The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05
Situated in the Center Of the
Great Coal, Oil, and Natural
Gas Fields, It Looks to Metro
politan Honors. h
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES:IT
OFFERS TO Man UFACTURERS
Cheap Fuel and Close Proximity
to the Cotton and Wheat Belts,
With Ample Railway Facilities
and Low Freights.
BY HERBERT vANDERHooF.

BY HERBERT vANDERHooF. ID.
Special Correspondence.
TULSA, Ind. T., Oct. 30.-This city be-
gan It's existence few years ago as a
nag station on a railroad. Now ID proud
~ lays claim to the title OF the most en-
terprlslng, progressive, and resourceful
city OF the Southwest, and the coming
metropolis Of the future state of OKLA
homa. Within five years, the average
c1tlzen OF Tulsa will tell you, this city
VIII have apopulation of 25, 900, and, con-
sidering that its population now is about
1o,o00, this means pretty rapid rate of
growth = - -
mat is, 1t would be rapid rate of
CROWN anywhere else except down in this
country, but here they do things and, talk
apout them afterward. Now that the al
!otment of lands to the Indian tribes has
'Deen almost completed Indian territory
is getting ready to enter upon one Of the
biggest blooms" that have ever struck
any section of the United States. Tulsa
without doubt is one of the cities that
are going to profit enormously from the
new conditions that will obtain here. ~, I.
mere are many reasons why this
snould be SO, and why It's citizens feel
such unbounded confidence in its future.
Ihere are other towns in the territory
tnat possess many advantages, but it Is
uouDtrul II there is one that enjoys as
many combined as this city. Itpossesse.
IN the fullest measure the great essen
t1a1s 70 make 1t big manufacturing CEN:
Ter, and these are cheap fuel, raw mate.
u!als, abundant labor, ample railroad ia
ciilres, and a rapidly growing market !
Cheap Fuel in Abundance. H.
Cheap fuel is the first essential to Sue
cess1ul manufactures, and this Tulsa en-
2Uys TO an extent that is 1nexhaustible.
Inc city is the center of coal field that.
according to the report Of the IJnited
States geological survey, is $500 miles
IN extent. This entire district Is under
uald with veins of the best hard bttun1iE
nous coal, which vary in thickness any,
where from thirty inches to six feet
This coal Is now being extensively mined
ana shipped, the local price for steam nut
Ipelng $l.2o ton. This coal is now be-
ang Shipped to six states and Territories
and to the republic Of Mexico. 4 So far
these immense coal fields have only been
scratched, and the supply Is ample even
AT greatly increased consumption for
hundreds of years. -1|.9.s--. -
But coal is not the only fuel supon
Which manufactures at Tulsa mustRrely.
t1ne city is In the center of one Of the
greatest OIL and natural gas belts in the
{t trna ana this belt is undergoing an ex-
'tremely rapid development. The lnatu-
raj gas Is dry, abundant fuel of high
pressure, and is piped to all parts OF the
city and district. Having no SCOT. ashes.
or smoke, it is the favorite fuel and
light. The charges for natural gas are
so light as to put it within the reach Of
every citizen: 1t costs 10 to Is cents a
month per light, 50 cents to. sL5o per
month for cooking stoves or sSanges sand
20 cents per 1000 cubic feet for heatine
purposes. ---.E 49,. .-.g,$E : - - =
10 heavy consumers of fuel for indus
trial purposes the price is equivalent to
coal at go cents per ton, Factories, and
mills prefer 1t to coal, as no f1remen are
required, the supply being regulated by
the engineer. More: than twenty big
wells ranging in size from 300 900 to
'12000,o 900 cubic feet daily, are in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the city. Already
the available supply is equal to 5000
tens of Pittsburg coal every twenty-four
hours, and this will be increased many
times over as soon as the fuel demands
require it, 7~ras ~ a,g yaarT
~. Great Production}of OIL. #u2~
The oil development here has been the
means Of making many fortunes, and has
brought a large amount of capital to this
section. There are over 100 wells now
in operation, and their product runs over
several thousand barrels day The
largest producers Of the territory are now
making this city their headquarters, and
within six miles of the town over a hun
dred derricks can be seen. The, oil is
piped from the wells to big So; 900 barre
tanks which have been erected near this
city, and thence through a six inch
STANDARD pipe line to the refinery The
oil is Of high grade, and can. be- uset
either for fuel purposes or, when refined
lis an excellent illuminant. ga !.
1t must be a matter of only a shor
time when this city becomes great cot
ton manufacturing center. ALI bou
q here Is a great agricultural country, art
lone of the important crops that,is grown
Is cotton. Last year the amount of cot.
ton raised in the territory tributary tt
Tulsa amounted to $4,000 bales. Will
the cheap fuel furnished by natural gas
as we'll as cheap coal, and the proximit,
ito the cotton fields, thus saving heay,
freight charges, there Is no reason VIII,
this city should be in any way dependen
upon the cotton mills Of New England O.
the South. 1915 IL. -, -.
But cotton is only one of the agricul
tural resources OF this country, which
combines in an unexampled degree tn,
products of the North with those Of tn
South. The surrounding country is
very fertile region, abundantly watere,
by the Arkansas river and it's tributaries
The land to the north, east and southeas
is black limestone prairie; in the tim
Dei " lue west, SOUTHWEST sand alOnl
the river bottoms, a dark loan. ~ 80
What the Land Produces.
The production of farm lands per acr
averages: Corn, rs to 70 bushels; wheat
Is to Is bushels; cotton 1-3 to ~ bales
oats, 40 bushels; alfalfa, to cuttings
/ to 2 tons each. Last year 400, 900 bushel
,of wheat and 100000 bushels of corn wer
grown on the farms tributary to Tuls;
and its surrounding small towns.
Apples, peaches, and pears grown her
are unsurpassed In size and flavor. Cher
ries, plums, grapes, and berries ripe1
here ten days ahead Of the st. Loui
market.
AS for vegetables, Tulsa is famous TO
its potatoes. In this rich, moist soil Iris
potatoes mature two crops year; tn
first In June, the second in October. TIL
yield is 100 to 240 bushels per acre, an
the price usually starts at 81 in June
closing around 40 cents In the fall. Toma
toes, beans, sweet corn, peas, beets, Gu
cumbers, sweet potatoes, onions, tur
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