The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-12

GUESTS III ARDMURE.
COMMERCIAL BODY.
Ardmore was favored today by the
visit of n number of Santa fe ofllclals
including w. :. Keenan,, Senera' p"sS
nn,er agent. of Galveston; w. i. Max
son. general superintendent H. IL. ias
lor. division superintendent; 1. E'
Brazelton. Industrial agent ana NJ. u
NIassenburg, corporation engineer.
Tho partv of railway people met
with the directors of the Chamber ol
Commerce in a conference that lasteu
an hour and then went on trlp VII"
members of the directorate to the sl'o
or tbe new hotel and through the III
dustrial addition, TO see the ruppei
tire factories and the refineries.
The marty proceeded TO Shawnee tins
afternoon and will be back this way
tomorrow. Enroute they VIII stop !"
sulphur to take "A plunge in the sWliii'
ming pool and to drink Oklahoiha iii'''
eral water.
Pullman Service.
In the conference this morning thc
first question that came up was we
nronosition of a better sleepngcar ser
vice for Ardmore. Mr.. Keenan, stated
that at no points on the line was sep"
rate service given between points oil lVo
hot NATta
miles. which is the distance between
Ardmore and Oklahoma CITY. lie S'iiu
that the company was operatiliS
through service from Fort worth W
Tulsa, through Ardmore, but that -ie
connections made with the frisco "'
Oklahoma City to complete TINS sefNlce'
were broken by the Frisco for the red'
son that that road has through route
of its own from Fort Worth to Tulsa
In speaking of the proposition OF IN
stalling a Pullman service pet"'eil
Hugo and Oklahoma City, by way ol
Ardmore. the statement was made lhat
the service given over the Frisco Wouiu
he during the day and that the patrons
of the road between here ana fiuSo
could not be served in way they
\yould like with a day service.
II seems that Ardmore is an inter
mediate point and must suffer the pen
atty for such location At least io
hone of a better service was given mere
except that possibly arrangements
would be made to devote more perthS
on tbe Fort Worth Pullman to Ardmore
patrons.
Sam A. Apple, president Of the Ard
more Hotel Company, was called upon
and he stated to the visitors that the
city would have the new hotel reauy
to open during the fail, that II Woulu
have l40 guest rooms and that 1t would
be as modern as any other holei III
any city Of the country.
Citys Water Supply.
The city's water supply was next
taken up and the visitors were gwen
assurance that the city would nave
water for every industry that 1t mas
and for every one that will locate mere
The work of conveying water from the
mountains is now well under way ana
by September the new supply VIII
reach the city.
Carter county asphalt was discussed
and Mr.. Apple, who is president OF 'he
BeSaw Tire and Rubber Company, SAID
that the BeSaw people have process
bv which the native asphalt can be
used in the manufacture of automobile
tires.
Some of these tires have been made
and are in use in Ardmore. They last
longer and cost less than the rubber
tire and when the tire factory starts
here it will make a thorough test OF
asphalt for this purpose.
The Santa Fe people stated that they
would give any cooperation they could
in developing Ardmore's asphalt re
sources. and stated that a switch to the
mines is now being built at Dougherty,
where Paul Nesbtt is arranging to
market this product.
The Tire Factories.
In discussing the rubber tire indus
try, Mr.. Apple said that two factories
are under construction here. that the
buildings are completed and that they
are 80 by 300 feet in size, that almost
all the machinery of the BeSaw plant
is installed and that the plant should
be ready to begin operation during
the month of September. The plants
will have a capacity Of 500 tires a day.
The New Oil Area.
The visitors were especially interest.
ed in the new oil field in this county
and G. A. Ramsey, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, n. 3. Feagin
and L. S. Dolman and others made
statements concerning the development
that was underway and predicted that
within 90 days as many as so rigs