Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-24
WHO BRIDGES
THE ARKANSAS!
FOUR DIFFERENT PARTIES Al
PAitLNTLl INTERESTED,
THINGS ARE SIlRRIN.
Location Of Cement Plant ~ Lost 90
Cause Of New Life Gcttlng
into Subject,

A presumablo abduction from ID
present state ot things nI
pertaining to the propusoI
bridging Of the Arkansas RlyJ
at this place IL that there Is qutI
little stir ana much deep thinkinI
on the part Of those VINO are knoWi
TO be interested IN the affair
To bridge or not To- bridge ls ud
the question. But the question o., n
bridge, but how?
Certain 1t Is that II win not bI
very long before a new bridge i
slung across the Arkansas That 4
about the only thing that does sreH
certain at this time II seems tha.
there are four different parties %.
companies Interested In the prupus
ed bridging.
First there Is the oklahoma Uniot
Traction Company Second, III.
Tulsa street Railway Company
Third the West Tulsa Belt RaIlwal
Company ana fourth, the county
The last session OF the legislature
enacted law hitting the local slt.
uatlon so far as Ne county fs con-
ceTned. Al that time II seemed vrrA
probable that an intrrurban line, q.
which little has been heard of since.
was going 10 bridge the river amont
its first acts The county Is sOrrl
In need OF bridge az Tulsa acro@
the stream. and 1t was thought tina.
by Joining In with another party tina
IL could he built with much less eX'
pense to all concerned There be
d.. A.. MI "a
county To, iOin In with another Id
building bridge, a bill was drawn
and passed by the legislature httinH
the case.
However greatly In need Of bridgJ
was the county AT that time, 1t mus4
be taken that II rs still, II not mor,I
so, In need of one after u lapse of
six months 1t Is therefore, but tam
TO consider the county In line IN
whatever move may be- made to spalI
the Arkansas.
The oklahoma Union Traction
Company stated early In It's eNlstencd
that II intended to bridge the river
and facts and figures 10 this end wcrd
In the hands of President Small Of
that company a short while later
During the more recent time, the
Union Traction Company officials VIII
not discuss the bridging of the river
10 any great extent. but II IL main
tanned by them that there has been
no change OF opinion IN tins respect
from the original plans of the con .
pany.
That being the ease, 1t places the
Oklahoma Union Traction Company
In line for a crossing of the Arkan-
sas,
The Tulsa Street Railway Com
pany now has an extension, the Frisco
street line, ending abruptly AT the
south end of that avenue, practically
nosing into a corn field This stop
ping win evidently not be the end
OF the line Coupled to this phase is
the fact that G. H. Bosler. president
of the company, Is reported 10y sup
erintendent McGrath of the same
company. as being now engaged IN
collecting data relative to the CON
struction of bridge across the Ar
kansas
Beyond any question of a doubt
this places the Tulsa street Railway
Company in me for a river crossing
In the near future.
During the last few days the West
Tulsa Belt Railway has shown re
newed activities, and 1t Is now said
that within the course OF a few days
actual work is to be begun on It's
line which will, when completed, al
most completely circle the city as II
now stands The belt line Will pass
through West Tulsa, according To the
plans as are now given out, and Will
strike the Midland Valley tracks
where they cross the river teluw the
city. II is thought that an arrange
ment has already been made with
this railroad for the use of its bridge
at that place 10y the belt line But
the belt line will need another cross
ing after II touches the Katy and
Frisco roads In its Circuitous route
In order To get back to West Tulsa
II is not probable that the use Of
the Frisco bridge could be obtained
for this purpose, and II seems reason
able To presume that the West Tulsa
Belt Railway Is Interested In what
ever proposition may come up for
bridging the river into West Tulsa
The recent location of the million
dollar cement plant up the river at
what is known as Lost city which
point of the belt railway is thought to
be the factor which Is just now
causing those Interested in river
crossing to begin to do some figuring
as 20 the cheapest way out of IT,
To place modern bridge across the
Arkansas hy any one of these COM
panles or by the county would on
tail an expenditure of not far from
100000 /lc county might build a
bridge for something less than can
either of the other concerns supposed
to be- Interested To build a bridge
that viii meet the requirements of
perhaps all of the different parties
concerned would probably not cost
more than 100000. In this con-
nection. II doesn't seem to take much
Of mathematician to figure out what
saving would come through those
Interested Joining together In span
ming the stream