Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
TULSA MAY LOSE
OIL FIELDS ROAD
Presidents of Nine Banks to
Protest to County Com
missioners Tuesday.
NORTH is STILL OBDURATE
Chairman Arouses Talk of Re-
call by Opposition to the
keystone Highway.

Tulsa will lose the oil fields route
OF the Ozark trail unless action is
taken at once to complete the Key
stone road This was the statement
made yesterday by good roads boost
ers and prominent business and pro-
fessional men.
The fate OF the project hangs in
the balance until Tuesday. when n
special meeting of the county com
mission will be held. If members Of
the board still are opposed to the
highway this city will lose the Ozark
, trail
&. of G. Determined.
| At that time the presidents of the
nine local banks will wait on the com
missioners and inquire just what they
appointed by the Chamber of Com
merce directors Friday. That organi-
zation recognizes the keystone high
way as OF tremendous Importance to
Tulsa and is determined that II shall
be built.
An inspection trip over the miss
ing link" in the road. which consists
of 23 miles from Price station west,
was made yesterday by Lou North,
, chairman of the commission. and T..
Bee Guthrey, good roads commission
er of the Chamber of Commerce.
Guthrey has offered to build this
stretch of road for $4,000 and furnish
a bond to carry out his contract.
Says at Can't BE Done"
North is set against building the
road under any circumstances. His
reply to Guthrey's offer was SIMPLY
at cant be done" The inspection
trip was made In an effort to convince
North that II was possible, but after
going over every yard of the hiGhwa
thoroly the chairman was still obdu-
rate and refused to give Guthrey per
mission OF go ahead with the work for
which he was ready to make a guar
antee.
Members of the committee who will
meet with the commission realize that
Chairman North is the chief obstacle
in the path of the proposed highway.
Thru an alliance he has made with
Charles Page, extensive owner of
property in Sand Springs, his plan Is
to tie up construction of the Keystone
road pending the installation OF n
bridge at Sand Springs. This, 50 they
believe, would divert travel from the
south side of the river across the
bridge and thru the town of sand
Springs. Commissioner Martin will
support any proposition that North
does and c. f.. Suppes the other mem.
Der of the board, is said to be favor
able to an early completion of the
Keystone highway Road boosters are
training their guns on Chairman
North in an attempt to bring MIN to
their views
Business Men Indignant.
Local business men are indignant
over the unfair attitude taken toward
the keystone highway by Chairman
North. Talk of inctituting recall pro
ceedings was circulated freely 1t tho
luncheon of Chamber of Commerce o.
, rcctors Friday Among the leading
, business men who condemned Tho
, commissions stand were Joseph w
, McNeal president of the Americar
National banK; Ora Upp, wholesal,
grocer; Henry y. Dreyfus, wholes llcr
Z L. II. Darrow, merchant; II. NJ. NJ.
F'arlin, oil producer and president o.
the Chamber of Commerce, anC
many others
Would Sue County.
One proposition suggested to The
Chamber of Commerce is that the
business men build the road by sub
scription and then bring suit agains
the county to recover The commits
; sioners promised committee of bust
ness men several weeks ago that $4,000
would be set aside for the construc.
tion of the 2.3 miles of road AID
actual work was started. but stopped
few days later by Chairman North.
, The road would put this city in di.
rect communication with the oil field,
which are now shut out by high way
t and enrich local trade territory By
fifty thousand people.