The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-15
GUTHRIE In
THE DEAL
WILL BE BENEFICIARY
OF INTERURBAN
LINE
BIG PROJECT ON FOOT
Will Extend From Gnthrie
TO Sulphur, |. 7.

The construction o. an iateruiban elec-
trio railway Is being contemplated. and,
ia fact. IS practically assurea. from ok
lahoma city 10 sulphur l. r.. 10y way or
Lexington and pauis Valley Is IS ru-
mored here that the Guthrie street Bah-
way and TIE Oklahoma City Street Rail-
way companies are interested ia this i.ro-
iect II this is the case It viii be one
OF the most wonderful systems Of elec-
;rio railways in the west II viii tn-
verse some Of the finest country ia Ofla-
homa and viii beyond question OF
doubt be paying proposition.
The line from Guthrie TO Oklahoma
City has been surveyed and, IL is snid.
upon good reliable authority. ihat wfk
win be begun rhoiily upon it Work
has aiieady been commenced on the
line from sulphur TO Pauls Valley. rhis
viii be "A magnificent thng for Gutliie
and from commercial standoolnt VIII
be worth it's weight 10 gold.
The Oklahofna city Lexington and
sulphur Springs Electric Railway comrt-
ny wes chartered on The 18th dav OF May
1904. and is composed Of local people,
VITA one exception. Much OF the ire
liminary work has been done. FiYsl. "a
location was made and maps "lea With
all governmental Jcr artaivats. potls 10
the territories and the United statos.
The right OF way has been taken with
the exception OF I'VE miles and the
company is now preparing franchises for
the towns through which the road will
pass and when ia, 'rancLiscs ar1 Sc.
cured and u little of The line reiocated
-.
miles soutn WHICH places the ine rish.
through me heart OF one OF va" rlc'nsr
belts OF the South Canadlaa valley. siso
few miles south OF Lexingtcn. vi Zen
was neccssitated ty the Canadian Hood
Of October = 1904. and POSSIBLY three or
four miles near Noble Howeve,. the
change az Noble depends on the az los
Of the citizens Of that town, and lniess
action is taken on their part TO Sc ,ure
the road by Monday OF next week there
will be no re-survoy made.
IL Is stated on good authority that the
railway company win sign contracts ~
the town Of sulphur this week. cf "a
least the early part Of next week wh're-
by construction will begin a. tnai pcint
within thirty days. Also that every ef-
fort is being made TO begin oonstruc-
lion at Oklahoma city at or about the
same time.
The railway company here submitted
stock sutfcfiptlon proposition 30 ihe
towns la the Indian Territory ana It
IS now the opinion Of some o. the 7fii-
cials Of the road that the people of
OKlahoma Wal he aivon p.s san Kind of
an opportunity How we. there arc MY
a few thousand of railroad stock left TO
be placed In fact there remains only
slOO. 600 OF the stock unsold and it IS
the general opinion that That amount
viii be taken by the towns IN Jklaho na,
N given the chance to take g. Tor every
body realizes that this stock yill draw
dividends ard be worth Tar al ,ost rom
the time the road II placed Ia operation
In fact, everybody wants q block Of lh'
stock sinee 1t has ecDme known that The
necessary money to build he road mas
been arranged sor.
The object OF TIE company in onefinf
the stock to the people Is 70 gave al
or as near an Of the people along ih'
line as Jossible interested in tho aS
realizing that Their interest would b.
the interest Of thtsfoad and thereby th'
road would receive a wonderful influence
thar 81 Otherwise would not have u 4
understood that the line viii be com
pIeted from Sulphur to Pauls valley b.
January j, 1906 Aiso from oklahom'
CITY 10 Lexington II the people along th'
line In Oklahoma take the same intei es
I'm Il that the Indian Territory people
did