The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-02
OKLAHOMA
WILL HAVE
BUSY YEAR
Public Improvements Will be
Very Extensive.
PROGRAM OF ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM OF ENTERPRISE
As Outlined by the Report of
Governor Ferguson.

Guthrie, o. r., Jan. To-day begins .
new year for Oklahoma. There is moth
ing now in view to contradict the state
ment that the year 1903 will be as profit
able as any year that is past.
The past year has been a notable one
Tor the territory, and brings pride to the
heart of the Oklahoman.
The public improvements contemplated
for the coming year are as follows,
according to Governor Ferguson's report:
Anadarko-Thirty thousand dollar court
house, waterworks plant, three school
houses, electric lights, sewerage, jail. cot
ton gin, elevators.
Blackwell-City jail and sewerage sys-
tenn.
Ell Reno-Electric railway, gas plant,
street paving, city ownership of water
works.
Enid-Railroad division point (two di-
visions. two railroads. school house. street
railway, canning factory.
Guthrie-One hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars for street paving, $4,000 gov
ernment building, high school building,
hotel. Episcopal church
Hobart Waterworks, electric light
plant, city building, fire department
house. ice plant, three school houses.
court house and jail.
Kingfsher-Extension of water and
light system, Catholic cathedral, city
halI, new school house, another railway.
Lawton-Erection of $4,000 court house
and Jail, waterworks, sewerage, school
houses, city hall
Medford- -waterworks, court house.
Newkirk-Natural gas system for light
and heat.
Oklahoma City-High school building,
union depot.
Pawnee-Electric light plant.
Perry-Waterworks system. Missouri
and Pacific railroad.
Ponca City-Macadamizing business
streets and building sidewalks.
Shawnee-Gas plant. cotton factory, a
Touring mill garment factory, pressed
brick plant
Stroud-Erection of public school house.
water-Improvements in waterworks
system and electric light plant.
Tecumseh-Waterwork electric light,
oil mill.
provements
Those now i'm progress are:
Anadarko-Digging wells for water sup
ply for waterworks.
Blackwell-To thousand-dollar water
works plant
FL Reno-Fifty thousand-dollar court
house. new electric light plant. city hall,
ten miles brick sidewalks, city library es-
tabished. sewerage. sanitarium and hos
rital.
End-Brick walks. water system, street
repairs. sewer system, parks. improved
telephone system.
Guthrie - Twenty-Five thousand-dollar
city hail. s25.eoo library building. $4,000
Union depot, State Capital printing plant,
$50, ,00o; sewerage, S65, 600; $4,000 additional
permanent walks, 5000 deep well, four
railroads now building two churches s20-
eDe and S3,e
Hobart Two brick plants, streets, side
walks and crossings improvements, $4,000
oil mill, $4,000 Touring mill, two cotton
sins.
h'mgfsher--A mile of guttering and con-
crete sidewalk.
Newkirk-Iiigh school building. Pauls
Valley branch of Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad.
Norman-New university building.
oklahoma City-Missouri, Kansas & Ok
lahoma railroad. enlargement of water
works system. Epworth university. South
Side street railway.
Perry-Arkansas Valley and Western
railroad.
Ponca City-Extension of waterwerks
mains. $500.
Observation-Disclosures and mechanical
college barn. S15.000.
Those completed in 1902 follow: