The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-01
CAR LINE COMBINE
URGED FOR TULSA
Corporation Commission
err Suggests Consolida-
ton for Two Trolleys
EXTENSIONS MAPPED
Hearing TO Decide Improve
mcnt Necessary Scheduled
for Capital on Feb. T.

tu proposed Improvements aud
extensions BOO tu, llucH ot TuIHI'H
rtrrrt rauvny uyrtpm are indicated
ON man. received Monday afternoon
hy iu, chamber Uf CummrrD, from
Campbell EuasclL chairman " the
state corporation comWihsiou. Thos"
maps Wcro prepared by \, J.
ThDUppuu chief engineer Tor the
,nrpoIatlou cnmtnishop, who spent
"a vrrE here rcc"Hily investigating
transportation lines ana h"rVirc
Tho outstanding change Hnil.i.
puicd hy the corporation romuIH.
sion ana shown ON the maps Dr.
consolidation of the Tul7i street
Railway company ana IN" 'Nla
homa Union RAILWAY company.
Duplication or service TO any part
Of the city iH done away WITH hy
tho proposed alterations, ana In
como cnscs, " the plans ar" con
ummatod short Roctlous OF track
viii be torn up.
would ,hnugc kendall
According to the pans outlined
by Thompson. ana favored by iho
corporation CummiHsi"n, lhc h"h-
dali line would run out Tenth street,
changing to seventh street near mo
east end Of the line. The present
Kendall line that runs out Flrht
street To Lewis avenue and Theme"
Ia seventh and Grant would run
from First and Lewis northeast
Present trackago from Fira aud
Lewis to seventh and Grant would
bc torn out.
SpecifiC improvements and eN-
tensions az shown on the maps are
az follows;
Kendall line: Extended cast two
blocks from present terminal,
double.tracking along Seventh west
to Grant avenue; new me OF uoublc
track south three blocks on Grant.
Sest on Tcnth street, 10 blocks with
new douhlc-track. intcrseclinR lho
q L. p line at ST. Louis avenue;
thence duuhlc-trackc west on
Tenth street to Elgin, near the ball
park. thence west on Tcnih with
now doublo-track 10 Main H,,'ct'
connecting with the present Main
street line at Tenth and Main.
Extend Main line.
Main street line: Double tracking
from Seventeenth on the south to
Inn street on the north, TINS con
templates nn extension OF throe
blocks from the present terminal on
North cheyenne at Marshall
Fifth street line Doublc-tra'k-
ing from Frisco to l'awton'
Third street line; puuble-track-
ing from Elwood to lawton'
Miscellaneous improvements plan-
nod are: ,.
street To Fifteenth street on Nor
folk, thence east on fifteenth Ia
Wheeling ,.r
DoubIe-tracking present Kendall
line on gap from Peoria 10 Noch
ford. , ,i.
from First street to Frisco tracks.
New double track from First ana
IpvIs north two blocks to Archor,
thence east cisht blocks to Della
ware. ,-,
Abandonment OF line between Firs'
and Lewis and seventh ana braht
Abandonment or tho o. u " nm
from Archer to First on l'hWtnh
also the Tuisn street Railway lin'
from Archer to owen Park, usint
virtually all Of the O. y. II. line M
the permanent owen park line.
nuiding of loop by the Okla
homa Union Railway company IRON
Fourth aud Elgin, whore lnterurnai
ears are turned around WIN
north ON Elgin TO First Strecl
thence west to Elwood to cohheo
with line,
Decision February q.
A hearing upon these propose,
changes IA to be held by the cor
poratiou commission on February
according to "A letter when accom-
panied the maps. In the moantlh
the chamber OF commerce an
others Interested In the transporta
ttou problems Of TULSA are asked I
consider the maps and informauo
and advise the commission whothc
thev are approved or disapproVe
las the commission IL wcH aWh'
that the citizens ot Tulsa are oi
titled to better street car service
Pursuant to this request. NEE
ing iS To bc held in the chamber
commerce rooms IN the municip
building at O'Clock Tuesday ante
noon, attended by both the spoci
transportation committee and II
city planning committee. Thc Fp
rtal committee, appointed snort
before tho street car hearing W.
held here several Wccka ago hN Co
poration Commissioner Russell
romposed OF &, T. Hopkins, \
Farmer Mark T., Carr, O., r. NJ
Cullough Clarence h. Douglas an
H.. n Adams The city plaunil
committee is composed of \.
Farmer, Alfred Aaronson, J. NJ q
ictte, Philip katcs, Gcorg" Winhh
c. y. Buchner and ! NJ Han,
No attempt is being made at pre-
ent to plan on proposed changes
schedules. Engineer Thompson e
pressed his opinion before return'
cation here that there muS
necessary changes In lines bei'
schedules can be given serious &c
H,deration.
r. y. II. President Coming.
Thompson ASSERTS in his IrIl
that the cars purchased by lhe tn
street Railway couSanN from
Philadelphia Rapid Transit 60
pauy.-siN In number--are dipah'
ed, ana that the motors are 'sl
gl1Ny In poor condition. h"I
McGrath. superintendcnt OF
street railway COMPANY sili Nj
day afternoon that these cars
need no apology AZ soul ~ they
oy,rhaulcd and put ia service,
In the main, Thompson's rep
H. very fair" McGrath comment
lie states, however that we M
only 20 cars IN service when in {
we are using 20, lie suggests u
a line be run from Orcuu lake
First and Peoria. This In a char
do not believe Ia advisable.
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