The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-17
WANTS TO BUILD
SPAVINAW ROAD
Chas. Page Interested
Again in the Water
Proposition
RIGHT or WAY FREE
Says He Intends to Tap the
Iron Mountain and
Bring II Here

Dh1a lleu iH Interested I."
spuHr1v npfor project U "
frr..f Nua shown u I,'..r 'N.
Npu.plurm W8',t 'uuu.....u
Irld 900 lh, Vo,lp mrruuI uI .H#
body Monday afternoon n ul0 l.'
'ef roc, announces hif readiness fo
huI!d % railroad from Tuisa to Fpnw.
now IurnI'liup n' rIprIu". aud
connecting i1H pIty with tb. Inu
Nouutalr railroad at C1Irm.u
,pmo adjacent point
4 .yuI din 20 the urpDI. OF lu..
uu.ra 49,. G. nolWu. and y 10. Ium
ru.'' who made th, rpaNu1N Hur
r'H. 10 VIII hD nur,ug1rN tur ihu uuus
proctor uu tho Spatlnnw project or
some other Individual or company 90
huIld a temporary track along the
route Of this pipeline go materials
mcy he transported economically and
without delays
rngosuEgorts that he be- allowed 90
build this road. and that II br ul
lowed 10 remain permanently iy
pnralloliuR the pipeline. The right of
way would COST the railroad builder
virtually nothing. ~ the city is to
secure such d strip Tor tlD building
VI INC lU'. 81 lNlkul hN hNN'efhl b
according 60 water COmmiDAiuner
g.. a. Younkmnn. to obtain n wider
strip of right Of way 10 allow plenty
~ room for the railroad.
Page states In his letter 10 the
romm lsslon that he expects to ok
tcnd his Sand Springs electric line
20 Mohawk. regardless of whether
the line 10 Spnyinaw Is built by him
Your Mr. iounkman has ndvis ID
Mr. Stoffcns OF our Sand Sprlnrs
railway, that YOU are dcslrOus of In
tcrcuing somebody In building a
railroad to parallel your pipeline TO
Spavinaw," Il IL stated In his le,tcr.
which was Addressed TO tho water
commission.
- would be very much Interested
in building a railroad from Tulsa
10 lntorsogt the Iron Mountain In
order to bring another railroad into
Tuba. | believe ! can arrange with
them 10 run their trains into Tulsa,
uslns our terminals.
III you contemplate making such
deal on anything of this kind, I
would like To figure with you, as II
In my intention 90 build my road
through TO Mohawk, anyway. In
order to serve some interests which
I have there, aud to furnish trackage
FOR industries In Tulsa.
Not Ready To Negotiate.
II understand that some time age
some members OF your board and the
president OF the Chamber of Com
merco had this same matter uptwiti
Colonel Rsevea, who. | understand
has Tor some time boen working on I
project TO connect the Iron Mountain
with Tulsa. Since Colonel Reeves
resignation from the Chamber o
Commerce ! have made arrange
ments with him and his company Il
conduct certain surveys and worl
out certain development projects II
connection with the Sand SPRING.
home interests. have had this mat
ter up with him and he IL perfectly
willing to forego any promise tina
may have been made him viii
reference To the construction OF TIM
road. In the intcNcsts OF tho genera
plan on which lac Is working
Right -uf-way fur the Spavinnw
uipelino has not been secured hy th'
- city, which. according to Nounkman
IL not yet ready 60 entor into a con
tract for this railroad, Nounkmn
ana A. l.. Farmer member OF IN
commission. were instructed 4
answer Pages letter.