The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-23
COUNTY HAS 100
MILES PAVEMENT
First County in State to
Reach Century
Mark
Is CHERISHED GOAL
Now That 1t Is Passed More
Hard Surfaced Roads
Are Planned

Tulsa county yesterday won the
eaes.r.cat!on OF being the only coun-
y n oklahoma, II not in the south
v..t 10 have 100 miles OF hard
mrucod rural highways. The 100
milo system Of hard surfaced roads
has long been the goal sct by the
-fc.u'y commissioners ana county
engineer and when the road gang
on the Owasso road reached and
psssd the goal at O'Clock yestsr-
dat morning, County Engineer Dan
Patton passed the cigars.
The century mile OF the road sys.
TOM was laid a mile and a quarter
north ~ tho east end OF Federal
drive when the crew quit work
Friday night they were within $50
f.Ut ~ the coveted mark and At .
o.c.1e, the foreman notified Engi-
nprr Patton that the goal had been
reached and passed.
Back in 1915 when the Sapulpa
road was started the county COM
mtssioners then in office set the goal
for Tulsa county's hard surfaced
road system at so miles, which In
those days looked big. It looked
bigger after the Sapulpa road had
failed 20 withstand the heavy traffic
and fell far below expectations
Many thought that Tulsa county's
drefu would never be realized
Hard-surfaced roads, they said, were
too expensive and wouldn't stand the
gait,
Concrete Won Victory.
Trf Tulsa tnnuty VNqa lpfpVn1in0D
20 have q system OF hard surfaced
roads. Then came the trial ot spe-
rially mixed concrete roads. The
Sand Springs road was the result.
il stood the test and II was then that
Atho rural Highway system as II now
exists was really planned. II was
then that the county commission
ors and Engineer Patton set the goal
40 100 miles
Before the sand Springs high
way was completed work was start
ed ON Federal drive. And in rapid
succession contracts were let and
work started on the jerks. Broken
Arrow and Skiatook roads. The
sand Springs drive was completed
first and WAS followedSfoy the COM
plouou Of Federal drive to the Gy
Avery 'arn, six miles east ot Tulsa.
travel
Then follows the contract for the
road from sand Springs 10 the Tulsa
county linc, Just east OF Keystone.
This was finished about six months
ago and since that time the pave
Hent has been completed to Broken
Arrow and SkiatoOk. intermediate
pieces " concrete paving are In the
Dawson township and southeast Of
Tulsa on the Lynn Lane road to Ca
toUsl.
More Ronds Planned.
The contracts for a road to
OWasso were let several weeks ago
and IL was on this work that the
lOo-m.lc mark was reached The
Owasso road is the first half Of
concrete drive planned To Collins
vile in tho northeastern part OF tho
county The other main drive which
has been planned is the road TO ca
ioos1 on the Tulsa -Clnremore route.
AZ tho present time the paved
highway system rad.ates from Tulsa
pm all directions. A mOtorist can
1 raye. from Tulsa to Broken Arrow,
i bMhy, SkiatoOk or Keystone on
paved roads. This means an artery
" tratf!Cc to the southeastern,
southern. northern and western lin.
i's Of the county and the road to.
&sis Sapulpa goes TO the county
line The county commissioners now
are planning to repavo the Sapulpa
drive but will he unable 20 let the
contracts until money Is available.
With the 100-mile mark behind
them, county officials are now pre-
paring to place Tulsa county In tho
sOO-mile class. IT tx believed that
ihis mark can be reached within the
next two years.