Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-17
DEAL ~ ClOSED ron MAMMOTH
CEMENT PLANT.
WORK BEGINS At ONCE


The longest stride that TULSA has
ever taken lu assert her supremacy
as a civ Ot natural advantage. aa r.
center that b. fart becoming the uu-
cl0is about which o. 90 hr huill 10
greater commercial rllN aud 1H one
to which muuulurtWlur establish
ments fctkinr uucNroIird quarters
from cviy standpoint win ultimately
come. Wat made yesterday when the
executive board of the Commercial
club endorsed thc proposition sub
mitted hy H. T. Barnes oi Humboldt
kan, aud q. q. Garrett ui han.aa
CITY Mo.
And IN that action of the CONNER
cIal clubs board of directors H a''
sured for TulGu the Tulsa Portland
Cement Company ou organization
that wdl build plant 40 th' place
costing ll,20O.0UOi that viii employ
from l8O 10 200 men, that Will haNi
daily output of from 1000 I" ','oo
barrels; tha win mostly distribute
10 its army of employees }l'OOO lh
salaries. that win brlur from 200 To
500 persons to Tulsa aud ihat WiIl
make this clN factor To- hr rrrN
oned with In the cement world
Briefly the torcguiue De- what d"
assured Tulsa through the persistent
efforts Of her Commercial Nluh l"|
make good the promises which were
given when the similar Organization
of Old Tulsa was last January trans
formed into the eyrr-workiue CLUB OF
New Tulsa
Mr. Barnes and Mr. Garrett are mon
long experienced In the cement uusl-
ness Two weeks ago Yesterday ll'h'
gentlemen made their Initial NHit l"|
Tulsa with an eye toward establish
ing "a cement plant at som" polh' III
eastern oklahoma. Naturally thrfr|
was a mutually of interest manileHl'G
between them and the Commrr'lol
club. with the latter doing the harder
work. The Commercial club has "a
fund OF all the advantages thal are
pIaWng the auNiliaN partS iu lhe
watchfunese and determination OF uH|
Officers. The fund ga a stable one.
IL has the foundation that i7 con-
vincing, aud the gstute cement men
were quick to realize what q location
at Tulsa means The rest of the story
is simply one of detail which has
been worked ont uullnb the I''' wv
weeks.
The location "l lhe Iu''' "i "''"
Cement CompahNS pi'hp WI, ,t
the Frisco me ON Tue
branch about Two ana on,
from the city's limits at what 80 com
monty known as Lost City Here ma
ture has been most houh'I tt, III a''
ing an hn'l'i''''u nuP ~. ,,,inrst,nd
Nof the finest quality. y" uhu'ra.'""
It's quantity IS IKE llNlhb 10 t'"'
hend the value "l sum ru""'''S INV
a score OF llBufe''
Not only ~ the raw ""'N,"h
rial here. the water ~ H'' - ~"
cheap fuel is here, ana u ul'l' !" ""' -
thing that IS az once "''la','N'
manufacturing concern IT 7 '"''P
fuel. The railway licll'l'0 "''
here-evey AurfouhulhB ',"' -
does make toward the uppuhu'IE W
any city, or Tor the uPhul'"''s
enterprises, Is AT tue IIhse'"P'
Tulsa.
The plant is assured. llS u,a''o''
has been acquired lroh Ine u"''',
Construction COMPANY ""'" va
building-is to be begun al once N"u
when the buzz of machinery " 'l'''
heard Tulsa viii be the Iocalloh Oh on'
of the best cement factories III 'n'
United states. It's dally ou,pu' WI
by far more than compare l"N"'apll
with that of other plants OF llE' '"nr- ,
acter In the sroWihb a..
average daily output of Whlch Is
about 500 barrels ol llhlah'u P''
duct.
As to the new IuIsahH Wn' "'
wisely decided to link thelr IlNes anu
their fortunes with the life ANA lhe
future Of Tulsa, for they wilI' as soon
as possible, take up residence mere
In speaking Of Mr.. Barnes a. a.
Barnes, secretary and treasurer oil the
Bonnot cay Machinery "'nP nP""t
Canton, o., says in q private letter:
I'VE belive in experience and apill'N
he Is equal to any cement engineer
with whom We have come IN contact.
He was formerly connected with one
of the I.ehigh plants in southern ONO,
and after leaving there designed ana
built the Monarch plant, which we
consider fully equal IN its arrangement
10 any plant in the west We nave
been engaged in the manufacture OF
cement machinery for over fifteen