Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-11
CITY OFFICIALS
FACTS REGARDING
TULSA's DEVELOPMENT

POST OFFICE RECEIPTS.
i iyuu '''''' ''.,,.,.......,,.$ 2,954eS
iiooV00 '',''''''''.'''.,. 64,522.00
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flrst Two weeks In Jan, l9lt... 4,2O091
BANK oLEARINGs.
- OIL PhoDUcTioN, 1910. III jc'1 '0'O'OO
100000 barrels; an Increase Of :, 900.
600 barrels over 1909
GAS PRODUCTION.
Number Of cubic feet used and enclosed at
present time, 10000 900 900.
BUILDINGS BUILT IN TULSA DURING
THE YEAR 1910
Bulit and under construction SO, ,b76, 900 90
Building permits Issued in Jan.
RAILROAD TONNAGE TONNAGE. 100000
forwarded .,,,.,,...,,..2G .2G2, ,a01, ,017 tons
HeceNed ,'',',..,,,,,,,A6 AGO, ,817, 100 tons.
30 miles Of paved streets; 20 blocks addi.
tional under construction.
i2o miles OF granitoid and cement side.
BEVERAGE AND WATER MAINS
storm s,m and sanitary mains. .,,.....41 miles.
WATER SUPPLY. ''10 n'''''
- SS.g9 per cent pure, Unlimited quantity.
Capacity Of city water plant, 1000 900 gal.
IONS '''S FIRE DEPARTMENT
ls men. stations
ALTITUDE.
95 Factories In operation.
26 Wholesale and iobbing houses.
30 OH ad gas compRnies
Banks with nearly Ave million dollars
deposits.
Railroads, with nine outlets.
Electric street railway systems
] lnterurban line under constructiou.
Telegraph companies.
l Telephone company.
Express companies.
II Churches
rye public schools
Catholic schools
Private school.
] College (KendaD
] business college.
Hospitals.
Q Daily newspapers
! Public library.
City parks. covering 100 acres.
OIL, GAS AND COAL.
Tulsa 10 located In the center Of the larg.
est oil and gas field In the United States.
There Is over $500, 900 900 invested In the oil
and gas fields Of the Mid Continent Belt OF
which Tulsa is tho financial headquarters
The city Of Tulsa bears the same relation 10
the gas and oil industry In the Mid Continent
world
Some idea OF the magnitude Of this indus.
try can be had from tho result Of the recent
Increase In price Of crude oil. This Increase.
while only amounting TO cents per barrel,
added oyor $4,000 por day TO the incomes
IN this city
Tho production Of oil Ia $4,000 barrels
daily from 1900 wells in Tulsa County, with
room for many times this amount Tho coal
field Of $4,000 acres lnsures permanent
supply Of fuel for tho century More than
2 O00,00O.0O 600 cubic feet Of natural gas al q
TO 7 cents per 1000 feet gives us cheaper
power than any other point in the United
statosi while timber, stone and sand exist
IN abundance for building and manufacturing
purposes
AGRICULTURAL.
Tulsa County has On assessed valuation OF
nearly S3b,O00,000. Tho tax rate throughout
the county, outside Of the city, II l01 mills
on the dollari county warrants are lasued at
par
Tho soil In Tulsa County IA n dark lonm
with sandy and clay sub soil In the timber
and brown soil Of good depth ON tho prairIo |
Tho average rainfall ls 865 inches annually. |
thus assuring good crops.
tulsa County 10 tied down to no ono orop, |
nor Is It's agricultural prosperity dependent
upon lts farmers limiting their energies 10
even the three or four principal crops Of the
state a. ! would takO something equal 10
complete failure Of an vegetable life TO bring
havoc to Tulsa County farm
The principal crops raised arc wheat, corn,
cotton, alfalfa, tobacco oats sorghum, kafr
corn, COW peas. broom corn and pOtatOea.
GARDEN TRUCK.
In gardening Of tho many vegetables
grown POTATOES Gro probably the most profit
nblo-tw0 crops year being produced from
me same ground, noting the gardner from
$1,000 TO $4,000 per acre. Sweet potatoes
nre also a large producer and watermelons,
radlshes, tomatoes caulinowor, boots. lettuce. |
cabbage oggplants, peas beans, carrots, pars. |
nips and all garden truck
Good prices 60 he Ind 40 all timoa In tho |
rity of Tulsa, ha the demand H. and win bo |
Tor several years to come, moro than the |
supply
The dalrying In Tulsa County has been |
neglected, and this would be a splendid on
noriunliy for the small farmer 10 hdd this |
Industry 10 his line, MIX Is selling tho year
around At cents per quart, cream 90 oonts |
q pint butter from ~ 10 90 conts per pound |
All tho farmer would need ia a GOOD dairy !
stock, a. the feed. water, shade aud market !
Is at hs door
Tho state oi Oklahoma alone last vonr
bought over Slo.000,000 worth of dairy
products from other states.
POULTRY.
This IL another business not zone into *
tensivey In Tulsa County, Eggs and younr
chickens always command good price. Tho
mild winters allow a steady org supply tho
year around, eggs selling from a5 10 40 cents
per dozen and spriog chickens from 10 to
40 cotns per pound
FRUIT.
Fruit oi all kinds can and Ia bolng raised
IN Tulsa County, Peaches, apples cherries.
plnmS grapce strawberries ourrants goose.
berries, etc, beirg ,he principal fruits.
FARM LANDS.
Land outside of tho city limits OF Tulsa
eAn be purchased from $4,000 10 sioo. 90 per
acre,