The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-01
WILLIAMS TELLS
 OF TULSA VISIT
OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS BELIEVE IN PAVED STREETS AND ARE
 BUSY WITH IMPROVEMENTS.
Says Auto Road From Tulsa to This City Would Bring Thousands Of Cars to This Resort.

Returning from Tulsa Okla. Wber
 he and George 4. Callahan were dele
 gates from the board Of governors O
 ihe Business Mems League at fine or
 sanitation of the Albert Pike High { way Assication Hamp Williams de tailed some Of the interesting feature. of the Tulsa convention in gcncra
 and that verN enferprisjnQ city in par ticular.
 ! Mr Williams laid particular stres. ] upon the clean and well paved streets l ] Tulsa possesses. and the following in
 terview with him will no doubt be
 read with a great deal of interest by
 al who are concerned with the fu
 ture advancement of Hot Springs
 Alr callahan and arrived at Tulsa
 in good time for he convention. and
 ti was some convention. believe me.
 lt began al l0:3o promptly finished permanent organization and all pre- liminaries by 330 pm. after which we were taken into automobiles for a | drive over the city We first drove west over the Arkansas river. which is spanned hy a reinforced concrete bridge more than 1.400 feet in length. fo feet wide and cost $159.o0o.
 We saw in West Tulsa some great oil refincries where they manufacture all the oil byproducts We saw two great concrete oil tanks nearing com pletIou which have a holding capacity of lGj000 barrels each We were driven on to the Albert Pike highway which is already being constructed from Tulsa west They have bis force of men and road machinery al work, cutting ont the high way along side Of mountain from which we could see the great noted Sand Springs possession across the Arkan. sas river We saw the rock crusher in operation saw them placing crush. ed stone upon that portion of the Al. bert Pike highway already graded We saw he trucks hauling and spreading the crushed stone. trucks weighung seven tons with a capacity of seven yards followed by q 10yard trailer The spreading is done with the truck as it is unloaded The rear wheels have a 20inch tread, and they take the place Of q roller The stone ls hauled. spread and rolled with the trucks
 We were driven over the resident portion of the city and as We passed the many palatial homes We were writing down what We were hearing and seeing No trouble 10 write while riding over those streets which are asphalt and cost $lSo per square yard paid for with seven perseut 10 year bonds
 That's a high rate of interest we remarked
 "les, came the answer "but sec what We have. a city Of 5o.oo0 people in ten years. eiahtyfiye miles paved streets and one hundred miles 10 be paved. with forty three million dollars cash in our banks Sontng on these paved streets we sell lot one day and the lumber is on the around 10 bWld 8 home the next"
 'Ne We're riding with Mr. Avery. the president of The Albert Pike high | way .ln passing said he "I have recently opened Gp q ueN addition Go Tulsa but never offered any lot4 for l sale, however until the streets v.r. ! paved Since then haNe sold leu amounting to $15uoooo0 in loss thu
 six months The next thing we want is a highway to Hot Springs We have about 5000 automobiles in TWsa. and if we had a road to your city, | some of our machine would ho on
 he road all the time We had 1oo utos in Colorado Springs Ia. @1m- | ner at one time No reason why we
 houldut % to Hot Springs In fact 1u people are largely made up from