Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-12
GAR LINE. MIR. KEYSER PUTS IN HIS BID FOR THE LIGHTING
 CONTRACT.
AT WORK IN CHICAGO.
Attorney John M. Taylor Ex- plains Matters..-Mr, Keyser
 May Yet Succeed.

- \ -@ S9S 00S bRIC 0a that the board of public affairs of the city of Pine Bluff was to receive sealed bids for lighting the streets of the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with arc electric lights of not less than two thousand candle power, and incandescent ligh9s of not less than twenty five candle power, for a period of fifteen years from the beginning of tue contract for lighting
 Bids or rather a bid, was received by the board of public affairs, which met for that special purpose At. torney John M. Taylor, who return ed from St. Louis Saturday morn ing where he consulted with ". H. KeYser, the electric street railway ard light plant promoter, presen ted the bic for latter named gentleman. It was accepted by the board but the contract was not let. The contract was not let because the official no- tice said that "bids must be accom- panied by certified check on re- sponslble bank for the sum of $5, 900 as a guaranty of the good faith of the bidder. The board is consid- erlng the bid until there are further developments in the proposed enter prise.
 A Graphic reporter had a conyer- sation with Mr. Taylor at the Iatter's office Saturday relative to the matter. He said that the reas on Mr. Keyser did not put up the $5, 900 check when the bid was pre- sented was because he could not see himself ca clear road at the pres ent time. He met and talked with MT. Keyser while in St. Louis and says the latter gentleman showed him papers that had been signed up in Cleveland, O., whereby contracts were let for the material and everything that was to have been used in the construction of the Pine Bluff electric street railway. The recent sudden death Of Mir. Baldwin, the Cleveland capitalist, who was backing Mr. Keyser in the matter, causes all the contracts to be cancelled. Mir. Taylor youches for the fact that Mr. Keyser had everything arranged for the street railway plant here. He had all the papers signed up and declares that Mir. Baldwln's death was a great blow to Pine Bluff.
 MT. Taylor says Mr. keyser is in deep grief oyer the death of that gentleman as he was one of his closest friends and be {Keyser) had been an intimate friend of the fam. fly for many years. Mr. Baldwin was killed in his own plant, laage stoye factory. in Cleveland. He was riding in an old elevator when the ropes broke and he was later found dead at the bottom of the shaft. An account of his death was published in previous issue oi the Graphic.
 Mr. Keyser has goae back to Chi cago, where he will continue his work and, if possible, induce some other capitalists to take up his pa. pers. He is determined and earn. est in the matter and should be given liberal encouragement Until he is heard from the board oi public affairs will hold the bid ano let the franchise remain open. There will be DO encouragement lacking on the part of Pine Bluff. The city council has always rendered every assistance to promoters of this kind and they will do so in the future, re aIizing the necessity and usefulness of such a system.
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