Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-13
Tulsa Not Location OF
Chance; Natures Hand
Is One of the Strategic Cities of the Southwest
Territory Is Most Icltile--Natulal Adym-
= tages dscovcrcd-Asscts Astounding. a.

The birth of any great city IN this
world comes about by the irroslsi'
bic demands of commerce, No great
aity ever came about by chance. Tho
exact location may have much Of tho
clements of chance in 1t, but with
hose elements eliminated, that city
still would have sprung into existence
but a few miles on either side of
where that city now stands, II Is
nor chance that makes n city, nor Is
Il chance that makes city great
Every great city, In whatever COM
munity II may be located represents
The, strategic point on the map, and
md stability, can be demonstrated
Just as clearly and just as surely rs
ean any problem in mathematics.
As a proof of that fact, let il be re-
membered that such great cities ms
London, Paris, Rome. 81. Petersburg,
Nonstantinople, Philadelphia chi
nago New Orleans, San Francisco,
Bpenos Ayres, Rio Janeiro-all OF
these were determined upon before
civilization made its way thither
They represent. as any great city
must some certain strategical point
N the life of commerce of not only
he nation In which they are situated,
Dul in relation TO the entire world.
The city of Tulsa IL not one Of the
Oldest In either America or the state
Of Oklahoma. on the other hand, il
g nf ln
The nation or this grand common
wealth, known as the state Of okla
homa, a state which has sprung into
more prominence In the Ave years
since II was admitted into the union
than any OF the older states did in
five times that period Of fine. 1t Is
virtually the youngest city of any
prominence in the entire country
and ii Is one OF the clcanest and
brightest in all respects. True, II was
the camping site OF the Indians at The
lime when De Soto discovered ths
Mississippi river and over quarter
5f century ago Il was a whistlinR
station on the Frisco railway, which
The terminated its line but few
miIes to the south OF the city. IE its
present state Of progress, which is
gradually increasing with each month
Tulsa bids fair to become and hold
the position as the metropolis of Ok
lahoma. No other city in the world
has so many natural advantages. That
and that alone is the reason that the
destiny Of Tulsa is so clear, Is SO
bright and shining. Nothing less
than the bursting OF Vesuvins from
beneath the city can keep ii from al.
ways maintaining the stratcgical
point which II now has.
Whis will not be due to the special
aiertness or energy Of an excellent
citizenship. For while this citizenship
IS as cosmopolitan in proportion as is
the citizenship of New York city,
which every element makes its cili-
cnship one of the most progressive to
he found anywhere. 1t can be shown
ana plainly demonstrated that even
The people OF Tulsa and Tulsa county
have slept on their opportunities, the
half of which have not as yet been
discovered. That has often been
claimed and the claim is yet good
and is not without some jhow of JUS
tlceS Rival cities In the southwest
hat G made tremcndoug efforts with
the last decade to assume a position
or more Importance in the CONNER
cial and development field. Many Of
az J, through old esta blishment and
more renown. were greatly favored Ia
the race, owing to former advantages
Il. railways, favo-ing freight rates and
a better line of free advertising 1t
is only recently that the people OF
Iulsa nave become awakened 10
their opportunities, and the awaken
ing is still going on. II must be gen
clously CONCEDED that Tulsc has been
too content to take what came her
way without the exertion Of much ef-
fort to keep to that front position
whore she is rightfully entitled to
stand. Yet during the past few years,
and handicapped in many ways, the
cts. Of Tulsa has kept In the .an of
= = the cities of Oklahoma. and that
without receiving one particle Of as
sistance from outside sources. The |
realization that Tulsa is a city that |
occupies strategical point from |
which to transact all manners of busi- |
ness is just beginning to be felt. What |
Tulsa will do In the next ten years
Will compare as a mountain TO molo |
hill as to what Tulsa did IN the ten |
years which have just rolled past.
Tulsa, let II be remembered dis |
tinctly, is one Of the strategic cities !
of the southwest. The railways OF |
the country are seeking her growing |
t-ade, trade that has grown so rap |
uiy within the past few years that |
the handling of II by five railways |
has taxed these roads to more than |
{ leir capacity, until at this time both !
the Iron Mountain and the Santa Fe |
have huge projects In contemplation |
for Tulsa, the Santa Fe to extend |
through the city, and the Iron Noun
tain anxious to enter and procure its |
share Of the wonderful tonnage both |
in and out of this community, for |
which Tulsa is the central point |
within another five years this city
l.gomises TO be the focal point for ev-
cry east and west, and north and .
south railway line of prominence in /
the entire country. 1t lies on the 4
short route from the east to the west .
and on a rOute of proyyIna oonmer