Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-26
FIRST Pace line
CAR IS ON RAILS
MOTOR COACH PLACED ON SAND
SPRINGS TRACKS YESTERDAY.
What machine LOOKS LIKE
Things Going Wen with Construction
Work on Road--1his one for
Children.


Tho Sand springs Intorurhan Rail-
way now has u real limo with rollins
stock, motor power and the rest of
the equipment that goes to make up
Il first class interurbun railroad. Yes
which will be used for passenger ser
vice arrived IN Tulsa. The big road
car pointed ike an arrow and painted
up to look like some demon machine,
was Viewed by hundreds OF persons as
1t stood on Il Frisco siding near the
depot between Main and Boston,
AS tho car moved away grom the
depot and proceeded to tho connec-
tion OF the Frisco and tho Sand
Springs line, the crowd choered. The
arrival of the car in Tulsa swept
away the last vestlge Of the feeling
that the Sand Springs line is to be a
"littlo one horse line.
The big red car, magnificent In its
splendor and powerful In It's motors.
convinced the ones who viewed II that
tho Sand Springs line is to be the best
equipped lnterurban route west Of the
Mississippi
Hundreds who did not get look
at the car as 1t stood Mt tho depot
went to the viaduct on West Third
Here the car could be seen operating
on the mile and a half Of tho Sand
Springs line which is already built.
They were pleased as tho car took the
steep approach from tho lower grade
Of the Frisco to tho higher grade Of
the Sand Springs line which parallels
the Frisco rear tho vladuct.
Tho car is slightly more than 10
feet In length, 1t Is mado entirely Of
steel In exterior appearance the car
Is novel 1t Is pointed on the front
end, the rear end is round, while the
roof Is also round, and offers no great
resistance to the air The windows
IN the car are all circular, making the
motor machine look rather odd.
The inside Of the car, In the words
OF a society belle who got look in,
Is "a dream" The regular passenger
compartment is finished with bird s.
eye maple wood work. The seaLs are
upholstered IN green plush. At the
rear is a circular observation seat.
The car coGin to Tulsa is tho only
car which has been made by the flo-
tory which has plush seats.
Just to the front OF tho regular
compartment Is a small smoking COM
partment. finished with reed bottomed
seats, which, with the regular COM
partment, makes the carrying capao-
lty or the car nearly 80, without al
lowing for those who can stand. AS
a special feature there are toilets
which are seldom found on interurban
cars. Ahead Of the smoking COM
partment is the baggage room. This
compartment is about ten feet long
and VIII hold much baggage.
In front Of the baggage room Is the
engine room. In this compartment Is
to be seen large six cylinder, water
cooled, four cycle, upright, gasoline
motor. This engine is u masterpiece
Of mechanical art and furnishes power
for the car and in abundance enough
to pull string Of twenty trallers on
level track, The machine viii de-
velop anywhere from 90 to 600 horse
power. Besides tho engine In this
room are auXil.aries to furnish heat,
/ lighting gas, air and electricity
Three men are sufficient for the
crew Of the car. An engineer, a con-
/ ductor and porter fill the bill. The
first position is TO be filled by T.. G..
Avery who has been at Omaha in the
factory studying the machine. Young
Avery Will later assume the roll OF
master mechanic Of the system when
there are more cars.
That the first car which has been
received by the Sand Springs Tnterur-
ban road is not for general public use,
Is the ute tip Of Mr.. Page. The car
is TO be the Kindergarten Special.
Mr.. Page has n kindergarten at Sand
Springs, and at o'clock every day a
load Of children will be hauled TO that
place. It Is the plan Of Mr.. Page to
take tho youngsters whose mothers
must work during the day out TO Sand
Springs and there entertain and teach
them.
THIS will be purely n philanthroplo
work.
The second car, which will be al
| most identical In construction to the
car which arrived In Tulsa YESTERDAY
will arrive I'm about twenty or thirty
days Besides this the rest OF the
rolling stock to handle passenger
traffic will be on hand before long
This includes two trallers for the cars
and a baggage car.
With the interurban IN operation
things will hum at Sand Springs, de-
clares Mr. Page
"In year and a day we are going
to have 10000 people out there" said
| he yesterday
Mr.. Page is putting up bonuses to
the extent Of 100000 to induce fac
tories to move to Sand Springs.
That things are going well with the
construction Of the sand Springs llne
Is assured by w. F.. Rhode Of the Sand
Springs Interurban line About three.
fourths OF a mile Of track was laid yes
terday. If every thing goes right con-
structlon trains viii be run through
to Sand Springs on next Saturday.
To get that far II will be necessary
TO lay three-fourths Of n mile of track
daily. That Is not fast for laying
tracka accordiup N rorords Track