Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-22

Usage are just being opened up to
their possibilities. Lumber is prod
uct that Is largely Of the past, and
for years train after train of walnut
logs has been shipped from Tulsa To
the marts of the world.
These are only some OF the advan-
tages nature gave Tulsa with which
to build a city
Railroads. those essential things in
the building of any country. have
been attracted to this section by the
great natural advantages. and have
remained to build up this natural CEN
ter as great manufacturing locality,
Steel lines reach in every direction of
the compass to carry the things made
in Tulsa to the ever-receiving millions
in other states and nations
Slowly but surely Tulsa is coming
manufacturing center. and the fact
that those industries which have al
ready located in this place have been
universally successful is attracting
more and more of their kind here to
enjoy the great natural advantages
that Tulsa enjoys.
Prosperity has always been a boast
of Tulsa. but mover in the measure
experienced at the present time.
Tulsa is literally overflowing with
Prosperity. and this measure of busi-
ness is largely attributed to the live
and growing concerns advertising on
this page. These men and companies
have invested their money In Tulsa.
Primarily their object is to make
money. but they realize that they can
only prosper in the measure that
Tulsa prospers. They have faith in
Tulsa and its future and already they
are realizing on this faith. II takes
faith to make a business and it takes
faith to make n town.
Increasing in size from eighteen
thousand. according to the govern
ment figures, to thirty-one thousand,
recording to the same figures, from
1910 to 1915. and to forty thousand
in 1916. is the record Tulsa has made
1t Is record that has never been
equalled and will probably never be
equalled. unless ii is by the city of
Tulsa itself
Bank clearings have always been
recognized as good indicators of a
towns business development. II this
Is true. and financiers and business
men generally loo' to them for a re-
Election of business conditions, then
Tulsa is today prospering as no other
city in the entire world. For six con-
secutive weeks Tulsa has lead every
town in the United States in the per
centage of gains over the same week
last year in the clcarings of its banks
These gains have averaged close to
125 per cent over the previous year.
Bankers declare this increase will
continue.
In postoffice receipts. another en-
cellent reflection Of business condi-
tons, Tulsa has shown the entire
country its heels once more and each
month shows 2 great increase and the
ar ra anttp Il
duate to handle the great rush OF
business that comes to Uncle Sam in
Tulsa. A new home for the Tulsa
postoffice Is now in course of con-
struction. which will cost when com
pleted over 100000
Bank deposits in Tulsa are larger
than any other city in Oklahoma. At
the last call for banks these deposits
were close to s25,000.0oO, or s3.00O,-
600 more than the capital. oklahoma
City. Deposits in Tulsa banks in
creased nearly SS.OOO,OOO from Jan
uary s of the present year TO the
middle Of March of the same year
Not II bank in the state is as large as
the Exchange National of Tulsa.
which has been setting the pace for
all others in the past two years.
Prosperity of the best kind is re-
flected in these figures The per
capita wealth OF Tulsa and the buy
Ing power per capita is larger than in
any other portion of the United
States.
Houses in Tulsa are at premium
and the dozens of new families com
ing to Tulsa every week are almost
forced to camp on the street while
waiting for homes.
More than three hundred houses
ranging in cost from $1,000 to sEO,-
600 are in the course of construction
in the city today, and in not a block
in the city during daylight hours can
one he removed from the sound Of
the hammer and saw. This is all
building of the substantial kind.
In the business district of the city
there is building going on in every
block. ranging from two-story store
buildings to 12-story skyscrapers
Building to the value of $4,000. 900
Is under way in the downtown dis
trict alone.
Tulsa is building q 100000 high
school to accommodate its thousands
Of bright and intelligent students
Tulsa is Just completing $4,000
Carnegie library, where Its reading
public may be accommodated in a
not exceeded In any city OF
less than one hundred thousand pop
in the world.
Tulsa is building o federal building
that will cost &Sib.ooo In which to