Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
FORCE ISSUE ON
KEYSTONE ROAD
President McFarlin Names
Committee to Get Action
From County Board.
DELAY MEANS ClTY'S LOSS
Gushing Man Declares Sapulpa
Believes Highway Never
VIII Be Completed.

executive officers Of the Chamber OF
Commerce believe the Tulsa E'y stone
road 10 bc that President E. VI Nc
FarIn yesterday appointed "a COM
mlttco. composed of j. W. McNeaL
president OF the American National
bank, h.. W sinclair president ~ the
Exchange National bank. j. j.. Cros-
hic. president Of the Central national
pank. vs.. h. Brown. president OF the
Union National bank. O.. Il. McCul-
Tough. president OF the First National
bank. T. j Hartman, vice president
.ot Producers state bank, c. y.
Wright. president Planters National
bank. j IL Mckinney president OF
the National Bank OF Commerce, and
Mark Carr. 90 appear before the board
Of county comnisaID Dneis and demand
that TINS piece OF road be improved
at once.
President McFarlin announced that
Tulsa and Tulsa county could not ar
ford not 10 ltc up to promises made
by directors of its Chamber Of Com
mercc. and that unless the county
commissioners were willing TO live up
TO the promises they have made tV|
make these improvements at once, of-
forts should be made 10 build the road
independent Of the county commis-
FOR the money invested. If necessary
Important no Tulsa.
The subject o. tho Tulsa Is KeYst0nc
road was uppcrmoH m tho minds OF
the directors f he Chamber Of com
ircrcc o. the noun-day luncheon yes
terday and zach agreed that II WAS
one ~ the NOS. importan matters
confronting Tulsa at the present
time.
II was explained 20 the directors
that Director Avery and Highway
Commissioner r. Bee Guthrey OF the
cub had been promised completion
OF the road and then insultCd by the
county on ,ials in charge Of the road
construction. SOrie time ago Mr.
Cuthrcy ard Mr. Carr were promised
that work would he rushed on this
piece of road, and President J. w. Nc
Neal of the America National bnnk
explained % the directors yesterday
that he was being swdmped with let
tcrs from bankers thruOut this part
of tho state i'm which reference was
made to the people of Tulsa a; a
'hunch of quitL3rs" In the building
of tho rlad
The COMMITTEES appointed tv Prcsl-
Dent McFhrlin yesterday will meet
with the county commissioners Mon
agrcc to rush The work on the Key
stone Tulsa rou1. 4 movement will be
tatartcd to proceed with the work on
The road. Then, T II Is necessary, the
county will be sued IN an effort to
reimburse the men WHO have ad-
Nanccd money TO" the road work.
Trails official Here.
with this committee of Chamber
| OF Commerce directors and presidents,
who are to meet with the members
of the board of county commissioners
Monday. will be J. II. Bcllis, presi-
dent OF the northern route Of the
Ozark trails and OH Field route.
| Mr.. Bells, whose home is I'm Cush-
ing. was In Tulsa yesterday and gave
some of the local good roads enthusi-
asts the viewpoints Of the people OF
! Oklahoma who are seeking the Inn
mediate Improvement OF the Key
stone Tulsa route
81 attended a meeting OF the board
of county commissioners In Sapulpa
this afternoon Mr. Rellls declared
fast night "and from them | secured
at first hand the opinion Of the peo-
| pie Of that city toward Tulsa and her
/ promises Now. understand, this is
not my opinion. or an oXpreSsiou--it
/ Is hut the words of n Sapulpa man.
told him that we were banking on
capturing the official ozark trails 10y
our work lie told me that II was
impossible because Tulsa would not
do her share N you think You can
WIN II on tho hot air over there. You
Will wake up To a had mistake was
his statement TO me"
Mr. Relis declared that every town
/ ship ON the west or Drumright has
purchased tractors and graders, and
are nt work bringing the ROADWAY to