The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-04

trance. with swinging plate glass
doors, that leads up to the apart
ments above.
| The upstairs living apartments are
divided into suites Of two, four and
five rooms, conveniently mter-connect-
ed for family purposes, each suite well
segregated from the other, and each
one equipped with a porcelain both
and modern toilet appointments.
The building is lathed and plastered
throughout and is the first house Of
its kind in Ardmore to be finished in
this style. The color scheme varies
in the different suites, but Is distin-
guished by soft blending of terra cot
Ia. pale blue. browns. green's and
pinks. the walls being treated with
solid coloring. relieved by different
hues for friezes and dadoes. These
apartment, 1t is stated. will be rented
at prices that will enable persons OF
ordinary incomes to enjoy hotel com
forts and yet have all the snugness
and privacy of cottage home.
one OF the store rooms Is already
occupied by Tom Echols, as "A grocery
store, and Mr. Fraley states that he
expects soon to have Il well-equipped
drug store in one of the other store
rooms and is now completing arrange
ments To that end.
But perhaps the most important lea
turc in connection with the new build
ing is the fact that a new realty com
pany with capital stock of 100000
which is now being organized by we'll
known citizens of Ardmore, to handle
city and farm property upon new
and different plan is to be located i'll
one OF the front suites or rooms upon
the second floor, and its Offices, when
completely furnished, will equal any
in the city. In fact, the intention Is
to make them equal to any in Okla
homa City The suite which this
company will occupy contains four
rooms, in the southeast corner of the
building, and they will be fitted up for
reception rooms, board room, business
room and private rooms for the or
ficers of the company. with lavatory
and porcelain appurtenances and ap-
pointments for the convenience of Gus
| toners and visitors.
I'VE are going to give our people
something else that's up-to-date,' said
Mr.. Fraley. we are going to build
an annex TO this building and in con
nection with it we will finish the top
story for roof garden, so that the
Occupiers of the apartments will have
II cool place to sit of summer nights
as well as Il unique and pleasant bond
of social intercourse. These root
gardens are quite the thing now in
the big towns.
II want to tell the people of Ard
more another thing at this time con
tinued Mr. Fraley. "As far as North
| Caddo street is concerned, this is only
u beginning. | am not at liberty to
enter into details at present. but
can say this much, that We are con
tempating some big deals looking To
the development of this portion of the
town that will give Ardmore some
thing to brag about pretty soon. With
| in the next twelve months there will
be erected two. If not more business
buildings on this street that will usr-
pass any in the city. All we ask you
to do is watch and wait We haven't
| been talking very loud over in our
end of town. but We have been trying
to produce results and We believe
that We have produced some of them
and have got the foundations laid for
others. Dull times? Well we have
been trying to make them not dull
Isn't that the best way!
And the most remarkable thing
about the erection of the big apart
ment house is that it was practically
a kind of a side issue with Mr.. Fra
ley. 1t was built by days labor, under
the personal superintendent of Mr..
Fraley. at the same time that he, as
president OF the East Side Realty
Company, was putting up four or five
# the prettiest cottages and bungalows
in the city. laying miles of cement
sidewalk, and attending to his lumber
business and good many other
things besides And yet no one ever
saw Charley Fraley when he didn't
have time to stop and have a word
for the good of Ardmore in general or
for the veal of neishbor in partiCu.
lar
\ good citizen is MIR Charles +.
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