The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20
GROUND BROKEN
AS 5000 CHEER
Water Commissioner A. ].
Rudd Digs Into Earth
With Gold Spade
CONTINUED. FROM PAGE ONE

the foremost cities OF the great
southwest.
Parade Prcccdcs Ground breaking
y half holiday had been de.
clared by Mayor Ncwblock and all
of the present city officials, mem
hers OF the water board, past Of
iicials and the mere citizens who had
fought for their dream were all
present at the ground breaking Ccre-
monies. A big parade made'up OF
the officials, members ~ the water
commission, leading lights attending
the huel ness congress, boy scouts.
school children an dcitizens left the
school children and citizens left for
the reservoir site.
Fhe entire hill was covered with
hundreds OF parked cars and thou
sands Of people crowded about the
speakers stand that had been erected
on the spot that rs to be the centct
ot the completed reservoir. A f6~'
feet TO on side q surveyors stake
marked the exact center OF tho
reservoir and IL was here that the
first shovel Of dirt was turned.
II. l.. Standeyen member Of the
water bQR}d, presided over the core-
monies. uiev. G. w. Kerr, pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church for
the last 20 years, who has lived in
Tulsa longer than any other min
lister and who watched Tulsa grow
from n struggling village of f,w
hundred people to bustling city,
pronounced the invocation.
"Wo are about to realize a dream
that smalfgroup OF Tulsa boosters
had a few wears ago" Mayor H. +.
Newblock said. Some OF the pessi.
mistic said that Tulsa would never
"A A.. q
but we are now upon the threshold
OF the realization OF our dream. the
greatest dream that any city in this
part of the United States has ever
dreamed
T. ID. Evans, former mayor under
whose administration the Spavinaw
bonds were voted, followed Mayor
Newblock with a few words.
Tulsa is a New York planted on
the hills of Oklahoma" w. "a.
Davies, former mayor of Fort worth.
Texas. declared. The famous Lake
Worth water project was built under
Davies.
with Spavinaw completed" he
said, there is no city nor will there
ever he I'm Oklahoma that can COM
pare with Tulsa. IT will be the
greatest asset your city can have
greater than the oil wells, mills, and
other industries"
l;udd Turns First shovel.
The first shovelful Of dirt was
turned with gilded shovel. by
Water Commissioner Rudd, a piO-
neer resident of Tulsa. The shovel
was prepared especially for the oc-
Casion yesterday and will never be
used again 1t liz to be preserved at
the city hall as memorial of Tulsa's
red letter day.
Mayor Newblock was next TO WELD
the shovel. and he was followed y
the four members of The water
board, II. l.. Standeven, G. S. Avery,
A. l.. Farmer and g.. X. McCullough.
Immediately aftcrward n gang of
laborers started at work with plows,
graders, shovels and picks. A steam
shovel Is 10 be put on the Job within
IA few days.
While the watcr board members
were using the gilded shovel cameras
were clicking from a special plat
form and throughout the crowd.
Moving pictures OF the ceremonies
and huge crowd We're taken for
pathe's Weekly and will be shown
throughout the United states. Tulsa
is beginning to advertise her pro-
gfess already.
tfttlt 10 EnsiiltNTss
While the honOrs for the conCep-
tlon OF the Spavinaw water supply
belong to the group OF boosters who
first saw its possibility, n large part
Of tho credit for the final realization
of their dream must go 10 J. d.
Trammel and W. Il. Holway, the
engineers who made the prelmi-
nary survey prior TO the passage OF
the last bond issue and who are now
supervising the construction OF this
gigantic work. Trammel came TO
Tulsa as the builder of the Lake
Worth water supply an engineering
project that gained him fame
throughout the country. But that
feat is paled by the one that he has
since undertaken ara Is now starting
TO complete.
The survey and estimates made by
him and Holway withstoud the min
ute examination Of tha greatest engI-
neers IN the world and won the ap-
proval OF Gen. George Gocthals,
builder OF the Panama canal. and
many other men who have earned
a niche in the hall of fame for their
contributions to the engineering
world. II IS no small task that faced
Trammel and Holway when they set
out upon their preliminary work.
I lAtN Alu 10 Mhi n III NHf AdAt u
great odds. But they won. The
completion OF the Spayinaw project
means as much 90 these two men rs
II does 20 Tulsa and those men who
first visioned tho mountain water
In Tulsa homes.
Spavinuw 10 BE Drowned"
One Of the most historic, though
| also one of tho smallest towns, in ali
| Oklahoma win he drowned TO give
/ Tulsa drink-the picturesque little
village OF SpayinaW. In the north
eastern corner OF Mayes county. The
/ quaint town OF less than hundred
| souls and with a total OF 80 buildings
| has passed through several distinct
periods of American history; town
] that was thriving village before
/ Tulsa was even thought OF Is to he
mo more. II stands IN the path or
progress and uke those portions Of