The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-02
R.. R.
COMP AMY IS
ORGANIZED
NEW COMPANY WILL BE MOST
POWERFUL ELEMENT THAT
WILL ENTER INTO MAKING OF
NEW CITY.

Application was made today for
a charter for the Ardmore Railway
company with a capital stock of
100000. The incorporators are: !.
NJ. Putnam, Writ Franklin Edward
Gait, Sam A. Apple and Roy NJ. John
son. The company was organized
for the purpose of taking over the
street railway property located in
this city and as soon as the charter
is granted a deed will be made to
receivers sale.
The line will be rehabilitated and
operated That much can be said
now, and there may be many more
interesting chapters to the story be
fore the plans of the company have
been fully completed That the
company has some big plans in view
goes without saying, but these plans
will not be given out the company
says, until they are matured.
1.
tors, is one of the greatest town
building geniuses in the United
States. That remark is not made in
a way of flattery, it is not made to
boost Ardmore, it is not made to
mislead the people. 1t has been
demonstrated that Mr.. Putnam can
do big things. He gave to Oklaho-
ma City the life that made it build
into a city. What he did there he
can and will do here. Mr.. Putnam
sees in Ardmore the best opportunity
in the United States to build a city.
He has looked over the coast coun-
try of Texas and of California, he
has looked over towns in the oil
belt of Wyoming, and after summing
up the situation on broad scale, he
is convinced that Ardmore offers bet
ter opportunity for a quick and sub
stantial growth than any other city
in the United States. He is here
today. He is willing to give this
city the advantage of his experience
and of his genius in town building.
1t will be the policy of this paper
to lend full cooperation to Mr.. Put
nam. We believe he will direct the
people of this city into channels of
town-building that will be a surprise
to every citizen of this city, and be-
lievng that, we see it as our duty
to every reader and to every adver-
tiser of this paper to give him full
cooperation.
The men who are associated with
Mr.. Putnam need no introduction
at the hands of the Ardmore people.
They are the men who touched the
dead corpse of commercial life in
southern Oklahoma, and it quickly
sprang to its feet. These are the
men who organized the discovery oil
company in Carter county. They are
men who have grown rich out of the
vast production of oil. BY means Of
having made that discovery, they are
now able, and they are generous
enough to touch Ardmore with their
wealth and their genius, and see it
make response to their touch in
rapid growth. These men are able
to put plenty of capital behind the
street railway and to extend it to
different portions of the city and TO
build interurban lines out of the city.
There is not a greater factor for
town building than the street rail-
way, and some developments are
promised that will be of intense in
terest to the citizens of this city
and of the entire county.
One Of the dormant resources of
this city is its men. We have not
felt of our own powers. We do not
know just who among our citizens
have the genius to lead, and 1t seems
now that the home men of the street
railway company are willing to take
the lead. 1t is safe to assert that
genius will be developed there. Phe
spirit of public enterprise has first
manifested itself in their work. They
are clean, honorable men whom this
entire city can afford to follow, and
we bespeak for them the full CO.
operation of every citizen of the city.