The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-05
SEES FOUNDATION
FOR A GREAT CITY
Life Insurance Company
President Optimistic
Of the Future
NOW is TIME TO PLAN
City Planning Board an Abso-
Lutte Essential In Opinion
Of McClench

That Tulsa has In the permanenco
and stability of It's buildings and
business the foundation for great
city was the statement made yesior-
day by william w. HcCiench or
Springfield. Mass. president Of the
Massachusetts, Mutual Life Insurance
company and director in the Amer
lean Telegraph a Telephone com
pany. with his wife and aon Donald
McClench has been In Tulsa for two
days and O part OF that time he has
spent looking over the oil fields In
nearby territory.
IL has been aeveral years since
McClonch had visited Tulsa aud he
was amazed at tho changes that had
taken place within those few years,
putn in ia. phys;,.! sspsc; o! the
city and It's business progress The
fact that Tulsa has now a city plan
ming continuation HcGiSnch considers
OF tremendous importance especially
ia view OF TulsaS youth and the
possibilities Tor tho making OF n city
beautifu! while that city 10 In the
process OF building.
III In for tho city planning com
mission" said McCiench, TO take the
long look forward aud to plan for tho
beautiful and permanent city OF the
future Business men arc as n ruIo
too much occupied with tho thing
next at hand, too engrossed In the
affairs OF the present 10 catch the
vision that every city should have for
It's right future developmenL
"From the window of my office
In Springfield l look out over state
street. the development OF tran
hewn through forest In 1898. Spring
field was city built on the banks
OF tho Connecticut shortly after the
founding OF tho city Of Boston, We
are hoon to celebrate our g00th an
niversary. l understand that Tulsa
is scarcely more than twenty years
old. We have n city planning com
mission that has done splendid
things for us. but suppose that that
com mission could have carried out
II. plan for = city 10 years old IN
stead of 300i We would have had
a much more beautiful Springfield,
and we would have had TO spend
much less money,
II consider q city planning board
an absolute essential for any city.
Tulsa 10 to be congratulated upon
the fact that Il is to have the benefit
OF one 80 early In It's history. For
tho proper laying out OF streets, en-
couragement OF the right kind of ar
chitecture, zonlng OF the city for
protection OF It's residential districts,
establishment of parks. and no forth,
the work OF city planning commls-
sion is invaluable. IL should he made
up, as understand yours II. OF the
abiest and broadest viaioned men OF
your community And II should
have tho women OF the city repre-.
sented on II. IL is the women who
have n true appreciation OF beauty
and who are vitality interested In
home building and surroundings"
That Tulsa is considered In the
east and north n good city for the
placement OF large loans and for the
making OF investments was tho
statement made by McClench rela-
tive to the business conditions here.
General Improvement over the coun-
try and optimism In regard to the
coming winter he finds reflected
here IN tho southwest. In the east
plants and firms are taking on men
where not so long aso thoy were
laying them off. and tho gradually
clearing up OF the railroad situation
augurs well for the general outlook
for the year.