Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-09
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Manufacturer Record
% o. A. sr1m hai the uuest irl!-
cation Of the prosperous fItlSe of
any ly u tho number 81 rai.waNs
entering ST. p,rieUE. uelr connee-
uons and me character Of service
,srdefed with respect % thesr con-
l!tlons there ore few cities ~ the
United States superior 20 Tulsa. of
trunk nnrs having direct cOnucc-
lion with all points north, sonth, east
and vert, she has the 81 Louis 2
San Francisco. the Missouri. KanEas
r TEXAS and tha AtchisOn, Topeka s.
seLta Fc. ~ local Ines shc has two
the Midland valley and the Arkan-
sas VALLEY Western. Tho former
has iis inception ~ Fort Smith, Ark.,
with rs present terminal al Arkan-
vas city. Kan. lis mileage IN oper-
alton Is lll. with 90 miles under con
strGclion When completed this vii.
bring the rold 60 "a connection With
tho Union Pacific az MlPhcrron. Kan.
Il s. aIFD contemplated 10 extend the
lines from Fort Smith to some points
Un the Gulf possibly Port Arthur,
thus giving 10 the Southwest an Rddi-
t.Onal traLHsOntiuentai connection.
Tho Midland valley IS an invaluable
feeder 10 the manufacturing and mer-
camille Interests OF Tulsa The hue
not only passes directly through the
very heart Of the mid-continent oil
and gas field but uGyer ~ one OF the
Iirhost agricultural sections OF Ok
ahoma Al silycr1ole It taps the
Missouri papns. thus practically Civ
+ ing Tulsa fourth trunk line rs
other connections are; At Muskogee,
with the Missouri Oklahoma g. Gulf
at Bokaghe, with the Fort Smith <
Western, at Panama, with the kan
sas city Southern at Fort Smith, with
the Iron Mountain and nt Arkansas
( city It again strikes the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Pc. and the Missouri
| Pacific.
The Arkansas Valley 4 Western
road, havng its initial at Tulsa and
It's terminal at Award. Is ~ miles In
length, trayerses a rich agricultural
and mineral country, and n prime
factor IN the building up OF Tuig-
At Enid tho road ties Tulsa on 20 n
lfth trunk line, the Rock Island.
In addition 10 the local lines nam
cd, the city has belt line under con
ttructlon. which viii give her eXcep-
lonal transfer faciiu,s Shc also has
two trolley lines, covering "a miles
within the city, together with two
suburbanS both under construction
the one TO sapulpa nlcrady "a opera
ton 10 Orcuu Park, three miles; N,
other. tho Sand SPRING. sly miles
win DO completed auout Tie first OF
June. The Sapulra line win Doe com.
plotod carly In 1914 The two road,
when complete viii cover approx.
matcly 20 miles.
Some idea ~ the magnitude of Tm.
ca as n railroad center can be- gain
ed hy knowledge Of the that ov,
tho three trunk and Two local lines
IhS trans ArIVc ana depart each day
. Tho equipment of all these lines ar,
fiTst Claas IN every respect. while their
schedules could not 10 moro conycn.
iently arranged for tho nocommodn
tiou of the people ~ Tulsn and tho
/ travelling public An " the lines
rave tho Midland Valley and the Atch.
son. Topeka G Santa Fo, have mod.
crn dcpots AZ present thd Atchisou
Topeka x Santa lc and Midland Val.
'cy occupy the same station, and e
say the loa'', it Is not Ia any sense q
crcdituhlc structure Inamiuch. how.
! ever NJ the Slnta Fc Is negotiating
for q fun blork OF ground contlguou.
Ito ite present terminal Il can safely
De figured trat possibly within IN,
next Twelve months first class mod
rn depot van take tho plhce of ths
old one, to be occupied hy the two
/ oads Tho location or the several
lines are go favorable that unquostior
ably IN fcw years Tulsa win be- abIe
10 boast W tno finest union station of
amy ,i,y ln the Southwest