The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-18
Confederate Home.

exercised over both mind and moral
education.
Confederate Home.
The confederate home, costing $50
OO0 is another source OF pride to Ard
more. Here the battle SCARED yeter-
ans of the Lost Cause" may live in
quietude and peace through the eve
ming of their days until the "mufiled
drum shall beat their last tattoo
All these things are really bur
very small part of what really and
truthiully may be said of this city.
/ We could, if we had the space tell
of the vast streams of pure water
which scientific research says under
/ lies this entire country Had we
space We could tell of the gas fields
adjacent to our city which furnish ue
with the cheapest of fuel
Oil Fields and Oil City Townsite
Company,
We could can attention to the yas
and as yet only partially developed
oil field, at Oil City. These
fields are today becoming known
10 the business world and in "erv
short time VIII take Ne"" proriiocnt
part in the commercial history Of the
southwest. The thriving ,ittle tow,
Oil City lies only eighteen miles from
Ardmore and is already attracting
the attention OF capital and railroad
/ builders, A townste company OF
hustling, reputable business men,
/ with +. b. McElroy OF ArdmOre. at
It's head, has been organized and al
ready many attractive homes are
either built or in course of erection
in Oh city. The Rock Island. Frisco
! lines are seriously considering max
| lng a detOur in their extension west
from Ardmore to take IN this infant
Belmont and the Seaboard and North
ern have fully decided upon building
one OF their proposed lines through
that point. The Seaboard peop-, sa}
that Oil City will be one of the mos
important points on their line and
! both of their surveys are so rout ID
as to necessitate building through
that point The important figure TO
be cut by these oil wells. whicl are
Ar m ores immediate neighbor.
hood, can be slightly understood
when it is known that even now with
only "A partial development they are
producing, by a conservative estimate
10000 to 10000 barrels a day.
Rock lsiand-Frisco Extension.
The Rock Island-Frisco will be.ir
construction work westward from
Ardmore by June l. Seeking west
ward outlet with a direc. 'inr to the
Pacific coast, these roads viii push
the work from the time II VIII Dn to-
gun until its ComDiH.iun Tie eytcn.
sion of these lines viii m, M much
for Ardmore. 1t will mean :he e3tab.
fishing AT this place OF d DIVISION
POINT for both passenger and
freight service. II vii mean increas.
ing the railway pay roll in Ardmore
from 100000 annually to from one
and half to two and half millions
OF dollars, and will increase our roEr.
alton by from one to two thousand
souls. A superintendent. trainmaster.
dispatcher, roadmaster and master
mechanic will all have Headquarters
mere and Ardmore will become one
OF the important railroad ccnters of
the southwest.
Grand Union Depot.
The extension of these lines will
call for the building of union deDot
costin" from $50, 600 to 10000 and
lhe establishment of a Harvey eating
mouse in connection with one of that
companys palatial hotels.
The railway yards viii be enlarged
to give greater and more ADEQUATE
switching facilities. which will he ne
cessltated by the direct connection
we VIII have with seaboard points
Ardmore already the largest cotton
market in Oklahoma will become one /.
OF the largest in the south through
these added railway facilities
Gas Mains Being Extended
Already Ardmore's business enter. /
prlses are beginning to feel the nu'cl,. /
ening pulse of added activity The
gas mains are being extended to cover
outlying property upon which cot
'aSes are beginning to spring IN and
the PIONEER TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY are ex.
tending their system TO take
in these outlying districts A
word regarding the telephone serv,ce
of this town would not be amiss
mere Tor 1t is known far and near
as the best equipped and best man.
"N'" ''lVplOHt tNCUdnSe IN this Dart
of the United States. PROMPT srry.
ice at all hours of the day or night
Is what this company claims to fur.
nsh its patrons and 1t can be said of
it that it lives up to its promises
Another valuable Improvement
made essential by Ardmore's new i'm.
retus will be the erection of a FED.
ERAL BUILDING in the immediate
future at a cost of $25O.OOO This is
assured and indications are that pre.
'"inerv work along this line will he
gin very shortly,
stephen A. Douglas, the present
postmaster has already been appoint.
ed as custodian of this building.
The Home Of Enterprise
Any one familiar with Ardmore
knows that too much can not be
truthfully said of the spirit of enter.
nrise which has always predominated
her citizens Ours is a broad guage
town, built up and inhabited bv a
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