The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-21
yFT THEY BLAME
STREET RAILWAYS
0uincy People to Fight
VTrack Extension on
Their Street
Usual INJUNCTI0NS
r S. K. to Be Hampered as
Usual in the Making of
improvements

propert, owners on South Quincy
4 ,r,oue between Fifteenth and Nine
,.ssth streets expect to strenuously
sop5se any move by the Tulsa Street
4 p,llVay company to extend It's
Snth quincy lines to furnish service
y those now served by the Okla
soma Union Railway company's st.
Louis INC
ogners appeared before the mayor
/ ,s5 commissioners Tuesday morning
!, protes. against any extension by
as r S. y. company. which is al
,s,dy under an injunction forbid
dng Il 90 extend there. The prop
,r,y owners insisted that the 4. $. X.
houd cross from Quincy two blocks
ast 10 ST. Louis and there connect
With the o. u. II. line which could
i M acquired IL desired. South Quincy
from Fifteenth to Nineteenth IL al
ready paved, and the property own
,r declared they will actively resist
any attempt to cut into this pave
ment for ear tracks.
Public Meeting Tuesday.
Mayor Evans announced that a
Meeting viii be held at the city hall
|A2 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon,
at which all property owners on
quincy will he heard on the pro-
posed extension.
B. Hilburn. superintendent of the
Tulsa Street Railway company. stat
Cd at the hearing before the corpo-
ration commission here last week
that his company is willing to extend
. m Quincy If the existing injunction
Is dissolved and no new effort is
made TO stop II.
He explained also that his COM
pany cannot consider making eX-
tensions on streets not now occupied
By rs lines, as such a course IL not
possible under the terms of its
franchise lie offered no encourage
ment to those who suggested during
The hearing that the T. S. II. COM
tny acquire the o. u. Il. line from
Fourteenth street south on st. Louis,
and that track be built from
Quincy 10 ST. Louis on Fourteenth.
This is the plan favored by property
cgners on quincy who oppose the
Htsnsion on their street.
Corporation Commissioner Camp
Veil Russell, who had charge of the
oklahoma Unions petition to tear
10 its tracks on st. Louis avenue,
|ind who announced that no arbi-
|nry order will be issued by hte
commission until the two street rail
bay companies have had time to
rach an agreement, asked that the
u,y use its influence in dissolving
ha Injunction against the 7. 5. r.
Iwmpany on South Quincy.
Considering the determined atti-
.ude OF property owners who oppose
The extension it appears likely there
will be considerable difficulty In !
thanglng their minds. !
Among those who visited the
fayOr and commissioners Tuesday
horning, and who expect to enlist
cher property owners In attending
The meeting Tuesday afternoon and
IN fighting the proposed extension
we're A. NJ. Welch, 1918 South
Quincy; J. B. McAnnally, 1927 South
Q1ihty; J. j. Joyce, 1928 South
Quincy; G. w. Badgley, 1907 South
Quincy; r. Il. Tansel, 1901 South
Quincy; j. G. Kehrer, 1913 East
FOstOria; j. II, Dohlem, 1881 South
Quincy. ! Underwood, 1721 South
Quincy. Charles Klein, 1916 South
Quincy; \. Krasne, 1711 South
Quincy and j, d, Lemex. 304 West
Thirteenth.
Protest Paving Also.
Several property owners on st.
Louis avenue attended Tuesdays
meeting to protest against the paw
ing Of that thoroughfare. Work was
started last Saturday by the Western
Construction company, as soon asl
The order from the city commission
asking It to wait until the corpora
Ton commission had decided on the
VSlahoma Union Railway companys
psition 70 remove its tracks. was
mhdrawn. The mayor and com
iilssoners rescinded the order when
became apparent no decision
would be given Immediately.
While the contract is now being
llllllled by the contractor, there
WIZ be an eight-foot strip In the
middle Of the street where the car
n tracks are laid. as the Oklahoma
union does not expect 10 pave this
Ehp Y the corporation commission
0eelded In its favor.
Ihe mayor and commissioners
Wufuled the objection of the prop
IVY owners TUESDAY making mol
.laage In the contractors orders to
PVeeed with the work.