The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-05
NEED IS FOR
MORE HOMES
Real Estate Man Tells
2 What Tulsa Needs
and Why.
STREET CAR PROBLEM
Whatever Method Of Trans
portation Is Approved
Must Have support.

TULSA needs more homes and bet
FER homes. and sho must havo moro
and bptfrr homes. II a bigger aud
hotter Tulsa ts to be built says G.
II. TcrwlI,Rnf. chairman of the civic
jmprovcmaht committee of tho Tulsa
mai osiai, exchange Mr Tcrw,lio-
pcr says that TuHa UuFt build a
firm foundation. before sine ran nope
to have better housing conditions
and that Dc a very noticeable that
ono OF .h, Urw things needed Is
water. next adequate transportation
facnltirs. hotel accommodations ana
amusement places.
MI Tcrwiucgor says that since tho
.iizpns Of Tulsa nave put over tho
water bond Issue, nud viii soon be
ready To- install the system, II iH umo
10 take an active stand TO solve inc
ttroet rnr situation. lie says That II Us
tttno To- pp, To- 10 that there 10 a tirst
class street ear syRtcm put IN opgta
tlon ana owned by local capital,
so thcy will have the city OF Tulsa
nj heart and viii be- more attentive
TO enlarge the system as tho condl-
tlons permit.
Although the street car problem
81 In "A bad condition, Mr.. Terwille-
ger continues. I'VE firmly believe
Thai the system can bo run so as 10
,n, A rena0nablc dividend on tho
Capital invested, and should be made
"A paying proposition. The company
ahouid have "A fare justlfiable TO
make reasonable dividend on the
capital Invested.
The citizens Of Tulsa must coop
eratc and lrlp To heal the old sore
over the past street car record
Whether the present corporation
continues TO operate. or now corpo-
ration comes In, the street car com
pany must have the support OF me
public. when the public becomes
convinced Of this fact and gets be-
hind the issue, lends It's support ana
patronizes tho street car company
Tho time will come whom the com
many can extend its lines to tho OK
IRENE suburbs of the city, thereby
giving the public access to tho many
Thousands of vacant lots which are
now occupied NY n biz crop OF weeds,
There they can purchase lota az
more reasonable. prices, which VIII
enable them ~ own their own
homes"
Many or tho real estate Irhs
here say that the majority OF buy
ers will not buy unything OFT the
pavement. and that the lots when
are located on the pavement are
priced 20 high that by the time the
property iH improved the purchaser
becomes disEruutlcd about the price
and in the majority OF cases, cannot
afford to buy the property he iiko'
best.
In speaking OF the paving situa'
ton. Mr.. Terwillegor says; The
paofIe will have to learn that they
must resort TO cheaper paving thar
the asphaltum pavement, whlcI
comes very high. | deem II adVis'
able for cheaper districts To resor|
10 the idea Of having the storm sew.
ers put In and the paving curhs sci
on the proper grades. and then have
a road built out OF our screen chat
which IN accessible to the city at
reasonable figure. This chat con
Gains approximately 10 por cent clay
which makes n good binder TINS
should be treated with some road
oil TO eliminate the dust. by this
means the community will have ae'
cess to practically the same paVine
as the other portions of the city and
the housing problem will be settled.