The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

r,ts, county Ia fortunate In hav-
class OF citizens who are en-
Lt5,si4sfic and consistent support
=, Tho GOOD road movement, and
tiai,,, fhc past four years there has
w. socn such development In road
W.,r,ction In this county that the
s.,nard now for improvement 10
s5n heretofore thought to be
.sout the best to be found In dirt
IDS is such that the completion
"a opr paved road program now IL
.,nc,d. is but the beginning OF hard
,erfpurd roads IN our county.
Earth Roads.
AMOR The 1915 laws had been
- creating the present state
t,obvay department and giving to
.ss counties the right to provide
s,,ds for enlarged road programs.
,bia county. like many others, pur-
chased road equipment for con-
.,rnctIBg machine graded roads and
,rtivclv begun such class OF road
work and inaugurated a comprehen-
sivs plan Of maintenance. This law
within TWO or three years. while Civ
ING certainly good results. was en-
tlreiy inadequate to care for the
oror Increasing traffic and the de-
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swercd by the voters of the country
an the twentieth OF November. 1917.
Bond Issue Voted.
IA the fan Of 1917, the Chamber
~ Commerce. Of the city OF Tulsa,
,broush cyrus $. Avery, president
n tho Albert pike Highway associa-
ion. John Il. Kramer, one of Tulsa
rouutys leading farmers and live
stock men, and r., Boo Guthrey, who
was then highway commissioner OF
the Chamber Of Commerce, drafted
a resolution direct to the county
commissioners asking that a bond
issue bee submitted to the voters OF
the county in the sum OF s1,750,-
900. The election was called in re-
sponse 20 this resolution and re.
suited in the bonds being carried by
vote Of seven to one.
The Wars Delay.
II has not been so long ago that
all Of us have forgotten a certain
capital issues committee who dur
ing the war sat In Washington to
pass on securities being offered to
the public and most OF us remem-
Der that approval of our bond issue
vas not obtained until the week fol-
Iwlnc The armistics. In tho mean
Ns being made by the engineers
employed TO conduct the work, the
county commissioners and an ad-
v.sory committee from the Chamber
NJ Commerce. in order to determine
upon types of hard surface roads
on which to receive proposals.
Concrete Contracts Let I'm 1919.
The first contract was awarded or
the seventeenth day Of February
1919, TO G. O. & II. Frye. local con.
tractors, for eight miles of one
course plain cement concrete pave.
ment amounting to about $4,000
square yards, six miles of which was
Jet at a price Of s2.0S per square
yard, end two miles at sass. Bids
however, We're submitted on variou.
for one course concrete amount.
yrr
oJtr contracts were awarded or
the nineteenth of April and the
iwentyNirst of May, 1919, all beinl
for a one course concerto amount
ing to about ca miles, at an average
price of S2.45 per square yard. A
the close OF the year 1919, ihess hat
been let ~ miles. During 1920, thii
was increased to approximately a
miles and &c miles of the hlghwa,
was completed during that year.
During 1921 the contracted mile
age was increased to SS miles, an,
me new year Of 1922 found us will
o5 miles Of completed highway.
Federal Aid.
A'tcr the first CONTRACTS were 'nt
was easily understood that I;
complete a l0O-mile, system, add
uonal funds must be raised, ald w,
we're enabled in June, 1919, 70 Sc
cure the approval Of 100000 from
me Bureau OF Public Roa1s, wnicl
vas approved to cover 1915 of IN,
.ost OF some 4S miles II the o,igina
= miles awarded. /. Is % ne re