Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18
Bartlesville Population
Has OutgrOWn the City

piled the city directory. There Ii
not n vacant house In BnrtlcsNille
and IN 80 per cent OF the private
homes roOmerg are TO be found
either families doing light housekoep-
ing or individuals occupying rooms.
one reason why Bartlosvllle has
had n remarkable growth ~ because
the Quapaw Gas company is to have
It's headquarters here. In fact all or
tho Dohorty concerns are 20 have
their headquarters here, which IN
Clude besides tho Quapaw Gas com
pany the Empire Gas company, IN
dian Territory Illuminating ou y
CO.. Bartlesvllc lnterurbRn company
and when the final deal IL closed
whereby the Dohcrty company taxes
over the Kansas Natural Gas com
Tany tho headquarters OF that com
Iauy will be removed here.
Masons are Building.
As result Of bringing all these
concerns here, II was necessary 10
provide these companies with "a suit
able building To house them. year
ngo the Masons decided to build a
$500. 600 eight story building. SIX OF
tire eight floors will be occupied hN
the Doherty concerns The top floor
of the bnlding viii be occupied 10y
the Masons and first floor viii he
I sod As store rooms Tn" hulding in
course Of construction will be the
second largest office building In the
state II will be 100Xli0 feet IN
size. built Of rc-cnforCcd concrete and
tho contract calls for It's completion
next spring.
Then Eartcsyilc Is building a
100000 Junior high school building
which IL to be completed early In the
spring. Tho schools of Bnrticsville
are In "a crowded condition and have
been each year for the past two years.
There is need for the construction
of one hunrod tenant houses In Bar
tlcsvilo, IN the families are 10 he
cared for that are coming here. Nor"
than fifty tenant houses and private
dwellings have been built In I'artles-
Vile the past summer. The records
Of the building inspectors Office
show that nearly $500, 900 has been
invested In buildings alone In Bar
tlosville this year.
New Hotel Needed.
Probably before another year an
other six or eight story hotel will be
IN couryc Of construction. The hotel
commodaNons are insufficient TO
care for the people who are daily
coming 10 Bartlcsvllle. quite likely
an addition win be added TO the
Mairc hotel Another modern office
building is 10 he erected. For some
time n wealthy Independence Kan)
banker has been dickering for site
e. erect modern office building. A
company is about to be formed for
tho erection Of a large garage and
automobile repair shop. The pro-
posed Garage will bo capable % car
Ing for $50 cars at once.
Every plant In Bartlesvillo Is run
Mag to It's fullest capacity. The three
smcltcr plants which employ 400
men. are making certain munitions
for the allied countries. The snelter
plants have been making munitions
since the war started. Since I. w.
VS. have ben busy In Oklahoma, n
big guard has been placed 1t all of
the smclter plants. At Dewey, -four
miles from here $50 men are em-
ployed In the plant there.
In Rartlcsville there are n acOrc OF
more small plants which are RUNNING
to full capacity out over the oil
fields, there Is the greatest activity,
I'm every branch OF the work. This is
especially true In the gasoline in
dustry There is no section Cf the
mid continent field whore a greater
number of gasoline plants are to be
found than In this immediate sec
tion. No less than thirty plants are
in operation or in course of c0nstruc-