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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

would certainly nnd shack furnished
with the finest would be to eup your resi-
denoe with giving good results because Of tho
wiring Improperly done Both workmanship the assortment
electrical fixtures together reliability the firm nures safao
uon when your work done DAWSON electrical firm
1928 South Street
This firm complete lines OF electrical supplies
ana employs the most expert mechanics in the city
Iakng into consideration the and
use their prices are the Estimates on all
xmas OF wiring work and fixture installation
with thorough understanding
cal hrm Is rapidly becoming leading concern of its kind
Eastern Oklahoma The success establish
mont Tulsa
high standard of their
The good wiring and the essentials
necessary protect his home from the
y realizes that his work
until the electrical inspector calls his
burned to the foundation This often the where
been made by
from negligence Is the old
Is largely matter OF confidence having
be taken unless Therefore m
essential that having
whose reliability has been established city
for week a month but indefinitely
When contemplating the purchase
not customary for the wise
weer sought and tho buyer in wholly
tho word the merchant
is true In electrical work where results
ondary consideration.
found in other cies twice
Ing the firm Anything electrical
other agencies In touch with the local house Apparatus not
time.
parts of The
been supplied with fixtures wired this
satisfactory only satisfaction
rec tho height Of he clectrcans art
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

edness was. Now, however there is
not In existence in any corporation a
better system OF accounting and book
keeping We know exactly where
every cent comes from, what II is
produced by and how and where 1t
is expended as well as by whom,
Any taxpayer at glance. can assure
himself Of the state OF the finances,
as well as how the money is being
collected and expended"
A rather clean-cut endorsement Of
tho new government It Is fact
that there are hundreds Of accounts
maintained in order to determine the
cost Of everything as well as for the
purpose Of checking extravaganza
and graft, Tho Fire Department
purchased modern auto-steamer
II was largely an experiment To
determine Its value the cost OF It's
upkeep and relative efficiency must
be determined. Therefore that single
piece OF fire fighting equipment has
ledger account all It's own. A glance
will show what the repair bill Is on
it; the cost for oil, number Of calls
It responds to. and the numberess
Items that 90 to make up a valuable
record OF the worth OF such pur-
chase. At the end OF the year tho
commission will know by actual eX-
perience whether or not such pur-
chases are profitable. The fire
horses have separate accounts, and
It Is instantly determined when an
animal becomes too expensive.
After this system Of bookkeeping
was inaugurated 1t speedily develop
ed that the plumbing inspector an
office brought over from the old
regime, was nothing more than a
legalized graft. The incumbent was
pulling down two and three hundred
dollars month. The commission
interviewed, abolished the fec system
Just as It did the police court put
the plumbing inspector on a straight
salary and ordered all fees turned
into rho treasury Here again the
city was saved thousands Of dollars,
Usder the old system the treasury
received three or four hundred dol
lars from dog tax The commission
enforced the law and gathered in
over a thousand dollars from this
source I'm the first two months. The
poll tax law was practically ignored
by tho old regime. The commission
enforced II and added many hundreds
to the public treasury.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26
NAMING TmE cITY sANrTNRY.

The sanitary conditions OF the city
al the commencement Of the heated
season were a menace 20 the health
of tho people There had never been
any effective system devised for look
Ing after this important feature Of
municipal government, and as a con-
sequence the alleys and by-streets
were In most Objectionable condi-
ton.
The commission set about the prob
lom IN a characteristic way what
was everybody's business was no
bodys business; also the way to get
n thing done ia TO pay for II. There
fore tho commission appointed a
physician Of the city It's health off.
Ger and clothed him with authority
to enforce his orders He was also
given charge OF tho garbage depart
mont and held strictly responsible
for results Another physician was
appointed city physician and given
q salary to look after the untortunntes
In tho city Jail and elsewhere when
called on by the health officer or the
police department.
Tho system has not been in ex-
istence long enough to afford per-
foot opportunity for analyizlng its
efficiency. so far II has secured
spendid results when one takes into
consideration tho magnitude OF the
problem II had to contend with. The
sanitary condition OF the town has
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

shuntIng the responsibility to an
others shoulders or at least so mud
dy the waters as to enable him to
escape.
There are four Commissioner
the Commissioner Of fire and police;
commissioner Of streets and alleys;
commissioner Of water and sewerage;
commissioner Of finance. These with
n mayor and auditor are the only
elective officers under the present
system. The commissioner OF police
and fire knows the laws he needs in
the administration OF his department.
o has them drawn and adopted and
no then sees that they are enforced.
The same procedure applies to each
OF the other departments. The mayor
nominates appointlve officers and
the commissioners sitting as board
either confirm or reject. The may
or's powers are really nothing more
than supervisory. The commission
ers check each other, and the board
OF commissioners is check for the
mayor. The auditor is largely a law
unto himself and checks all expendl-
lures. It Is an admirable municipal
arrangement.
Each elective officer Is required TO
devote his entime time to the duties
Of his office, As a consequence busI-
ness with tho municipality is easily
and quickly dispatched The com
mlssioners occupy offices adjoining
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26


T.ruHn 'hIH policy IuI wna rho
rr. .mHg 0u o.. ..f. .' o.H-
hu 10 ..0l t' tho |ua U..p lW
DID, H.uu.l alderman. Theory ui
c. ga.0Umeut and na p' W ,t
r.uI the m0Heru effective and u.'-
u.u.u commission.
I.o Ol. of l0a decision un t0O
par. uf rH. people yf Ia "N# Ia.u-
u.M with tHe .lu.a u. i.r .EmH
cnmge boo Ga's.Hou Iu N1.u.H
IuIu. aud other ruaa l.a. have
adopted tho commission form .s.
uWwuur No DO. ulUU. usunrd.ur.
mauU..ruY n ihe public ..rE"a. and
the lmpu IUi.y Uf taug r. pYuai-
b.Iity
Tulsa was no worse tlnn scores OF
other Huu of lIhc population. lt
government had ml|.u .u.Y tu. hands
of "a political RINK Tho result was
corruption. ostrauwUpo aud wan
tom disregard OF the rrhH OF tHr take
pryor Tho constitution uI the static
0l Oklahoma paIl that civ af tho
nut r'.w mlrht WRIT. charter uf
lt own and raJ up u.b government
oa lt uw m under l .a#s as i'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

Of the thorough understanding that the Arm
has Of It's work The Kemp building, on
Boston. between First and Second streets
is also one Of the earlier buildings erected
under tho judicial supervision OF the com.
panys management
Contracts granted On the condition that
the work should be good and as specified by
the architects have been ulhlled In every
case by tho Shalenbergcr Construction Com
pany, to the extent that now being seasoned
In the business and known throughout the
state, Oothing further than the name, sha.
lenbergor Construction Company. is neces.
sary as n guarantee Of good work 90 far
as construction work is concerned, the Shal.
lenberger Construction Company has demon.
strated Its ability to construct buildings
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26


Nr."' nHoa nominated. must 900 oi
."e .".'.. without n."., . "r .m-
.'l "I' "'. U"" '. nominated
.. b''"." oI N.a l'.'"aA '.i.'"-
a... hH".'' '' '.''H
Ih" necessity ""..h "T'A commits
..'h government Ih I...a ""5 phIu-
..n '.." j. "'H 'n'Ir..F nailfa.
'N'. Oh" charter 0,.rI should exert
.'..'. error. .. n.a" aE" e"l. lm-
N.'..n N.'.I iH. n." I'rm
IH" .I..... "I 'As charter .1u..ud-
.i l.Hl "H.s h.I.I. efforts 't- pull
'0" movement through. aul series
"I open HIr meetings "u tHn most
public corner Zoo the city were arr
ranged. Speakers for and against
"ofa 20 divide time.
IHo result "Na Fra''.F'nf In the
III.. p'A"" iH" very uh..st men Zoo the
city were drawn io the nas.In9s. a
'HN majority ot thoa. csnoused tho
'h.i'"f a'n. H' in"w ni the bohe7i
A" lH" n".lN..ins under Influences
They could u", ihr'" 'ii--"e1k'y op-
I"..i Dr.
In. opposition iHat mot thn cIo'-
'|.n H' charter nHari WnH as notn-
.Nf compared '' lH'l which was Ii1n2
against i"" proposed charter Tho
p'.u..an7 lined up to man ae1lns'
Il IhI' ".' especially tr1e OF thos.
VINO I'Im"d part of thn political
machine of thn state administration,
"n1 lla rti''t ou the campaign was
# J.. % Ia
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

Of builders, Is one where contractors will be
In demand
In their early work tho firm confined its
operations to the larger Jobs Of construction
work and now has hundreds Of men In EN-
poy. Not only buildings OF Tulsa. but Of
the state they consider as their field, and as
a result structures public and private have
been built by them
An example Of tho high standard Of the
shallenberger Construction Compsny's work
s the Mayo building, corner OF Main and
Fifth streets, conceded to be one OF Tulsas
most modern and substantial sky scrapers
Another is the Recder building, corner Of
Second and Boston, which gives a fair idea
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

along any line All members Of the firm are
construction men ot the first rank. and ara
Interested In building not for day or for
year, but for many years,
The hrm and It's expert employees are
familiar with the various branches Of mod
ern construction. and are amply able to car
y out whatever specifications may be de-.
sired by the one from whom they may 70.
celve contract The oflces Of the firm.
located in suite n rooms on the fourth
floor Of the Reeder building. must be en-
larged on account Of the activity in growth
N the Arm. Owiag to the increase Of the
firms business only special lines Of con.
tract work are accepted Skyscrapers and
public buildings of considerable size are their
specially The firm members are content In
the success that the growth Of Tulsa has
brought them, and are convinced Of con.
tinued success and the states future.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26
KITCHENERs WORTHY FOE.

Few scenes could he more Interest,"
Ing than that OF Lord Kitchener's re-
cent conference with his former ene-
my, the leader Of the savage troops
of the Khalifa at Omdurman, osman
Dlgna.
Kitchener found in Osman Dlgna a
foe worthy of his best efforts.
master Of strategy. a fatalist, as all
tho Mahdis' troops were and tao
tician on the battle field. possessed
OF intuitive knowledge equal to the
best book learning. Percival Lam
don, who accompanied the Kitchener
Invasion, has written a splendid book
on that campaign.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

and question requiring the attend
ance OF the full board may be taken
up and determined with as much ease
as a bank directorate passes on
loan. The old days when the council
must be assembled before action
could be had have passed
In conclusion It may be said that
Commission government has made
good in Tulsa It is not conceivable
that the people will ever vote to re-
turn to tho old methods. Any honest
ground for complaint that exists is
against the official rather than the
system.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
fFrom The Tribune Bureau. J


Washington. April 1.-The Vice-Presdent
and Mrs. Sherman are entertaining as their
guests for few days the brother-in-law
and sister OF Mrs. Sherman. Mr.. and Mrs
J. c. De Long. Of Syracuse. for whom they
gave dinner last night.
Miss Helen Taft was the guest OF honor
al a small dinner party given tonight by
Mr. and Mrs. Walcott Tuckerman.
Viscount Esmouth, Of England, who is
guest at the Shoreham, has been enter
tained by Major Genera and Mrs. Greely
and other old friends.
Mrs. lockwood Hoar and her daughters.
Miss Frances and Miss Louisa Hoar, en-
tertained a large party at the casino
Skating Rink this morning in compliment
70 Charles Taft Others OF their guests
were Miss Margaret Perrin. Miss Miriam
Cosby Mss Elizabeth Munford and Miss
Helen Walcott.
The bachelor officers of the engineer
corps gave ball at the barracks tonight.
Mrs. William L. Marshall and Mrs. WILL
lam Barden received the guests and chape-
roned the young people. a number Of din
ner parties preceded the dance.
Captain and Mrs. Mark Brooke enter
tanned guests at dinner tonight in honor
OF Miss Dorothy I.angftt and Lieutenant
Francis g. Wilby, whose engagement was
announced recently. Others Of their party
were Miss Margaret Brooke, Miss Mildred
Grebe, Mrs. Thomas Hagner. Lieutenant
Sultan. Lieutenant Wright and Lieutenant
Russell.
Dr. and Mrs. Krosstadt announced to-day
the engagement OF their daughter. Miss
Jessie Krogstadt, TO William Arthur Bur
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Bur
ton. OF Tunbridge Wells England. The
marriage Will take place in this city in The
early summer
Mr.. and Mrs W. W. Men. OF South
Africa, who have been the guests of MIS-.
Mems parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
Williams. for the winter went 10 New
York to-day preparatory 10 sailing for their
home.
Mrs. Richard Fl. Townsend entertained Z.
number OF guests al a breakfast to-day ~
compliment TO Colonel and Mrs. COLIN
Campbell, OF England. The Misses Patten
gave a dinner in their honor tonight
Mrs. John b. Henderson had a number OF
children at a delightfully."- planned party
this afternoon for her little granddaughter,
Beatrice Van x. Henderson There Nere
French plays a Punch and Judy show, I'D
arm filed with trumpets and drums The
children danced and played for seyera.
hours.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
A SAFE LOFT BUILDING.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
SIR. Under tho title Not a Safe Loft'
n fresh sophomore who sells patent safety
appliances which he wishes to dump on the
property owners writes to the newspapers
lat there is ma a safe loft in any build
ing In this city. As a trustee and landlord
O. thirty years standing ! deny this gross
faschood ] own brick building, with
stone trimmings. five stories high II stands
on corner and has a rear and front stair
case, an elevator and fire escape twenty
feet vide on each floor. with two windows
opening on TO the fire escape. In other
words, there are four exits to the lofts o.
my building.
I have just written my painter 10 paint
the words In large black letters NO Smok-
ing Here" on tho wall OF the hall OF the
third loft under on" Of the gas lights Upon
inspection to-day found the words. mo
Smoking" @, tho est ana second lofts bu.
on the third loft the lessee was smoking "A
cigar. but he said he did not allow his en-
ployes to smoke. on each loft there are
five or six tin fire pals. full of water All
Of the lofts could be emptied In about three
minutes with the four exits. and the lad
ders Of the fire trucks could reach the roof
Again, an architect states that if tina
Washington Place building had been pro.
yided with automatic fire sprnklers no one
would have been killed. Like any other
machinery. those sprinklers arc liable to
get out OF order al the wrong timc-I mean
when tho building takes fire. I admit that
sprinklers would have done some good In
that Asch building. but the youngest cir,
that ~ orkcd Ia those lofts knows that they
would not have prevented the rising smoke
IN the staitNaNs al1 In the elevator h4af,
Your readers should know that porsou g
arc very rarey buried TO death I'm buIld
ings, They die from suffccation Ie tina.
staircase door lad not nccn locked porhans
nifty or sixty of those Inmates could have
crawled down the staircase To- tho lovcr
floors where there was no fire.
There are. ! think. at least a thousand
lott buildings IN the city as safe as mine
! noticed To day there were two fire escan.s
on the outside OF an opposite building bu,
do not know about the internal facilities
New York. March 20. lsll, A. R.C.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
THE FIRE PROBLEM.
GENESIS OF CROWDED LOFTS
Some Hints on Building That Would
Insure Greater Safety.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The result OF discussion between
certain Of my legal clients. who have put
up a large nnmber OF mercantile buildings
in this city, OF questions presented BY the
Washington Place tragedy j. the reason
for addressing this communic;.uOn To YOU.
TO appreciate thoroughly ths conditions
prevailing at the present time IN this city
You should go back To the history Of build
ings of the character of the Washington
Place building.
Twenty years or more ago work such AZ
is now done In these commercial build
ings was largely done Ia so-called sweat
shops Oh the lower East Side of the city.
and mainly in cheap. dirty. himsy tenement
houses. Commercial buildings were con
structed along lower Broadway for the pur-
pose wholly of accommodating office. cut
ting and stock departments of all enter
prses having relation TO mems and
womens wearing apparel. When the lsdies'
cloak and suit trade began TO assume large
proportions some one manufacturer con-
ceived the idea that IL would be more
economical TO have all OF the work done on
the premises.
As at that time there We're no buildings
specially constructed for such purposes. II
frequently happened that 'ho first manu-
fac;urers Of this Kind OCCUPIED entire build
ngs for their establishments As tho num-
Der Of firms following this course Of pro-
codure increased builders were not slow 10
see the demand. and accordingly hogan to
erect buildings 10 meet the demand
I, hn hat cto lof,
building erected on plot 100 by 100 viii
accommodate twelve or more separate and
distinct firms and even u Ike :::.::io. Of
separate and distinct trades. over them
there is no single supreme authority, and
when trouble does arise the occupants Of
tho lover floors, being I'm no danger, a,
once block the means OF escape Of those
who are In danger. IL YOU can find a means
whereby you can provide exits for each
concern independent of any other concern.
YOU will then provide the rain safeguard
against repetition Of tho loss OF life re-
Gently occurring. A fair substitute for
so ara'e exits would be the construction
II ridges at the rear Of buildings from one
TO tue other.
IN any event. considering the though, that
was entertained by people IN general Of the
qualities cf a bulldi7= ,such a. this Wash
ingion Place building. II seems To mo 10
smack or persecution - enccnyor 10 hold
any particular person or department. re-
sponslbe criminslly. II Is far better simply
10 set about doing everything possible to
prevent repetition thereof under prevailing
conditions.
Thinking along the same line. IL sends
hhivcr down my back merely 10 imagine
what would happen in several OF tho moro
prominent department stores OF this city
IN the event of fire. Aisles are narrow and
encountered and blocked by tables and
counters filled with merchandise Of al
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

Now. by this surrender they make him
q free gift OF all that he had fought for
As melancholy non scquifur the leg-
islatiye revolt against Murphy is par
aleled only by the tragic snuffing out or
the Osborne Regenerative League. That
organization was also cradled in high
hopes, and its activities as an eliminator
Of bossism were elaborately advertised.
The public was impressed for while.
until it was discovered that some OF the
prominent organizers were privately ad-
vising Murphy that his power would
never be challenged. the regenerators be-
ing satisfied 10 hunt for smaller game
IKE "F:ngay" Conners. "Fingey' was de-
posed as state chairman and the regen-
Grafton movement came TO flower In the
induction into that Office Of John \. DIN.
Murphy smOthered the Osborne league
last fall when he made Mr.. Dix the
Democratic nominee for Governor. lie
knew his man, and events have demon
strated the soundness Of his guess that
Mr.. Dix as Governor would offer no OBJ
struction TO the consolidation OF TAM
manys power and the extension OF It's
sphere of activities so as TO cover the
entire state The Evening Posts" cor
respondent at Albany grimly suggests
Had any one ventured prediction on
"the first Of January last that the sin-
gle important act of the first three
months Of the Dix administration wouid
BE the election Of former Grahd
"Sachem Of Tammany Hall to the Sen
"ate he would have been laughed at.
The laugh is now on the other side. lhe
Dixes. the Osbornes and the anti-Shee
han insurgents instead of overthrowlnS
Boss" Murphy have been annexed b!
him as triumphal exhibits, and his con-
troll Of the Democratic organization III
the state has been clamped and rivetted
as ii never was before.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
ryDrRJyG RESPONSIBILITY.

The various investigations into the
causes Of the appalling loss OF lie at
the Washington Place fire have not ye,
resulted in fixing the responsibility o"'
for that very reason they have accom-
plished much in different important E-
rections. The haunting memory OF inc
catastrophe itself has done far ihorc'
however. for il has awakened the co'h-
munity TO searching of heart and con-
science. to n realization OF its sin oi
omission in the past and of its coi'ec-
tive responsibility for the future.
Public emotion has grown into de'er-
mined public opinion, ready 10 CID rs
duty. 1t has reached the point where II
is eager for effective work. Orsanlza-
ton is the purpose Of the mass meeting
10 be held this afternoon nj 3 O'Clock III
the Metropolitan Opera House. Caiieu
by many men and women Of the highest
standing in the community, this meeting
will proceed TO a practical, uncmotionai
discussion OF ways and means, but us
deeper meaning is the dedication 10 the
service of humanity of the few WHOM
the mammoth building can contain ana
Of tho multitude whom It's walls can
not hold.
The Tribune's question. What are you
going 10 do?" is being answered. ms
meeting marks the first step in the snap
ing of the final. irrevocable answer
Public opinion has reached the sticking
poinf II is safe to predict that ont or
the present movement will come better
conditions for the working men ana
women Of this city. II is the duty OF
every New Yorker to be present at the
meeting in the spirit even though ne
cannot squeeze in in the body. stick
to the sticking point 1t is not so easy
as one imagines it TO be in the hour of
his first indignation and horror DO your
full duty as citizen and a human being.
And begin 10 do it. if possible. by at
tending to-day's meeting.