Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-17
MAY USE THE TRACKS
i, Of Street RAILWAY
SAND SPRINGS INTERURBhN
PRnIABIN WILL NOT ASK ron
DR TULSA FRANCHISE.


II isposslblc that the city of Tulsa
win not have to grant a franchise
to The Sand Springs lnterurbau rail-
road The Sand Springs road APP
piled for franchise 70 enter Tulsa
from the West and proceed to the
heart Of the city 10y way OF Second
street
The franchise was held up by the
city commission upon recommcnda-
tion By the city attorney John r..
Ramsey The city attorney said
there were certain Objectionable feat
ures I'm the draft of the desired fran
chlse furnished by the Sand Springs
rond Among these features was that
there was no limit as TO the streets
on which freight and baggage cars
should run,
According to Charles Page, presl-
dent OF the sand Springs company,
the city viii he freed from the duty Of
granting a franchise II conference
with the Tulsa Street Railway Com
pauy ends satisfactorily G.. II Bos-
ler, Of the Tulsa company will be In
Tulsa today or tomorrow, and Mr..
Page VIII confer with the president of
the Tulsa Street Railway Company
relative TO running the Sand Springs
cars over the lines OF the Tulsa sys-
tenn.
II the interurbau cars are run over
1.. IA .f a. rt41 nufl "a
Company, connection with the Sand
Springs interurban line win be made
nt the turn OF the Third street line
on NoBalos in the owen addition, a'
The Sand Springs route lies along the
Arkansas River from that point, 4
win veer away to the south untll tn,
river Is reached from which poin
II win extend up the river towards
Sand Springs to the westward,
All OF the grading for the first SIS
miles Of the new line has been com
plctcd, with the exception OF one-halI
mile at this end Of the line, and a cuI
further out The grade viii be finish.
ed up within the next few days, and
If there Is no delay In the arrival OF
the steel rails, the track win all hav,
been laid before the middle Of April
The rails were shipped from in tn,
noighborhood Of Chicago on March -
As soon as the rails have been laid
cars can be operated, as "A radical de.
parture from the use Of the regular
type Of interurban cars has been made
by the Sand Springs road Instead
Of using electric trolley cars. which
necssitatcs the erection Of trolley
poles and wires, gasoline driven cars
are 10 be put on the line.
According to Mr.. Page, two McKcer
motor cars each capable Of carrying
S6 passengers. have been ordered
These cars are seventy feet long anC
are divided into four compartments
a regular passenger compartment
smoking compartment. baggage room
and engine room.
They are built Of steel and are en-.
trcly sclf-coutolned In tho extreme
forward end Of the car is the cngin,
room. In this is large G-cyllndei
gasoline motor Of 200 horse power
This furnishes motive force In IN,
engine room IS also the heating ap
paratus of the car and smaller
and pump air for the breaks Thu
small engine also drives "a generator
which supplies electric current used %
Lighting the car The motors of thii
type of car are especially unique
They are what is known as four
cycle type. Connection with the mo-
tor Is made directly to the tractiy,
wheels under the forward end of TN,
car The interior of the cars ar,
finished In the finest manner Leather
seats are used and the woodwork il
usually birds eye" maple.
From the outside they present O
most imposing spectacle. They ar,
painted red and with the poIutcD
prov, circular windows In the sides
and with everything built In a man
nrr calculated to reduce wind friction
they look the part Of their nick nam,
wind spittcrg.
These are being used for plug ser
vice ON such large railroads ms the
Santa Fe and Pennsylvania systems
The first successful car OF this TYP,
10 be made was tried on the Santa f.,
between Chanute and Pittsburg, Kan
The Santa Zee officials kept then
plans to themselves ono day hug,
red car with the front end cXtremcl,
pointed was driven into Chanute, m,
inhabitants Of the place all turned on
to see what was heraldod IN the news
papers as "Huge Red Monster dub
bed Red Dovil.' II was a type OF ca
similar TO which Mr. Page will pa
On the luterurban line between Tulsl
and Sand Springs, miles away
Besides these red devils" two trail
crs and q baggage ear are also amonl
The rolling stock FOR the new road
A steam oil burning locomotive vii
also be used for pulling freight cars
The Sand Springs road win b
along a scenic route, and In the sum
NOR open top observation cars vii