The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-02
OUR SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
Commercial Buildings and Homes Erected During
Appearance of New ChyBow List That Near Correct
Was Possible for Us O Secure.

: Louisville out in the cacti region o
! Texas.
: Besides oil, Ardmore is in one o
the most favorably located section.
of the state. Our soil makes tn,
finest cotton grown in America, out
side of the Sea Island cotton. Fruit
is plentiful and does well. We have
an excellent stock-raising country, ant
the city is located on four different
lines of railroads. The asphalt which
surrounds this town will some day
give up as much wealth as oil will
ever give up.
1t is very interesting each day to
observe the progress of new construc-
ton work. The Odd Fellows are
building on North Washington street
large two-story brick building. The
lower floors will be used for busi-
ness purposes and have been leased
in advance, and the second floor will
be used for lodge purposes.
In the entire block from the corner
of Washington and Main to the corner
Of Mill and Main, every business
house has been remodeled within the
past sixty or ninety days. New fronts
have been built, new decorations
havd been made, new awnings con-
90, ic
as any city in the country.
The second block east of Wash
ington street has been rebuilt in the
same way. The entire block looks
like it was entirely new, and owners
have used excellent judgment in ar
chitecture.
The third block on Main east Cf
Washington reaches to the Santa Fe
station, and in that block three new
bricks are under construction and one
is just completed. The first building
next to Caddo street is more than a
hundred feet in depth, and is being
built by Mrs. Ada II. Walden of Den
ton. The second building is being
built by Major Glenn of Durant, the
third is being built by ]. S. B. Apol-
los of this city, and the next one is
owned by Moran Scott also of this
city.
The Santa Fe has plans made for
a $4,000 station, which it will begin
to construct before the summer
months come.
The Santa Fe and the Rock Island |
both have planned to enlarge and |
beautify their parks this spring and |
the portion of the city near the |
union depot will be much prettier this
year than usual. I
The Frisco and the Ringing roads |
have just completed new passenger |
and freight station on North Wash
ington street, and have spent also
a nice sum in building machine shops
here. Their station building is a
model of neatness, and the parking
about the building is being made very
beautiful.
On North Caddo street, some very
handsome buildings have recently
been constructed, and Chas. f. Fra
ley now has under construction
5O-foot brick building at 107 and 1O9,
on that street. At the corner of
Caddo and Broadway, reaching to-
ward Washington, contracts have
been let for four brick buildings by
L. I. Wilkerson. West of the site
where these four bricks are going in,
J. A Bodovitz is building two-story
brick business house, and just to the
west of it P. L. Martin has recently
completed a house of the same house
md kind.
On East Main street, the most ex-
,ensive new structure is just start
ng. 1t is the Wilmington hotel. The
will be of three stories, it
will have about so rooms, and these
'ooms will be as modern as archi-
ecture can make them. To the rear
If the Wilmington building, several
store houses will be built, and the
Excelsior Steam Laundry will occupy
fifty feet Of the new work on South
,addo, at the rear of the Wilmington.
To the east of the Wilmington
lotel, and reaching to the railway ;
racks of the Rock Island, is a block !
which belongs to the Pennington ;
Wholesale Grocery company. That !
lock will be improved this spring, |
'ut just what the plans are have not