Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 229, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 26, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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Past
History
And Present
Prospects
A Guarantee
of Future
Growth
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When CrviUe Wright and bin aero-
plane fell to the ground the other day
although the descent wsa made In a
few seconds the air navigator says
It seemed a lont' time before he hit
the earth.
Fact la Wright was moving bo fast
that It made him unconscious of high
velocity.
Now that's the way It la with the
people of f'hickasha. They realize
in a general way that the town Is
moving forward but few know how
rapid the gait Is few realize what
tremendous strides have been made
within the past year.
Do you know that there are now
nearly one-third more pupils u the
public schools than there were at this
time last year?
At this time there are over 1600
pupils enrolled while last year at the
corresponding time the total was but
little over 1200
And that Is but one of the Btraws
which shows the way the wind Is blow-
ing. Take potoffice receipts bank
deposits ot any other factor and the
figures for the past few years show
steady increase.
In 190 the receipts of the local
postofflce amounted to $19979; for
a
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1907 $24855 and for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1908 the total was in
round numbers $28000.
The total bank deposits of 1908 were
$1284194. and for 1907 they were $1-
689000 an increase in volume for the
year of $404806.
The assessed valuation of property
In 1906 was $3000000 and in 1907 it
was $5500000 an increase of $2500-
000 for the year 1907.
The Rock Island railroad did In vol-
ume of business here In the year 1906
$830366.21 and in 1907 its receipts
h'ire were $1099800.95 an Increase
of $268834.74. The business of the
Frisco and the Santa Fe are not
among our data complied and as the
Oklahoma Central has been running
Into the city but a few months we
hive secured no record of Its business.
Figures for the year 1908 are not
available on the last Items but if
they could be had the ratio of in-
crease would be even greater than
for the preceding year.
Influx of People.
Since Oklahoma became a state
there has been a steady Influx of
people.
Counting residences in course of
construction. It Is estimated that since
the first of the year 200 houses have
been built In Chickasha and they are
all occupied. It is almost Impossi
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ble to secure a house. New people
are cominc every day and the demand
for houses is steady.
A man who has kept dose tab on
the growth of the city said "I believe
OLIckasha todsy has a population of
13000 and in my opinion within three
years we shall have 25.000."
In 1900 the population as shown
by the federal census was a little
over 3000; In 1904 it was approxi-
mately 6.0f0. Few cities can present
a better record for growth.
Bulld'ng in Progress.
Within the past year nearly a block
of handsome modern brick business
buildings have been erected. On
Chickasha avenue between Fourth
and Fifth streets. The two three-
story Sayer buildings each CO by 100
h.3ve Just been completed and both
have been occupied by new firms. On
the same street the Rosenquest
and McFarland buildings 25 by 100
feet each (three stories) are near-
ly completed and on the opposite
side of the street Peter Iemert
Is putting up a two-story brick struc-
ture while Charles Ooode has bought
a lot and Is preparing to erect a 50
by 100 foot three-story brick build-
ing. On Third street between Chickasha
and Choctaw avenues fiv brick build-
ings erected by Mr. Pritchett A. A.
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Holmes A. Johnston Webb Hendrix
and W. A. Shannon are nearly com-
pleted and ne-fr Third and Kansas
avenue excavation Is In progress for
a building 50 by 100 which will be
erected by John W. Brown. On Fourth
Btreet Dr. Tye Is erecting a COfoot
tront two-story building.
The brick work of the New Baptist
church which Is to cost $25000 Is now
nearly completed.
The cite for a city hall which will
rost $35000 has been selected .and
work will soon begin.
The people have voted bonds for
a $90000 high school building a"d
as soon as some legal technicalities
are dtraigbtened out construction will
begin.
Over EigM Miles of Paving.
The paving movement which was
begun about two years ago has re-
cently taken a fresh Impetus and pro-
ceedings now under way assure near-
ly eight and one-helf miles more pav-
ing within a few months. At the
same time concrete sidewalk con-
struction is rapidly going forward.
Industrial Growth.
The Chickasha Gas company. In or-
der to take csre of Increased busi-
ness la now spend. ng about $40000 on
addit'ons to their plant.
The Jacobs Cigar Vender Factory
just complete has one of the most
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HAPTIST CHURCH NOW BEING
The Coming
Commercial
And Industrial
Center
Of The
Great
New State
modern manufacturing plants In the
Southwest and will start in a few
dtys with about forty employes.
The Sigmon Manufacturing and
Wholesale company employing forty
people is completing a large three-
story building and will increase their
factory facilities.
A new wholesale grocery will be-
gin business Oct. i5.
But the biggest thing now on the
program is the watrr power plant on
the W.sshlta which is now nearly com-
pleted and which will furnish cheap
power to turn hundreds of factory
wheels. The big tourbine wheels are
already Installed and the electric gen-
erators will soon be ready for busi-
ness. Cheap electric power will give
Chickasha a unique place jmong the
cities of the' Southwest affording fa-
cilities in the manufacturing line pos-
sessed by no other city.
Future Assured.
The steady agricultural develop-
ment of the country and the Industrial
possibilities that are opened by the
water power plant together with all
the other forces that are sending tle
new state forward Insure the con-
tinued growth of Chckacha and give
a guarantee that she will take her
place aaiong the niot Important cen-
ters of tr?d and Industry In Okla-
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 229, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 26, 1908, newspaper, September 26, 1908; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc730113/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.