Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-15
PAVING WITH
t TULSA BRICK
CONTRACTOR sTUCKEY BE-
GINS IMPROVEMENT.
BRICK COMPANY EXPANDS
Ten Thousand Dollar Expenditure for
Making Paving Brick-More
for Greater Tulsa.

Contractor Stuckey yesterday be-
gan active work on the paving Of
First street, having started over doz-
en- teams and twice that many men at
the job of grading the street prepara-
tory to the preliminary process OF
paving. Mr.. Stuckey said yesterday
that it was his purpose to push the
operations with all possible speed,
and announced that If everything
went well he would have the street
completed within sixty days. Mr..
Stuekey stated that if the Tulsa brick
met with the requirements of the
street and alley committee Of the city
council that Tulsa brick would be
used on the job.
"I'm heartily in favor of using
Tulsa made brick, said Mr.. Stuckey,
"and believe that the right kind of
brick will be made by the local man
ufacturers. | understand that the
Tulsa Vitrifed Brick company has
gone to a great expense in fitting out
their plant with the necessary ma
chinefy 70 make paving brick. hope
and believe that their brick will be up
to the standard. | am going to push
this contract. That is the only way
to get out in the clear on a close
figured job, and expect to get out in
the clear. | shall do good job, and
the fact that l don't ask cent of
money until the contract is completed
proves that | am going to do good
job. i"
When seen by a representative of
the World, the Office manager OF the
Tulsa Vitrifed Brick company stated
that Manager Howard was out of the
city, but confirmed the statement of
Mr.. Stuckey that the company had
branched into he paving brick busi-
ness, prepared to do whole lot OF
business. He said that the machinery
for the paving brick kiln was on the
way from st. Louis at present, and
that Mr.. Howard was in Kansas City
for the purpose OF procuring a class
of brick necessary to build the kiln
for the construction Of the paving
brick.
"We are going into the business
to do business" he said. "Our com
pany is known as the Vitrifed Brick
company, but up till now we have not
manufactured any vitrifed brick. We
expect to expend thousands of dol
lars in fitting out and enlarging the
plant, and will be prepared to compete
successfully with any company of a
similar nature. Conditions in and
around Tulsa are particularly adapt
ible to the manufacture of paving
brick and the fact that the city Is
so well equipped with railroads will
make it paying proposition with us,
as every town and city in the new
southwest will be paving some of these
days, and will need paving brick.
We not only want to pave the whole
Of Tulsa, but the whole Of Oklahoma.
and we believe that We will be in a
position to show any competing COM
pany where to get off at"
With the establishment of n new
paving sri siivA a compa"y, Tulsa will have
added another to her list of large in
stt''t.;aittions. The Tulsa Vitrified Brick
company will be tn. only brick com
pany in the Indian Territory manu-
featuring paving brick.
Manager Howard will return the
latter part of the week and it is un-
derstood that samples of the class
of brick which the company will man.
ufacture will soon be submitted to the
street and alley committee. There
is no reason in the world why they
should not be as good as any other
firm s making, and it is believed that
they will be found acceptable by the
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