Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-02
Street Cars Dead, City Dark,
Business Houses With
out Any Lights.
TWO AFTERNOON NEWSPAPERS
. HAVE TO DOUBLE UP IN
ORDER TO APPEAR.
Efforts Being Made to Patch Up One
Engine From Wreckage Of
the Three.
CARS MAY BE GOING TOMORROW

After 10 O'Clock last night the city
was without street car service and al
most in total darkness. The cause of
the trouble was a breakdown at the
power house of the Citizens Light and
Transit compan which is a great deal
more serious than the breakdown of
last week Superintendent Trescott
says that they may be able to get the
street cars running today but that as
far as his company is concerned, the
lights will probe bly, not be running for
two weeks and maybe a longer time.
One of the big engines at the plant
broke down last week and last night
the cylinders in the other three en-
gines exploded with result that
vevery wheel in the plant stopped. The
i EXPLOSIONS. a.: the cylinders burst, did
great damage to the rest of the ma
chil. cry.
Mr.. Trescott with force of men is
at work on enc Of the engines and
with the sound pieces of all four. he
hopes to rig up one good engine that
will run the cars. 1t will be impos-
sible to get an alternating current to
run the lights for some time to come,
perhaps for g week or more.
Business in the city was badly tied
up last night owing to the breakdown.
Many of the stores were opened last
night because Of the holiday Of YOm
Kippur in the day, and these were
forced to close their doors on account
of not having light The street cars
were left just where they stood last
night and not a wheel has turned since
that time. The two afternoon news
papers were also badly handicapped
for want of power to run their linotype
machines and presses. The Graphic's
linotype machine is still going but
it's presses are all idle for lack of mo-
tive power The Commercials presses
are running, but it's linotype machine
is dead. The Graphic's linotype set
the type for both papers, and both
were printed on the Commercials
press, thereby enabling both papers to
appear.
Many of the business men have
tordered connection with the lines of
ithe Pine Bluff Water and Light COM
spany, and this company is doing a big
At the show last night it was pos
sible for the audience to tell just the
time each of the three cylinders ex-
ploded. Miss McCrevey was singing
one of her coon songs as the first
cylinder exploded and as the lights
wavered, she also wavered in her
tones. When the second cylinder went
business.
finishing his dance when the lights
Invent out, so did the actor. The first
wo times the house was left in dark
LESS the audience enjoyed it but when
the third breakdown occurred they be-
gan to realize that something serious
had happened at the plant. The last
act of the play was finished by lamp
light. Few people recognized the ap-
pearance of the hero in the last act as
the feeble rays of the lamp made him
look more like ghost than human
being.
People were compelled to walk
home last night and the reports are
that some got home just in time for
breakfast. The livery men got out
their hacks and the police have been
warned to look out for vehicles with
out the Incense tags.
At the power h ouse, everything fs at
a standstill except a force of electric
ians and engineers who are trying to
piece out one engine with the remains