The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-20
Largest First Street Prop
perty Owner Is Still
HustIing
JUDGMENT IS SOUND


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AND owned hy Jnopus .puildlura
Iha. V,.e utH. possible bv Industry
ana u,r.otrttrr, ON the ptri ut
tho owner aud ucvrr. wuVorinE
faith In 1ul1 and bon First street
Before uuY Ius 90 Tuiun jacobs
was in business ln q small way ot
Sapulpa That was about o. years
ago. Flvn years later hr concluded
hat TULSA offered greater Opportu-
nlty 10 tho pioneer. tho mpn with
small means, and ho moved his
family here. About cight years nRu
mo opened an extremely modest sec
0ud hand store iu room 16N5O foot.
IN q part of the building now Occu-
pied hy his department storo which
had been built with his small say-
ings At that time ~ appeared the
building was "whuc elephant"
II was sumc distance from the prln
owners OF CXiRtinR business cstab-
llshmcnts were skeptical ~ 60 its
value as business location.
Jacobs wasn't. Gathering toEoth-
or nbout $50 worth OF secondhand
furniture ana other articles he
oponcd for business. lie was oonfi-
dent East First street was favor
able location; he knew u was out OF
the high rent district ana he antici-
patcd that 80 would always be
main mart " trade iu Tulsa. That
his opinions and expectations wore
not without foundation ia apparent
today Instead of u second hand
store with $50 stock. Jacobs store
occupies virtually the entire build
ing and the stock is valued al a FIX
uro near 100000. Instead OF a few
second hand articles the building
contains groceries, meats, hardware,
furniture, womcu's and mems
ready-to wear, dry goods and shoes
Tho weekly pay roll Is $500.
No one can consistently dcnv that
Il required a considerable amount of
nerve on the part OF the mRn who
eight years ago erected a business
building upon a lot on First street
occupied ON one side by IA cornfield
and on the other sidc by farm
crs' wagon yard. Yet that IL what
Jacobs did. Tho term pioneer" Is
not used In any figurativo or theo-
retical sense when applied To him
and his business activities here. Not
content with erecting "A building. ot
htt MN. he acquired several othcr'
bpsfness buildings on East First
street, buildings that arc now oocu-
pied by going concerns.
About two years ago Jacobs CON
cludod that II u union station was
ever 10 he built in Tulsa Il would
without doubt be located In the vi
cinity OF East First street, lnol-
dentaliy. this conclusion has heen
partially borne olt, for the Sante Fo
railroad has already built It's freight
house, ana has plans ready for
substantial passenger station be-
tween First and Second OF Elgln
avenue. There Is also considerable
agitation favorinE tile erection thore
OF a passenger station that viii ac-
commodatc traffic on the Santa Fe,
Katy and Midland Valley railroads,
The result OF Jacobs conclusions
was the erection of the Jacobs hotel,
"a g00-room brick building. at 30S
TO SEQ East First. II Is one of the
most imposing buildings on First
street
Men do not forge ahead As Jacobs
has done unless they are endowed
with will power and determination
and a broad prospect on business
conditions. Jacobs has never yet
'1et George do it," This attitude
was reflected during the erection of
the hotol building About ak weeks
after work was started the con.
tractor, because OF some real or fan
cied grievance, quit the job and
walked away. Now, this procedure
is. to say the least, embarrassing 20
the man who n furnishing the
money and who expects his build
Ing 10 be completed iu the shortest
possible time. Tho average man
would have been perpleNed ciySt, ana
then would probably have tried TO
open Diplomatic negotiations with
the contractor who left the sob, hop
ing 20 effect a reconciliation.
Not 50 win Jacobs. Removing
hIs coat and rolling up his shirt
sleeves. ha "'y1dyd in taking en-
tire charge az sac work. Under his
direction the building was finished
with day labor aud Jacobs believes
it is one ot the bost-bpilt buildings
IN Tulsa.
Whn, no conducts the mercantile
c7talllshmyut Mts. Jacobs spends
her time nf tho hotel personally su-
pcryialr" Shc be- "a business Wum-
an wUuuIt lucn of initiative ana
has always hv.U 70 close associate OF
hcr husband n u. undertakings.
Although they ar, tu position
financially 90 .Nu comfortably tho
rest OF their lives. .H.} are WORKING
Just as sirouupu today uS thcv
were 10 yea. uEn. They are not
resting on Ihr'r .Jur,.a.
Jacobs declares tIrs, s.ruut Will
always be thc riN's commp..#1 ..n
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