The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-12
Population Greater and Com
merCe and Industry In
creaSing With Growth Of
Entire State,
HUNDRED JOBBERS IN CITY
Wholesalers Declare They
Never Had Buster Season.
Ice Cream Plants Prepare
to Expand,

That Oklahoma City has far outdis-
tanccd the population and commerce
and building activities ot itS widest
boom days definitely established by a
comparison OF those activities partic-
ularly the manufacturing and '0bhlug
industrcS--which tluctuatc with the
varying fortunes OF the city Popula
tion, measured by school attendance,
residential occupancy and the use of
gas, water, electricity and telephones
shows a vast increase since the Nuhsld
cnce OF the speculative boom in May
l9l0-just seven yeats ago-and a pro-
digiouS growth at the present time.
Commerce Grows.
Commerce measured BY means Of pos
tai receipts bank clcarings and bank
deposits shows a marked increase since
MAY l9l0-a big gain over the lowest
level reached during the depression
which followed the world-famou5 boom
Street car receipts, use OF automobiles
and building operations confirm the evil
dence given by the other activities as to
commercial and population gains.
There are approximately 100 lobbcrS
in Oklahoma City and they arc unani-
nous in the assertion that business was
never better than at present There also
are many lines Of manufacturing, and
excellent railroad facilities and low
raes have been instrumental in making
the Vitv one OF the best distributing
points in the southwest The fact that
Oklahoma City is one ot very few
cities Of the country enjoying rapid
growth creates an interest in the rcl-
sons for its unusual prosperity
City Grows With State.
The extraordinary increase IN Okla
homa City's commerce and population
during a period OF worldwide ,tlgna-
ton is due partly to the constant eN-
panSion Of the productive powers OF It's
trade tcrrltory--a heavy increase IN the
cultivated area OF its farms and an cnor-
nous expansion OF the mineral output.
The Oklahoma OF today is not the Okla
homa OF l9lO, but a much more produc
tive state. in its agricultural and min
eral output aud in its manufacturing
and jobbing activities. Its commerce
demands much larger trade ccutcrs.
Building operations constitute the
only phase Of Oklahoma City, activities
that has no, surpassed the boom days,
yet construction is far more active than
al any time since May l9ll The per
mits for May, 1915, arc more than
double the permits for May, 1914 seven
times as large as Nav 1913, and NJ
per cent above May 1912 Dutng the
period mentioned, building operations
in the United States had fallen off one
half
Building permit records show that 81
business structures were erected in 1910
al a cost Of $lSs,97l Indications are
that this record will be broken before
the end OF the present year. u permits
for business houses having been secured
up to date. cntailng a total expenditure
OF Sl76,M Many business structures
are now IN course ot construction
Ice Cream Plant Expands
Construction OF a modern hrlCe al
dit,on to the Crystal Ice and Ice Cream
factory at Sl7 South Robinson avenue
is now IN progress and will be COM
pleicd within two weeks The addition.
which will cost about $l0OnO. viii at
ford a IS percent increase IN floor
space Modern machinery will hc in