The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-10
Phenomenal Growth Made by
O. u. X. Line in Past 2 Years

Since operations were started late
In 1918. there has been an extreme
~ gratifying Increase in the int"r1r-
ban business of the oklahoma Union
Railway Company between Tulsa
and Sapulpa, L. T. crow. secretary
and treasurer Of the company. and
tho one mostly responsible for tn"
building of this lino. said SATURDAY,.
Intil January !, 1915. there wns
littlc profit In the operation ~ the
business he explained, because the
flrst few months VAS devoted to Rct
Ting the line In good order and not
to increasing business. But after
the first az 1919 to" company began
To reach out for buNincRs. The
growth during that year was steady
Az IL has been sine" then. Tho year
Just closed has shown ~ most re-
mnrkablc increaso IN revenue, crow
said
"'ro be perfectly frank. the bust
moss right now 4, greater than We
htd even anticipated n" declared
There has been - gradual, healthy
increase In business ana consequent.
ly In revenue. We now handle 30
per cent of tho local business be
wecn Tulsa and Sapulpa. which Is
indeed "a gratifying figure
q. q. started Competing.
Tn. Oklahoma Union charged 10
cents less between Tulsa aud Sl-
pulpa. crow said he had been asked
on numerous occasions why his
company does not make application
to raise its rate TO the same price
as that charged by the Frisco.
There is no necessity fur az 10
aek for an Increase he explained.
with 80 per cent OF the business
and with earnings that satisfy US In
every way, there is no need for NJ
To try 10 increase rates. And ~ long
as the earnings are at the pros"ut
figure "" do not Intend To attempt
to raise the fare"
The line from Snpulpa TO kiafcr
while In Itself not u handsome diyi-
d"nd payer is valuable as a feeder"
to the Tulsa -Sapulpa line, crow said.
However the kiofcr lin" viii sooner
or later h"Com. more valuable be-
cause It viii be- n part Of the rN-
tension To DkmulRcc that, according
Ia crow, IL TO bo made whenever
business conditions viii permit lie
believes thsr" viii he marked
G. changes In these conditions within
the next year. from which statement
II IN inferred that the oklahoma
Union will lose no time In going into
The BcRgs oil field and to the county
''hA W ''NIllulk'' 'pbHAS az Alf 'ii l.
lest possible date.
II is understood that this cxtcn-
sion project has already been sur
veycd by the railroad ana that esti-
mates OF It's cost are IN the com
pany's possession.
To Connect VIII, "Nop."
While the company also has under
consideration an extension east. the
Okmulgec project viii come first.
Crow lntimotcd. lie II not In favor
OF extending to Oolagah and there
meeting the Missouri Pacific, but
prefers to go to Clarcmore. whore
transfer facilities are more favor
able to the comfort of passengers.
and from which city there is bet
ter outlook for an expanding bust
ness.
There ~ no oil business 70 speak
of cas-, o. Tulsa" he said. go there
is less Incentive tn build In that di-
rect,on than to Okmulg"e and into
n rich oil belt Therefore, II we
should extend cast--and II Is entire
" within the realm OF possibilities
We viii doubtless so to claremore,
which In IA city OF some consc-
qucncc.'
Crow explained that his company
has not until the first Of this year
paid more than passing attention To
the freight business. This was he
cause Of the uncertainty caused
among intcrurban operating com
panics by the Esch Cummings bill.
II In now the general belief, how
ever. that interurbnns are not to he
included within the jurisdiction of
this bill, and for that reason the
Oklahoma Union intends to spend
more time inviting shippers to use
its facilities.
The hourly schedule of passenger
cars between Tulsa and Sapulpa APP
parcntly meets with favor nmonL
citizens OF these two cities az well
as with the transient public. This,
Crow says. IN indicated by the in
crcasing popularity of the service
among patrons as shown by the
steady increase In revenue.
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