The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16
ADVISES PARTIES
TO GET TOGETHER
Russell Hears St. Louis
Avenue Street Railway
Controversy
NO ARBITRARY ORDER
Tulsa Street Railway Will
Extend on Quincy if Per-
mission Is Granted

The city. the property owners al.
fectod by the proposed change. tho
Tulsa street Railway company and
tho Oklahoma Union Railway COM
pany should cooperate I'm settling
the transportation situation In tho
southeast part OK the city waR the
statement Thursday ar Campbell
Russell chairman Of the corpora
tion comm iagion. after thr hearing
or the Oklahoma Uaiun's petition to
remove itl trart7 on st. Louis
avenue
No arbitrary order will be issued
by the commission uutil some con-
sistent way has been found to pro-
vide transportation u the oklahoma
uniona petition Is granted. he
stated
n tie meantime the paving CON
tractor who holds tho contract FOR
paving So Louis Hvouuc, and who
has already waitoi ahout 60 days To
atart work because OF the approach
ing hearing by the com mission Is
anxious 20 begin. according to city
Attorney Frank y. Duncan Prop
orty owners are also impatient at
the delay AZ thla paving was tho
cause of the oklahoma Unions nett
tiou 70 romOve It's tracks Il provides
a problem that pnust he settled while
the proposed removal OF tracks iB
under consideration.
Engineer Thompson Present.
Tho hearing opened a. 10 o'clock
Thursday morning In the Municipal.
auditorium with Russell prehding.
a. l. Thompson. engineer for tho
commission, ana Paul A. Walker.
a .l....
ont and took small part In the
proceedings. City Attorney Frank
y. Duncan represented tho city and
the properly owners. A. ]. Riddl-
son tho oklahoma Union Railway
company, and Ross owen the Tulsa
street Railway company.
Speaking for tho Tulsa Street rail
wav, which parallels the Oklahoma
Unions 81. Louis tracks on Quincy
avenue, two blocks west. u. Hilburn,
manager, pointed out that his COM
jnny was enioined- from making an
extension south on Quincy To Eigh-
teon'h. but gave assurance that II
this Injunction IL dissolved and- the
right OF the company TO extend on
streets II now occupies IL clearly ca
t0bltshed. an extension will be made
90 Eighteenth street to caro- for clti-
sens who would otherwise be with
out transportation II the Oklahoma
unlen should be permitted 20 tear
up It's tracks.
At present the Quincy line goes ia
Fifteenth street. Further testimony
by Hllburn disclosed that his com
pany purchased two lots lust across
Fifteenth 20 build a turn around" 4"
or small. loop, and that II had also
been snioined from using u.
Limited by Franchise.
According TO Hilburn, the Tulsa
Street Railway company's franchise
II no worded that II Is prevented
from extending or building tracks
on streets II does not now occupy.
and for this reason Il cbuld not con-
slider the purchase of the Oklahoma
Unions existing line or build n con-
nection TO that line on Fourteenth
street,
Testimony and figures were intro
duced by Il, V. Miller. general mana :
ger OF the Oklahoma Union, and
others connected with that line 20
prove that the ~. Louis avenue line
Ia not making enough 20 cover ex-
penses, Miller testified that from
Fifteenth 20 Eighteenth. distance
OF three blocks, tho average number
OF passengers hauled daily Is 37t,
which brings a revenue OF s19,55. he
stated, while tho operating cost IL
siS.24 a day.
The operating cost is based on en-
expenditure OF 8s cents "car mile
The distance covered daily by cars Il
As miles. according to Miller. The
oklahoma Union maintains tn,
scent fare,
city Attorney Duncan contendet
that the last few blocks Of n car lint
are always the least productive o
revenue. ana that any estimate baAet
on receipts from Fifteenth 10 Eight
cen would not be consistent. Th
entire line from Fourth and Boulde
90 Eighteenth should be used 4