to the most obtuse that a\\nholding of 8,^41 -i cs of selected highest grade phosphate lands\\nis greatly to be preferred to a much greater acreage of mixed\\nlands. It is the purpose of the Globe Company to develop and\\nmine these lands and send the product to the markets of the\\nworld.\\nThe Globe Company s lands are located chiefly along the\\neastern side of Citrus County, which has been pronounced by no\\nless an authority than the Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, ///f richest\\neouiity in the world. Valuable tracts are also owned in Hernando,\\nMarion and Sumter counties, and all the company lands are con-\\ntiguous to river or railroad transportation. The company is now\\nmaking preparations for mining on a most extensive scale, and\\nwill soon have in successful operation one of the finest equipped\\nand best located phosphate mining plants in Florida. The Globe\\nCompany s lands are located in the center of the Florida phosphate\\nfields, and the phosphate deposits thereon are among the richest\\nyet discovered., convenient for mining, and practically inexhaus-\\ntible.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "86 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nDr. Lupton, in his work on Scientific Agriculture, page 59,.\\ngives the best grade of South Carolina phosphate as follows:\\nMoisture 7-79\\nOrganic Matter 4-f o\\nSilica IO-35\\nCalcium Carbonate 20\\nBone Phosphate 61. 89\\nEarthy and Alkaline Salts 7-17\\n100.00\\nThe following is an average of Globe hard rock phos-\\nphate\\nMoisture i^-45\\nBone Phosphate of Lime 82. 50\\nOxide of Iron and Alumina i- 40\\nOrganic Matter 2. 10\\nSilica 7-03\\nEarthy and Alkaline Salts 5-52\\n100.00\\nSelect samples from the (llobe lands run as high as 87 and\\nseldom lower than 60 per cent, in bone phosphate. Of ninety-\\nfour samples sent to the Rev. Dr. James P. De Pass, Experiment\\nStation of Florida, the percentum ranged from 52 to 87.97 phos-\\nphate of lime, and fifty-five samples contained 81.97 per cent,\\nbone phosphate. (See Bulletin No. 10.)\\nThe officers of the company are:\\nPresident J. R. Biggs.\\nFirst Vice-President L. C. Cotton.\\nSecond Vice-President and Business Manager T. J. Cochran.\\nThird Vice-President J. W. Williamson.\\nSecretarj Walter S. Turner.\\nTreasurer C. S. Young.\\nCorresponding Secretary Geo. W. De Muro.\\nDirectors Dr. V. M. Metcalf, C. S. Young, E. W. Priest,\\nGeo. W. De Muro, J. W. Davis, Dr. V. M. Metcalf, Civil and\\nMining Engineer.\\nMr. Biggs is an ex-physician of Chattanooga, Tenn., and a\\nprominent Florida land owner. Messrs. Cotton and Davis are\\nrepresentative Florida farmers; Mr. Cochran, formerly a Ken-\\ntucky farmer, is now one of the leading men of the new and\\nthrivino- town of Inverness, Citrus county seat; Mr. Williamson", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "IJUSINKSS INTERKSTS. QJ\\nis editor and proiM-ietor of 7 //r Phosp/tatc Field at Inverness; Dr.\\nTurner is a prominent Florida pliysician Mr. ^^)ung\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 is Director-\\nGeneral of tlie Senii-Tropical Exposition at Ocala Mr. ]_)e Muro\\nis a representative Citrus County orange grower; Mr. Priest is a\\nCitrus County man, and a large land-owner, and Mr. Metcalf is\\none of the foremost civil and mining engineers of the State.\\nThe business ofifice of the company is at Ocala, Fla. There is\\nnow a limited amount of the stock for sale, and parties seeking\\ninvestment in this connection will do well to write at once or call\\nfor particulars, maps, etc.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "ORANGE GROVES.\\nFERNWOOD.\\nGROVE OF D. G. EICHELBEKGER.\\nNE of the finest orange groves in this vicinity is that\\nof Mr. D. G. Eichelberger, called Fernwood.\\nThis grove comprises six and one-half acres and\\nis very desirably located just outside of Ocala. It\\nis now in full bearing, and the product includes the\\nchoicest varieties of early Florida oranges. Mr.\\nEichelberger is a native Floridan, and was educated at Roanoke\\nCollege, Virginia. He has been identified with orange culture\\nnearly all his life, his father having been the pioneer, and is to-\\nday the foremost exponent of this pursuit in the country.\\nBesides his home grove, Mr. Eichelberger owns loo acres of\\ngrove in various stages of bearing in Marion and Sumter counties.\\nTHE BANANA HILL ORANGE GROVE.\\nCOL. A. L. EICHELBERGER, OWNER.\\nThis magnificent grove is located a short distance south of\\nOcala, on Orange avenue. It comprises forty-five acres of the\\nrichest grove land in Marion County, all of which is under the\\nhighest and most successful cultivation. There are 4,000 bearing\\ntrees of the finest varieties of the orange family, and the fruit pro-\\nduced by the Banana Hill Grove has a standard value in the mar-\\nkets. The owner. Col. Adam L. Eichelberger, was the pioneer in\\nthe orange industry in Marion County. [See portrait and sketch\\nelsewhere.]\\nTHE FORT KING GROVE.\\nJ. T. LANCASTER, OWNER.\\nThe Fort King Grove occupies a beautiful site on Fort King\\navenue, one mile east of the city. This avenue, long a favorite\\ndrive, is soon to be macadamized to the grove, by popular sub-\\nscription of property-owners and residents en route.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "go OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nThe Fort King Grove comprises 22 86-100 acres, upon which\\nare about 1,200 sweet seedling trees. These trees range from\\nten to fifteen years old, are just coming in full bearing, and repre-\\nsent the choicest varieties of the orange family. This is one of\\nthe most picturesque groves in the county. From the street there\\nis a gradual rise to the center, thence a gentle slope to the back\\nof the grove. A broad avenue leads up to this central ridge,\\nwhere is a fine park of moss-draped live-oaks, overlooking the\\nentire grove and commanding a magnificent view of the surround-\\ning country. This park is a natural mansion site, and there is\\nonly needed one of those commodious, deep-galleried Southern\\nhouses to complete what may well be termed an ideal Southern\\ngentleman s home.\\nThe Fort King Grove has been kept under a high state of cul-\\ntivation and the healthful growth of the trees has been carefully\\nfostered. It is symmetrical in the true alignment, the fruit is of\\nthe finest and earliest varieties, and no more picturesque, prosper-\\nous and in every way desirable piece of grove property is to be\\nmet with in this section.\\nMr. j. T. Lancaster, the owner, is a prominent Ocala real\\nestate and phosphate man. He is secretary of the Ocala Blue\\nRiver Phosphate Co., and chief of the Ocala Fire Department.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCAI.A, FLORIDA.\\n^-Q. I. 400 acres of land, iS acres in grove, 500 trees now bearing, had crop of\\n400 boxes of oranges last year, will have large crop this year. One\\nmile from station on S. S. O. G. R. K. 2^-. miles from village of\\nCrystal River, and H mile from river, I ji miles from salt water. Plenty\\nof oysters, game, etc. Price, $10,000.\\nKo. 2. 170,^- acres, all hummock land. 120 acres cleared, balance heavily timbered\\nhard wood, rich rolling land. Seven miles south of Ocala, and 2,^-j miles\\ndue west of Santos, on F. C. P. R. R. Price, $1,250.\\nNo. s. 5-acre orange grove, near Anthony, on F. C. P. R. R. Price, $2,000.\\nKg. 4. 33 acres near town of Yulee in Alachua Co., on F. C. P. R. R., mostly\\ncleared, 100 orange trees, 40 bearing, a number of peach and other\\nfruit trees bearing, four-room dwelling with necessary out-buildings.\\nPrice, $1,000.\\nNo. 5. 120 acres of land with good four-room house, kitchen and dining room in\\nrear, 3 acres in orange trees: crop in 1S89, 12 boxes. Nursery of\\n10,000 budded and sour trees, which has and will pay 15 per cent, on\\ninvestment. Small orchard of peach, pear, medlar, strawberries, nuts,\\netc. Titles perfect. Price, $1,500.\\nNo. 6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 An island in the mouth of the Crystal river on the public highway of\\nboats. Old house, 7 acres cleared, suitable for watering place, furni-\\nture factory or canning factory. In all, 102.35 acres at $25 per acre,\\nor would sell one-half interest to right party.\\nNo. 7. 10 acres of land all cleared, fenced and under cultivation, 2 acres in\\ngrapes (9 varieties), also variety of peach and other fruit; house of three\\nlooms, flower garden, barn, horse and wagon. Price, $1,200.\\nNo. 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 73-2 acres of land, all cleared, rail fence, iSo budded trees, 2 years old;\\nmuck pond on place. Price, $350.\\nLot adjoining above, improved, mild land, two large muck ponds. Price, $400.\\nNo. 9. Tract of 79 acres, one acre in grove, 1,000 nursery trees, dwelling-house\\nof two rooms, with kitchen, etc., good fence. Pit showing hard and\\nsoft phosphate. Price, $8,000.\\nNo. 10. Lot of 5 acres, two-room house, kitchen and dining-room attached, cel-\\nlar, barn and out-buildings, all frame, under good fence; 125 orange\\ntrees beginning to bear, 14 fine Le Conte pear trees, some bearing; 25\\nKelsey Japan plums beginning to bear, 17 Champion I seedlings\\nand Concord grapes, Scuppernong grape and other variety of fruit\\ntrees and flowers, on Lemon avenue, four miles south of Ocala. Price,\\n$750.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. II. 20 acres mixed land iV miles from Belleview, iS acres cleared and set to\\ntrees, but has been neglected. This property cost $1,400 three years\\nago. Price, $1,100,\\nAlso, lot 22, block 172, Silver Springs Park. Price, $30.\\nLot 4, block 26, Belleview, three minutes walk from depot. Size of lot 100x150.\\nI rice, $70.\\nNo. 12. Tract of 160 acres pine land, 2 acres of bearing orange grove, etc., new\\nhouse of four rooms, cost over $600, three good wells of free stone\\nwater, 60 acres under good rail fence, two miles from Eureka on the\\nOcklawaha river. Has good range for stock raising. All high, dry,\\nrolling pine land. Price, $2,000.\\nNo. 13. 93}- acres high, dry, rolling pine land m good locality, five and a half\\nmiles east of Ocala. Price, $900.\\nNo. 14, 20 acres high, rolling hummock land, beautifully situated, one and a half\\nmiles west of Santos on F. C. P. R. R. Price, $800.\\nNo 15. 8SM acres of land on line of Marion and Lake counties, one and a half\\nmiles from Pittman on F. S. R. R. in Lake County; 25 acres cleared\\nand under fence, 10 acres set to orange trees (900 trees), some bearing,\\nand all will bear soon. Crop last year, 50 boxes; crop this year will be\\n100 boxes. Good spring of water. Price, $5,500.\\nNo. 16. 1 20 acres east of Anthony. New two-story dwelling, 50 acres in culti-\\nvation, muck pond and good deposit of phosphate on place. Price,\\n$4,000.\\nNo. 17. 160 acres pine and hummock land situated near Orange Home, Sumter\\nCounty, 32 or 40 acres in grove just coming into bearing, crop last\\nyear, 1,000 boxes; beautifully situated on Lake Deaton, one mile from\\nrailroad depot. Price, $25,000.\\nNo. 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lots 3 and 4, block I, and Lot 1 of block M, of Highland\\nPark, addition to city of Ocala. Lot 3 has six-room dwelling, with\\nkitchen, servants room, etc., earth closet, good fence, etc.; Lots 3 and\\n4 have had variety of orange, pear and other fruit trees bearing; situated\\nin one of the most desirable parts of the city of Ocala. Price, $3,500.\\nIf vou don t src //,!f von -a aa/ on tliis list, -.crih- for it, as ivc are constantly\\ni-c ceivinx ne-io lia/^ains.\\nNo. 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Weir Park Hotel, situated on Lot 84, containing iM acres of the plot of\\nWeir Park, on north side of Lake Weir. Price, $4,000.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "BANKS.\\nmerchants national bank of ocala.\\nHE Merchants National Bank of Ocala was origi-\\nnally established as the Bank of Ocala in 1882,\\nthis being the first bank started in Marion County.\\nIn 1887 the bank was reorganized, nationalized,\\nand the present title adopted. The bank building,\\nat the southeast corner of the square, is one of the finest business\\nmerchants national bank block.\\nedifices of the city, and the bank premises are a model of elegant\\nappointment, thorough equipment and systematic and convenient\\narrangement. All business pertaining to a first-class metropolitan\\nbank is carefully and skilfully executed by a corps of experienced\\nclerks, under the supervision of astute and able officers, and the\\nlarge, liberal and highly desirable patronage of the bank distin-\\nguishes it as one of the most popular as well as successful institu-\\ntions of its character in the South.\\nAt its inception in 1887, The Merchants National had a", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "92\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\ncapital of $50,000 and deposits aggregating but $60,000. In Jan-\\nuary, 1891, the capital was increased to $100,000, the deposits had\\ngrown to $380,000, and $15,000 of surplus and undivided profits\\nhad been accumulated truly a most prosperous career, and one\\nsuggesting conservative methods and sound financial and execu-\\ntive ability in the management.\\nThe officers are\\nPresident Hon. John F. Dunn.\\nVice-President H. C. Wright.\\nCashier R. B. McConnell.\\nMERCHANTS NATKINAL l;ANK INIKKIoK.\\nDirectors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. F. Dunn, H. C. Wright, R. B. McConnell,\\nCharles Rheinauer, William Anderson, J. A. Rowell, L.M.Thayer,\\nE. P. Dismukes.\\nTHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OCALA.\\nThe First National Bank of Ocala was incorporated in 18S6,\\nwith an authorized capital of $150,000, and the following officers,\\nwho are still in charge, viz.\\nPresident E. W. Agnew.\\nVice-President W. H. Couch.\\nCashier A. Mclntyre.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n93\\nDirectors Iv W. Agnew, W. H. Couch, Ed. Delouest, A.\\nMclntyre, D. C. W. Smith.\\nThe bank began business with its present working capital of\\n$50,000, and its career from the start has been one of uninter-\\nrupted prosperity and progress.\\nThe first statement made June 3d, 1886, gave deposits subject\\nto check, $37,866.65. At the last annual statement (February,\\n1891), the aggregate of deposits had increased to $329,306.28, and\\nthe bank had accumulated a surplus of $30,000.\\nThe bank building is one of the architectural features of the\\ncity. It is a handsome modern brick of three stories, standing at\\nthe southwest corner of the square, at the junction of Magnolia\\nand Exposition streets. The bank premises are spacious, system-\\natically arranged, and fitted up in a style which embodies the best\\nmodern ideas of utility, convenience and attractiveness. In ad-\\ndition to the ordinary banking methods and appliances, the equip-\\nment includes the largest and finest depository safe in the State.\\nThis safe was built expressly for the bank, and represents the\\nhighest degree of perfection attained in this connection. It con-\\ntains 147 private boxes, each with patent lock, etc., and every", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "94 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\neffort has been made to make it absolutely fire and burglar-proof.\\nThe safe is a great convenience to the bank s patrons, and adds\\nmaterially to the metropolitan completeness and general first-class\\nmodern equipment of the institution.\\nThe First National does a general banking business, for the\\nexecution of which it has an experienced clerical force under the\\ncareful supervision of astute and able officers. Its numerous\\npatronage is drawn from the most desirable custom of the city\\nand county, and it ranks to-day among the soundest, ablest con-\\nducted and most successful financial institutions of the State.\\nTHE BUFFUM LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.\\nOne of the prominent and successful financial enterprises of\\nOcala is that conducted under the title of The Buffum Loan and\\nTrust Company. This company was incorporated under the\\nFlorida State laws in 1888, with a capital of $200,000,\\nand its business, which was begun in the same year, has\\nbeen characterized by a steady and substantial growth from\\nthe start.\\nThe company occupies spacious and elegantly appointed\\npremises in the Ocala House Block, which are fitted up in modern\\nbank style, and supplied with all requisite business facilities. The\\nbusiness of the company is extensive and comprehensive. Loans\\nare made and negotiated upon all recognized forms of investment\\nsecurity, real and personal property, notes, bonds, mortgages,\\nstock, etc., are purchased, sold, exchanged and otherwise disposed\\nof, moneys and other deposits are received, and debenture bonds\\nare issued, based upon securities held by the company, with pay-\\nments of principal and interest; also collections guaranteed.\\nFrom its inception the company has maintained a conservative\\npolicy in its extensive dealings. Only strictly first-class securities\\nof recognized market value are handled, thus insuring to its many\\npatrons safe as well as profitable investment. The company does\\na general business, which distinguishers it as one of the foremost\\ninstitutions of its kind in the State.\\nfhe official management is composed as follows:\\nPresident Frederick C. Buffum.\\nVice-President and Auditor Edward H. Buffum.\\nSecretary and Treasurer Claude E. Connor.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n95\\nFinance Committee Frederick C. fjiilTum, Edwartl H. lUilTum,\\nRobert L. Anderson.\\nBoard of Directors Frederick C iiiilTum, Stanton, l^ lorida;\\nEdward H. Kuffum, Ocala, Florida; Claude E. Connor, Ocala,\\nFlorida; Horace L. Cilley, South Lake eir, Florida; Robert L.\\nAnderson, Ocala, Florida; Franklin Metcalf, Carolina, R. I.; E.\\nK. Pray, South Lake Weir, Florida.\\nCompany s Attorney Robert L. Anderson. Ocala, Florida.\\nGROVE OF F. C. KUFFUM\\nRESIDEN CE OF F. C. BUFFUM\\nSTANTON-ON-I,AKK-\\\\VEIR.\\nThe Messrs. Buffum are natives of Westerly, R. L, but have\\nbeen located in Florida for the past ten years, where they are re-\\nspected and prominent in all circles. Mr. Connor came here from\\nSouth Carolina four years ago. He is Secretary and Treasurer of\\nthe Marion and Citrus Phosphate Company, and a financier and\\nbusiness man of recognized ability. Mr. R. L. Anderson, the\\ncompany s attorney, is Mayor of the city and a leading Ocala\\nlawyer.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "PHOSPHATE BROKERAGE.\\nV,. ARENTZ CO.,\\nBROKERS AND DEALERS IN FLORIDA I HOSI HATE ROCK.\\nN important business enterprise in connection with\\ntlie Florida phosphate industry is that of Messrs.\\nB. Arentz Co., brokers and dealers in P lorida\\nphosphate rock, with offices in the National Bank\\nbuilding. This well-known and prominent concern\\ndoes an extensive business in the purchase and\\ncommission handling of the products of the phosphate mines in this\\nand adjoining counties, and contributes in an important degree to\\ntheir successful marketing.\\nMessrs. Arentz Co. buy and ship largely to the European\\ntrade, with which they have cable communication (address\\nArentz and all other requisite facilities. The extensive and\\nvaluable trade connection of the house and its prompt and satis-\\nfactory business methods have won for it the substantial regard of\\nthe leading phosphate companies, as well as individual miners, and\\nthe patronage received is both large and liberal.\\nMessrs. Arentz Co. have recently perfected arrangements by\\nwhich they have become sole agents in the State of Florida for the\\nwidely known house of Chas. Page Co. of London and Liver-\\npool. This house has agents in all European localities where\\nfertilizers are manufactured, and has long been a leading supply\\ndepot for this industry. With this connection Messrs. Arentz\\nCo. estimate that their shipments for the current year will aggre-\\ngate fully 40,000 tons of high grade (70 to 85 per cent.) rock\\nphosphate. They will also control the entire output of several of\\nthe largest hard rock phosphate companies in Florida.\\nMr. B. Arentz is a Norwegian by birth, but has been many\\nyears in this country. He was formerly identified with the ferti-\\nlizer business in New York and Baltimore. Six years ago became", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n97\\nto Florida, and since the discovery of phosphate has been promi-\\nnently connected with the industry. For several years he was a\\nprospector, from which occupation he drifted naturally into the\\npresent business, for which wide experience, comprehensive\\nknowledge and a wide acquaintance with the trade had eminently\\nqualified him.\\nMr. Geo. Hollingshed is a native of Enoiand but came to\\nNew York in 1866, where for a number of years he was with H.\\nB. Claflin, and later (eight years) with H. J. Libbey Co. He\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2came to Florida in 18S1, locating at Leesburg. In January, 1891,\\nhe removed to Ocala and embarked in the present co-partnership\\nwith Mr. Arentz. Mr. Hollinshed has been for the past three\\nyears in charge of the mortgage business in Florida of Messrs.\\nJohn Stuart Co., a prominent banking house of Manchester,\\nEngland, and is an extensive land owner in Lake County.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "98\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nOCALA HOISK.\\nICAI llMi (iM ICK", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "REAL ESTATE.\\nTHE OCALA COMPANY.\\nkEPRESENTATIVE corporate enterprise of\\nOcala, and one that from its inception has exerted\\nan important influence in the city s material\\ngrowth and ]:)rosperity, is that whicli forms the\\nimmediate subject of the present sketch. The\\nOcala Company is a regular incorporation under\\nthe laws of the State of Florida. Its capital stock is $500,000,\\ndivided into shares of $100 each, and is non-assessable. ()f this\\namount, $150,000 is preferred and $350,000 common stock. The\\ncompany owns the Ocala House, one of the finest hotels in the\\nState (see description, illustrations, etc.,) and valued at $150,000;\\nalso, 4,000 acres of valuable land located in and adjacent to the\\ncity, and known as West End, Ocala. This tract, as will be seen by\\nthe map on another page, is carefully platted and laid out in town\\nlots, with broad streets and avenues. The land is high and dry,\\nthere are no swamps or otiier objectionable features, and it is, in\\nfact, most desirable for both business and residence location.\\nIn the past two years Ocala has had a growth unprecedented in\\nthe State, which still continues. West End, Ocala, is in the direct\\nline of this growth, and is being steadily and substantially bene-\\nfitted thereby. Upon this tract are now the Exposition buildings.\\nUnited States Experimental Station, city electric light plant, and\\na number of residences, stores, etc., with many others either build-\\ning or soon to begin. The street railway already runs to the\\nExposition grounds, with an extension of the line at an early date\\nin contemplation two railroads pass through the property, and\\nExposition street, a broad, well-kept boulevard, extending from\\nthe city square to the western limit of the tract, is one of the popu-\\nlar drives. West End, Ocala, is, in fact, one of the most valuable\\nsections in this vicinity, and no realty interest offers better oppor-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "liUSTNESS INTERESTS. lOI\\ntunities to capitalists, business men or home-seekers for safe and\\nprofitable investment.\\nThe Ocala Company was or,L,^anized, not, as is generally the\\ncase, solely as a speculative enterprise, but with a view to pro-\\nmoting the best interests of the commonwealth by bringing to the\\ncity desirable citizens and progressive business men. It is now\\nthe purpose of the company to sell 1,500 shares of the common\\nstock, which is offered upon the following advantageous terms:\\nTo each and every subscriber of $roo will be issued one share of\\ncommon stock, together with a warranty deed for ten town lots,\\n40x100 feet each, in West End, Ocala. The proceeds of this sale\\nwill be devoted to cancelling the preferred stock. This will leave\\n2,500 acres in West End town lots and the valuable hotel\\nproperty clear of all encumbrances, which holdings will then be\\ndisposed of to the best advantage, and the proceeds divided pro\\nrata among the conmion stockholders. As the value of the re-\\nmaining 2,500 acres must necessarily have been augmented by the\\nstock sale, and as that of the hotel property is steadily increasing\\nwith the city s growth, the desirability of the investment will be\\nreadily perceived. Subscriptions for the 1,500 shares of stock will\\nbe received by the Merchants National and First National Banks\\nof Ocala, and certificates of stock, with deeds for lots, will be\\npromptly forwarded.\\nThe officers of the Ocala Company are:\\nPresident F. A. Teague.\\nA^ice-President Chas. W. White.\\nSecretary and Treasurer A. Mclntyre.\\nBusiness Manager E. Agnew.\\nThe Ocala House was erected in 1884, and in its construction:\\nare embodied the most advanced ideas in point of safety, comfort,\\nconvenience and general completeness. It is an imposing stucture\\nof brick, three stories in height, with a central tower rising above\\nin symmetrical proportion. The premises cover the area of a\\ncity block, the building extending, L-shaped, along two sides,\\nwhile the balance of the square is devoted to the justly celebrated\\nOcala House Gardens, a charming vista of flowers, parterres,\\nrustic arbors, vine-covered nooks and labyrinthine walks, with a\\nlarge fountain in the center, serving the double purpose of cooling\\nthe atmosphere and giving the requisite artistic finish to one of", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nOCALA HOUSE PARLOR.\\nOCAL.\\\\ HOUSE DINING ROOM.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "r.USINKSS INTERKSTS,\\n103\\nthe most deli,uhtful scenes in the land of flowers. The .uardens\\nshould be seen under the silvery light of the Florida moon to be\\nappreciated. Along the front and rear of the main building the\\nformer overlooking the square and the latter the gardens also\\nupon the street side of the wing, are broad double balconies. The\\nhotel tower commands an expansive view of Ocala and the sur-\\nrounding country.\\nThe interior finish of the hotel is in native woods of rich\\ndesign, with tinted walls and ceilings, frescoed in harmonious\\ncolors. The general appointment and furnishing are of the sump-\\nOCALA HOUSE FIRE TLACE NOOK.\\ntuous and tasteful character peculiar to the modern first-class\\nhotel.\\nUpon the first floor of the main building are the office, recep-\\ntion and writing rooms, parlors and drawing room, the latter a\\nmagnificent apartment opening upon the front and rear balconies\\nwith portiere-protected entrances to halls and ante-rooms. Upon\\nthis floor also, are five commodious stores, which, from the un-\\nrivalled desirability of the site, are in great demand. The\\ndining hall, to which the greater part of the first floor of the wing\\nis devoted, has a seating capacity of 200, and is one of the best-\\nlighted and ventilated apartments of its kind in the South.\\nBroad, richly ornamented stairways lead to the sleeping apart-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "I04 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nments on the upper floors. Here wide corridors traverse the\\nbuilding, the Fire Place Nook (see illustration) at the junction\\nof main and wing halls affording an ideal lounging place. There\\nare 200 sleeping rooms, single and cii si/itc, each provided with\\nfire-place and other accessories of convenience and comfort, with\\nlarge windows and corridor transoms, which supply abundant\\nlight and ventilation.\\nThe Ocala House, in addition to being a model of systematic\\nand comfortable arrangement, embraces in its equipment all the\\nmodern hotel improvements, including bath and toilet rooms, elec-\\ntric light and call bells, telephone, etc. The cuisine that crucial\\nhotel test is first-class in every particular, the service is all that\\ncould be desired, and the air of quiet elegance which pervades the\\nestablishment indicates a zealous and able management. During\\nthe Winter months a fine orchestra gives daily and evening con-\\ncerts and also supplies music for the frequent (iermans, hops, etc.,\\nheld in the hotel parlors. These afl: airs, to which the hotel guests\\nare invited, are leading society events, attended by the elite of\\nthis and the adjoining towns.\\nThe Ocala House receives a large and constantly increasing\\ntourist patronage. It is situated about midway between Jackson-\\nville and Tampa, on the popular route to Key West and Havana,\\nin a city noted for its many and varied attractions. Here is\\nannually held the Semi-Tropical E.xposition. In the suburbs are\\nsome of the finest orange groves in the State, with plenty of de-\\nlightful drives amid the perfection of Florida scenery. Ocala also\\nis the one convenient point from which to visit Silver Springs\\nand the Ocklawaha, Blue Springs, and Dunnellon phosphate\\nmines.\\nDuring the Summer the hotel will undergo extensive improve-\\nment in all departments, and when the season opens in the F^all it\\nwill rank among the best hostelries of the South.\\nTHE OCALA BUILDINC; AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.\\nIn reviewing the enterprises which have been instrumental in\\nthe material growth and development of the Phosphate City,\\ndue mention should be made of the Ocala Building and Loan As-\\nsociation. This estimable organization was formed in December,\\n1886, and its subsequent career has been one of phenomenal sue-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "TSUSINESS INTKRKSTS. I05\\ncess. I lie business of the x-Kssociation is conductetl upon a plan\\nwhich experience has proven to \\\\)v the wisest and best, and,\\nalthougli less than five years estal)lished, it is to-(la\\\\ one of the\\nsoundest and most prosperous institutions of the kind in the coun-\\ntry, havini;- a full membership with no stock for sale. The Asso-\\nciation has been and is still an impoilant factor in the progress of\\nthe town. It has erected upwards of fifty of the finest houses in\\nthe town, and has stimulated buiUling of a desirable class.\\nThrough its inlluence, habits of thrift and the desire to become\\nhome-owners have been encouraged and fostered, and in many\\nother ways its value to the town has been thoroughly demon-\\nstrated.\\nThe Association is officered as follows, viz.\\nPresident A. Mclntyre.\\nVice-President 1). A. Miller.\\nSecretary and J reasurer P. Fox.\\nSolicitor John CI. Reardon.\\nDirectors M. Fishel, J. 15rown, A. Mclntyre, L Stearns, S.\\nD. Zacharias, G. A. Nash, H. P. Anderson.\\nAll are gentlemen of the highest standing in mercantile, bank-\\ning and professional circles, and the signal success of the Associa-\\ntion is an honor to their well-directed and enterprising administra-\\ntion of its affairs.\\nL. J. HAISLEV i CO.,\\nINVESTMENT AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS.\\nThe judicious and spirited handling of its real estate has been\\nand continues to be one of the most important factors in the ma-\\nterial growth and development of Ocala. Pi this connection, as\\na prominent and popular representative of the business suggested,\\nis mentioned the gentleman whose name appears in the caption of\\nthis sketch.\\nMr. Pouis J. Haisley has been engaged in business in Ocala for\\nthe past eight years, as a general investment and real estate broker,\\nand in the interval has reared an enterprise and estal:)lished a\\nreputation second to none in his field of commercial activity.\\nMr. Haisley does business under the firm title of P. J. Haisley\\nCo., and occupies commodious, finely appointed, and handsomely", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "io6\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nfurnished offices in the Merchants National Bank building one\\nof the most desirable business sites in town. The business is\\nverv comprehensive, embracing the purchase, sale and exchange of\\nphosphate, grove and timber lands, handling and improvement\\nof city and suburban tracts and subdivisions, platting, mapping,\\netc., and investment of funds. Mr. Haisley has been instrumen-\\ntal in developing what to-day are among the most valuable prop-\\nerties in and about Ocala, and no real estate man in Florida can\\noffer more or better opportunities for safe and profitable invest-\\nI,. J. UAISl.KV.\\nments in the richest mineral, grove and timber lands, or city sub-\\ndivisions and suburban tracts. Features in the latter connection\\nare the Agnew and Dunn divisions, most advantageous sites\\nfor homes or industrial occupation of which full particulars can\\nbe obtained by writing to or calling at the office. He is also\\nagent for West End, Ocala. (See map, etc.)\\nMr. Haisley has all requisite facilities for mapping of lands,\\nwhich is a special feature of the extensive general business. He\\nfurnished maps for the leading phosphate companies, besides many\\nprominent individual owners of Florida lands, and with his large\\nand experienced force of surveyors, draughtsmen and other assist-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "P.USINESS INTERESTS. I07\\nants, is enabled to furnish pr(_)mi)t!y and aceuratel) full descriptive\\nmaps of townships, with mineral deposits clearly located and\\ndesignated.\\nMr. Haisley makes a specialty of investments and sustains an\\neminent reputation for careful consideration of the best interests\\nof his patrons and wholly satisfactory execution of all commis-\\nsions in this line. .A.n instance of the high repute and wide celeb-\\nrity of Mr. Haisley, as an astute and reliable investment broker,\\nwas supplied upon the occasion of the recent bidding for the\\nI ampa Court House bonds, when he was commissioned by wire\\nto bid for and generally represent a prominent Cleveland (Ohio)\\nbanking firm, with which he had no previous acquaintance, in a\\ntransaction involving many thousands of dollars. Mr. Haisley\\nnumbers among his numerous clientele many of the leading capi-\\ntalists and most conservative investors of the North and West, in-\\ncluding Messrs. W. J- Hayes Sons, prominent Cleveland bank-\\ners; Capt. Thomas Wilson, the well-known steamboat man and a\\nwealthy capitalist of Cleveland, C). Elton Hoyt, Esq., of the\\nStandard Oil Co. H. H. Little, a prominent Cleveland capitalist,\\nand others.\\nMr. Haisley was born in Jacksonville, 111., and at the early\\nage of 12 years started out to make his ow-n way in the world.\\nHe began his career as a clerk, and soon won the confidence and\\nesteem of his employer. But this style of life was ill-suited to his\\nambition and enterprise, and it was only when the great W estern\\nboom in real estate occurred that he found the proper field for his\\ntalents. With other gifted real estate men he went West, and\\nlater took an active and important part in the rapid development\\nof Black Hills, Leadville, and other phenomenal town growths\\nthroughout that region. In the early part of 1883 he came to\\nOcala, and so favorably impressed was he with the city and its\\npropects that he concluded to make it his permanent residence.\\nHe at once and naturally engaged in the real estate business, for\\nwhich his abilities and wMde experience had admirably qualified\\nhim. Beginning in a moderate way, in accordance with a small\\ncapital and little or no acquaintance in the community, he set\\nhimself sturdily to work with the determination to go to the front.\\nThat he has done so, and by his owm indefatigable efforts, is a\\nconceded fact, as he to-day ranks with the representative, most", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "Io8 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nsuccessful and highly respected business men in his line in the\\nFloral State.\\n[See Haisley s Bulletin.\\nRICHMOND BATTY,\\nKEAL ESTATE BROKERS.\\nA representative and popular Ocala firm of real estate brokers\\nis that of Messrs. Richmond Batty, whose firm offices are eligibly\\nlocated in the Union Block. This well-known firm has been es-\\ntablished since August, 1889, and in the interval has built up an\\nextensive and continually increasing business.\\nMessrs. Richmond Batty do a general real estate brokerage\\nbusiness, buying and selling, also handling on commission, phos-\\nphate and timber lands, and town and suburban properties. They\\nalso make abstracts, locate town sites, inspect, survey, plat and\\nmap large tracks of land, and generally represent non-resident\\nowners, whose interests are carefully looked after.\\nMessrs. Richmond Batty have now for some time made a\\nspecialty of phosphate lands, and they to-day own or control some\\nof the richest tracts in the State. Upon their books are to be\\nfound opportunities for safe and profitable investments in this\\nconnection, also in orange groves, farm lands, etc., full particu-\\nlars of which will be supplied upon application, personally or by\\nletter, to the office. The firm has won an enviable popularity by\\ntheir prompt and satisfactory execution of all commissions in their\\nline, as their large, liberal and widely extended patronage attests.\\nThe wide popularity of the firm is due in no small degree to the\\ncourteous attention which they devote to strangers. They are al-\\nways ready to take visitors for a drive about the country, pointing\\nout and explaining cu route., in an interesting and instructive man-\\nner, points of interest, scenic, climatic, home and business advan-\\ntages, etc., not, as is usually the case, for the sole purpose of effecting\\nsales, but rather that their guests may see with their own eyes,\\nand obtain a correct idea of the city and its environment. In\\nother words, said Mr. Richmond, we want a man to have a\\nthorough look around first, and then if he chooses to invest, he\\nwill have had every opportunity to judge of the present and pros-\\npective value of his purchase.\\nMr. S. H. Richmond is a native of Taunton, Mass., and an", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. IO9\\naluinmis of the Massachusetts Ag-ricultural Collei^ e, from which\\nhe graduated in the class of 71, with the degree of JJ. S. Adoi)t-\\ning the profession of Civil Engineer and Surveyor, he soon won\\nan enviable reputation for superior work. In 1881 he came to\\nFlorida, and subsequently surveyed or inspected most of the land\\nfrom the St. Johns river to the gulf coast, obtaining a thorough\\nknowledge of the woods, soil, geological character, etc., of this\\nregion. Later he did much and admirable work in his line in\\nMarion County, including all the surveying for the (Jcala Com-\\npany, besides locating several town sites. In 1888 Mr. Richmond\\nopened an office in Ocala, and in the year following formed the\\npresent co-partnership. Mr. Richmond was Deputy County Clerk\\nfor six years, under General Bullock, has long held the position\\nof Deputy County Surveyor, and is a Notary Public of the State\\nof Florida. He has made a study of Florida phosphates, fossils,\\ngeological formations, etc., and has one of the most complete\\ncabinets of designated specimens in this connection to be found in\\nthe country.\\nMr. Geo. R. Batty is a native of Illinois, but, like his co-\\npartner, has been for sometime located in the Land of Flowers.\\nHe formerly had charge of the abstract books of Marion County,\\nand is an expert in all pertaining to searching titles, making\\nabstracts, etc. Mr. Batty is also a Notary Public for the entire\\nState.\\nMessrs. Richmond Batty, in addition to their other interests,\\nhave charge of the Ocala Bureau of Information of the South\\nPublishing Co., and, by their well-directed and popular manage-\\nment, have greatly furthered the interests of that concern in\\nthis vicinity.\\nS. W. TEAGUE CO.,\\nREAL ESTATE DEALERS.\\nNo interest of the Phosphate City has been more directly iden-\\ntified with her material progress than that represented by the\\njudicious handling of her real estate. In this connection, as a\\nrepresentative city firm, is mentioned that of Messrs. S. W.\\nTeague Co., general dealers in real estate, whose fine offices\\nare located in the Marion Opera House Block. The Messrs.\\nTeague are owners of much valuable real estate in and about", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "no OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nOcala, besides a large acreage distributed over eight counties and\\nincluding some of the finest farming, fruit, orange, timber and\\nphosphate lands to be found in the State. They offer most favor-\\nable terms to purchasers upon all the property mentioned, and all\\nin quest of safe and profitable investments in first-class Florida\\nlands will find it greatly to their advantage to correspond with the\\nfirm, and secure maps, plans, etc., etc. The firm does an exten-\\nsive and voluminous general business, and counts among its many\\npatrons, leading capitalists, farmers, fruit growers and other in-\\nvestors, to all of whom they have given eminent satisfaction in\\ntheir dealings.\\nMessrs. S. W. and F. A. Teague, composing the firm, are\\nnumbered among the representative business men and citizens of\\nFlorida. (See portraits, sketches, etc.)", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. 20. Natural wild grove of about 5 or 7 acres, all of trees budded, about 300\\ntrees bearing.\\n(I.) This is all choice hummock land between two lakes and one-quarter mile\\nfrom depot. Price \u00c2\u00a76.300.\\n(2.) An old-time Florida residence, surrounded by orange trees, and variety of\\nfruit trees, and 15 varieties of grapes. High, dr)- pine land, in view\\nof beautiful lakes abundantly supplied with fish. Price, $2,000.\\n(3.) House and Lot 2, Block 15 in Orange Home. The lot has a few bearing\\norange trees and other small fruits. Price, $[,000.\\nA~07l is the time to seleet your tot, while priees are loithin voiir reach.\\nNo. 21. (i.) Soo acres hummock and mixed land southwest of Ocala; about 300\\nacres have been cleared. Price, $12,000.\\n(2.) One-half interest in 46-acre orange grove, three miles from Brooksville;\\nalso 400 acres of hummock land. Most all of this grove is bear-\\ning. Price, $20,000.\\nNo. 22 Five-acre orange grove, 412 orange and 100 lemon trees over seven years\\nold, considerable fruit on trees, one and one-half miles from station on\\nF. S. R. R., one-half mile from church and school, one-quarter from\\nstore and postoftice. This is a desirable piece of property, and in\\nsplendid neighborhood. Price, $2,500.\\nNo. 23. About S acres of land, 2 acres cleared and fenced, acres under culti-\\nvation, 54 4-year old orange trees, Parson Brown variety. House\\n14 X 26. Price, $600.\\nOiir Home Capital is at pi-eseiit iii7 esteil in phosphate laihls 7ohich i^ive a good\\nopportunity for ne7o earners to obtain property at a very loio price.\\nNo. 25. Ten acres of land, 3^, cleared and set to orange trees; 200 trees over\\neight years old, all budded on sour stocks and of standard varieties.\\nAll pine land, one and one-half miles from station on F. C. P. R.\\nR., one-half from school and church, one-quarter from store and\\npostoffice. Price, $2,500.\\nNo. 26. In Dunn s Highland Park addition, 2 acres of land, house of eight\\nrooms, well, cistern, stable, carriage house and wagon shed. 130 bear-\\ning orange trees, eight years old, have from 3 to 5 bo.xes of oranges\\neach this season. Tangerines, Kelsey Japan plums, grapes, peaches\\nand lemons; city water connections. Price, $6,000. An elegant\\nhome and verv leasonable.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. 27. 15S acres cleared and under cultivation. 106 2-3 acres woodland. Pine,\\noak and hickory, land rolling, water good, healthy location, eight miles\\nwest of Gainsville, Fla. county seat of Alachua county. Price, $10\\nper acre.\\nNo. 28. 20 acres high rolling first-class hummock orange grove, containing 2,000\\nbudded and seedling trees ten years old. Crop of 1SS9 netted clear of\\nall expenses, $5,076.91. The crop of 1S91 will be 3,000 or 4,000 boxes.\\nDwelling, two stories, good cistern and all convenient out-buildings.\\nPrice, $2,000 per acre for one-half or entire property.\\nNo. 2g. 10 acres, has 400 orange trees, three to six years old, and will bear next\\nyear. 250 choice peach trees bearing, 200 choice Kelsey Japan plums\\nand 100 Satsuma Blood oranges will bear next year, 30 grape vines,\\nlemon and tangerine trees; one mile from city limits of Ocala on Fort\\nKing avenue, first-class high rolling hummock land. Price, $1,500.\\nNo. 31. 46 acres of land, all fenced, 20 acres under cultivation, log house of\\ntwo rooms, log barn and stable, forage house and smoke-house, two\\nwells with stone curbing, i acre of orange trees, nine to twelve years\\nold, hummock, and mixed oak, hickory and pine. Will sell with crops.\\nPrice, $100 per acre.\\nNo- 31. In town of Anthony on F. C. P. R. K. Store house, 2ox 54 feet,\\nceiled, two stories, three rooms above, lot 30 x 120 feet. Residence of\\nfour rooms, lathed and plastered, with good kitchen detached, good\\nwell, lot 60x120, fenced, 3 bearing orange trees, and eight young\\ntrees, 2 peach trees. Will sell for $1,200; $600 cash, $600 one year at\\n10 per cent., or $1,600 on 7 years time; $200 cash, balance, $200 every\\nyear without interest. Will rent for $244 per year.\\nNo. 33. 20 acres three miles east of Anthony. Hummock land on north side of\\nIndian on Forbes Lake, about 3 acres in lake; all cleared and fenced,\\n60 orange trees, about 30 acres of lake adjoining and 80 feet deep.\\nPrice, $560 cash.\\nNo. 34. 115 acres rich hummock land, 14 acres in orange grove of two and three\\nyear old buds, four miles from Citra Station on F. C. P. R. R.\\nPrice, $7,000, or one-half interest for $4,000.\\nNo. 35. Ten-acre orange grove, one-third bearing, balance begirning to bear, 60\\npear trees coming into bearing, 150 bearing peach trees. Two-story\\nhouse, six rooms, lathed and plastered, good barn and carriage house,\\nlarge packing house, good-sized store-room well located for business,\\ngood cistern and well. Located near center of Citra and in a good\\nplace for business. Price, $10,000.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "INSURANCE.\\n1). W. DAVIS,\\nGENERAL INSURAN CE AGENT.\\nHE insurance business in Ocala is most ably and\\npopularly represented by Mr. D. W. Davis, whose\\nfine oifices are eligibly located in the Opera House\\nBlock. Mr. Davis represents the following well-\\nknown standard companies, in which he is pre-\\npared to place risks upon the most liberal terms\\nand at the lowest rates compatible with safe and reliable assurance\\n.-Etna of Hartford.\\nCommercial-Union of London.\\nPhoenix Assurance Co. of London.\\nGerman-American of New York.\\nNiagara of New York.\\nPhoenix of Hartford.\\nAmerican of Philadelphia.\\nSecurity of New Haven.\\nProvidence-Washmgton of Providence.\\nMerchants of Newark.\\nPennsylvania of Philadelphia.\\nSun of New Orleans.\\nManhattan Life of New York.\\nTravelers Life and Accident of Hartford.\\nP)V prompt and satisfactory adjustment of losses sustained\\nupon his risks and generally fair and equitable business methods,\\nMr. Davis has won an enviable popularity among business men,\\nproperty holders, capitalists and others, and secured a large and\\nliberal clientele, composed of the best city and county custom.\\nMr. Davis is a native of Louisville, Ky. He came to Ocala in\\n1885, and in 1887 engaged in the business with which he has since\\nbeen both prominently and prosperously identified.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "112 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nUpon the organization of the Dunnellon Phosphate Co., Mr.\\nDavis became its Assistant Secretary, which office he filled until\\nFebruary, 1891, when he was obliged to resign in order to give\\nproper attention to his now extensive insurance business. The\\nfollowing resolution by the Dunnellon Co. evidences the esteem in\\nwhich he was held by its officers, viz.\\nKi soh id, That the Secretary of the Dunnellon Phosphate Company shall\\ncommunicate to Mr. D. W. Davis their high appreciation of his services as As-\\nsistant Secretarv, and his devotion to the duties assi.ijned him after the period of\\nRESIDENCE OF F). W. DAVIS.\\nhis desired withdrawal, and they also desire to thank him most cordially for the\\nuniform courtesy and readiness with whicti he has met all demands upon him and\\nfor the accuracv of the accounts kept by him. And they further authorize the\\nPresident to present him with a suitable testimonial of our appreciation and re-\\ngard.\\nIn addition to his insurance interests, Mr. Davis is agent for\\nmuch valuable city and suburban property, including the Marion\\nOpera House Block, and he is popularly numbered among Ocala s\\nmost progressive and energetic young business men. Mr. Davis\\nowns and occupies one of the finest city homes.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "PROFESSIONAL\\nSERGE MALYVAN.\\nCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, KAOLIN AND I HIISPHATE LANDS.\\nHE disco vei Y and subsecjuent development of phos-\\nphate in Florida has given rise to a large and\\nprofitable business in analyzing the various de-\\nposits. A leading and eminently popular exponent\\nof this pursuit in Ocala is the gentleman whose\\nname appears in the caption of this sketch.\\nSerge Malyvan is a native of Nice, France, and a graduate of\\nthe Marseilles and Bordeaux Colleges, from which he received the\\ndegrees of B. L. and B. S. Mr. Malyvan also perfected himself\\nin chemistry, surveying, mapping, etc., etc., and is an expert at\\nthis work. In 1SS7 Mr. Malyvan came to Florida, where he soon\\nfound desirable employment for his talents as Manager of chem-\\nical work for the Florida Produce Manufacturing Company,\\nlocated at Leesburg. He continued with this concern for a year\\nand a half, during which period he won a first premium and\\ndiploma at the International and Semi-Tropical Exposition of\\n1SS9-1S90 at Ocala, for Finest display of native wines, perfumes\\nand chemical work. Subsequently, at the special request of\\nGov. Fleming of Florida, ]Mr. Malyvan sent a similar exhibit to\\nthe Paris Exposition, which was appropriately honored and excited\\ngeneral wonder and admiration.\\nUpon the discovery of phosphate Mr. Malyvan came to this\\ncitv, and, opening his present ofifice, soon found himself in receipt\\nof an extensive and lucrative business, as an analytical chemist,\\nsurveyor, draughtsman, prospector, etc. As an indication of his\\nbusiness aggregate from January, 1889, to March, 1S91, he had\\nmade 946 analyses, besides prospecting and mapping some of the\\nmost valuable mineral lands in Florida. Mr. Malyvan counts\\namong his most appreciative patrons the leading phosphate and", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "114 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nkaolin men also land owners generally of the clay. He has\\ndone a great amount of prospecting, particularly in Brooks and\\nBaker counties, and has done much to bring forward the mineral\\nresources of the country.\\nOne of Mr. Malyvan s most important achievements was the\\ndiscovery and development of Florida kaolin or china clay.\\nHe can be pertinently termed the pioneer in this industry, as\\nalso its leading promoter, as it was by his efforts as a promoter\\nthat is chiefly due the establishment of the factory near Leesburg\\nfor the manufacture of tiles, ewers, dishes and other articles from\\nFlorida kaolin.\\nMr. Malyvan has one of the best-equipped laboratories in the\\nSouth, and is prepared to execute promptly and in the best man-\\nner all commissions for chemical analysis, surveying, prospecting,\\nmapping, etc. He has received many flattering offers to attach\\nhimseif to large phosphate companies as chemist or chemical\\ndirector, none of which as yet he has found it to his interest to\\naccept. He is respected by all and popularly regarded as one of\\nFlorida s most skilful and reliable representatives of his combined\\nprofessions.\\nD. D. ROGERS.\\nA leading civil, mining and consulting engineer in this city is\\nMr. D. D. Rogers, whose offices are located in the Opera House\\nBlock. Mr. Rogers is a native of Plainfield. N. J., where for a\\nnumber of years he held the responsible office of City Engineer.\\nHe came to Florida in 1874 and for the past 17 years has been en-\\ngaged in mining, railroad, canal and town engineering, building\\nup in the meantime an eminent reputation in his profession.\\nMr. Rogers was for some years in the employ of the Govern-\\nment in coast surveying, ship canal and other land work. Later\\nhe did much and valuable surveying, platting, etc., in Valusia\\nCounty in the laying out and locating of towns. He also organ-\\nized the company and located most of the route of the Atlantic,\\nGulf Havana Railroad, now under construction. Upon the\\ndiscovery of phosphate, Mr. Rogers came to Ocala and became\\nthe pioneer engineer in this field. Mr. Rogers has in his employ\\na well-drilled and experienced corps of assistants and posses.ses un-\\nrivalled facilities for the prompt and satisfactory execution of all", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "I .USINESS INTERESTS.\\n115\\nwork in Iiis line, a specialty bein^- made of pr()s]:)ecting and mining\\nof phosi)hates and transportation therefor.\\nMr. Rogers is the inventor and patentee (January 21st, 1890)\\nof a leveling, grading and ditching instrument, which has been\\npronounced by the best judges to be the simplest, most accurate\\nand reliable appliance for the purpose yet invented. This instru-\\nment (see cut) is to be used in combination with graduated rods\\nand targets, and will be found of unrivalled utilitv for farmers and\\nROGERS LEVELIXC, GRADING AND DITCHING TARGETS.\\ncontractors. The idea of such an instrument was suggested to\\njNIr. Rogers by the difficulty of keeping to grade with ignorant\\nlaborers. The new method simpHfies the old principle of grade\\nleveling and makes it intelligible and practicable to the most\\nignorant laborer. Sighting through the leveling instrument, the\\ntargets can be rapidly set, also the slope stakes, and there is\\nhenceforth no trouble in keeping accurately to grade. By the new\\nRogers method a boy can do as accurately and much quicker\\nthe work formerly requiring a regular engineer. A detailed de-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "ii6\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nscription of this new instrument and its mode of operation, with\\nillustrations, etc., will be forwarded upon application to Mr.\\nRogers.\\nOTTO GROTHE, PH. D.\\nCHEMIST.\\nDr. Grothe was born in Germany and educated at Kiel Univer-\\nsity, from which he was graduated with the degree of Ph. D. in\\niSSo. He has been a practical chemist since 1S75, in Germany\\nand this country. He came to Ocala in 1890, soon after the dis-\\ncovery of phosphate, and has since been prominently identified\\nwith the industry in his professional capacity.\\nDr. Grothe has what is probably the best equipped and most\\ncomplete laboratory in this part of the country. It is supplied\\nwith the newest and best appliances, including special apparatus\\nfor sampling, etc., operated by steam power.\\nDr. Grothe up to date has made upwards of 1,000 quantitative\\nphosphate analyses. His services are in continuous demand as an", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. II7\\nanalytical chemist and technical adviser for most of the large com-\\npanies, and he is numbered among the foremost exponents of his\\nprofession in the phosphate region.\\n\\\\1C1 ()R LA FOSSE, M. I).\\nThe medical, like all other professions, is ably represented in\\nOcala. A noted specialist to be mentioned in this connection is\\nDr. La Fosse, whose fine apartments are conveniently located in\\nthe First National Bank Building.\\n])r. Victor La Fosse was born in Belgium twenty-eight years\\nago. He was educated professionally at the Brussels Medical\\nInstitute, graduating with the degree of M. D. Subsequently for\\nfour years he was assistant to Dr. Delstanche, a leading exponent\\nof the Belgian School of Medicine. Dr. La Fosse also spent some\\ntime in the Laboratory of Dr. Pasteur of Paris, where he ac-\\nquired a valuable knowledge of PJacteriology, and was also for six\\nmonths with Dr. Charcot, the noted expert on nervous diseases.\\nHis courses of study under Dr. Politzer and Dr. Fuchs, the\\nformer a leading ear specialist and the latter ec]ually famous as an\\neye specialist, familiarized him with these important branches of\\nhis profession, and taking into consideration his long service as\\nLiterne of the Brussels hospitals, and post-graduate course in\\nthe Paris and A^ienna Listitute, it is safe to say that few physicians\\nare better prepared for successful practice. Dr. La Fosse has\\nbeen in Ocala since March last, and has already won an enviable\\nprofessional reputation. He has an elegant suite of offices, and\\nhis professional instruments are among the finest in America, hav-\\ning been made by European prize winners at the Paris Exposition\\nof 1889. Dr. La Fosse is an adept in the application of the cele-\\nbrated Koch Lymph, and gives special attention to the treat-\\nment of the eye and ear, all nervous diseases, etc. He is a mem-\\nber of the French Society of Ophtalmology, and has fulfilled\\nall requirements of the Medical Board requisite for becoming a\\npractitioner in Florida. Dr. La Fosse has a desirable and in-\\ncreasing practice and enjoys the highest esteem in medical circles.\\nJAMES CHACE, DENTIST.\\nDentistry, like most other branches of professional industry,\\nis ably represented in the Brick City, and, in this connection.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "Il8 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nas a leading and deservedly popular exponent of the art, is men-\\ntioned Dr. James Chace, whose fine dental offices are centrally\\nlocated on the second floor of the First National Bank building.\\nDr. Chace is a native of Florida, and one of her most skilful\\nand best-known dentists. He has been in continuous and success-\\nful practice for a period of twenty-two years, with locations in the\\ninterval at Cedar Keys, Key West, in the Bahamas and this city.\\nHe came to Ocala two years ago, and, by superior work, has added\\nmaterially to an already eminent professional reputation. Dr.\\nChace occupies commodious and sumptuously fitted-up offices,\\nthoroughly equipped with the latest dental appliances, and the best\\nmethods are employed. Everything pertaining to modern scien-\\ntific dentistry is executed in the highest degree of artistic and\\nmechanical perfection, a speciality being made of crown and\\nbridge work, and the general popularity of the doctor is\\nshown by the large and liberal practice which he receives not\\nonly from the city, but from all about the county.\\nDr. Chace was the founder, and is still a prominent member,\\nof the State Dental Association, also a member of the Dental Ex-\\namining Board, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all circles\\nin the communitv with which he has wisely cast his lot.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO..\\nOCAT.A, FL()R1I A.\\nNo. 36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A good town site, situated on the F. C. .V 1 K. R., consisting of post-\\noffice, tliree stores, saw-mill and dwelling-houses for ten inhabitants,\\none of the most successful shipping stations in the county. There\\nare 20 acres of this town site unsold; will take for the whole $2,500;\\nor, if the right party will take hold with owner, will take $1,000 cash\\nfor half interest. This is (we consider), a great bargain.\\nPhosphate lands bought and sold or inspected and pitted and reported for non-\\nresidents.\\nKo. 37.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 2}.2 acres in Lot i. Block i, with dwelling, four rooms, good cistern,\\nstorehouse 20 x 60, well of water at store. Eight miles south of Ocala\\nand a good point for business on F. C. P. K. R. Orange grove of\\n65 six-year-old trees, will bear next year. Price, \u00c2\u00a72,000.\\n]S-o. 38.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House and lot, lo-acre orange grove, 600 trees (300 sweet oranges and\\n300 tangerines), city water supply, good cistern, twelve-room two-story\\ncottage, splendidly finished. Just out of city limits. Price, $16,000.\\nNo. 40.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 95 acres mixed land, one mile from Martin Station. This is Ai farming\\nland. Price, $7 per acre.\\njso. 41.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 So acres rich hummock, two miles from Flemington. This is good land\\nand very cheap. Price, $8 per acre.\\n]S;o. 42.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tract of 260 acres hummock land, six miles southwest of Ocala; So acres\\nimproved. This is very rich land and a bargain. Price, $10 per acre.\\no 43.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orange grove of 12 acres, two and a half miles from city of Ocala, on\\nLemon avenue. Rich virgin hummock, 1,025 sweet orange trees.\\nPrice, \u00c2\u00a76,500.\\nWe are agents for the Associated Kaikoay Land Department of Florida, con-\\ntrolling al oiit J, 000, 000 acres.\\nNo, 44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hummock orange grove of 10 acres on Hyde Park avenue. 1,000 grove\\ntrees nearly all budded, 6,000 nursery trees (sweet seedlings) with\\nabout 1,000 choice budded tangerines and sweet oranges. One mile\\nfrom city of Ocala. Price, \u00c2\u00a75,000.\\nNo. 45. lo-acre hummock orange grove on Orange avenue, 300 bearing trees and\\n400 budded, two miles from city of Ocala. Price, \u00c2\u00a75,000.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. 47. II acres of land, 10 acres well fenced and in cultivation, iSo orange\\ntrees, five-year-old buds on sour stocks, trees beginning to bear, 20\\ntrees of other citrus varieties, and a variety of peach, pear, plum, per-\\nsimmons and scuppernong grapes, etc. Frame dwelling, four large\\nrooms, dining and cook room and out-buildings. Steamboat landing\\non adjoining property, and half a mile from Silver Spring Run, one\\nand a half miles from school, church and post-office, with daily mail.\\nPrice, S2,ooo. Terms, $1,000 cash, balance secured by mortgage at\\nxo per cent, in four annual payments of $250 each, or to suit purchaser.\\nNo. 48. 40 acres of land, all hummock; 15 acres cleared, fenced and in cultiva-\\ntion, 10 acres set in orange trees. Small house with cistern. One acre\\nin sugar cane. All hummock land heavily timbered. This is a very\\ncheap and desirable piece of property. Price, $3,000.\\nNo. 40. Tract of 115 acres pine land, of which about 20 are cleared and fenced,\\nand has 25 bearing orange trees, 40 or 50 in all, of which 16 are twenty\\nyears old, i large fig tree and bananas. This property is three-quarters\\nof a mile from shipping station and two miles from Summerfield and\\nOxford. I rice, $1,500.\\nNo. 51. 20 acres of land, sixteen miles south of Ocala and a quarter of a mile\\nfrom railroad and post-office. 12 acres cleared and under fence. New\\nthree-room house and about 40 orange trees, some bearing, balance be-\\nginning to bear. Grape arbor, fig, peach and 800 nursery trees. Price,\\n$600.\\nJJ c- arc- f!07C draftiit;^ the most corrcit and lOiitplctc maps of the lity of Ocahx,\\n7ohiih loill Ih ^ii cn to the pitblie for actual cost.\\nNo. 53. 40 acres of fine hummock, four and a half miles from Ocala, on Hyde\\nPark and Pine Dale avenues. This place is peculiarly adapted for a\\ncheerful home. It is one and a quarter miles from a shipping station, S\\nacres set in native orange trees, good barn, filled vith products raised\\non the place, splentlid elevated location for a house. Dr. A. Griffiths,\\nof Kbensburg, Pa., a prominent physician, has a winter home adjoining\\nthis property. For good and sufficient reason this place must be sold.\\nPrice, $3,200.\\nNo. 54. One 50-acre tract, 25 acres cleared, balance native hummock, two-room\\nhouse and good barn. On Lemon avenue, four miles south of city.\\nPrice, $2,000.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "CITY MARKET BUSINESS.\\nL. J. PARR,\\nDEALER IN MKATS, FRUHS AND VEGRTARLES.\\nLEADING and most popular stand in the City Market\\nis that of Mr. L. J. Parr, dealer in choice meats, fruits\\nand vegetables, at Stalls 5 and 7. Ihe large and well-\\narranged stand is supplied with every convenience for\\nhandling and displaying the stock, and the facilities are\\naugmented by a capacious refrigerator on the op-\\nposite side of the market. Col. Parr makes a\\nspecialty of choice Florida and Western meats,\\nh and all fruits and vegetables, the latter being\\nsecured fresh and crisp from the farms each morning. The trade\\nreceived is drawn from the best city and suburban custom, and\\nthe general business is both large and prosperous.\\nCol. L. T. Parr is a native of Atlanta, Ga. During the war\\nhe was Colonel of the 38th Georgia regiment, which participated\\nin many hard-fought engagements. Subsequently he became a\\ncontractor and builder, in which vocation he has done much of\\nthe finest work to be seen in Ocala, including the building of the\\nfirst Ocala House, Montezuma Hotel, Gary Block and other prom-\\ninent structures. Suice 1889 he has been engaged in the present\\nenterprise and is to-day a leading market merchant.\\nthe butter stalls.\\nI. W. Hl NT. PROPRIETOR.\\nStalls 10 and 12 in the City Market are known as The P.utter\\nStalls. This is one of the largest and finest stands in the market.\\nThe premises are conveniently arranged, and everything requisite\\nis supplied for the advantageous handling and display of stock.\\nHere can at all times be found choice creamery and Florida butter,\\nthe finest cheese, honey, berries, fruit, eggs, leaf lard and table\\ndelicacies. Fresh water fish and oysters are also handled in", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "I20 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nseason. These goods in each department are carefully selected to\\nmeet the reciuirements of the market trade, and there is no more\\npopular or better patronized stand in the market.\\nMr. Hunt is a native of Indiana, and has been in Ocala since\\n1 885. He began in the butter and cheese business in 18S7, and\\nhas to-day a leading local business in this line.\\nW. M. LUCIUS,\\nDEALER IX FLORIDA AND WESTERN MEATS.\\nOne of the best-known and most popular establishments in the\\nmarket is that of Mr. W. M. Lucius, dealer in meats and produce,\\nat Stalls 2 and 4. The commodious stalls are fitted up in the style\\nbest adapted to this line of business, and every convenience is at\\nhand for the storage and display of stock. Mr. Lucius carries a\\nfull line of choice Florida and Western meats, including prime\\nbeef, pork, mutton, veal and venison, together with a complete\\nline of country produce w4iich is received daily fresh and crisp\\nfrom the best producing districts. Mr. Lucius and his three\\nassistants are kept busy in filling the orders of his many desirable\\npatrons, and his business is both large and increasing.\\nMr. Lucius is a native of Florida, and fully understands the\\nbusiness with which he is now so prominently identified. He\\nsucceeded in December, 1890, to an old business which, under his\\nwell-directed and popular management, has since been materially\\nincreased.\\nW. J, EDWARDS,\\nDEALER IN MEATS, FISH, I dlLTRV, GAME, AND VEGETABLES.\\nMr. Edwards has one of the best-appointed stands in the\\nmarket, and carries a well-selected and complete stock of choice\\nWestern and Florida meats, fish, game and poultry of all kinds,\\nand everything in the vegetable line. He does a fine business,\\nwith a patronage composed of the best city custom, and is one of\\nthe most popular market men.\\nThis stand is one of the oldest in the market. In 18S2 Mr. A.\\nJ. Edwards bought out the business, and later took into co-part-\\nnership his son, Mr. W. j. Edwards. In June, 1S91, the latter\\nsucceeded to the sole proprietorship.\\nMr. Edwards is a young man, popular alike with market\\npatrons and his fellow merchants.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\n;fjo_ 55.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 One lo-acre tract oak, pine and hickory land, cleared and under fence.\\nTwo-story dwelling of six rooms and kitchen, good cistern, barn and\\nout-buildings, with five head of stock and 75 orange trees, some bear-\\ning; I acre in peanuts and honey peaches and other fruits; near Orange\\nlake in good neighborhood, schools, churches, etc. Price, $1,320.\\nA^To_ 56.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 123 acres first-class hummock, 13 acres in orange and lemon grove, good\\nframe house, two wells of good water, i acre of nursery stock. On\\nHomosassa river, three miles from Homosassa Inn and two miles from\\ngulf. Price, Sio,ooo.\\nNo. 57.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 40 acres first-class pine and oak land, adapted for vegetables and orange\\nculture; 200 orange trees, some bearing, under fence and small house.\\nBeautifully located, amid clear water lakes in Lake County, five miles\\nfrom Umatilla. Price, $1,000.\\nIslo. 58.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fine Florida home, 160 acres fine farm and orange land, cleared, fenced\\nand under cultivation. Fine dwelling, all out-buildings, good water,\\norange and other fruit trees; one and three-quarters miles from Santos.\\nPrice, $6,500.\\nNo. 59.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 So acres first-class pine land, south side of Lake Weir; 25 acres cleared,\\nwith lake front. Cleared and platted in building lots, cottage sites, etc.\\nconvenient to churches, schools, etc. Boat landing close by. Price,\\n$40 to |ioo per acre.\\nAlso, 10 acres good pine (not cleared) land in adjoining section. Price, $10 per\\nacre.\\nNo. 60.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This is a bargain that will be on the market but a short time. 77 acres\\nof land cleared and under cultivation, 2,944 orange trees. 800 trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n40 fifteen years old; 760 nine years old. 500 trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 four-year-old seed-\\nlings and a few budded trees. 500 trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one-third, si.x years old, bal-\\nance four-year-old. 1,144 trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all two-year-old buds. Can raise on\\nplace all the forage necessary for horses and cattle. The yield next\\nyear will be about 2,500 boxes. Good house, cistern, well, horse\\nstables and wagon sheds, with loft. Healthy location. Three-fourths\\nof a mile from Oxford, on F. C. P. R. R. Price, $30,000.\\nNo. 61. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Two lots, box 100 feet, with four-room cottage on each, near Ocala\\nHigh School. Price, $300 each.\\nNo. 62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Two lots, 52x106, in Caldwell s addition to Ocala. House of seven\\nrooms on one. Price: House and lot, $1,500; vacant lot, S350.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. 63. 105 acres richest hummock land, three miles from Citra; 14 or 15 acres\\nin grove solid stand, with 300 to 400 trees between; mostly budded\\ntrees beginning to bear. Price, $8,500; one-half interest, $4,500.\\nAlso, 10 acres in bearing grove, bore 1,000 bo.xes oranges last year. On Main\\nstreet, Citra, near largest orange grove (Bishop Harris in the world.\\nGood two-story dwelling, si.x rooms, cistern, stable, out-buildings, etc.\\nBuildings nearly new. 200 Kelsey plum, 75 pear, 200 peach, grapes,\\nflowers, etc. Impossible to fully describe a rare bargain; should be\\nseen to be appreciated Price, $10,000.\\nNo. 64. Three lots, 78x210, Block 21, Caldwell s addition to Ocala. Price, first\\nchoice, $800; second choice. $750; third choice, $650. Price of three\\nlots, $2,000.\\nNo. 65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 50 acres, three miles east of Ocala. on Silver Springs road, 40 acres\\nunder barbed-wire fence; six-room house, barn and out-buildings, cis-\\ntern and well 20 bearing orange and other fruit trees one-half\\nmile from F. C. P. R. R. Desirable for vegetable or dairy farm.\\nPrice, $3,500.\\nNo. 66. 12 acres unimproved pine land, three and a half miles southeast of Ocala.\\nPrice, $300.\\nNo. 67.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lemon grove, 10 acres, bearing, one-half finest varieties. Price, $4,000.\\nAlso, 9 acres budded orange grove, 11 to 12 years old; excellent two-story house,\\ngood stable and out-buildings. Both groves on south side of Lake\\nWeir; fine water protection, near boat landing, two miles from F. S.\\nR. R. station. Price, entire property, $12,000.\\nNo. 68. 40 acres cleared hummock and 40 acres enclosed pine land, near Graham-\\nville, on Ocklawaha river. Price, $10 per acre.\\nNo. 6q. 35 acres mixed hummock and pine land, 3 acres orange grove (209 trees),\\n30 trees bearing, six trees twenty years old; on Diamond Lake, four miles\\neast of Grahamville. Price $6 per acre.\\nNo. 70. 52 acres mixed land, 35 acres under fence, 1,200 orange, lemon and lime\\ntrees, 5 years old; two-story frame house; with detached kitchen; near\\nLake Bryant, iS miles from Ocala. Price, $2,200.\\nNo. 71. 66 acres and good seven room house, about five miles south of Ocala;\\ngood tenant house, stable, etc. 20 acres young orange trees, 3 acres in\\ncabbage. Owner raised last year, 5,000 bushels potatoes. Fine loca-\\ntion, good neighborhood. Can be bought for $3,000; very cheap.\\nNo. 72. 30 acres first-class hummock, two miles from Grahamville, one-half\\nmile from Ocklawaha river. Price, $3 per acre.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.\\nTHE OCALA WATER WORKS.\\nHE (Jcala Water Works was completed and put\\nin operation in December, 1888, and with the\\nsubset]uent improvements the city has to-day\\none of tlie finest water systems in the South.\\nThe pumping station is a substantial brick\\nbuilding, constructed especially for the purpose,\\nas were also the several auxiliary structures\\nupon the spacious and well-ordered premises. A Worthington\\npump, of the latest and best type, is used, power for which is\\nfurnished by two fifty horse-power boilers. The capacity of the\\npump is 1,000,000 gallons per day (24 hours.) The water\\nis detained from two six-inch drilled wells of 230 feet depth.\\nEach well has a thirty horse-power pump for supplying the reser-\\nvoir, which is located on the premises and has a capacity of 60,000\\ngallons. In addition to the reservoir, there is a reserve tower\\nof 1 10,000 gallons capacity, making a total of 170,000 gallons\\nin reserve.\\nThe tower is situated upon the highest point in the city, thus\\nsecuring a great natural pressure, and can be drawn upon at once\\nin case of emergency. The water has been subjected to the most\\ncritical tests, including careful analysis by a prominent chemist,\\nall of which have shown it to be remarkably pure, wholesome and\\ndesirable for all purposes. In addition to the ordinary city sup-\\nply, residences, business houses, industries, etc., the works\\nsupplies eighty-five double fire hydrants and two drinking foun-\\ntains, and the facilities are ample for the demand. The gravity\\npressure of stand pipe is fifty pounds to the square inch, a force\\nsufficient to throw a stream perpendicularly sixty-five feet through\\nan inch nozzle. With direct pressure 100 pounds to the square inch is\\nobtained at the hvdrants, which throws the same stream over the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "122 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nhighest steeple. There is now being drilled for the water works\\nan artesian well, to be 2,000 feet deep, with a diameter of twelve\\ninches at the surface and eight inches at the bottom. This well\\nwill have, it is estimated, a natural flow of 3,000,000 gallons per\\nday of twenty-four hours.\\nThe Ocala Water Company was established by The Jeter\\nBoARDMAN Gas AND Water Association of Macon, Ga., an\\nacknowledged leader in its field in the South. The province of\\nthis association includes the construction of gas, water and\\nelectric light and power plants, and its superior work in this con-\\nnection is shown in successful plants established in towns\\nthroughout the South.\\nThe Ocala Water Company is officered as follows\\nPresident A. D. Schofield.\\nTreasurer A. E. Boardman.\\nSecretary R. L. Anderson.\\nSuperintendent C. H. Campbell.\\nMessrs. Schofield and Boardman are Macon men, and members\\nof the Jeter Boardman Association, Mr. Schofield being also a", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. I 23\\nprominent iron inamifacturcr of tluit city; while Mr. Roardnian is\\nan eminent mechanical and hydraulic enj^ineer and an authority\\non gas, water and electric lights. Mr. Anderson is Mayor of\\nOcala and one of her leading lawyers. Mr. Campbell, the super-\\nintendent of the works, is a Macon man and a practical plumber\\nand water engineer. He came to Florida nine years ago, and has\\nbeen three years in Ocala. Me was active in the organization and\\nperfection of the Ocala Fire Department, and is generally popular\\nand esteemed in the community.\\nOCALA NOVELTY WORKS.\\nMALLETT CO., TROPRIETORS.\\nA representative industrial enterprise of the Phosphate City, is\\nthat of Messrs. Mallett Co., proprietors of the Ocala Novelty\\nWorks. This business was established in 1888, and from its in-\\nception has had a substantial and rapid growth, indicating a well-\\ndirected and spirited management.\\nThe establishment is one of the most complete and finest\\nequipped of its kind in the South. The premises comprise a series\\nof buildings, erected and arranged especially for the business,\\ncovering a ground area of one and one-fourth acres. The main\\nbuilding is 50x100 feet, with an engine house adjoining, 40x80.\\nThe kiln, a Sturtevant Patent, has a capacity of 10,000 feet\\nper diem, and the storehouse or dry-shed, 22x100 feet in size, is\\nadmirably arranged for the accommodation of the finished work\\nand seasoned materials. The buildings are all substantial frame\\nstructures with corrugated iron roofs for protection from fire, and\\nall the modern advantages for light and ventilation, and the es-\\ntablishment as a whole is a model of thorough equipment and\\nsystematic and convenient arrangement. The machinery is all of\\nthe newest improved type, and includes many special machines to\\nbe found in no other establishment in the State. A forty-five\\nhorse-power steam engine, driven by a sixty horse-power boiler,\\nsupplies the motive force, and a competent corps of skilful me-\\nchanics is employed in the several branches of the extensive busi-\\nness.\\nA feature of the establishment is the office. It is a commo-\\ndious apartment, handsomely fitted up in native woods, in designs\\ntending to show the superior work of and rich effects obtained by", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "124\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nthe firm in this field, and is conceded to be the finest mill office in\\nthis part of the country.\\nThe Ocala Novelty Works, as the name would suggest, does an\\nextensive and diversified business. The output includes plain and\\nfancy sawing, planing, scroll work, mouldings, doors, sash, blinds,\\nrail balusters, door and window frames, flooring, siding, ceiling\\nand all interior woodwork also are manufactured cypress tanks,\\nsmall boats, furniture, coffins, packing cases, and all cabinet and\\nturned work. A specialty is made of mantels in native woods.\\nOCALA NOVELTY\\nWORKS.\\nXTERIOR VIEW,\\nwhich are turned out in a great variety of exquisite designs, also\\nof cypress water tanks, which are made in any size. The manu-\\nfacture of small boats, both rowing and sail, is an important branch\\nof the business. Mr. Mallett, of the firm, is an old sailor and an\\nexpert in designing as well as the management of small craft. He\\nhas already built some of the finest skiffs and rowboats to be seen\\non the lakes and streams of this region, and his sailboats are un-\\nequaled for speed, safety and comfort.\\nMessrs. Mallett Co. have also a large, thoroughly equipped\\nsawmill, located on the line of the Florida Southern Railroad^", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "HU SI NESS IN ri: RESTS. I 25\\nabout live miles from )cala, which is an important auxiliary to\\ntheir plant in the city. The work turned out in all departments\\nembodies the highest artistic and mechanical perfection, and prob-\\nably no house in the State has done so much to enhance the value\\nand win celel)rity for native woods for interior finish and turned\\nand carved work. The firm carries a complete stock of building\\nmaterials; also, a full line of house paints.\\nWith this finely-equipped plant and corj-ts of skilled workmen,\\nMessrs. Mallett lV Co. possess superior facilities for the prompt\\nand satisfactory execution of all work in their line. The works\\nare located between the lines of the P\\\\ C. t.\\\\: P. and F. S., and at\\nthe Ocala terminus of the S. S. O. ^.S: (i. railways, sidings from\\nW hich enter the premises, thus affording all requisite transporta-\\ntion facilities. The trade extends from Gainsville to I ampa, in-\\ncluding a large city and suburban custom, and most of the finest\\nwork to be seen in this wide territory bears witness to the superior\\nproductions of this firm. Among the notable jobs recently exe-\\ncuted by this firm may be mentioned the interior finish of the ele-\\ngant Winter homes (at Homosassa) of Messrs. S. S. Houghton and\\nB. F. Dutton, the noted Boston merchants.\\nMr. y. H. Mallett, the Business Manager of the enterprise, was\\nborn in North Carolina, but came to Florida in 1875. In early\\nlife he learned the machinist s trade, but later took to the sea, and\\nfor several years was captain of vessels plying on the gulf and its\\ntributaries. In 1885, he came to Ocala and secured employment\\nin the establishment of which he is now a prosperous joint propri-\\netor.\\nMr. J. P. Harder, the Superintendent of the Works, is a native\\nof New York State and a pattern maker by trade. He came to\\nOcala in 1887 to set up a mill plant, and in the following year\\njoined Mr. Mallett in the establishment of wdiat, under their ener-\\ngetic and able management, has become a leading local industry.\\nMessrs. Mallett Harder are highlv esteemed in all circles,\\nNote. Messrs. Mallett ..K: Co. are agents in this section for the celebrated\\nAveriil ready-mixed paints, manufactured by Seeley Bros, of New York. These\\npaints are put up in gallon cans, ready for use, every gallon warranted, and are\\nrecognized in all markets as superior to any article heretofore offered in this\\nline.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "126 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nand rank among the representative, progressive and deservedly suc-\\ncessful business men of Ocala.\\nOCALA PLANING MILL.\\nJOHN n. TAYLOR, MANAGER.\\nOne of the prominent manufacturing enterprises of this pro-\\ngressive city is that which is made the immediate subject of the\\npresent sketch. This extensive business was founded in 1886 by\\nthe late W. T. Taylor, Esq., under whose able and enterprising\\nmanagement it grew from a comparatively small start into a repre-\\nsentative and prosperous city industry. In March, 1890, Mr. Tay-\\nlor died, and Ocala lost one of its ablest business men and most\\nvalued citizens. But he left a successor in his son, Mr. John H.\\nTaylor, who has fully demonstrated his ability to continue the\\nbusiness with all its old-time prominence and prosperity.\\nThe enterprise is most desirably located at the junction of the\\nFlorida Southern, Florida Central Peninsular, and Silver Springs,\\nOcala Gulf railroads, which afford ample transportation facili-\\nties. The mill is a substantial frame structure, constructed espe-\\ncially for the purpose, and arranged in the most systematic and\\nconvenient manner. It is what is known as a double deck, or\\ntwo-storied mill, with surface dimensions of 60 x 150 feet. The\\nmachinery and appliances are the newest and best, the motive\\nforce is supplied by a fifty horse-power steam engine and seventy\\nhorse-power boiler, and from twenty to forty experienced hands\\nare employed in the several departments of the business. Besides\\nthe mill there is an Andrus Patent Kiln, with a capacity of\\n13,000 feet per diem, a dry shed 30 x 150 feet and several auxiliary\\nbuildings, with ample yard space for the accommodation of mate-\\nrials, etc.\\nThe extensive business comprises planing, sawing, the manu-\\nfacture of sash, doors and all interior woodwork, and the handling\\nat wholesale and retail of rough and dressed lumber, flooring, ceil-\\ning, doors, sash, blinds, mouldings, etc. The product of the mill\\nis first-class in all respects and commands an extensive and appre-\\nciative trade, reaching all along the lines of the railroads above\\nnamed, and including a large and highly-desirable city and\\nsuburban patronage.\\nMr. Taylor is a native of North Carolina, where, in his father s", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. I 27\\nmill, he early acciuired a comprehensive and thorough knowledt^e\\nof the business. In i8 S6 he came to Ocala, and from its incep-\\ntion has l)een prominently identified with the line enterprise, of\\nwhich he now has sole charge. Mr. Taylor is a popular hgure in\\nall circles, and is generally respected as one of ()cala s represent-\\native young business men.\\nTHE OCALA TRANSFER COMPANY.\\nThe Ocala Transfer Company was incorporated under the laws\\nof Florida, March 30, 1S91, with an authorized capital of $10,000\\nand the following ot^cers:\\nPresident J. N. Strobhar.\\nSecretary and Treasurer F. C. Alworth.\\nThe business of the company comprises a livery, feed and sale\\nstable; the purchase and sale of live stock, vehicles, harness, sad-\\ndles and horse equipments generally; also, expressage or transfer\\nof freight, baggage, etc., in and about the city. The company s\\nstables are eligibly located but a short distance from the square,\\nwith telephone connection with hotels, etc., throughout the city.\\nThe stable buildings, two in number, are substantial and commo-\\ndious structures, containing forty well-appointed stalls, in addition\\nto wdiich there are spacious yards, sheds, and, in fact, all the aux-\\niliaries of a first-class metropolitan livery establishment.\\nThe stable equipage is new throughout, and includes the latest\\nand most fashionable types of pleasure vehicles, both single and\\ndouble rig, together with every requisite for light and heavy team-\\ning, trucking, etc. Besides the elegant carriage and draught\\nhorses used in their business, the company have always on hand a\\nfull complement of these animals, representing the best bred and\\nblooded stock, also a complete line of carriages, buggies, beach-\\nwagons, landaus, and other vehicles from the leading manufac-\\nturers, and parties contemplating the purchase of teams or saddle\\nhorses for private use will find it to their interest to inspect the\\nstock of this establishment. Besides a general livery, feed and\\nsale business, the company makes a specialtv of the care of jirivate\\nteams, in which connection, as in all departments, patrons are\\nassured of prompt and satisfactory service.\\nThe transfer business of the company is conducted upon a sys-\\ntematic plan, which insures the best results. The equipage of this", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "128 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nimportant branch of the enterprise is first-cIass in all respects, and\\nincludes all requisite facilities for the safe and satisfactory transfer\\nto and from railway stations, etc., of baggage, light and heavy\\ngoods, besides a passenger service superior to anything in this line\\never attempted in this section. Special attention is given to sup-\\nplying carriages of all kinds for weddings, parties, tourist driving,\\netc. For funerals the company has a hearse of the newest make\\nand richest design, which is provided with full sets of all society\\nemblems.\\nAlthough but little more than fairly started, the success of the\\nenterprise is already firmly established, and the company is soon\\nto build new premises and otherwise improve and increase its\\nfacilities.\\nThe officers of the company are among Ocala s ablest and most\\nprogressive business men. Mr. Strobhar is Agent for the Florida\\nSouthern R. R. and Mr. Alworth is the popular Ticket Agent for\\nthe J. T. and K. W. Railway System.\\nOCALA LIVERY COMPANY.\\nLIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES.\\nA leading and deservedly popular livery establishment in Ocala\\nis that of the Ocala Livery Company, located on Magnolia Street.\\nThis fine business was originally established some years ago, and\\nhas always been a popular stand. The Ocala Livery Company\\nsucceeded to the proprietorship in September, 1890, and under the\\nwell-directed management of Mr. C. A. Littan, the old-time pros-\\nperity of the enterprise has been materially increased.\\nThe stable building is a substantial two-storied brick, 60 x 140\\nfeet on the ground, and the general arrangement is systematic and\\nconvenient. There are forty-two well-equipped stalls, and the\\nestablishment is thoroughly well lighted and ventilated. Forty\\nfirst-class riding and driving horses are kept, the vehicles, saddles,\\nharness, etc., are equally excellent, and everything in the shape\\nof a first-class metropolitan livery rig is supplied at short notice.\\nThe stable has telephone connection with all desirable points\\nin the city, and orders by this medium receive prompt at-\\ntention.\\nBesides a general livery and sale business, saddle, carriage and\\ndraught horses are purchased and sold, and those requiring any-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTKkKSTS. I 29\\nthiny; in ihis line will fnul it to their manifest advantatje to consult\\nMr. Littan in the premises.\\nMr. Littan, the courteous and obliging- manager, is a native of\\nFlorida, and an experienced and capable stableman. He has\\nbeen connected with the present establishment for three 3 ears\\npast, and is well known and popular among its many patrons.\\nTHE LA CRIOELA CKIAK MANUFACTURING Co.\\nThe extensive business conducted under this heading consti-\\ntutes what may well be termed a representative local industry.\\nFrom the start the company has had a phenomenally successful\\ncareer. I he business was commenced in August, 1SS9, with ten\\ncigar makers and facilities in proportion. To-day the company\\nhas one of the best-equipped cigar manufactories in the country,\\nemploys a large force of Cuban cigar-makers, and produces 30,000\\ncigars per diem.\\nThe factory, constructed for the purpose, is a substantial two-\\nstory brick structure, 40x110 feet on the ground, with a store-\\nhouse adjoining, two stories, 30x100 feet. The building is high\\nbetween floors, admirably arranged, and its appointment embraces\\nthe newest and best methods and appliances for the prosecution\\nof the business. The premises are lighted by the latest design\\nof incandescent electric light.\\nThe La Criolla Company manufactures only clear Havana,\\nCuban hand-made cigars, manufactured from the best grade of\\nHavana tobacco, carefully selected and imported direct by the\\ncompany. These goods already have a standard reputation in\\nthe general market, and command an extensive and aj^preciative\\ntrade throughout the country. Strict attention is paid to dealers\\nbrands, which are supplied in many unique and attractive designs\\nto suit the fancies of the trade. La Criolla, however, is the\\ndistinctive title by which the house goods are known, and it is\\ngenerally accepted as a guarantee of the highest attainable excel-\\nlence by the trade.\\nThe officers of the company are:\\nPresident C. Rheinauer.\\nSecretary Wm. Anderson.\\nTreasurer^ R. B. McConnell.\\nAll are representative Ocala business men, Mr. Rheinauer being", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INIERESTS.\\n131\\na leading merchant, Mr. Anderson a prominent druggist, and Mr.\\nMcConnell, the cashier of the Merchants National ilank.\\nMr. Louis Seiber, the Manager, is an e.vpert at the business,\\nwith which he has been long and i)rominently identified in New\\nYork and elsewhere.\\nOCALA STKAM LAUNDRY CO.\\nJ. B. STEELE, MAXA(;ER,\\nAmong her many and important metropolitan advantages,\\nOcala can boast of one of the best equipped and best conducted\\nSteam Laundries in the South. The enterprise is eligibly located\\nin the Montezuma Block on Fort King avenue, where are occupied\\nspacious premises admirably adapted to the business. The estab-\\nlishment is a model of systematic and convenient arrangement,\\nand the methods and appliances are all the latest and best yet\\ndevised. There are two washers, besides ironing and other\\nmachinery, twelve experienced hands are employed, and the mo-\\ntive force is supplied by a ten-horse-power engine driven by a\\ntwenty-five-horse-power boiler. Everything pertaining to modern\\nsteam laundry work is done in the highest degree of perfection,\\nand by a method which secures the best results without injury to\\nthe most delicate fabrics. The laundry is under the able and ex-\\nperienced management of Mr. J. B. Steele, late of New York City,\\nwho gives careful attention to the details of the business and sees\\nthat all work is done in a strictly first-class manner. A large and\\nmost desirable patronage is received from the city and nearby\\ncustom, and the business has already taken rank among the repre-\\nsentative and most successful local enterprises.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "AGUE CO. S\\nSTORE.\\nC.H.LORP CO\\nANTl-MONoroLY _^ _\\nDRUU STORI. .A", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "MERCANTILE ESTABEISHMEInTS.\\nMERCANTILE HOUSE OF E. W. AC.NEW A CO.\\n^O industrial review of the 15rick City would be\\ncomplete which omitted due mention of the widely\\nknown representative house which is made the sub-\\nject of the present sketch. The house of K. W.\\n^^^S^^- ^g founded many years ago by the\\nfather ot the present head of the lirni, and frum\\nits inception has constituted an important factor in the business,\\ngrowth and prosperity of the city. The business of this house\\nhas had a substantial growth from the start, and in the period\\nelapsed it has developed from a comparatively moderate beginning\\ninto a gigantic mercantile enterprise one, in fact, which will\\ncompare very favorably with the foremost metropolitan houses of\\nthe day in its field.\\nMr. E. Walter Agnew, who began as a clerk in the house, was\\nadmitted to co-partnership in 1S70. In 18S4 Mv. Agnew, Sr.. the\\nfounder of the house, after a long and eminently successful busi-\\nness career, during which he had attained the proud distinction of\\none of the oldest, ablest and most honored merchants of the Floral\\nState, retired from active business, and the proprietorship passed\\ninto the competent hands of Messrs. E. W. Agnew and H. A.\\nWeatheres, under the firm name and style as above.\\nMr. Weatheres had been for years a clerk in the house, and his\\npromotion to a co-partnership was a meet tribute to his sterhng\\nbusiness capabilities and active enterprise.\\nThe present store building was first erected in 1883, and en-\\nlarged to the present size in 1890, at which time, also, the prem-\\nises were remodeled and re-appointed in the most approved modern\\nstyle. The building is an imposing three-storied and basement\\nstructure of brick, with granite trimmings, with a frontage of 60", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "134\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nby a mean depth of 150 feet. It stands at the junction of Mag-\\nnolia street and Broadway, and with its ornate double front, with\\nmammoth plate glass show windows filled with the richest wares,\\nartistically arranged, forms one of the most attractive features of\\nthe square. The interior appointment is in accord with the\\nbest modern ideas of tasteful elegance, and the entire establish-\\nment is a model of systematic and convenient arrangement. The\\nbusiness is exceedingly comprehensive, the immense stock embrac-\\ning everything in the line of general merchandise, staple and fancy\\ndry goods, millinery and notions, clothing, men s and women s fur-\\n-\u00c2\u00ab-Mr\u00c2\u00abr- oit-s!nerwt\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00ab^-\\nnishings, hats and caps, boots and shoes, trunks, valises, staple and\\nfancy groceries and provisions, carpetings, oil cloths, shelf and\\nheavy hardware, house furnishing goods, etc. The goods in all\\ndepartments are carefully selected from the most reputable sources\\nof production or supply, and include the highest grades, newest\\nand most fashionable styles, and, in short, the most desirable\\nwares in the respective lines. In order to meet the demands of\\nits widely extended and voluminous general business, the house\\ncarries an immense stock of goods, filling, in addition to the mam-\\nmoth store building, several large warehouses conveniently located\\nat the railway junction.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "RHEINAUER BRO. S STORE.\\nRHEINAUER BRO. S STORE -INTERIOR VIEW.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "lUJSINKSS INTF.RESI S. 135\\nA large force of clerks and travellino; salesmen is employed in\\nthe transaction of the extensive and prosperous general busmess.\\nThe house is a favorite purchasing depot for the best retad jxitron-\\nage of the city and vicinity, and the wholesale trade covers the\\nterritory all south and twenty-five miles north of the city.\\nSome idea of the magnitude of the general business of this\\nhouse may be gathered from the fact that the annual sales aggre-\\ngate upwards of $600,000, or more than any two houses in its\\nline in the State.\\nC. RHEINAUER ct BRO.\\nDRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, .C.\\nOcala, like all great trade centers, has her conspicuously\\nrepresentative business houses, houses that through superior\\nmanagement have gone to the front and attained popularly\\naccorded pre-eminence in their respective lines. No better illus-\\ntration pf this could be mentioned than the widely-known Em-\\nporium of Messrs. C. Rheinauer and Pko. This mammoth\\nestablishment occupies a most desirable site on the south side of\\nthe square, and in the center of the popular shopping district.\\nThe building, familiarly known as the Rheinauer Block, was\\nerected by the firm expressly for their enterprise, and is one of\\nthe finest business edifices in the State. It is an imposing structure\\nof brick, iron and plate glass, of two stories, with the relative\\nheight of three, and has a frontage of 42 by a mean depth of 115\\nfeet. The general interior appointment embodies the best modern\\nideas of elegance and convenience combined. Large plate glass\\nshow windows adorn the front; the fixtures, wainscoting, etc., are\\nof native woods in chaste and elgegant designs, and a spacious\\narcade in the center of the building, surmounted by a glass dome\\nin the roof, admits an abundance of light, and adds materially to\\nthe symmetrical beauty of the premises. The first floor is 17, and\\nthat above 14, feet in the clear, access between being supplied by\\na broad staircase of rich design and an elevator of the most\\nmodern style. The building is lighted by electricity, and a fine\\nsystem of water works serves as a protection from fire.\\nMessrs. Rheinauer Bro. carry one of the most comprehensive\\nand complete stocks in the South. The line of trade embraces\\neverything in staple and fancy dry goods, men s and women s furn-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "136 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nishings, clothing, shoes, carpets, floor coverings, window garniture,\\netc., etc., and numerous other wares pertaining to a first class\\nmetropolitan establishment of this character. The immense stock\\nis systematically arranged in departments, each containing the\\nlatest novelties, newest and most fashionable styles, and choicest\\nhome and foreign productions, and a large corps of experienced\\nand courteous clerks is in attendance upon the crowds of patrons\\nwhich daily visit the store. The patronage received is drawn\\nfrom the most desirable city and surrounding custom, and\\nthe annual business of the house is of most prosperous\\naggregate.\\nMessrs. C. and M. Rheinauer, composing the firm, have long\\nbeen numbered among the ablest, most progressive and deservedly\\nsuccessful merchants of the Phosphate City. They have ever\\nbeen active in the support of the best interests of the common-\\nwealth, and their business success and popularity are the natural\\nreflex of honorable methods and well-directed and energetic\\nmanagement. An instance of the public spirit and liberality of\\nthe firm was shown on School Children s Day at the Expositon,\\nin the presentation of prizes aggregating over $50 for competition\\nby pupils of the city and county schools.\\nMr. C. Rheinauer is a Director of the Merchants National\\nBank, President of the La Criolla Cigar Manufacturing Company,\\nand Vice-President of the Ocala Iron Foundry and Machine\\nWorks.\\nMr. M. Rheinauer is an Assistant Chief of the Ocala Fire De-\\npartment.\\nJ. A. ROWELL,\\nSHOES AND HATS.\\nThis fine establishment is located on East Square, facing the\\nPlaza, and in the very heart of the shopping district. The\\nlarge, well-arranged store is fitted up in a style which embodies the\\nbest modern ideas of elegance and convenience, and the stock\\ncarried is in full accord with the high-class character of the store.\\nHere can at all times be found the latest fashionable styles in\\nmen s, women s and children s fine footwear, and the stock of\\nmen s and boys headwear is equally comprehensive and complete.\\nThe store is the recognized headquarters for shoes and hats, and", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. I37\\nreceives a large and liberal patronage from the best town and sur-\\nrounding trade.\\nMr. J. A. Rowell, the proprietor, is a native of Mississippi,\\nand a gentleman of wide experience in the footwear trade. He\\ncame to Ocala in 18S4, and in the following year founded the\\nbusiness which, under his well-directed management, has\\ndeveloped into a representative mercantile enterprise of the\\nPhosphate City.\\nE. L. ROOT CO.\\nGRE.Vr SOUTHERN FURNITURE DEALERS.\\nProminent among the large, well-conducted mercantile enter-\\nprises which contribute to the trade, wealth and importance of the\\nPhosphate City, will be found that of Messrs. E. L. Root (S: Co.,\\nthe Great Southern Furniture Dealers, whose firm establishment\\noccupies an eligible business site on Magnolia street. This house\\nwas founded in 1876 by Messrs. E. McCall Son. In August, 1S90,\\nMessrs. C. H. Lord and E. L. Root became the proprietors, under\\nthe title of H. Lord Co., and in this style the business con-\\ntinued until June, 1891, when Mr. Lord retired, and the present\\nfirm w-as organized. Under the new proprietorship the compass\\nand extent of the enterprise have been materially increased, the\\nfacilities greatly improved, and it is now an establishment to do\\ncredit to any city.\\nThe premises consist of an imposing two-storied, double-brick\\nbuilding, 50 x 100 feet in aggregate surface dimensions, with\\nplate glass front and interior appointments which indicate that\\nmodern ideas of both convenience and attractiveness prevail.\\nThere are two salesrooms, one devoted to furniture, etc., and the\\nother to vehicles. In the former are shown the latest and most\\nelegant productions in household furniture and house furnishing\\ngoods generally, from the costliest parlor and drawing-room sets\\nto the moderate-priced but equally desirable kitchen equipage.\\nThe carriage department is equally complete and comprehensive.\\nHere are shown the newest and finest designs in carriages, wagons,\\nbuggies and saddlery, each line being of sutificient variety to meet\\nthe requirements of the most exacting taste or fancy.\\nThis enterprising firm have recently added to their already\\nextensive business what may justly be termed one of the most", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "138 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\ncomplete and best equipped undertaking establishments in the\\nSouth. This department is under the immediate supervision of a\\npractical and eminently skilful undertaker and embalmer, and its\\nfacilities are ample for taking full charge of obsequies from pre-\\nparation of remains to final sepulture.\\nThe house does an extensive and rapidly increasing general\\nbusiness, and enjoys a patronage from the city and county which\\ndistinguishes it as the leading as well as most popular enterprise\\nin its field in this section.\\nMr. E. L. Root is a native of Anson ia, Conn., and an active,\\nable and progressive business man. He came to Ocala in 1S86,\\nand was associated with his father in the proprietorship of a lead-\\ning livery establishment prior to embarking in the present enter-\\nprise.\\nMr. Root is a Director of the Peninsular Phosphate Company,\\nand President of the Covenant Building and Loan Association of\\nKnoxville, Tenn., and a popular figure in both social and business\\ncircles.\\nMr. F. E. Bugbee, the Co. of the firm, is one of the best-\\nknown and most popular young business and society men of\\nOcala.\\nS. R. RIRDSEY CO.\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL HARDWARE AND GROCERIES.\\nOne of the prominent mercantile establishments of Ocala is\\nthat of Messrs. S. R. Birdsey Co., wholesale and retail dealers\\nin hardware and groceries. This business was founded by the\\nhead of the present firm in 1884, and was originally located in the\\nGary Block. Three years ago a removal was made to the\\npresent site, and in 1890, Mr. A. H. Birdsey, a son of the founder,\\nbecame a co-partner in the business under the above title.\\nThe store, 30 x 125 feet in size, is eligibly situated on Mag-\\nnolia street, near the Plaza, and its general appointment is in full\\naccord with the best modern ideas of convenience and attractive-\\nness. A large, comprehensive and complete stock is carried, em-\\nbracing everything desirable in shelf and heavy hardware, and\\ngoods pertaining to this line, together with staple and fancy gro-\\nceries of every description. In addition to the store, the firm\\nhave a large warehouse for surplus storage. The house receives", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. I39\\na lar. e and witlcly extended patronai^ e, and does a general busi-\\nness of most prosperous annual aggregate. The firm make it a\\npoint to keep their stock up to the highest standard in point of\\nquality, variety and completeness, and the establishment is a\\nfavorite source of supply in its line for the city and surrounding\\ntrade. Mr. S. R. Birdsey is a native of North Carolina, but has\\nbeen long a prominent figure in Dcala business circles. He has\\nserved as a member of the Board of Aldermen, and has ever been\\n|:)rominently identified with the promotion of the best interests of\\nthe commonwealth.\\nMr. Birdsey, Jr., like his father, is generally respected in the\\ncommunity, and ranks among the representative young business\\nand society men of the Phosphate City.\\nY FRED. G. i;. WEIHE, Y\\nWATCHM,A.KER, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.\\nThe jewelry trade, like all other branches of mercantile in-\\ndustry, is ably represented in Ocala, a widely known and popular\\nestablishment in this line being that of Mr. Fred. G. B. Weihe,\\nwatchmaker, jeweler and optician. The store, located in the\\nOpera House Block on the public square, is one of the attractive\\nfeatures of this great shopping district. It is a spacious and\\nwell-arranged corner apartment, with handsome plate glass front,\\nwhile the interior appointment embraces all the elegancies and\\nconveniences of the modern first-class metropolitan jewelry estab-\\nment. The stock, so attractively displayed, is one of the best-\\nselected and most complete to be met with in the South. Here\\ncan be found gold and silver watches in great variety of design,\\nrepresenting the best home and foreign makes; the newest novel-\\nties and most e.xtiuisite designs in jewelry and silver ware, gold\\npens, optical goods of every description, society emblems; in\\nshort, everything pertaining to a strictly first-class establishment\\nin its line. Manufacturing and repairing of all kinds are executed\\nin the highest degree of artistic and mechanical excellence, and\\nin all respects it is a house to do credit to any city. The estab-\\nlishment is liberally patronized by the best city and vicinity cus-\\ntom, and the general business is both extensive and prosperous.\\nMr. Weihe is a native of Louisville, Ky., and an expert\\njeweler, watchmaker, etc., of twenty years experience in the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "140\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nbusiness. He came to Ocala six years ago to take charge of a\\nstore for an Ocala and Leesburg jewelry firm. In 1885 he bought\\nout and has since conducted the business in an eminently success-\\nful and popular manner. Mr. Weihe makes a specialty of fine\\ndiamonds, and carries one of the finest assortments of these goods\\nto be met with in the Southern trade.\\nMr. Weihe is foreman of Marion Hose Co., No. i, a crack\\ncompany of the Ocala Fire Department,\\nM. FISHEL,\\nDRY GOODS, CLOTHING, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, ETC.\\nOne of the most popular general stores of Ocala is that of Mr.\\nM. Fishel, dealer in dry goods, clothing, staple and fancy groceries,\\nnotions and fancy goods, in the Agnew Block on Magnolia street.\\nThe store, 25 x 150 feet in dimensions, is fitted up in a style of\\nconvenience and attractiveness combined, and the large, compre-\\nhensive and complete stock of goods displayed embraces every-\\nthing desirable in the several lines above mentioned. A corps of\\nexperienced and courteous clerks is in attendance, and the wants", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "liUSINESS INTERESTS. 14I\\nof the numerous patrons are carefully considered and promptly\\nand satisfactorily supplied. J he store is a favorite purchasinij\\ndepot for a lar.u,e country trade as well as for a most desirable city\\ncustom, and the general business is [n-()S[:)erous and extensive.\\nMr. Fishel, the proprietor, is a gentleman long and promi-\\nnently identified with the business in hand. He first established\\nhimself in Alabama in 1S76. in 1S86 he came to Ocala and\\nfounded his present fine enterprise.\\nMr. Fishel is a director of the Ocala Building and Loan As-\\nsociation and the Semi-Tropical Exposition, and a leading member\\nof the Ocala Lodge of K. of H. He owns considerable valuable\\nproperty in the city, and is one of the indjlic-spirited and highly\\nrespected citizens of )cala.\\nA. E. DELOUFST.\\nGENERAL H.-VRDWARE, FARMING rOOLS, ni,L SUI I LIES, ETC.\\nProminent among the large and well-conducted mercantile\\nenterprises of the Brick City will be found that of Mr. A. E.\\nDelouest, dealer in general hardware, etc., etc. The store is on\\nMagnolia Street, facing the Plaza, in the heart of the business\\nsection of the city. It is a spacious apartment, 30 x 125 feet in\\ndimensions, arranged in a systematic and convenient manner, and\\nembodying in its general appointment the best modern ideas of\\nutility and attractiveness. Here can be found in great variety\\neverything in the line of shelf and heavy hardware, also sash,\\ndoors, mixed paints, pumps, wagon materials, pipe and fittings,\\nfarming tools, mill supplies, etc., etc. Besides the large display\\nin the store, Mr. Delouest has commodious brick warehouses, liter-\\nally packed with the staple commodities above enumerated, and\\nno house in this line in the South is better prepared for supplying\\npromptly and satisfactorily all wants of the trade in this connec-\\ntion. The establishment is a favorite source of supply for a\\nvoluminous and extensive country trade, in addition to a very\\nlarge and desirable local custom, and an exceedingly prosperous\\ngeneral business is done.\\nMr. Delouest is a native of France, but came to New York in\\nearly boyhood, forty years ago. He has been in the hardware\\ntrade for the greater part of his life, his connection therewith\\nranging from junior clerk to proprietor. He embarked in the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "142 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\npresent enterprise in 1882, and is to-day one of the foremost and\\nmost highl_v respected city mercliants.\\nMr. Delouest s residence (see illustration) is one of the finest\\nin town.\\nOCALA NEWS DEPOT,\\nI. ISRAEI,, I KOPRIETOR.\\nAmong the representative mercantile establishments of Ocala\\nwill be found that of Mr. I. Israel, proprietor of the (3cala News\\nDepot.\\nThis business was founded by Mr. Israel in 1881, and under\\nthe influence of an able and popular management, has developed\\ninto the proportions of a representative local enterprise. The\\nstore, 25 X 100 feet in size, is fitted up in the tasteful and elegant\\nstyle which distinguishes the modern first-class metropolitan book\\nstore, and the general stock is correspondingly large and varied.\\nHere can be found everything in the book line, from the rarest\\nscientific work to the latest popular novel; also, newspapers, peri-\\nodicals, school supplies, stationery of all kinds, holiday goods,\\ngames, bric-a-brac and an innumerable list of useful and ornamen-\\ntal articles known as fancy goods. The establishment is a favorite\\nresort for the literate of the city and vicinity, and a popular pur-\\nchasing depot for everything in its line of trade. It is a credit to\\nthe city.\\nMr. Israel is a native of Philadelphia, where, for some years,\\nhe was a salesman in the same line. He came to Ocala in 1S81,\\nand in the same year embarked in the enterprise with which he has\\nsince been both prosperously and popularly identified. Mr. Israel\\nis a director of the International and Semi-Tropical Exposition,\\nhas served as a member of the Board of Aldermen, and ranks\\namong Ocala s most successful and highly respected merchants.\\nPETER INGRAM, MERCHANT TAILOR.\\nThe merchant tailoring trade, like all other branches of staple\\nindustry, is ably represented in the Brick City, and the society or\\nbusiness man can obtain as stylish and well-made garments here\\nas he could in New York.\\nA leading Ocala tailor is Mr. Peter Ingram, whose large and\\nattractive store occupies a desirable business site near the center", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTF.RKSTS. 143\\nof the city. Mr. Inorain carries a fine line of imported and domestic\\nsuitings, overcoatings, trouserings, fancy vestings, etc., and is\\nprepared to make up everything from evening dress to a shcKjtmg\\njacket in first-class style. His numerous patronage is composed\\nof the cn iuc dc la cre/nc of the city custom, and his work is of\\nthe highest order of excellence. Mr. Ingram makes it a point\\nto keep thoroughly posted as to prevailing fashionable styles, and\\nhas unrivalled facilities for securing the latest European novelties\\nin business, half-dress and other suitings, and conducts in every\\nrespect a hrst-class metropolitan merchant tailoring establishment.\\nMr. Ingram is a native of Scotland, where he early learned his\\ntrade. Later, he was for some years in London, with Poole s\\nand other celebrated Bond Street tailoring houses. In 1881 he\\ncame to Chicago, where for nine years he conducted a prosperous\\nbusiness. He has been established in Ocala for the past three\\nyears, and is popularly recognized as the leading tailor of the city\\nand one of the best in the South.\\nMr. Ingram is a firm believer in the future of Ocala and this\\nsection generallv, ;vnd since coming here has made extensive and\\nvaluable investments in city and urban realty. Among his most\\nvalued holdings is a tract upon the lines of the F. C. P., F. S.\\nand S. S. O. c\\\\: G. railroads, but a short distance from the city,\\nupon which he has built and owns two fine cottage residences.\\nMr. Ingram resides in a handsome cottage located on Powers near\\nEaton street one of the best residence districts of the city\\nwhich he erected and owns. He is now building a fine store and\\nresidence combined on Maine street, upon property included in his\\ncity holdings.\\nDuring his sojourn in the Prick City Mr. Ingram has made a\\ncareful study of realty values, and is to-day one of the best-in-\\nformed men upon the subject hereabouts. He is ever ready to\\nfurnish reliable information and advice in this connection, and\\nparties seeking investments for residence, business, or other pur-\\npose, will find his sound judgment and integrity of great advantage\\nin making their selections.\\nTHE ANTI-MONOPOLY DRUG STORE.\\nA well-appointed and well-conducted drug store is an impor-\\ntant acquisition to any community, its province being to expedite", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "144 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nand augment the work of medical practitioners in the preservation\\nor restoration of the health of the populace. A representative\\nand deservedly popular Ocala establishment to be mentioned in\\nthis connection is that familiarly known as the Anti- Monopoly\\nDrug Store. This fine establishment occupies an eligible site on\\nMagnolia Street near the Post Office, and in close proximity to\\nthe Plaza or public square. The business was established in 1886,\\nand its subsequent career has been one of continuous and well-\\nmerited prosperity.\\nIn October, 1890, Mr. H. C. Groves became the proprietor,\\nand by his well-directed management has already materially\\nadvanced its popularity. The salesroom, 30 x 72 feet in dimen-\\nsions, is furnished in that degree of elegance peculiar to the\\nmodern first-class metropolitan pharmacy, and the stock of drugs,\\nmedicines, surgical appliances, toilet and fancy articles, etc.,\\ncorresponds in point of size, variety and general excellence. The\\ndrugs used are the purest and freshest, and in the finely equipped\\nlaboratory in the rear of the store the most difficult prescriptions\\nare carefully and skilfully compounded. Experienced drug\\nclerks all graduates m pharmacy are employed, and the night\\nbell indicates that the services of the establishment may be\\nsecured at all hours. The attractiveness of the store is materially\\nadded to by an elegant soda fountain, the finest in town, in fact,\\nfrom which is served, in the highest degree of excellence, soda of\\nall flavors, together with mineral waters and all the late popular\\ndrinks.\\nMr. Groves, the popular proprietor, is a native of Illinois, and\\na graduate of the Northwestern University in chemistry and\\nbotanic science.\\nHe came to Ocala several years ago and served as clerk in the\\nfine establishment of which he is now the successful proprietor.\\nMr. Groves is a member of the Committee on Trade Interests and\\nLegislation of the Florida Pharmaceutical Association, and one of\\nthe ablest city exponents of his profession.\\nR. E. YONGE CO.\\nPRACTICAL TINNERS, PLUMllERS AND GAS FITTERS.\\nAmong the well-conducted and prosperous enterprises which\\nform the basis of the trade wealth and importance of this progres-", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "HUSINF.SS INTERESTS. 145\\nsivecity, will he found that of Messrs. R. E. Yonge\\\\:Co., practical\\ntinners, plumbers and gas fitters, also dealers in tinware, sheet\\nmetal, basins, hot water boilers, pipe, hose and fittings. The\\nspacious premises are well located for business, the site on Main\\nStreet opposite the Montezuma Hotel being one of the best in\\ntown. The establishment comprises a commodious and well-\\narranged store, heavily stocked with everything pertaining to the\\ntrade, with a shop in the rear thoroughly equipped for carrying on\\nthe business to advantage. Six experienced mechanics are em-\\nployed, and tinsmithing, plumbing, gas fitting and, in short,\\neverything pertaining to this department of skilled industry, is\\nexecuted in the best manner, and in accordance with the most\\napproved sanitary rules. Special attention is given to job work\\nof all kinds, estimates are furnished on application, and all orders\\nare promptly and satisfactorily executed. The firm are recognized\\nleaders in their line of business, and their large and liberal patron-\\nage is drawn from the most desirable custom of the town and\\nvicinity.\\nMr. R. E. Yonge is a native of Florida. He began business in\\nT884, and three years ago was joined by Mr. Wm. Bachelder under\\nthe present firm name.\\nMr. Bachelder is a native of Maine, but has been for some\\nyears located in Ocala. He is prominently identified with the\\nY. M. C. A., and is respected and popular in all circles of the\\ncommunity.\\nWATERMAN FULLER,\\nMKRCHANT TAH.ORS, CLOTHIERS AND GENTS FURNISHERS.\\nThe leading city house in the clothing line is that of Messrs\\nWaterman Fuller, located on Magnolia street next to the post\\noffice. The store, 25 x 100 feet in size, is fitted up with plate glass\\nshow windows and all the modern interior adjuncts of convenience,\\nutility and attractiveness, and upon the shelves and tables is shown\\none of the finest and most comprehensive stocks of men s and\\nboys clothing, hats, caps, and gentlemen s furnishings, to be\\nfound in the State.\\nThe merchant tailoring department is the leading feature of\\nthe business. Here can be found the latest and most fashionable\\npatterns in suitings, trouserings, overcoatings, etc., representing", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "146 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nthe finest foreign and domestic productions. Only first-class New\\nYork cutters aud experienced workmen are employed, and the gar-\\nments turned out invariably represent the highest attainable artistic\\nand mechanical perfection in this field. A specialty is made of\\nevening or full-dress suits, and military and society uniforms are\\nfurnished or made up in the best manner. The house receives a\\nlarge and liberal patronage and does a general business of pros-\\nperous aggregate.\\nMessrs. N. R. Waterman and J. J. Fuller compose the firm.\\nMr. Waterman is a native of Ocala, and has been in the clothing\\nbusiness for a number of years. He began as clerk with his\\nfather, whom he succeeded as proprietor upon the latter s death\\nin 1889. The present co-partnership was formed in February,\\n1S91. Mr. Fuller is a native of Alabama. He was formerly in\\nthe general merchandise business at Homosassa. Both gentle-\\nmen are regarded as representative young Ocala merchants.\\nTHE PALACE DRUG STORE.\\nF. A. TEAGl E CO., PROPRIETORS.\\nOne of the finest places of business in Ocala is that familiarly\\nknown as the Palace Drug Store. This fine establishment is most\\ndesirably located on the square, facing the Plaza, and in the center\\nof the town. The large, admirably arranged store is fitted up in\\nsumptuous modern style, and, with its plate glass front, elegant\\ninterior appartments and tastefully displayed stock, constitutes an\\nattractive feature of this popular shopping district. The stock of\\ndrugs, chemicals, surgical appliances, proprietary medicines, toilet\\nand fancy articles, is large, comprehensive and complete; the\\nlaboratory is supplied with all requisite facilities for compounding\\nthe most difticult prescriptions, and the establishment in appoint-\\nment and conduct is an eminent type of the first class metropoli-\\ntan drug store.\\nMessrs. Teague Co. use only the purest and freshest drugs,\\nand only thoroughly competent pharmacists are entrusted with the\\ncompounding of prescriptions. They have a large patronage,\\ncomposed of the best medical and family custom of the city and\\nvicinity, and do a general business of prosperous proportions.\\nThe Palace Drugstore was first established in 1883 by Messrs.\\nT. A. Orr Co. In 1887 Messrs. Wright Frazer succeeded to", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS. 147\\nthe l)usiness, and were in turn succeeded in April, iSqi, l)y the\\npresent firm.\\nMr. F. A. Tea.^ ue, at the head of the firm, is President of the\\nCity Council anil a prominent figure in phosphate, real estate and\\nother circles. (See sketch ami portrait.)\\nDr. John AI. Thompson is a native of South Carolina. He\\naccpiired his profession at the Jefferson Medical Ccjllege, from\\nwhich he graduated in the class of 72, and subsequently for eight\\nyears practiced medicine in his native town of Newburg. In Jan-\\nuary, 1889, he came to Ocala and soon built u[) a large and lucra-\\ntive practice, which he still retains. Dr. Thompson is a popular\\nmember of the State and County Medical Associations, and a lead-\\ning local practitioner.\\nC. F. BREWER CO.,\\nMUSIC HOrSE AND DEALERS IN I lANOS, ORllANS, SEWIN G MACHINES, ETC.\\nAmong her many and varied mercantile enterprises Ocala num-\\nbers a well-stocked and well-conducted music house, where also\\nare handled sewing machines and general supplies therefor. This\\npopular establishment is favorably located on Magnolia street,\\nnear the square. The com.modious salesroom is fitted up in\\nattractive style, and the large and comprehensive stock is well\\ndisplayed.\\nMessrs. Brewer t\\\\: Co. handle the Hardmann, Everett and\\nMehlin pianos, the Story and Clark organs, and the New Home\\nsewing machines, of which a full stock is carried. They also\\nhave a fine line of other musical instruments, including flutes,\\nclarionets, cornets, orguinettes, etc., and their assortment of musi-\\ncal merchandise is complete in every department. The firm sell\\nfor cash, or on easy payments, pianos, organs, sewing machines,\\netc., which are also rented or exchanged for old instruments and\\nmachines upon liberal terms. A feature is made of tuning and\\nrepairing, and the large and liberal patronage received shows\\nthe popularity of the house with both city and suburban\\ncustomers.\\nMr. Brewer, the head of the firm, is a native of Chicago, and\\nan experienced and able exponent of the business in hand. Mr.\\nW. S. Pike, the junior member, is a Maine man, a skilful musi-\\ncian, and an expert repairer and tuner of instruments. The firm", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nhas been established since 1886, and has built up a prosperous and\\ngrowing business.\\nDUKKS cV COURTNEY,\\nDEALERS IN CHOICE FAMILY AND GREEN CROCERIES.\\nA popular Ocala establishment in the retail grocery line is that\\nof Messrs. Dukes Courtney, located at the corner of Main\\nStreet and Ocklawaha Avenue. The store, 20 x 60 feet in size, is\\nfitted up in a remarkably neat and attractive style, with all the\\nmodern conveniences for displaying to advantage the large, com-\\nprehensive and complete stock. Here can be found everything\\nin the line of family groceries, also country produce of all kinds\\nin season. These goods are carefully selected from the most\\nreputable sources of supply, with special regard for the require-\\nments of the high-class family and hotel trade. The house is\\nliberally patronized by the best custom, and a large and highly\\nprosperous general business is done.\\nMr. P. B. Dukes is a native of Alabama, but came to Florida at\\nan early age. He was formerly in business in the market, but in\\nJanuary, 1891, embarked in the present enterprise.\\nMr. G. D. Courtney is a Bostonian. Ten years ago he came\\nto Ocala, and finding the climate and town decidedly to his liking,\\nhas now become a permanent resident. He is an old hand at the\\ngrocery and produce business, having been prominently identified\\ntherewith for the major portion of his life. Like his present\\nco-partner, he was formerly in business in the market, and is well\\nand popularly known to the trade.\\nMr. Dukes is a member of the City Board of Aldermen.\\ngadson s bazaar store.\\nL. A. GADSON, PRUPRIE TOR. F. P. GADSON, MANAGER.\\nAn attractive and popular mercantile establishment is that\\nfamiliarly known as Gadson s Bazaar. The store, 20 x 70 feet\\nin size, is fitted up in a remarkably tasteful manner. Upon the\\nshelves and in the handsome show windows and counter cases is\\ndisplayed a fine assortment of dry and fancy goods, notions, glass-\\nware, ladies and children s underwear, pictures and frames, and\\na long list of useful and ornamental articles, too numerous for\\nclassification. It is, in fact, as its name implies, an excellent", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n149\\ntype of the modem Bazaar or fancy i^-oods store, with a com-\\nprehensive stock selected with the utmost care, and in variety\\nsufficient to meet the requirements of every taste and fancy.\\nThe Bazaar receives a merited large and liberal patronage, and\\nis a popular purchasing depot for both city and country people.\\nMr. Gadson has the agency for this section of the famous\\nPhiladelphia clothing house of Wanamaker Brown, and carries\\na full list of samples for suits, trousers, overcoats, fancy vests,\\nand for everything in men s and boys garments. He has a large\\ncustom in this department, and it forms an important branch of\\nthe prosperous general business. Mr. F. V. Gadson was born in\\nSouth Carolina, but came to Gainsville, Fl;i at an early age. In\\n18S1 he came to Ocala, and in 1885 established the business with\\nwhich he has since been successfully identified. Mr. Gadson is\\nCity Treasurer and Tax Collector, also Sunday School Superinten-\\ndent and a Trustee of the A. M. E. Church, and ranks among the\\nprominent and most highly respected colored men of Florida.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCA LA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. ^3. 22 acres first-class pine land, near Anthony, in grove. Price, $4,0(:o.\\nNo. 74. Number of lots in Silver Springs Park. Price, S30 to $60.\\nNo. 75.-39 acres improved pine land, $150. Also, two parcels, 40 acres each,\\n$100; two parcels, 20 acres each, $50. Above lands in Brevard, Lee\\nand IIillsl;)orough counties.\\nAlso, two lots in Silver Springs Park. Price, $20 each.\\nNo. 76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Two lots at Silver Springs Park; storehouse plastered and with shelving\\nand counters, six nice rooms up stairs, on premises; also, stable; near\\nthe depot; best location in town. P rice, $1,650.\\nNo. 77.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 20 acres land, with beautiful natural spring and good one-and-a-half-story\\nhouse, about three and a half miles north-east of Ocala; good location\\nfor intending settler. Price, $450.\\nNo. 78. Two lots at Silver Springs Park, on Main street. Each $125.\\nNo. 79. Seven-room cottage, modern type, new, all improvements, half acre\\ngrounds, on Exposition street. One of the finest homes in Ocala, all\\nfurnished. Price, $3,900.\\nNo. So. 240 acres hummock and pine, two miles south of Wildwood, Sumter Co.,\\nsaid to contain phosphate. Price, $6 per acre.\\nNo. 81. 40 acres, adjoining Dunnellon phosphate mines; good deposit of phos-\\nphate. Price, $20 per acre.\\nNo. 82.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lot, 154 feet on Magnolia and 100 feet on North Second streets. Block\\n59 O, S. of Ocala; fine building site, or good investment to hold. Price,\\n$2,500.\\nNo. 83. 40 acres phosphate land, five miles southwest of Ocala; will be sold\\ncheap. Open to investigation.\\nNo. 84. 18 acres select orange grove, one-half bearing, balance seven years old,\\nat Citra. Price, $10,000.\\nNo. 85. 25 acres first-class pine land in Oxford, 5 acres in grove, three acres five\\nyears old, two dwellings; fine home. Price, $2,500.\\nNo. 86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Valuable place adjoining No. 85 \u00e2\u0080\u009410 acres first-class pine, all in bear-\\ning grove; produced 350 to 400 boxes. In Oxford. Price, $3,500.\\nNo. 87. 10 acres pine land under fence and in grove; 300 budded trees, four-\\nroom house, cistern, quarter of a mile from depot. In Candler or\\nSmith s Lake. Price, $1,000.\\nAlso, good unimproved lands adjoining above, will be sold cheap.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "Bulletin of Special Bargains offered by\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNo. 88.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Two-acre lot in town of Anthony, eight-room house, detached kitchen\\nand dining-room; i8 pear trees, 6 peach, 230 orange, 2 scuppernong\\nand 3 Concord grape vines. Price, $1,000; $500 cash, balance one\\nyear at 10 per cent.\\nNo. 89. 160 acres, 40 hummock, balance pine, 10 acres of pine cleared; near and\\nnorth of Old Town, Marion County. Price, $10 per acre.\\nNo. go.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Five-acre orange tract at Silver Springs Park. Very desirable. Price,\\n$225.\\nNo. 91. 40 acres, section 11, range 19, township iS. Very cheap. Price, $15.\\nNo. 92. 132 acres first-class pine, 227 orange trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 150 bearing\u00e2\u0080\u0094 70 peach\\ntrees, 10 Niagara grape vines, bearing, and other semi-tropical fruits.\\nDwelling, five rooms and out-buildings. On a clear water lake, near\\nHigley P. O., Lake County. Very desirable home. Price, $5,000.\\nNo. 93. 40 acres near Auburndale, Great bargain. Price, $2,000.\\nNo. 94.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Two desirable parcels of land, one 10 acres, one 15 acres, near Ocala.\\nApply for price.\\nNo. 95.-36 acres fine pine land, 25 acres under fence, 7 acres in grove, mostly\\nbearing, balance timber land, log house, etc. One mile from Electra\\nP. O. in view of Lake Bryant. Price, $700.\\nNo. 96.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 40 acres mixed land on Orange Lake, near famous Bishop Lemon\\nCirove, $500.\\nAlso, two lots in Citra, under fence, set in fruit trees, six-room house. Price,\\n$1,000.\\nNo. 97.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 201 acres good timber land, all in township 16, range 24. Price per\\nacre, $10.\\nNo. 98.- City (Ocala) lot 112 x 104, house five rooms, three large bearing orange\\ntrees, city water, etc. Price, $1,100.\\nNo. 99.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 280 acres farm land near Beresford P. O. Price, $8 per acre.\\nNo. 100. 68-^4 acres good farm land in ^L1rion County, adjoining Leroy. Very\\ncheap, $20 per acre.\\nNo. loi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 55 acres on Orange avenue, only about one and a half miles from city\\nlimits (Ocala). One of the richest pieces of hummock in the State (por-\\ntion of Sanchez grant Adapted to fruit, vegetable and other farm-\\ning; rare chance for dairy farm. Good house, cistern, etc. Price,\\n$2,500.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "FRUITLAND PARK.\\nHIS charming vista of crystal lakes, high, wooded\\nhills, semi-tropical forest and vegetation, highly\\ncultivated orange groves, nurseries, fruit and truck\\nfarms, beautiful country homes, etc., etc., is about\\none hour s ride south of Ocala, on the line of the\\nFlorida Southern Railroad, and four miles north of\\nthe growing city of Leesburg. It is also at the head of steamboat\\nnavigation on 1-ake Griffin by way of the Ocklawaha and St.\\nJohns rivers, with ample facilities for this delightful mode of travel\\nfrom Jacksonville. It is also within two miles of the main line of\\nthe Florida Central Peninsular Railroad.\\nFruitland Park embraces about three square miles of territory.\\nWithin this district are twenty-two deep, clear-water lakes,\\nranging from one to 200 acres in area, each with clear, white,\\nsandy bottom and beach, giving to the waters a wonderful trans-\\nparency and sparkling crystal-like effect, surrounded by lovely\\nbuilding sites. The land is high, rolling and thickly timbered\\nwith pine, oak and other indigenous growths, rising, often abruptly,\\nfrom the lake shores to a height of 20 to 90 feet above the waters\\nof the lake, and the hilltops are equal to the highest altitude on\\nthe peninsula. The soil is a rich creamy loam, with clay sub-\\nsoil, and is pre-eminently adapted for orange, and, in fact, all\\ncitrus fruit culture, as well as for all vegetables and nursery stock\\nraised in the land of flowers.\\nP^ruitland Park is situated upon the great ridge or backbone of\\nFlorida in the narrowest part of the peninsula, and the refreshing\\nbreezes from ocean and gulf, combined with high, dry land, mois-\\nture from the lakes and other and peculiar advantages, secure to\\nit a remarkably mild, equable and healthful climate. Here is\\nsurelv the region par-excellence for artist, health-seeker, home-\\nmaker, horticulturist, and, in fact, for any and every one capable", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "152 OCALA, FLORIDA.\\nof appreciating a section of country where Dame Nature has\\ndeigned to appear in her loveliest garb. From vantage ground\\nthere is presented an expansive view of wooded hills, shadowy\\nnooks and valleys, and broad, green fields, the landscape dotted\\nhere and there by sparkling lakes set in a framework of white\\nbeach with a back-ground of emerald forest and glade, interspersed\\nwith magnificent orange groves, nursery farms, etc. Prominent\\nand charming features of the perspective are the broad boulevards\\nskirting the lakes, conforming to the contour of the beach, afford-\\ning facilities for a delightful drive, canter or promenade; the\\nnumerous cottages and baronial residences nestled on the hillsides,\\nin the midst of the evergreen orange groves and perpetual-bloom-\\ning roses and rare exotics, exhalnig a never-ending fragrance.\\nFruitland Park is appropriately as well as euphoniously named.\\nIt is located in the very heart of the famous orange belt of\\nFlorida, and the culture of citrus fruits reaches at this point the\\nacme of perfection. There are now over 1,000 acres of orange\\ngroves in the highest state of cultivation. Besides oranges, there\\nare grown, with the highest success, lemons, limes, pomello, citron,\\nfigs, guava, grapes, plums, peaches, apricots, dates, pears,\\nbananas, mulberries, strawberries, pomegranates, pineapples, per-\\nsimmons, and all semi-tropical fruits and some tropical fruits.\\nCabbages, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, sugar cane, tobacco,\\nrice, corn and oats are also successfully cultivated. The nursery\\nbusiness is largely and very profitably represented, and the raising\\nof cattle, horses, sheep, swine and poultry, under proper condi-\\ntions, has been demonstrated to be a lucrative industry.\\nBut Fruitland Park, as its name implies, excels most as a fruit-\\ngrowing district. The fertile soil, mild and salubrious climate,\\nand water protection afforded by the numerous lakes, conduce in\\na marked degree to the eminently successful following of this\\nbranch of horticulture, and nowhere in Florida are more or finer\\nvarieties of citrus and other semi-tropical fruits grown. At the\\nNew Orleans Exposition of i884- 5, ten citizens of Lake County\\nwere awarded nineteen first and twelve special premiums for fruit\\nexhibited, out of sixty-two premiums won by the entire State of\\nFlorida. Of this premium fruit, a goodly portion was grown at\\nFruitland Park and vicinity.\\nThe first settler at Fruitland Park was Major O. P. Rooks, the", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\n153\\nwell-known horticulturist. Major Rooks came here eleven years\\nago and located what, under his fostering care, has become one of\\nthe finest and most noted fruit plantations in Florida. He has now\\n100 varieties of citrus fruits, almost all semi-tropical and many\\ntropical fruits, vegetables and plants, among which may be men-\\ntioned mango, sappadillo, cheremoyo, Avacada pear, sugar apple,\\ncayenne cherry, tropical paw-paw, Granodillo, Barbadoes goose-\\nberry, pineapples. Major Rooks has been an enthusiastic horti-\\nculturist for years, and by extensive experimenting in selection\\nand cultivation has obtained wonderful results in fruit, vegetable\\nGARDEN SCENE\\nAT\\nMAJOR O. P. ROOKS\\nFRUITLAND.\\nE-XHTHIT OF\\nMAJOR ROOKS AT\\nI MI-TROPICAL EXI OSIT N\\nand flower culture. So diversified are his interests in this connec-\\ntion, that he is now shipping his productions every month in the\\nyear, and has oranges for shipment until June.\\nMajor Rooks oranges have a standard reputation, and always\\ncommand a premium price in market as for that matter do all\\nhis productions. He has during the past two seasons supplied the\\nExecutive Mansion at Washington, D. C, with the choicest\\noranges grown. Of the New Orleans Exposition premiums above\\nmentioned, Major Rooks received twenty-two of the thirty-two\\nawarded to Florida exhibitors. At the Sub-Tropical Exposition\\nat Jacksonville and Semi-Tropical Exposition at Ocala in 1889", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "154\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nand 1S90, he was awarded first premium and three gold medals\\nfor exhibits, and at the latter Exposition for best individual fruit\\ndisplay, and also the grand Wilder Medal of the American Pomo-\\nlogical Society.\\nFruitland Park to-day is a progressive and prosperous commu-\\nnity of educated and refined people, with churches, schools, liter-\\nar}^ and debating societies, and all the advantages of town life.\\nThe beautiful lakes afford the best fishing, boating and bathing\\nalso will furnish an ample supply of water for irrigating purposes,\\nand the woods, teeming with game, are a never-failing source of\\npleasure for the sportsman.\\nFruitland Park is destined to become one of Florida s most\\nlovely Winter resorts. Although only partially developed now,\\nit has all the attractions and natural advantages that can be found\\nin the interior of the State. Tourists seeking health, pleasure and\\nrest, in pure, cool, bracing air, and the most delightful tempera-\\nture in America, amid scenes of semi-tropical grove and garden,\\nshould not fail to visit Fruitland Park. Those seeking a Winter\\nresidence or permanent home, will do well to take a look at Fruit-\\nland Park. Invalids suffering from catarrh, hay fever, asthma,\\nbronchitis, pulmonary diseases in their first stages, will find the\\ndry atmosphere of these high, rolling pine lands at Fruitland Park\\na specific and cure, as many already here testify.\\nwmwmmm", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "L. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.\\nNOTICE.\\nTo the non-resident tax-payers of Silver Spring Park and Marion County, for\\nwhom I acted as agent last year in the payment of their taxes, I beg to state that\\nmy time is now entirely occupied with other matters, so that I will Ix- unable to\\nlook after the tax business this year. If you desire to pay your taxes through an\\nagent here, I would respectfully refer you to Messrs. L. J. Haisley Co., of this\\ncity, who, I feel sure, will serve you in an acceptable manner, as they have pre-\\npared to give this branch of their business prompt and careful attention.\\nVery respectfully,\\nA. McINTYRE.\\nReferring to the above notice of Mr. A. Mclntyre, we take this opportunity of\\noffering you our services in looking after your taxes in this (Marion) county. We\\nare prepared to attend to the payment of taxes and assessments for non-resident\\nproperty owners, to see that the property is properly listed and assessed, and to act\\ngenerally in the interest of owners.\\nWe have been engaged as agents for the investment of capital and the transfer\\nof real estate, including the payment of taxes and all matters incidental thereto, for\\nthe past seven years. Our correspondence extends throughout the United States,\\nCanada and England.\\nIn order to enable us most effectually to serve our patrons and protect their\\ninterests, it is necessary that we should have full and correct description of prop-\\nertv, with Number, Section, Township and Range; if town property, with num-\\nber of Lot and Block. This can be ascertained by reference to the last tax\\nreceipts.\\nIf favored with your instructions, we will at once examine the tax books and\\nnotify you as to the amount due on your property for the year 1890. You may rest\\nassured that, on the receipt of the money, we will give our immediate and careful\\nattention to your business and avoid all unnecessary delay.\\nVery respectfully,\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOcala, Fla.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "T^HAT printer s ink fer-\\ntilizes business as\\nphosphate fertilizes soil.\\nBut it must be applied\\nwith discretion. Printing\\nought to be neat, tasteful\\nand artistic, for people will\\njudge your business by\\nyour printing, just as they\\nguage a man by the ap\\npearance of his face.\\nTHE REPUBLIC PRESS,\\n536-538 PEARL STREET,\\nNEW YORK.\\nprinted this book. What do you think of it? Isn t it\\ncreditable to us Isn t it a big advertisement for the\\ninterests described therein We are Art Printers, and\\nmake new and original designs for all sorts of publica-\\ntions we study ancient and modern publications for finest\\neffects of types, inks, papers and bindings; and execute\\nletter-press work in the height of\\nart. Of course you have to have\\nprinting done for if you don t\\nblow your own horn, nobody will\\nblow it for you. Then when you\\nneed the aid of the Art Preserv-\\native, send to us.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE\\nNorwich Line,\\nFAVORITE INSIDE ROUTE\\nBOSTON\\nAND ALL:\\nPOINTS NORTH AND EAST.\\nDIRECT ROUTE TO\\nNEW LONDON, NORWICH\\nAND WORCESTER.\\nSTEAMERS, including: Palatial\\nCITY OF WORCESTER\\nQueen of the Sound Fleet,\\nLeave PIER 40 io^I nuviber^, N. 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PEYSER.\\nSole Manufacturer and Proprietor of the\\nEl Troi^ico CiCtAR K^cxory, r o. lo6,\\nTHE SILVER SPRINGS, OCALA GULF\\nRAILROAD.\\nTHE HIGHLAND ROUTE.\\nF\\n\\\\ROM OCALA, via famous Blue Springs and Duiniclloti\\nPhosphate FioMs, to Hernando and Inverness.\\nBraneh from DutineUon to Homosassa-on-tJte-GuIf.\\nFIRST CLASS SERVICE, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, Ac, Ac\\nConneetion at Oeala for Silver Springs and Oeklaioaha,\\nSt. A nimustine, Jaeksonville and all points North and West.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "FLom mm i nmn e. i\\nTHE FLORIDA TRUNK LINE.\\nShortest and Quickest Route between Jacksonville, Fernandina, Tallahassee,\\nSilver Springs, Ocala, Tampa and all points in South Florida.\\nReaches the principal TOURIST POINTS in Florida without change of\\ncars. The DIRECT SHORT LINE to the favorite and best Hunting and\\nFishing Grounds in the State.\\nConnects, via Callahan (shortest route) with Atlantic Coast Line for all\\npoints North and West. Connects at Jacksonville with Clyde Steamship Line, and\\nat Fernandina with Mallory Steamship Line.\\nFull Sleeping Car Service, Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars from Callahan to\\nNew York without change. Elegant service, quick time, full connections,\\nfavorite route, etc, etc.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "New York, IHiarleston, S. C, and Jacksonville, Fla., Service.\\nST. JOHN S RIVER SERVICE\\nbetween Jacksonville, ralalka, and Saiilnrd, Kla., and all inleriiiediale l.andin.-rs in Sl..|(din s ]U\\\\cr\\nrUY-WEEKLY DEPAHTIKES KETWKEX\\nItcut %]ovh rtub Citrtx*lcstct\u00c2\u00bbt, g. (it.,\\nrtltb all fg^icrtnbit PoUxtsk,\\nThe fleet is composed of the following elegant steamers: Algonquin, Iro-\\nQrois, Seminole, Cherokee, Yemassee, Delaware, one of which is\\nappointed to sail from Pier 29, K. R. (foot of Roosevelt Street), New York,\\nMONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 3 P. M.\\nTHIS IS THE ONLY LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND JACKSONVILLE,\\nFLORIDA, WITHOUT CHANGE, making close connections at Jacksonville with\\nF. C. P. R. R., J. T. K. W, R y, and J. St. A. H. R. R. R.\\nClyde s St. Joliu River Nteaiiier\u00c2\u00a7.\\n(De Bary Line,)\\nComprising the elegant steamers City of Jacksonville, Fred k de Bahy-,\\nEverglade, and Welaka, leaving Jacksonville daily at 3:30 p. m., except\\nSaturdays, for Sanpohd, Fla., and intermediate landings, making connection with\\nall-rail lines at Palatka, Astor, Blue Springs and Sanford, for all points in\\nFlorda.\\nPassenger accommodations unsurpassed, steamers being supplied with all modern\\nimprovements, steam steering-gear, electric lights, electric bells, baths, etc.\\nThe cumnc on the steamers of the CLYDE LINE is unexcelled by any other line,\\nthe table being supplied with tlie best that the Northern or Southern markets aflford.\\nFor further information apply to\\nTHEO. Q. EQER, T. M.,\\n5 Bowling Green, New York.\\nMARSHALL H. CLYDE, A. T. M.,\\n5 Bowling Green, New York.\\nWM.\\nP. CLYDE CO., General Agents,\\n5 Bowling Green, New York. 12 So. 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Prices of\\nsingle lots range from $50 to $150.\\nThe Semi-Tropical E.xposition build\\ning, a permanent institution, is lo-\\ncated on the above grounds.\\nTt/E are constantly in communica-\\ntion with property owners who\\nare desirous of realizing on improved\\nplaces in order to more fully improve\\nother properties, and as a consequence\\nwe are constantly adding numbers of\\nnew bargains to our large lists. All\\nletters of inquiry are filed and\\npromptly answered.\\nQCALA\\nw w\\nIs the future Metropolis and Capital of Florida, the gate-\\nway to the luxuriant wealth of the richest and most wonderful\\nsection of the Peninsular State.\\nPlo^t ^erttttifitl rtu5 CjiMtltljtul ^t,?x ttc\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbt of ^lovt^it.\\nSee Bulletin List for Special Bargains. Always mention\\nList No. In remitting send New York Exchange, or Post\\nOffice Money Order, adding $1.25 for the Recording of the\\nDeed, to order of\\nL. J. HAISLEY CO.,\\nOCALA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3358", "width": "2101", "jp2-path": "ocalaflasketchof00clar_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "B. 3. j^atefe^ \u00e2\u0082\u00ac0/6 ^pectaf Offer.\\nFor a limited time onlv we will sell at the below unprecedcntedly Low Prices,\\nthe lots descrilied in the following diagram, situated in West End, Ocala.\\nDirectly opposite the beautiful grounds of the Semi-Tropical Exposition. Ten\\nMinutes Walk from the center of the City. Street car line passes\\nthese Lots on Broadway.\\nYour choice of lots fronting on Broadway, for $15(1; of those fronting on Warren\\navenue $100, and those fronting Arlington avenue, Florida avenue or tlie Boulevard,\\n$50. First come, first served. Delays often lose great bargains. 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