The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-14
WESTERN AUTO
 HIGHWAY WANTED
OKLAHOMA CAPITALISTS WHO ARE INVESTING HERE ARE
 INTERESTED IN PROJECT.
Good Highway Between Hot Springs and Oklahoma Would Result in Much Good to the Resort

The recent visit here of w. S.
 Nixon, a prominent land operator Of 1 Tulsa, Okla. and the contemplated investigation to be made by Tulsa and Oklahoma City men of means, who are expected this week, would seem to indicate that Oklahoma capi- | tal will be an important factor in fu- ture development in this and sur rounding counties, and among the projects contemplated is Hot Springs-Tulsa highway, which would also connect Muskogee and include | that city in the route.
 A distance of 150 miles, by the "crow flying" route separates Tulsa and Hot Springs, and while automo biles have made the trip between the two cities, there are some places that were badly il need of improvement, and the jaunt as a whole was not al | together a pleasant experience. For some time, however, the sentiment has been developing for good high way between the two cities, and it is | known that capita ists who are look | ing for investments in the country | opened up by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf railroad, which is consid- | cred the richest territory in the
 state, having more undeveloped pro, ducts than any other section of Ar | kansas, have been anxious to inaugu- rate a movement that will result in | the building of highway between | Hot Springs, Muskogee and Tulsa. | J. Burr Gibbol of the Tulsa WorM | is one of the enthusiasts in good | roads work at the Tulsa end of the | line, while Graham Burnham of this city, former resident of Tulsa, who | since locating here has interested | Ok ahoma capital in various Arkan- sas enterprises, is busy on the project | in the Arkansas Spa.
 | MT Burnham, for the purpose Of
 collecting data for this highway ul- 1 dertaking, has recently completed a
 trip from Tulsa, through Muskogee,
 down to Mena and on to Hot Springs
 on horseback, and, referring to the
 route, said:
 "The statement may seem in-
 credible, but $3,000 expended on cer-
 tain portions of the route between Tulsa, Muskogee and this city would
 place the road in such condition that automobiles could make the trip and
 the occupants of the same be de- lighted with the same. The sum of s25,0O0 would build first class high
 way, considering the fact that in
 many places ong the line respective
 communities are taking a patriotic in-
 terest in the work and are keeping
 their section in fairly good condition. One should not forget that the route runs through one of the most pie turesque sections of the country
 Tulsa is easily the oil metropolis
 of the west, just as Hot Springs is
 metropolis for health There are 1,450 automobiles in Tulsa and fully that many, think in Muskogee, Tulsa and the latter city are con
 nected with good highway, and capitalists can now motor from those
 cities to Colorado. They should be
 brought to Hot Springs and a good highway will do it,
 Mir. Burnham also stated that a
 road connecting with Muskogee and Tulsa would mean good road connec-
 tions with Kansas City and Texas points, and that of the latter state this was especially true where Dallas was concerned. The Oklahoma inves-
 tors who are expected this week will
 it is understood, investigate this good
 road feature.
 During the visit of w. s. Nixon ot ITulsa the country on the western
 outlet opened up by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf road was thoroughly
 investigated, Mir. Nixon being accom- panied by F. c. Ellsworth, who took
 him down into Pike county, where the largest peach orchard in the
 world was inspected and where he