The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
TULSA IS BRIGHT
SPOT OF NATION
National Building Report
Indicates Condition
Is Good
BEAT OKLAHOMA CITY
Tulsa Led All Cities Of It's
Population in United
States

In spite % the general impression
that tho year 1921 was u particu-
larly strenuous one for Tulsn and
that little was accomplished locally
an analysis OF tho national building
report lust issued by IN, American
Contractor proves uonClualyoly that
Tulsa waH one ~ the bright sp0tB
on tho 'natlons map during the past
year
Tho American Contractor issued
early IN January building report
on 202 cities covering every state
In tho union and from the report
tho following comparative state
mcnt IS compiled showing the roll-
two standing uf Tulsa with cities
named in ita building program:
perhnpa the closest race was thai
OF oklahoma city and Tulsa, 10
which Tulsa led with 37,38G,3i0
against oklahoma CITY, tI8OO,3l7.
Tulsa's building permits exceeded
those OF birmingham Ala, by
Sl,500,000, aud were four times
those Issued for Phoenix, Arlz. They
were In excess OF tho permits for
Berkeley and Fresno. Cal. aud
cialy reported for Sacramento.
stockton and san Jose. They were
three times the combined permits Of
Colorado Springs and Pubclo, colo,
and more than those issued for the
combined cities OF Bridgeport ana
New Britain, Conn. They we're three
times larger than those issued for
Wilmington, Del, ana more than the
combined amount for Miami ana
Pensacola, Fla. and almost double
those Of Tampa, Fla
TnlsaH total gNrgadaI thnaa al
Augusta, Macon ana Savannah, Ga.
combined, and were elk times great
or than those of Boise, idaho. The
permits of Decatur, East St. Louis
and Evanston, ILL.,, ala not equal
those OF Tulsa, nor did tho com
bined permits iasued for Peoria,
Quincy, Rockford and Springfield,
I'LL Gary and South Bend, Ind. did
not Issue permits equal To- those Of
Tulsa, nor did Terre Haute and Fort
Wayne reach the Tulsa figures. The
local permits exceeded those OF Co
dar Rapids, Davenport and r1es
Moines. Iowa, combined, also, those
OF Leavenworth, Kansas City. Kan.
and Topeka, combined, Covington,
and Lexington, Kyy combined fell
below the Tulsa figures. and the list
OF permits OF Portland. Maine. only
one-fourth as large as that OF this
per cent Of the Tulsa total: Brock
ton, Cambridge. Fall River and
Holyoke, Mass. In combination.
did not reach the Tulsa total. nor
did the combination OF Springfield,
Lowell. Salem and Lynn, Mass.
The local building program was
larger than Lansing, Bay City and
Flint, Mich, combined, and more
than Grand Rapids. plus Battle
a al Lon
OF Duluth. was three times larger
than Springfield and ~. Joseph,
Mo. and seven times larger than the
building program of Butte Mont.
The local program was three times
that OF Lincoln, Nob., or Manches-
ter, N. H., was larger than Atlantic
city, equal TO Hayonne. Camden and
East Orange, N. J., combined. and
more than Hoboxen, Orange and
Trenton and Plainfiold. combined.
Tho permits issued at Albuquerque,
N. NJ, were about one-eighth those
of Tulsa. Niagara Falls and Utica,
N. Y, were less than the local list,
an were the permits issued for SYRIA
cuse and Troy, N. Y. Tulsa figures
more than exceeded the combina-
tion OF Charlotte and Wilmington,
N. c., and were throe times larger
thdi FdTkN anu tfhnu Fhikh, IN u
Tulsa exceeded Ohio cities In the
combination OF Akron and Canton,
OF Dayton and Hamilton and San
dusky and youngstown, and IN
Oklahoma more than doubled the
permits issued by Muskogee and
Okmuigee. combined. In pennsyl-
vania towns the permits for Erie
and Harrisburg did not equal those
OF Tulsa nor did those OF tho com
binOd clities OF Reading, wilkes
Barre, York; Lancaster and AL
toona Tulsa's program was five
times that OF Charleston, N, c.. and
more than that OF Chattanooga
Knoxville and NaahVillo, Tenn
Tulsa exceeded the combination lis
OF Austin, FL Paso and Galveston
Texas and was almost three million
dollars ahead of Fort worth Tn,
Tulsa program exceeded that OF Og
den and Salt Laae City, and Nor
folk and Portsmouth, Va. Also
the building progress OF Spokane
Tacoma and Everett, Wash, auC
Huntington and wheeling, w, va.
In com bination, were left behind
as were Madison and kenosha
wis.
For cities OF comparatively simi
lar population. Tulsa takes flrs
place In the building reports OF l92I
and In the publication OF. officia
and statistical year books this city
will get much desirable publicity
from the record thWs established,