The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-17
Arnett, Nov. 10. sena
The Jltncy Controversy,

Editor World: Although Mayor NewbIock
has q strange idea that he knows what the peo-
pie Of Kendall and other additions TO Tulsa
need much more than they do themselves we
poor shipWTeokcd residents Of said districts do
hereby disagree with the ulyor He may think
he knows and may he sincere In his beliefs bur
we rather doubt II. what we people need and
must have ~ good transportation line thai
VIII oranch out to meet the coming demands OF
a growing city not one that confines itself
alone to one rarrow little street IN a great,
prosperous district Take Kendall for instance
Indeed yes we have the ancient street car sys-
tenn, the cars being so old It is almost necessary
10 prop them up to keep them from coming 10
pieces altogether They are so slow IL Is almost
a marvel that they are allowed to remain i'm
such swift-moving little city as Tulsa Now
tho street cars, as You all may know, don't run
any further than the tracks, which are never
extended and people in the new additions which
surround Tulsa, rely principally upon. or have
been relying upon the Jitneys which have always
gwen good service and far as accidents are
concerned , 3D. the writer has been riding jitneys
70 ana from work, for the last five years and
has never yet been In one OF the said accidents
which they rave about. but has the other
mana heen IN three street car wrecks in Which
several cars were demolished SO / think that
ihe question OF jtney accidents is quite un-
founded. OF course we always have accidents
There have been many accidents already on the
husses which ply back and forth over the clty
tnere are street car accidents, juSt this summer
Wulle putting IN double track, the Kendall
street cars were compelled 20 transfer passen-
gers from one car to another at Grant aud
kHIed Two people and injured n third. Another
great problem for the shipwrecked mariners is
now 10 save time In returning to and from work
Tor it takes from forty 10 fifty minutes and
even an hour 10 make the trip. via street car
from Main street 10 Atlanta avenue, whore the
writer dwells Oh yes, have the Kendall
pus' which wends its solitary way I'm the dlrec-
ton OF tho university, out sixth street TO York
town then north one block, east one block
north another block then east again and In
the maze OF turnings one almost loses himself
AMID the usually familiar surroundings | do
not say that the Fourth street residents do not
need the bus or jitney. but | do say that the
Peone living south OF seventh street and north
or Fifteenth street do, indeed, need some little
consideration. The sixth street Jltney which
went as far as Tenth street. accommodated sew
eral hundred people, who now find it almost
impossible To get to town any ways near on
time, for while they took the tltney transporta-
ton they have never considered the advlsa billty
or putting in its place another line but desire 10
force tho people to walk through the mud and
rain to the street car or II their rebeous soults
VIII, Ia meander through the sush to the bus
line, eight or nine blocks away. Now Ii the
mayor thinks so much about our needs the Ken
dall residents would kindly invite him to take
httle street car ride out in our vicinity on
some cold rainy morning or evening. and fwe'u
wager that he may change HIS mind about what
the people want and need
Tulsa Nov 49, JESSIE f. LAFORGE.