The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-02
FRISCO AMBITIOUS
FOR GULF DIVISION
Acquisition OF Control OF little Als-
bama Line May Help
Road Along.
A SMALL GAP SEPARATES
Santa Fc and Katy Already Reach
Tidcwnter--I02O 10 Sec
Lines Wake Up.

The aim OF the owners and man
ayers OF every important railroad ~
this country is to secure direct don
nections with tl2ewRter, 80 hs TO
make their property assume proper
tiOns OF "A great freight carrier.
Two OF the railroads entering
Tulsa today now reach tidowater.
one does II at three points, another
just once, while II third railroad ~
already laying plans, as soon as the
United states government returns the
roads 10 their owners TO reach tide
water
This TX tho Frisco, which at pre-
ent to use transportation man 4 re-
starts from nowhere and
ends at nowhere" While actually
st Louis IL somewhere. and a great
trade center, yet 1, would be OF much
more importance to the Frisco II that
city were on tho Great Lakes, or
some other body Of water--salt
or fresh from which commerce
could be secured from all The world
The Katy also starts at st Louis.
but succeeds In reaching both Hous-
ton and Galveston, ports OF entry on
the Gulf OF Mexico. The Santa Fe
starts at Chicago, ON Lake Michigan,
cific ocean and two on the Gulf of
Mexico. thus making IT one OF the
greatest transportation lines Of this
country.
g., +. 4 A. Only Solution.
According 10 prominent FRISCO Of
ficials, this north and south line VIII
next year secure direct connection
Into tidcwater over a lite road that
some OF It's owners have secured con
troll OF. This IL the Gulf, Florida a.
Alabama, that now runs from Kill
bourne. AlaG to Pensacola, Fla. A.
II exists today the G.. T.. q A. Us not
much Of a railroad. but with IA gap OF
about 40 miles built It would tap the
Frisco lines and the great coal fields
Of northern Alabama and thus give
the Frisco It's tidewater line.
This will be the second time that
the Frisco has had a tidewater line,
though actually 1t never did have
one. when B. +. Yoakum began ac-
quiring, merging and otherwise
building up the Frisco system ok in
the latter part OF 1900, he got hold
of line that ran from Brownsville.
Tex, TO Baton Rouge, La. and made
this a part OF the Frisco system. To
reach this division., hAHsver. the
Frisco had to route freight and pas
senger over foreign lines to get to
this distant possession Just like the
Katy does with a small branch In
Texas. Ii did not pay and several
years before the war during receiver
ship proceedings this gulf line was
divorced.
But the action OF the federal courts
failed to end the dream OF Frisco
Officials for a tidewater route. and
hence when the @. +. q A. began
having financial dyspepsia, It's own
ers, with a vision OF the future. began
steps to acquire Il when II was finally |
buried In federal receivership and
sale proceedings.
Such step was taken before the
war by the Burlington in providing |
financial rejuvenation for the Gulf, |
Mobile n Northern. that runs from
Tenn. to Mobile, Ala
Some railroad owners. especially |
those OF small feeder lines, are con
tent with drawing In all the trade !
from n certain territory that they !
can and distributing II 10 the lines
that connect with their terminals
The Midland Valley is one OF this
type OF railroad, supplying great vol
umes OF business 10 the Frisco and !
Santa F>e here, the Katy at MuskoCee.
the Kansas City Southern at Fort
Smith and the Rock Island and other
roads at, Wichita.