Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-04

l letter sent last night by a number of signers te Senator Jones and Con- gressman Little in regard to the post office location:
 PINE BLUFF. ARK, Jan. 3.lS95. To Hon. J. k. Jones United States Senator.
 and ]. s, Little, Member of Congress, Wash |
 ington. D, C:
 We note that some of our citizens | are protesting against the new loca- tion of the pest office, on Main sereet and Fourth avenue. They are going to you with telegrams abouta matter which the Government has already settled, and we most sin cerely request that you pay no atten tian whatever to it, for it is a per sonal interest altogether and should not be considered. Fearing that you may not understand the situation, we, i'll self defense, must state q few facts to you so that you may know both sides of the matter.
 Certainly the change in location is unsa tiefactory to the business peo- pie Oil Second avenue, where tAey have been so much benefited by the office being among them, but it will be exceedingly satisfactory to the business people on Main street where it anticipates coming.
 The Inspector was here and took a careful survey Of all places bidding for it, and he knows there is really no reason why wise selection has not been made.
 Main street is the centre line of Pine Bluff running north and south, dividing the city enst and west in about equal proportions. The Courthouse is at Che head of the street, on the river bank. The new location is only three blocks distant and business houses extend all the way and one block beyond, and still he5 opd are thickly settled residences fer mile and more
 Then, agau, it is within the pre- scribed mail limits, and less than eighty rods from the depots. This saves the Government $440 q year for carrying the mails to aud from the different depets and also saves much time in transportation.
 As to the new location being out Of the business portion Of the city, as the protesters claim, we submit the following facts:
 For q time the building now oceu- pisd by the post office was the last one out on the street save one, and now there are only two beyond it on the same side and one on the oppo- site. making three altogether.
 On Main street, further out than the new site, there isa grocery store. in a two-st0rg brick, furliture store in two-stolY brick, d whole sale and retail hardware store in a three-story brick, q plumbers store in a two-atoTy brick, d retail grocery in a three-story brick, wholesale and retail druggists in a three-story brick. the Water < Light Gompany's office, the Merrill Institate, 8 public building of three stories and magnifi- cent appearance, aud all eompara- lively new buildings, besides several smaller concerns aud a number of smaller offices.
 Therefore, we beg you to take no action whatever. There is no doubt but what the Government has done tho wise thing, and d comparison of the city will hear us up in this state ment. The new site is recognized by all real estate dealers of Pine Bluff as being within one block of the geo. graphical center of the business DOT ton of the city Yours truly,
 G. N. Hart Drug Co.,, J. N. Goza, Westbrook Grain Co.,, Jeff Hicks, Jno. H. Talbot X Go, Wiley Jones, Ferd HaVis, C. Yoss & Bro, Isaac Dreyius, Mrs NJ. Parse, McCammon < Son, and many others, making total of ll6.