Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-27
TULSA'S FAILINGS
SHOWN BY ALBERT
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here, and then backing 1t up by stay
Ing here and giving the best there is
In them to the community
A study of trade conditions shows
that Tulsa does enjoy the retail trade
that she is entitled TO. Your Cham
Der OF Commerce has given trade ex-
cursions and done everything possible
TO develop your normal trade terri
tory intensvely SO there Is nothing |
more for me to say"
lie called attention TO the impor-
tance of Tulsa becoming wholesale |
center. mo city Is greater than her |
wholesale trade" he asserted. lie !
ramed the wholesale lines that are
not represented here.
Don't Need Factories.
The audience was given severe jar
when the speaker declared that the |
city did not need any more factories
for awhile. 81 doubt If you are taking !
care of the ones you already have" |
he said. you should be proud of
your Chamber of Commerce directors
md secretary, who realize that you
cannot make city just by setting up
industries"
The unit type of school buildings
came in for "A eulogy, London, Ontario,
has copied the Tulsa plan, he said,
al
school board could not have secured
20 to thirty acres on which to set this
beautiful high school building, gen
uine monument, and the finest struc-
ture in the city"
He boosted Kendall college by laud-
ing the religious environment that a
state school or nonsectarian university
lacks. He poked fun at the corner
stone of the Carnegie library. because
ii is covered with the names of Off
: cials. architects and builders. He de-
plored the insufficient number of
books in the library.
; He took occasion to criticize the
city for not having more parks. There
, are $50 acres ~ parks here. while
Oklahoma City has 2.200 Gcres. YOU
, even gave part of one park TO a
brick plant and there is a great hole
, in the earth there now" he said.
| Need More Money.
The cost of city government in
l Tulsa is on third less tha/ che aver
: age cost in the United States. he cited,
while the tax levy is one-half of the
average levy.
Your city commissioners" he said
''are looking into the future with all
the energy you Wll permit. | think
more OF your water system than most
of you do. / am glad you are going
to amend your charter and vote on
the city manager form of government
, Your police and fire departments are
, all right, but they are run too cheeply.
You people. must learn that city tOies.
; well administered, are the best invest
I ment property owners can make"
Mr.. Albert was introduced by Ro
tartan Frank Greer.
lie came to Tulsa Wednesday night.
Thursday he spoke before the Rotary
club and the Knights Of Pythias. Fri
day noon he spoke at the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon, and yesterday af-
7 ternoon he addressed the high school
students at assembly.
Plan for Future.
, | Following are his recommendations:
70 Cd That Tulsa shall plan now for
the population of 100000, which will
otherwise come upon the city unpre-
{ pared.
t2) That for the purpose of making
) plan worthy of Tulsa's great op
kportunity, the Chamber of Commerce
shall create a special committee of
one hundred men and women. That
= the plan shall relate primarily to the
4, functions of city service and not to-
good looks. TO the development of
, business. To arterial highways and
3 general transportation. To the reser-
, Vation at this time and at present
, prices of proper spaces for school
buildings, branch Libraries, parks and
) Fairgrounds, and other public institu-
tions. To recreation. To social well
fare. To spiritual environment For
in possessing these Tulsa will come
:. into a beauty surprising that of any
other city in the world And that the
. plan thus adopted shall be made the
objective of all the people of Tulsa
and not merely its richer fami es,
thru a text book to be taught in ,ho
, schools, general lectures, sermons in
the churches, and group meetings in
every neighborhood.
CD That the city government shall
, have revenues at least equal to the
average among American cities of the
, same size and possessing somewhat the
, same prospect of growth--that is 10
say, that the revenues shall be ad
yanced not less than 100 per cent.
That by ordinance the city govern
ment shall yet this year be put upon
a basis of civil service employment
, land promotion, including the depart
ment of pilice.
, That the present form shall be de-
a veloped INTO the city manager form.
G) That there shall be u recrea
!. i.tional survey looking to:
The procurement of not less than
1 900 acres of park and play space.
The development Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The founding of a boys club in each
of the four sections of the city.
The development of water courses
| in the river.
a program for use of the Conven-
tion hall appropriate to the investment
already made and to the opportunity
presented.
II CD That the whole penal and cor
rectional system of city and county
shall be made modern. particularly
that by the development of juvenile
courts and the probationary system
there shall be provision for the pre-
yeption of ii1VeniIe offepsa atbor tbop