The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-11
LINE EXTENDS TO
OKLAHOMA STREET
Extension Will Be Ready
for Operation Within
Ten Days
SIX-MINUTE SERVICE
Since September /, 1920, Com.
pany has Expended $2l5,-
900 on Improvements

within the next 10 days tho
Tulsa Street Railway oompanys
extension on North Cheyenne will
Do ready for tho operation OF cars,
giving service on the Main street
line from Eighteenth street on the
south 10 Oklahoma street on :he
north. The extension now nearly
completed extends about 1900 feet
north of the present terminus
According 10 p. Hilburn. supsrin-
toudent OF the street railway COM
pany. II IL probable more cars will
be placed on the Main street line
ana that six-minute service will be
established.
Since September !, 1920. the Tul-
80 Street Railway company has In
vested $4,000 In It's system. ns
shown by the record 81 e1pendi-
lures. virtually all OF this was new
money, aA the net profits for this
period were approximately $4,000.
improvements planned by the COM
pany for the coming year represent
an additional Investment OF tl00.-
600
The improvements already com
pleted are shown by tho company's
books to have been as follows:
Double tracking on South Main
from Thirteenth TO Fifteenth, fib,-
600.
Double tracking on South Main
from Third street to Frisco tracks,
10000.
Applied on purchase OF six new
safety cars, $4,000.
Installation OF new alrbrsko
equipment, $4,000.
Building seven new cars. $4,000.
Extension on South Frisco, sl3,-
900.
Car barn addition. $4,000.
Trainmen's quarters and office
building, $4,000.
Paving and reconstruction In
Kendall. S65.000.
Paving on South Quincy. 5000.
As shown by the above itemlzed
list Of expenditures. Kendall has
been the largest beneficiary. Tulsa
from Third and Main. and First
and Lewis IS minutes from tho
same point. with car each seven
ana one-half minutes during regu-
lar hours and additional cars for
rush hours.
II Is 12-minute ride from Third
and Main 70 the north end OF tho
Main street line on Cheyenne. while
the South Main street terminus Ia
II minutes from Third. and seven
and one.hait minute schedule be-
ing also maintained on the Main
street line.
Bus service 70 Tulsa University
Is operated at present with four
large all-steel buses with a round
trip schedule OF 80 minutes, or l6
minutes each way, which provides
eight minute service. Superintend-
ent Hlburn announced Monday at
least ono extra bus will be placed
on this line during rush hours as
soon Ds the company's new buses
are received from the factory. Tho
addition OF ono bus will change the
schedule 70 seven minutes.
The schedule was maintained last
Saturday afternoon when large
bus owned by the Texas company
was borrowed and added to the reg
ular fleet. This bus is 20 he used
each Saturday afternoon until the
new ones arrive. Hilburn said.
Unfair Jitney competition. the
war period with its attendant high
ojerating costs. and low rates OF
fare have made Il very difficult to
properly develop the property OF
the Tulsa street Railway company"
Hilburn stated, while commenting
on the local transportation situa-
ton.
Like all other business enter
prises. development of the company
depends entirely on tho amount OF
capital available. The amount OF
capital available depends entirely
on the attractiveness OF the busines'
enterprise from an investment
standpoint. Because OF the uncer-
tainty that has gone hand In hand
with the jitney competition, and the
lack OF proper franchise rights,
nothing else could be expected than
than investors would decline TO put
money into the property.
with reference TO what 10 meant
by unfair Jltney competition. suffice
TO say that the operators OF titneys
have not been required to make
large initial invest tments: they are