The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-14
Beginning of the Most In1porta.@ Era of
Development Work in the Great Southwest


greatest of development the great Southwest has wit
messed Jake L. IIamon Of Lawton Okla accompanied by j.
b. Taylor counselor and Edward c. Lee president of the
Philadelphia Development Corporation, arrived here Saturday.
to make final arrangements for the building Of the line Of
railroad from here to Lawton distance of 100 miles This
will give Ardmore four lines of railway and will make the
railway center of the southern portion of the state Mr. amon
stated that the Philadelphia people had visited Iawton and
Duncan They went by private over the route be-
those cities and at Duncan they boarded the Rock
Island to Ardmore. At Oklahoma City Friday night
Mr. Lee wired his company in the Quaker City that all the
claims made for this country by the promoters of the road
Jake L. Hamon and r. L. Robertson, had been verified and
that he greater pleased with the situation than he really
expected
The construction company which will build the line of road
has taken charter under the laws Of the state of Delaware
This company composed Of railroad men, and is of the
strongest railway construction companies in the United States
Immediately after the return of Messrs Lee and Taylor to
Philadelphia, papers for the Incorporation Of the Artmore
Lawton Railway company will be drawn up and the charter
will be taken out at the capitol of Oklahoma When this por
ton of preliminary work DONE surveyors will be placed in
the field at once and they state that by the first Of June the
crew of engineers will be in the field Mr. Lee said yesterday
that the members Of his company expected have the
road in operation within months but he himself of
the opinion that time would be required to have the
line in operation
We coming here merely to build this line of road"
said Mr. Lee coming here enter upon general line
of development work Our representatives, who have spent
months in this country have made full reports to of the oil
and fields of the asphalt beds and coal mines of the zinc
fields and deposits and these maps and charts made
out by em together with their written report have been
fully gone by company We have decided that south
Oklahoma offers a fine field for development work.
have concluded that company make vast amount of
money here out Of that have lain dormant
this time and going to set to work in that direction.
will be here much of the time for the next three four years
and Mr. E. r. Sutton Of the sent here will make
his home permanently in either Ardmore Lawton"
When it is known who Mr. Lee is the Importance of what
he says will be understood For eighteen years he
aryreasurer of the United Gas Improvement company of
Philadelphia He grew up with that company, and its
capital stock grow from beginning of million fftyve
millions at the present time This company operates in Penn
lvana Florida Missouri and other states and in each
of these different places local parties have taken stock in
company.
Mr. Lee has also been connected in executive way with
such welknown giant companies the Wesbac Light
pany Electric Storage Battery company DeIong Hook Eye
company the Standard Roller Bearing company Mr. Lee
bears the distinction of having raised money in given
time for development work than any other in the United
States with exception That record consisted in raising
four and half million dollars in three days for the develop
men of proposition similar to the he and his associates
have undertaken in this country.
The full development Of the plans of this company here
the agricultural development through the building of
the line of ranspoatOn it means greater activity in the
phalt fields means greater market for natural for
there will be many factories promoted by this company
means the development of the oil fields by Independent drers
for the reason that it furnishes them road their oil
the market; means mills for their line will touch the
deposits in the western portion of the county,
means doubling of the population of Ardmore for the
that every development they make will swing around Ard
more which will be the hub of their development work
REPRESENTATIVES of Armore Industrial association and
of the Armore Commercial club will accompany the Phade
pha people the oil fields today and after their return here
thev will most probably leave for their homes.