The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-07
Secretary Douglas Re-
.yiews Growth of Tulsa
in That Time.
s35,OOO,OO0 PERMITS
Assessed Valuation Grows
From S10,165,oo in 1910 to
S6O,239,000 in 1920.

no chamber OF commerce, ana uedis
,eith the growth and development OF
TIlsa during the four years Clarence
douglas. It's editor, has served Ihe
organization as lts secretary ne W
,dI,"riaI was read by Mr.. Douglas TO
,,a hoard OF directors at the Friday
noondly luncheon. II follows In
part. 49,. a.. ,,,,o,, ,ho, ,b.
t.,Sdinr permits for Tulsa for the
,,ts 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915 to-
s,Isi 70O $50 and that tho building
,'nrr,its for the past four months to-
III S30.503,t36. The bank deposits
FOR tulsa through the run OF the
years furnish an interesting iliustra-
non OF the city's development. There
was on deposit in this city In lsOO'
$4,000, in 1905. s6os'oOV; IN iSlV'
"a 5gS 900; in 1915, Sll l,bS6,OOO.
t.ron, tbe years named the deposits
bsva Increased until under the call
~ February 2s, of this year, the to-
tal reached $75,596,377. The popu-
iation figures OF Tulsa show an In
,eresting r. cor d. The government
census in 1900 gave Tulsa 1880 peo-
plc. in 1910, 1879 people; in 1912
1870 population; in 1919, 5s,72S'
and from the best information OBJ
tainable the census for 1920 Will
shows 10000. The postoffice receipts
for Tulsa In 1900 were S2,s54; IN
1905, s1701S: In 1910, S69,7S5; Tor
lgi5, S152,24S; for the first four
months Of 1920, s177.0S4.50. the
assessed valuation of Tulsa in 1910
wos slO165, 900; in 1915 the assessed
valuation was s22,S4s,661, in 1920
Reorganization was s6O,239,s20.
Hhen the editor of the Spirit as
,,,rncd tho duties of his office in
1915 there were under construction
I'm this city, Of the larger buildings.
the first wing of the Kennedy build
ing. the government postoffice and
the high school building. and since
that time among the larger and
more important buildings con-
strlcted in the bushes district might
be mentioned the following: the city
hall Y. w. c. A. building, tho com
pletion of the high school building,
completion OF the postoffice, the
Santa Fe freight station, Midland
Valley freight and passenger sta
tions, numerous school buildings, the
Cosden office building-17 stories,
the completed Kennedy building-10
stories, the Exchange National bank
building--11 stories, First National
bank bulldlng--10 stories, the two
l0.story Mayo buildings, the Sim
clair office buildings stories. the
McFarlin building --6 stories, the
Ketchum hotels stories, the Palace
office buildings stories, the World
building, the Tribune building, the
office building of the Oklahoma Pro-
ducers & Refiners, the Tidal OIL
company home, the Drexel building.
the Boswell building. the Wright s.
story office building the Wright
laboratory, the Mid-Co. office build
Ing, the Rosser- Casebeer building.
the oklahoma Iron Works down.
town office and supply building, the
Waldrep wholesale candy building,
the OIL Well supply building. the
Tulsa Cold Storage pant, the Page
storage building, the Tulsa Ware
house building, the Tulsa Auto Man
ufacturing works, the U. s. Com
Cities Gas company office building,
Armour e. Company building, Okla
homa Tool and Supply company
building, Carter Oil company shops
ana warehouse, the Watson-Aven ice
cream factory, Quality ice cream
isc1ry, Smokewell Cigar building,
hlnas RestOlrant and Hotel Supply
building, the Parker Tulsa Distrib-
uung company building, Frick- Reid
building. Mount Cooper Iron works,
western Pipe a. Manufacturing COM
pany works, Slater Steel Rig works,
Moore Steel Rig works, Hinderliter
TOOL and Machine works, Pritchard
iron works, Tulsa Iron foundry,
Saso Pump and Burner works. Ar
oon works, Curtiss Southwest Air
pane company, Hofstra Manufactur-
ing works, Tulsa Vitrified Brick
HorKs, eN ensive plants for the
lIairle OIL Gas Co, the Sinclair
roinpdhy' Tidal company, Gulf COM
pany and the Texas company, a
number OF beautiful churches, new
wholesale buildings for the Hale
lid'seii company, the Griffin Good
er company, Turner Tulsa company,
NV lawson Produce company, the
1,rates,Nichols company, the Nichols
damsiet company, Iten Biscuit COM
5pany' Cambpell Baking company,
p uI9d Bfead company and Hooper
- tHers' wholesale coffee dealers.
uFd, during the past four wears.
nS emerged from the large town
70 the modern city class by reason
W the construction OF the buildings
%ooge a enumerr ted, the municipal
,,,aP,anNements made, the erection of
I.ey homes and the general de-
Tbba'ent along various lines.
h,aime past four years have seen the
,as,hhIng and completion OF the in
uIuroan system from Tulsa 10 Red
ro,' ,N' sapulpa and Kiefer and the
~" pleuon and double tracking OF
:" Goand Springs line from this city
sys,,d "'hd Springs. A comprehensive
Sgstrm OF road work for the county,
,ha, ,h,n''ins an expenditure of more
ina'u, F-,oOO. 900 has been initiated
cn,uS%tated and put in process OF
,,,ot'pletlon. and decided smprove-
"aInls nave been made in tho trxSn
ron, ules on practically every rail-
liz liz ehtering the city. The Collins
va 'e INDUSTRIAL district has been add
80 W " iulsa county, the municipality
,sL NehdalI as a town has been abol-
s"ed ana Kendall has been annexed
~, nd made a part OF the city OF
the splendid reinforced CON
ve bridge spanning the Arkansas
o r,nor mas been completed and thrown
yptn 10 the public. The City club,
e Lions club, the Advertising club,
We hlwanis club, the Petroleum
Giun' the Engineers club. the Town
Tuo, the business Women's club. the
tusa Real Estate Exchange, the
Suhlor Chamber OF Commerce, the
puotym club, the Tulsa club, the
aurchasing Agents association and
Otlpr civic npoanf.-a La.,o 49,,