Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-01
Manufacturers Record Tells of
Oklahoma $ Great Development

order 90 increase tlrIr facilities over
existing lines ana 90 build much
needed branch lines, II a woro not
fairly well assured mat moro favor
hOiu legislation viii put the railroads
Ia shape To DO this, then the Atua-
lion in AN this region would DE CON
sdcrubly endangered boy the certain
~ Of transportation facilities being
wholly inadequate to meet the grow
inp needs of the state,
The pioneering work has been done.
and the field has been cleared and
made ready for much greater prog
ross than that OF the past, Every
condition In every line of business eN-
cept that Of the purely town lot spec
ulation IL preparing for "A far-reach-
ing advance,
ono Of the greatest changes that is
now taking place IN the industrial
life of the southwest is the practical
tUnsfercnce 10 the oklahoma field
from Indiana ana Kansas Of the win
dow glass and bottle making indus
try. This change Is significant Of
what will follow IN the near future
In other lines Of industry The gas
potentialiues Of Oklahoma are ap-
parently almost without limit. ana MS
far AS is possible the people who
dominate the gas situation are con-
serving this priceless fuel supply for
utilization In home industry. II Is
estimated by competent auahortics
that whom the glass-maklng plants
now under construction are cOmplet-
ed this section viii make more than
so per cent of the window and bottle
glass produced west of the Mississippi
river For year or more the Frisco
railroad people have been quietly but
aggrcssivcly working TO bring about
this transfcrence OF the industry from
the practically exhausted gas regions
Of some other states to this virgin gas
field. The strength of the situation
here Is greatly increased by the large
supplies Of available coal which can
be utilized in the years to come should
the gas supply become partly eN-
hausted as elsewhere. So abundant,
however. is the supply of gas, with
wells in many places having a pro
ducing capacity of 100000 TO 25,-
10000 feet per day, and rigid laws
preventing the undue waste of gas,
that II seems reasonable to look for
a much longer life for this gas field
than is usually anticipated in any gas
region.
Indicative of the glass making in
dustry and the repidity Of its deVel-
opmcnt, a large proportion of which
is due TO the work Of the Frisco sys-
tens department Of development, IS
the following list Of glass plants now
in operation or under construction:
Tulsa, Tulsa Glass company jelly
glasses.
Sand Springs, A. II, Kerr x Co.,
fruit jars.
Sand Springs, Kelly Glass com
pany, lamp chimneys.
Sapulpa. Sapulpa Glass company,
window glass.
Sapulpa. Sunflower Glass company
window glass.
Sapulpa, Premium Glass company
lamps and Jelly glasses.
sapulpa, Schram Glass Manufacture
ing company. fruit Jars.
Oltmulgee, Coffeyyille window
Glass company, window glass.
Okmulgee, Shelton Glass company,
window glass.
Okmulgee, Baker Bros. Glass com
pany window glass.
Okmulgee, Graham Bros. Glass
company. bottles.
Blackwell. oklahoma Glass com
pany fruit jars.
The cash Investment in these plants
will be considerably over $1,OOO,OOO,
and possibly will run to S1,5OO,OOO.