Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02


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 THE CITY OF PINE BLUFF.
 Pine Bluff. the capital an1 center of the county, is the second city in size in the State. It is the center and chief market for a large and rich sec ton of the country. 1t is the seat of large and rapidly increasing whole sale trade, and the site of q number of leading and prosperous manufac- turers and industries. 1t is situated on the Arkansas river, at the head of low water navigation, forty-two miles southeast of Little Rock, the leading city and capital of the State. It has population of 15000, an in- crease of 10000 since 1880. It has three railroads and two steamboat lines. It is the best cotton market in the State, handling in the neigh bOrhoOd of 100,0 bales annually. It has electric light, gas and water works, a telephone exchange, cotton compress, oil mill, ice factory, maehihine shops and car works of the St. Louis Southwestern railway, employing 1000 skilled mechanics; foundries, saw and blaming mills, sash and door factory, brick factory, stave factory and one of the largest lumber and saw mills in the State, giving employment to a large num- Der of men; fifteen wholesale jobbing houses and nine miles of street rail- way.
 It is the center of a large lumber industry, which rivals thato of cotton. It is the site of the Pine Bluff Mill and Elevator Co.,, with capacity of 600barels of meal per day; the Bluff City Lumber Co.,, with capacity of 25,000 feet of lumber per day; the Star Flaming Mill, employing thirty men; the St. Louis Slave and Lumber Co.,, employing a large number of men; the Pine Bluff Brick Co., with a capae- ity of 45, ,O00 brick per day; the Dilley Foundry Co.,, employing thirty-fve skilled mechanics; the Arkansas Cot ton Oil Co.,, with capacity of 25,000 gallons of oil per day; and several other manufacturing and industrial enterprises of minor magnitude.
 It's educational facilities are second to only one other city in the State, It has splendid system Of free schools, employing twenty-nine teachers, with an annual school fund of $20,000. It is also the seat of the Jordans Academy, Annuneiation Academy (Gatholic), and the State Normal school (eolored)
 An idea of the eity's churches and civilization can be gained by reference to the many handsome Illustrations in this issue.
 One. of the chief centers Of culture in the city from which their radiates q fine and delicate sense of refinement is the Merrill Institute, which is an endowed institution and furnishes lecturers of national reputation at a nominal cost to thn public. Itis also the seat of a fine library and reading room, and furnishes quarters free to the Young Mems Christian Associa= ton, which is a flourishing organiza- tion in this city
 Pine Bluff also affords two daily and four weekly newspapers, which is additional evidence of the culture and enterprise of her citizens.
 It is the only city in the State that supports permanent exposition, wherein is displayed the products and resources of the county. In ad dition to the County Exposition we have a Commercial League, a Board of Trade and an Immigration Bureau, either of which will gladly furnish any additional information in regard to our city or county.
 Pine Bluff is anxious for, and offers many inducements to, manufactur- ing enterprises 1t possesses excep- tional transportation facilities, being at the head of low water navigation and being trayersed V the St. Louis Southwestern Cotton Belt(, and the Missouri Pacific railways, two of the largest railway systems in lie South west t Is In the heart of the Cotton Belt country, and is most eligible site for a cotton factory where all the raw material and fuel can be had conveniently and at a cheap price. It also possesses exceptional opportu- mites and advantages for a wagon and furniture factory, and either or both of such enterprises would un- qucstionably do well here
 Parties in search of homes and farms, or locations for any kind of manufacturing industries, would do well to investigate the opportunities and advantages offered by Jefferson county and Pine Bluff.
 Further information can be had by writing to the Bureau of Immigra- ton. the Commercial League or the GRAPHIC.
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