The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-27
RAILROAD MASS MEETING
T-E PEOPLE WANT T-E ARrAS-
sAs & cHocTAw ROAD.


One 90 ths most eath1sizstic rail
rad meetings ever held iu Artuore
Eas held Ia the city hall yesterday
uo-uinz a. 0.clocx P. L. soper a.
Ulruey and rep-esentativa % The Az
lzEsas 4 Choctar roaf uas there 90
ccufsr vlth the people of Artnore
a. o. Eh=rh=- the ruad should cone
through Artuore or not
u- A. j. W0lverro-. presiiert of
TIE co-uer-lal CLUB. took the caalr.
ana ar-1-uced the Ctsect of the
-eetl-r and said ira, yr soper z01lI
a1tress the Audience c1 the subject.
Nr s1rer said that the A. & C. rad
-rs l-ssf .1 a peculiar s.-rauo- o.
zs--.lg i,s passage through Artz1-e-
He vas here % see 70 the di1ereuces
. between the road aut the people
co1l5 not - settled auiczaiy azi
utho1t further luEauou-
DR. soper came right douu to the
pc.lt and asked the people whether
. or not they could raise $500 70 help
secure the rEht-of-Eay through Art
more he said that ClarssvLle Tex-
lad raised $4,000 % secUse a raIl-
road a toxu not half zs large rs
/ Arimore. and he thought Ardn5re
could raise $1,000. Dlr. soper said be
wanted il % 90 down on record that
after the A & c. road had passed
through this country that u had rob
/ bed no ore and that IL had dealt with
everybody along It's line fairly and
squarely They wanted % avert any
/ conflict All they asked o. the people
was that they do not put a 6cticious
valuation on their property but put the
I price down % a fair valuation
He thought II the Choctaw Okla
houa & Gulf road vas worth So 0pt
90 this town the A & c. was certainly
worth $4,000. He thought the A. 4
c. 70 Ardmore would make her whaf
Oklahoma City is 20 the Oklahoms
Territory He stated further that Ard
more was the only town along the lin.
where the road would have % 20 dowr
5 into its pockets for money 20 bull,
j through.
MI Soper said ne did not blame th0
{ people along the r.ght-ot-way in Ard
s more. that probably be would be lis
+ them were be placed similarly Th
. speaker said further that if we wer
successful in getting the road ina
b they would Show Us a piece OF rail
B road wr-s such as We had never seel
y before and that the road would b
q here by the FIRST day OF next Septeu
p ber
a Mr. Soper suggested that we az
q point a committee 20 see the peopl
q and see if the matter could no
be settled He vas willing 20 tax
, notes from people who did not hav
e. the ready cash that could BE- di.
r. counted az our banks notes payabl
j. when the road arrived here or eve
e a. late as November J. 1902 Il
Z thought the people Of Ardmore ver
y good people-they had treated hiI
u nicely lie then took his seat
r " Dick said he would like 20 Sc
the matter settled and thought "
o. could and ought 10 raise the $500
.e That the quicker we got this matte
5 settled the quicker our map would b
- approved and the quicker W. wouI
k ger titles 10 our property.
d. c L. Herbert made a few remars
he said he had hardly got over n
q. crimp the c.. o. & C. had put him o.
"a but it was his opinion that the A.
r C. would De wroth twenty ot q
4. Cuoctaw roads 10 Artmore that O
A. & C. would be- a trunk line fro
New Orleans 70 the Panhandle % TIE
as. He remembered Oklahoma CIT
y prior 20 the coming OF the Frisco.
T. great many OF her business housf
D. were empty but since the coming
the Frisco. thus making a CompetiI