The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-13
THIS ONE MAN IS
THE BIG WORKS
Nobody Rides on This
Road Without Cough
ing up Cash
BUILT BY RINGllNG
Called the Scenic Limited"
But Better Known Locally
as the yellow Streak

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
,Lrt March ~. --- A Lightning
,b,rgo" artist OF rare ability Is A.
nicholson. Of this town, who al
,,,st single handed. operates the
whife sulphur Springs and yellow
s,orc park railroad system Nlchol-
sor &c director, general manager,
superintcndcnt. dispatcher. station
agent conductor, dispatcher, station
On around utility man Of tho "Nel.
40 gircAk." the winding roadbed or
'rbi.h covers 22.S miles in round
.hort tourney from here to Helena.
Ambitious residents OF this town
oh. a few years ago participated In
tho promotion Of tho railroad are
nos. complaining that the service
furnished Is not on a par with that
affordrI bv the primitive four and
sv.rarsp stage coaches They say
10 rov takes - hours on q 2lgz1g
course 10 90 from this place, which
uas famed among pioneers for the
medicinal properties Of its hot
sprlprs 10 the state capital. while
tra stage coaches negotiated the
Journey In I , hours.
Built by Ringing.
Tho road was built by Joan Ring
yrv circus man and railroad mag
nate. and Is known as tho Scenic
Limited" and is n single handed at
fair from start to finish.
Nicholson is titled sunerinten-
dent and general freight and pas
,erger agent with headquarters here
whom he is not on the road. In the
course Of his duties he has put
- q, for
his ability ut rapid changes. when
he opens the station here in the
morning he dons the cap, buttons
and authority of superintendent.
Whcn he counts the cash for tiok-
ets throws on the baggage, dlstrib-
tues the mail and flags his
through train to stop he appears
In oycralls, but the title NJ conductor
hlazcs In gold cord on his cap. In
the latter reEalia he goes through
the train. with which he makes
every trip. He also dons the bag
gagcman's cap and authority when
he wrastlos with farmers grain.
nIEs and other produce al way sta
uore There are four stops on the
road
Must Pay Cash.
y
his road is badly in need Of the coin
NJ the realm. and from all who
ride on the yellow Strcak' hc de-
mands cash lie refuses TO take up
any tickets except those he himself
sells az one station or another. and
The mileage hooks used ny state
officials are courtcously but firmly
refused with the explanation that
this road needs cash"
The lone train which operates on
the yellow streak" is made up of
an engine. "A combination baggage
and mail car and passenger coach.
The passenger car is a left over
from tho Milwaukee railroad, which
owns much of the stock OF the w.
) $, and y. y. The car ia a little
the worse for lack of paint. Its
wooden floor has worn, and 10 re-
pair this damage the floor was Civ
en- q heavy coating Of concrete and
now has an the appearances Of a
suburban sidewalk.
John Ringing circus man and
,Sllroaf builder, who appears in tho
nailrodd Guide as coming from
tli'h avenue. New York. apparently
mas q ponchant for these Short
nsui railroads. lie is president OF
we oklahoma, New Mexico and Ia
= 'ltc railroad, with 29.9 miles ct
Id'kaE', is connected with the St
no4N and Hannibal railroad. 132
mics, the Dayton, Toledo and chi.
ago railroad. % miles. aud the
Nhghng, Eastland and Gulf rail.
road, % miles.