Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-29

''l ''aSSea Of people of the city
lhe Graphic is being commended Far
aeana y has taken with reference
I" ornament street Improvement. The
'9>t tGSl'.'@'s men OF the city are say
NJ
Il IS the proper stand Keep up
thr tight, We need good streets more
tA'a anything else We had as Welt
Ne+ih now as later In fact there can
he no better time To begin than now. -
from the middle classes the same
endorsement comes. and from the
poorest elements in the city there is
20 protest Everybody. regardless of
rank or station regards the time as
piopitious to begin permanent street
Norf
!Aere are few "croakers" who say
It is impractieable. The city has been
heId down to village ways too long
already by these "croakers." They
have no ambitions worthy of emula-
on. and they have no interest at heart
except one OF selfishness. 1t is time
10 fe1egate that kind of small potatoes
TO the rear and look only to the up
building Of tie city and no longer to
the special interests of the
seekers of small Offices. Work for
ilEe ifluf an9 put only such men in
official power that will work for the
betterment of the city. Some
day permanent street improve
ments will have to be undertaken.
The matter might be postponed
for fly or ene hundred years and
there voTld still be "croakers" who
would oppose it That has been the
history of all cities which have made
any permanent street work.
There can be no doubt but what
the desire for permanent streets in
Pine Bluff is a desire of a majority
of the people of all classes. and if
they will only take the pains to let
their desires be known they can soon
see the good work begin. Some who
We're reared in the mud and dust and
have never seen anything but mud and
dust may be content to spend the re-
maindcr Of their days in mud and dust
hot =.
to be had in this earth, than mud and
dust, but ali the other people Who
aspire higher should not be content to
stay in mud and dust in order to graft
fy the wiims Of few who want moth
ing better. II there is a united pull
by hose in favor of good streets, the
good streets will come.
Following are a few interviews with
"holdover" members of the council,
candidates for election to the council
and candidates for mayor. These inter-
views will be of interest to those who
ae in favor of permanent streets, as
II Will Dc WIOllN Will lHC may VI anu
council OF the next administration
whether or not beginning on perman-
ent streets is made. These interviews
will show where those who decide this
matter stand.
Gen. H. King White, candidate for
mayor-"Under municipal govern
mat in cities like Pine Bluff, only a
certain proportion of its revenues can
be appropriated to street Improvement.
That amount and $4,000 likely to be
realized from the three-mill road tax
will make a revenue that can be used
upon the streets which ought to lay
more than thirty blocks of permanent
streets per year, estimating street
area Of forty feet and 800 feet east and
west, including the adjoining street.
am informed, that under the contract
to be let for laying ten blocks on West
Markham street in Little Rock, the
price to be paid is 95 cents per square
yard, which would make the expense
here, estimating 500 square yards to
the block, $760 per block in asphalt,
which in macadam would be about
5000. The city, as stated will have
$4,000 to put into street Improvement,
and by the people organizing local i'm
proyement districts to the amount
equal to what the city has for such
purposes, sixty blocks per annum could
be built At least claim that the city,
with its present resources, together
with the additional tax, can build thirty
blocks per year No other street
Improvement should be engaged in
except permanent improvement. The
moving of dirt from one street to an
other, from year to year, is Wlllful
waste of the peoples money. With ev-