The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-05
MUST AGREE, SAYS
CITY TO RAILWAYS
Unless T. S. R. Operates
on st. Louis Removal
Will Be Protested

r,o. Attorney Frank Il. Duncan
,,ss instructed by the mayor ana
a., commissioners Friday TO protest
Gains, the removal OF tracks on 81.
1nuis avenue by the Oklahoma
,t,,op hallway company unless that
,ompsry's line south OF Fourteenth
.rcct is taken over and operated by
~, Tulsa street Railway company.
nu,can has communicated with the
a.te corporation commission he said
,ostcrday and has presented the
dtys attitude. He has also asked
bot public hearing on the Okla
homa Unions request he held in
Tua on Nov. %.
clark whiteside. heading COM
,,i,tee from the Real Estate cx-
'honge. and several persons owning
,roncrty on or near st. Louis ave-
tuc appcared before the com mission
friday 10 enter protests against the
tearing M Of tracks, especially south
~ fourteenth street. Only slight
obiection was voiced against the re-
,oyal " tracks between Fourteenth
And Eleventh. as tho Tulsa Street
railway compAny's line parallels
81 Louis avenue two blocks west.
should the oklahoma Unions
line south OF Fourteenth be torn up.
Whtcsido pointed out. residents
near swan Lake. now served by the
oklahoma Union, would be without
transportation.
city Approved Request.
The mayor and com rissioners re-
Gently approved the Oklahoma
Unions request TO tear UP it's track
on 81. Louis providing an arrange.
nent could be made whereby the
Tulsa street Railway company would
acquire that portion which extends
southeast II is the intention of the
oklahoma Union, as explained in its
petition which Is now in the hands
OF the corporation commission, &c
use the track now on ST. Louis fof
on extension east on Eleventh street
10 Kendall, into a district not nov
served with transportation facilities
The petition sets forth that tho
81. Louis line is not "a paying invest.
ment that its earnings are further
decreased by It's proximity to tho
Tulsa Street Railway company'i
Quaker avenue line. and that in view
u this situation the company doc.
not wish 10 pay approximately t35.
900 for its share OF the paving on st
Louis
p Crow active head of tn,
Oklahoma Union, told the mayo
and commissioners Friday that tn,
Tulsa Street Railway company ha'
already requested that his compan,
make a proposition for disposinG o
the ST. Louis line. Grow has re
Piled he said, stating the Oklahoms
Union will accept any reasonable
offer.
The Oklahoma Union was con
demned by n small delegation o
property owners on st Louis whit
appeared to protest against IN,
building Of plank crossing over tn
lneat Eleventh and ST Louis by tn
railway company. The pTopsTt
owners contended that the crossin
should be built OF brick or asphal
instead OF wood so Il would b
slightly and be more in conformit
with the paving laid on their street
The city commission I'm Scpthmbe
gave permission to the Oklahom
Union to build the plank crossinI
on the recommendation of CIT
Engineer G. u. Griggs. A com mite
-, composed Of Commissioner j. N
Adkison and II. T. Newblock an
lhe city engineer was appointed (
ind whether tho crossing may h
changed to brick or asphalt. as tn
property owners desire,