The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

tions for purchase IL was accented.
/ Inc conferences were on. The city
continued its building program.
In January. this year, occurred an
Incident which illustrates fairly ac-
curatoly the way Couzens does busi-
ness. Tho city had built one OF It's
lines up TO "a private line and was to
cross u. Tho company threatened
20 enioin the city. SO the city
planned surprise. The material
was left NJ the eide Of the street and
no work was attempted for several
DAYS.
The night OF January was Get
Tor the surprise attack. II was n
sunday night and courts aren't easy
10 reach on Sundays. At midnight
tho city wOrkmen assemble at the
crossing. a Gordon OF two hundred
police was thrown around the block.
Motorcycle men stood guard in front
or tho homes of all the citys Judges
ana the attorneys FOR the ID. y. X.
Ihey were watching for an inJunc-
tion move.
But the D. y. Il. had been tlpped
or. Several days before It had OBJ
famed an injunction secretly from a
friendly court The company plan-
ned 10 meet surprise with surprise
y. J' BurdIck. president Of the u. u.
H. was IN drug store on the corner
where tho work was to be done. In
his pocket was the Injunction.
Promptly at 1890 the work was
beSun. Burdick dashed out OF tho
store and ran toward the center OF
ne street. reaching In his pocket for
the writ Someone saw him and
yelled to Pat O'Grady, a big detNc-
tive sergeant.
Get that mauf'
rat got him! lie pounccd on tho
-. L. X. head and dragged him
away before he could get the writ
out OF his pocket. Burdick was
WniSKcd away in a police car to Belle
Isle, Detroits great playground; n
beautiful island in the Detroit river
az the entrance TO Lake st. Clair; an
island cut up by picturesque canals
mat recall Nenice, bathing beaches,
drives, flowers and foliage.
There's q bridge from the Detroit
mainland to the island. II is
swinging bridge. II could be opened
Tor a boat, but most OF the big boats
IN recent years have used the deem
Vhahnel on the Canadian side of the
river. The police opened the bridge
that night. No one could get on tho
Island. No one could get Off. either
Mr.. Burdick couldn't get back to De
trolt win that writ.
Burdick got back the next day.
but the crossing was in. The stunt
was denourVed by the II. u. X. as a
.i"s.dht violation Of constitutional
rights. j. s. Goodwin, manager. and
Ross Schram, assistant manager. of
the city lines, were cited for con-
tempt but they were not fined.
someone asked Pat O'Grady why
ne arrested Burdick. Pat smiled
For exceeding the speed limit
ana careless driving" he said.
Mayor Couzcns. in hospital for
after tho kidnapping" |
mediately after the kidnapping"
Things began coming the |
Guys way after that. 1t was not |
long until the ID. u. X. and the |
mayor had agreed on s1g.sOO. 900 as
INC price OF all tho ID. 4. II, city |
property. The company had asked |
"a million.
Inc proposal went to n vote April .
40. IL carried, to 1. getting so per
cent OF the votes. The 18th of next
month Detroit comes into possession
OF every inch OF track in tho city
ana every car. II will have the hip-
ssst municipality owned and operat-
eu street car line in the world
Here IL something to make one
H.. = - WI ~ lne taSteSt grow
lnG city In America. It liz ready for
subways or the elevated. The streets
hre Jammed with trafic 1t IL tho
and capital OF the motor h
nuustry. People today are talking
pl the futurc, when the street car
- 10 pc supplanted by somethInp
new Motors are mentioned chieflv
rs . possible successor TO the trollev
net Detroit, the home of the motor
-oHoWIns the lead of man who
maze MS millions In q far-sighted |,
motor business, just now is going
neu ,n. me street railway business. De-
,i,iiI,.a iI anu TINS man scorn the pos
'ibility OF an immediate parking Of
he trolley. 0'
experiments with now vehicles
ave NOT convinced Couzens that n
nuI'aI change is near. Detroit has {
aNen the lead in experiments. n
lpW IS considering trackless trollev {
nl' Whlch runs on truck wheels
,IUpeIIed by flexible trolley that {
Ni'I permit the car to go from curb {
% curD' and wind In and out of traf- !
'c, but this Is considered only as !
ne outlying districts. 80 I
The Jitneys and the big FIftb ava (
lue buses are there. Jlrt how a
zig they VIII remain is problcmati- III
~, Tor the people have voted for n
,unHc transportation monopolv and :
is helieved the jitneys, and nroh. .
.ply the buses, eventually viii have
low the city Operates Tho Svs,o,
AT the present time the civ Js /
perating about five hundred c,rs /,
~ one hundred and fifty miles og /
ach, ninety OF the mileage IA city- \
"neu' sixty Is track OF the u II y
!! the flrst three months of ito ev
J, fence The city lines made a nrofit I
| SlSO'OOO over and above onerats
ls expenses. IL lost $40 0O0 4
ounting the charges of interos, oVV, ouI 1
hiking fund anu r
but the city hasn't had the big a
sinesS yet. 1t has only had tbe /
skim When all the lines aro c
lNcn over next month. everyone /
the NJ, o. organization. from the a
laSor dnWn, Is confident OF success b
HahC!ally and otherwise. u
ana the good old nickel faro ,s {
nere, TOO. penny charge for Il
.ahsiers still exists, but The citv
oPeS 10 eliminate that as soon ne +
cars are running on their 60 +
'aeks, one thing ia cer,oi, oMn
,Ssi,ein must be self-sustaining. No
cIlcit can be charged 10 tayes II
, 20 pay Tor the system out of tho
Ihe mayor insists more moroy
IN oe made by street rajiu,aS,
~, n,pdhy with a nickel faro tboS 4