Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
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The city council is a conservative
body. safe, sound and slow. About
the only thing the council ever did in
a hurry was to move the counci!
chamber from the old city hall into
the new on Cne days nItice. The
members of the council themselves
We're in a great hurry 10 get into
the new city hall but theH have
taken plenty Of time in moving the
fire department. and police depart
ment into nsW quarters One Of the
principal arguments in favor of buy
ing tle Anheuser- Busch building in
stead OF erecting a rev building was
that the fire department. must be
moved at once II the cid bui!5ins
would fall in and damage the equip
ment. Another was that the polio
headquarters were too small AMI
Judge Toney did not have room
enough to hold ceaut When the new
building was purchased. Judge Tsney
was all smiles; for he thought he
would then have room to get all the
: negroes into one room without be-
ing overcome himself by the edor.
But the Judge was mistaken; for he
is still holding court in the same old
place and the place is no larger
either The lads IN the fire de-
paltment too, passed around the
cheerful word; for they thought they
would sson have a place to sleep
without getting wet eves'y time it
rains. But the boys in the depart
ment still have to get out of bed
every time it rains and huddIe under
the one dry spot in the building.
To be sure, the old building has not
fallen down yet. but it is just as
liable to fall down with the depart
bents still occupying their present
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a move on. There is another feature
also-that of janitor and light bills
A janitor has to be employed for
both places and lights have t., be
paid for at both places There is
plenty of room for all the depart
ments CT the city government in the
new building, but the whcle of the
rear part of the building has been
allowed to stand idle for over two
months and not move has been
made to care for the other depart
ments. The city council meets
every two weeks, but the police
court grinds every day, and the fire
department is compelled to be al
ways in readiness to respond to the
call of fire. With that nice new
buIding and all that spare room it
does look like the city council would
wake up and remember there are
ether departments of the city govern
ment aside from the "gas company
The race is nct always to the swift,
nor yet to the strong, but the coun-
Gil doesn't cCme under either of these
heads. The board of public affairs
has done its work toward getting
bids for the remodeling of the
building for the use cf all depart
ments and reported to the council
a month ago, but the council has
been too busy talking about the hose
money and doing nothing.
Six people registered at the Hotel.
Trulack the other day, and five of
them were from st. Louis. The other
man was from Chicago. 1t is get
ting warm down south, and the ma
tives are not travelling much.
1t is said that the Filipinos eat
dog meat and really thrive on it. If
this is really the case a suggestion
that a Filipino village be estab-
lished in every city where they are
legislating against the worthless ca
: nine might not be amiss. Then the
dogs which have no homes and no one
to care .of them would be taken
care of. Care must be taken, how
ever. to educate the Filipino not to
eat the pet poodles and terriers.
The council thinks it called the