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

when Erie NJ. Bottom and VIII |
tam q. CBil) Bottom first came TO
Trisa they didn't have the details
- he Bottom Brothers Motor COM /
arv,s organization worked out, and l
,Sev didn't have capital to back 1
Ebem. The brothers came to Tulsa /
sndar orders from the Detroit cleo I
,rlc factory but their expense
money wasn't advanced untlI they
nromlsed to stay at least ten days.
Rut as Erie Bottom tells It:
,,The boss told us they needed
.orrs help down in Tulsa. Bill was
soios-pan and | was battery man for
~ company then. Neither one OF
~ nIrught much of the trip but
,s,or some deliberation we both
nronised to stay out the ten-day
Got the Tulsa Spirit.
r,yeu 70 make n long story short,
GOT off the train. took look
around and decided this would be no
nlace Tor me; | was doubtful IL I
could stick out the ten days. But at
,he end OF the first week II tasted
ksn dlys I was a full fledged Tulsan.
ii mad what they call the Tulsa
d. kprt"
,,me The agents for the Packard had
The Detroit electric agency In ad-
dillon. That was I'm 1917 After two
years they took over the Detroit
agency and on August !, 1913, es-
tsblished their business in an old
harm which then occupied a prom
inent position at Sixth and Main.
The barn is still standing but is now
devoted 70 another business.
For three months after they
opened business, Bottom says, the
NEW firm had nothing to sell. that
Is they had no cars In stock, hav-
ing disposed of all on hand before
stabllshing their business. But
during that three-month' period they
sold II electrics and OF this achieve
ment the Bottoms are quite proud.
From the start the success of Bot
tom Brothers seemed to be assured
and after conducting a graceful
business for some time from what
ivas obviously an awkward location
khe firm moved to the former quar-
lyrs Of the Packard agency on South
Boulder between Sixth and seventh,
when the Packard people moved
into the new location.
Now Occupy Own Home.
on July /, 1920, Bottom Brothers
moved into their own home, a new
building on East Fifteenth. The cor
rect address is 230 East Fifteenth,
although the location has been gem
orally accepted al No. 400.
For a total Of 23 years the Bottom
Brothers have been engaged in the
handling OF Detroit electrics. al
though they also handle TIE Mil
burn light electric. For II years +.
NJ Bottom has been a Detroit rep-
tlon while with the factory as an
expert In battery service. w. H.
Bottom has been an envoy OF the
Detroit factory for IL years, his spe-
cialty being craftsmanship, at which
he attained prominence in competi-
tion with an extensive force of sales
men.
During their career here Bottom
Brothers have placed $50 electrics.
and they point with pride to this
record in view OF the fact that dur
ing this time they have maintained
but two mechanics and one OF these,
one Of the Bottoms commented, has
nothing to do most OF the time. The
Bottoms consider Tulsa one of the
best sales points for electrics in the
United States. Factory records
prove the Tulsa agency has recorded
more sales Of elctrics than any other
city in the country per capita, or
based on population. In connection
with their agency they operate a
service department which Is avail
able at all hours of the day and
night, this having developed out OF
pioneer policy of service adopted
by the brothers when they could
not afford to employ a niRht force
and when they alternated on the
dog watch"
Il"ir Bu~'nc." POI'Cv.
The Bottom business poles Is to