The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-02-09
THE |NTERURBAN
IS LOOKING GOOD
ENGINEER FAINTER SPENDS FIVE
DAYS GOING OVER ROUTE. HE
MAKES HIS REPORT.


New York City, a member of the en-
gineering firm of fainter e Company
who has been here since last Wednes-
day looking over the interurban pro
position came in from Hewitt yester-
day, and left today for Kansas City
where he will visit day and from
| there he will 90 home Another man
| from his firm will come here at once
and go into the details of the propo-
sition and make out an exhaustive re-
port to submit to the banking firm
which has offered to finance the road
provided the engineering company's
report is a favorable one Mr.. Tainter
met a number of gentlemen of the
city this morning in the officers of
Messrs. McElroy and White and talk
ed over the proposition with them.
| He stated that he, had made only
brief trip over the proposed route.
that the statements made to him here
tofore by members of the promoting
company We're more than borne out
in his observations, that he had seen
enough to justify him in sending an
other man here from his office who
could spend a longer time and make
up an exhaustive report to be submit
ted to the banking firm The asphalt
deposits along the line, Mr. Tainter
says. are the largest and the best
he has even seen anywhere and he
has been in every asphalt field in the
United States. For many years to
come there will be a vast tonnage of
this material. He also looked over
the shale and lime rock deposits and
says that it is difficult to estimate
Just how much tonnage could be de
veloped from these products, but a
sufficient amount to justify the build
ing of the road if there were no oil
fields along the line. In speaking Of
the Healdton field he said ne counted
&c derrcks while standing in one
place. He learns that the population
of the field is increasing rapidly and
while this support would be ephemer-
al that it would give a new road a
good start and would mean much for
its successful beginning Mr. Taintcr
also locked closely into the agricultur
al resources of the country and he
thinks well of that feature of the
proposed line. He believs that tn
population along the line would
be quadrupled by its building and the
agricultural tonnage would amount to
a great deal to the road.
He will not recommend that the
line OF road be electrified, but will
recommend that it be operated with
crude oil engines with electric drives.
lie states that many of the larger
roads are using this kind of equip
ment upon their feeding lines, and
they have proved to be very popular
They are popular because they are
operated easily and because the in
itial expense is about $4,000 less per
mile, which is an amount worth say
ing.
The second man will have his re-
port ready for the bankers by the first
of April or within few days before
that time
Mr.. fainter is thoroughly convinced
that the latent resources along this
proposed line will readily respond to
the building of the road and that it
will develop a vast amount of ton.
mage.
Ardmore people who are active in
the promotion of the road are pleased
with the report which Mr.. Tainter
makes after a cursory view of the
matter, but it Is not more than they
expected as they are firmly convinced
that any reputable engineer would
have to make about such report as
Mr.. Taintsr is making.
There is at this time a reasonabl"
hope that the proposed line of road
will be financed, and in that event
it means a great deal to Ardmore and F.
TO the entire country which it ira
verses.