The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-13

It'It INA Law 'bll. NdulIS VIII "
scattered from one end of the one
hundred miles OF the length of the
road t. the other and there will be
no hal or stop until The grade is
finished and the steel spiked down.
Hy the first OF November trains will
he running over this road between
Ardnore and Lawton.'
one thing, however, the gentleman
stated might hold Ardmore back 4
hit beh the Lawton end and tha-
is tha the people, or part or
them at least, owning land along
the right OF way of the line are in
clined 10 place an inflated valuation
upon their property. OF course the
railway people 90 not want to he
forced 10 pay more than land is
worth. and for this reason A"dmorc
may suffer temporary delay until
these claims can be satisfactorily aG-
iudicated.
ArlmOre has always felt great con-
fidence in the ultimate building OF
this road and now TINT the men WHO
know say positively that the road
viii be constructed and in operation
within 50 short a time 1t behooves
all good and enterprising citizens
to get hustle on themselves and
see thai. no delay in the matter oi
eXtortionate prices for right of way
be charged by the property owners
along said line.
All the parties concerned, inClud-
ing the representative of the finan-
cial in terests behind The road, are
positive and outspoken in express
ing themselves that the road is go
ING 20 be built at once. They came
to Ardmore in an automobile, leaving
l.aWton Sunday morning. They fol
lowed the lid over which the road
will probably be built and were thre"
days making the hundred-mne run.
Careful observations were taken all
along the line and the conditions of
'hc country carefully studied.
Mr. Hamo says that the entire
route lies through a country thai
IS unsurpassed for the richness OF
, her agricultural resources; He pre-
dies that the land will more than
double within five years after the
completion of the road.
This is going to be a better road
/ than Ardmore contracted for said
Mr. Iamon Il cannot say just now
4 why it will be a better and a great
ct road, but that it is assured and
! your people will realize when the
| operation Of the road Is begun"
VIII you build on to Sherman
! from here?' was asked Mr.. Iiamon
stated that it was not settled that
the Sherman end would be construct
( ed now but he was OF the opinion
that it would 1t is settled, however,
! said Mr.. Hamon that from LawtOn
on northwest the line will be built to
/ Clinton. 1t is probable that the road
means direct connection between
( sherman, Texas, and Denver, Colo
, hut such could not be learned at this
time
Another effort was made TO learn
. whether the road as it approaches
from the northwest would pass
through the oil fields or through the
territory of the asphalt mines. In
/ response 20 this query Mr.. HamOn
stated that unless the asphalt peo.
PIE could guarantee a very heavy
tonnage that the road would pass
through the oil belt and construction
work was cheaper along that line.
Mr.. Hamon is OF the opinion that one
good town will be built on the line
between Ardmore ad duncan. Where
that town will be located has not
been determined but it VIII be al,
or near Oh City, the town that has
already been laid out in the oil
fields
: l.. Vandiyere, president of the
Oklahoma Asphalt and Refining com
rany, is here from Atlanta, Georgia.
He is filling an order now for refined
asphalt ard says he has orders ahead
sufficient to keep his mines at work
fnr. many months His nnirac nand