The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-20

One of the most practical things
which the people Of this city and
county, together with the Ardmole
Commercial Club, has had under ad-
yisement for some time is the matter
of a harmonious pulling together OF
the Town and country in building a
highway of easy grade between Ard
more and Wheeler.
For some time, for several months
in fact, T. A. Redmond, who repre-
sents the Santa Fe railroad company
as its fuel agent in the OIL City and
Wheeler fields, has been trying to
awaken the business men of the city
and the people of the country to the
great benefits which will be derived
from this road. 1t is true that the
Santa Fe would also be benefited TO
a very appreciable extent by this
road, but that company is willing TO
do the right thing" in the matter.
The Commercial Club has now
taken hold of the matter and COM
mittee appointed by President Ringer
of that body have been working III
a systematic way to devise means
whereby the end in view can be ac-
complished most eXpeditiously. Writ
Franklin, who is the chairman of this
committee has gone into all the de-
tails of the plans which have been
mentioned for the carrying through
of the roads building and it is
thought that at an early date the
ideas will all be so we'll formulated
that the actual construction of the
road can be taken up and pushed
through to an early finish.
Mr.. Redmond has guaranteed that
the railroad company will donate the
dynamite that may be needed to shoot
out all stumps and other obstructions
which it may be found necessary to
remove and an effort is now being
made to have every able-bodied man
within reach either give days labor
upon the road, or hire some one who
will do the actual work. The ladies
of the city and country will in all
proba bility join hands in this matter
and furnish dinners from day to day,
to those working on the road.
The road, it is understood, will be
some twenty-five and one-half miles
in length and will parallel, as nearly
as possible the proposed Santa Fe
pipe line between this city and
Wheeler. Following this route the road
from here to Lone Grove will need
but little work but from that place
on there will be several places where
it will be found necessary to lower
the grade and do other work in order
to make the road good for heavy traf-
fic.
The people of Ardmore, her bus-
ness men especially, should not fail
to gain true understanding of the
numerous benefits which are to be
derived as a natural sequence of this
road The Santa Fe at the present
time turns loose a pay roll at Wheeler
which averages from $4,000 to $4,000
per month. Soon this pay roll will
be increased from $4,000 to $4,000
and the greater part of this money
will come to this city. At present our
neighbors OF the city, the big 'cat
houses" of Montgomery, Ward & Co.,
of Sears, Roebucl & Co, and of Jones
Brothers Mercantile Co, are the BEN
eficiaries of the lions share of this
paw roll. AS the catalogues of these
houses are known throughout the
west as the sheep herders' Bible so
each of them has become "the book
in the homes of the employees of the
oil fields who have money to spend
and no place to spend it. Give these
men and their families good road
over which to travel and every Sat
urdav would see scores of them in
this city patronizing the merchants
and places of amusement.
In addition to this the farmers OF
the territory adjacent. to the road will
be most materially benefited by this
road. It will not only afford them a
good road over which to bring their
farm products to market. but it will
be n source of almost daily revenue 70
them the year around. Mr.. Redmond
ever since he has been in charge OF
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