Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-11
ut WAS A HOT TIME
MAYOR WHITE MADE A GRAVE
CHARGE AGAINST Mr..
J. a. HOLMES.
Alderman soyce Openly oiseredited
Statements Made by Supt Fow.
les Of Water Company.
WARM CLASHES FREQUEN1

WARM CLASHES FREQUENT
a
# That was spicy meeting OF the
{ city council last night
v Mayor White accused !. a. Holmes
o. attempted blackmail and said he
II could be put in the penitentiary for
writing a letter about paving district
No. II.
Alderman Boyce openly discredited
III statements of Mr. Fowles of the Pine
4 Bluff Light and Water company that
the company was not pumping river
2 v ater to the city for domestic USE.
Z DIR. Jordan said much sickness was
resulting from the failure of the wa
b ter company to supply pure water.
n The board of public affairs present
8 cd communication TO the
n council regarding the resolution for
the purchase OF dirt on the streets
Of paving district No. Il.
Clashes were frequent.
The city council met in regular ses-
Sion with Mayor White presiding. AL
derman Boyce. Fox. Jordan, Myer.
Riley and We'll answered to roll call.
The minutes Of the previous meet
ine were read and approved.
Bills from the Pine Bluff CONNER
c;al for s3G4S and ]. ". Tolson tor
his salary as patroman were allowed:
The financial committee submitted
the reports OF paving districts NO |.
No 3 and No q, which We're received
and filed
resolution instructinc the clty
cperl to have published in the city
official paper all such reports tor 'hf
year 1904 and all subsequent repor' :.
resolution instructine the city
clerk to open an dCcouH' w"
Improvement district now III eX'ste''
o. that may hereafter be formed anu
Seo that annual reports are turn'Sheo
hv commissioners of such als''te'''
that he furnish to the council al 'S
Eeyt meeting list OF DISTRICTS 'o'
which he has no reports and notify
commissioners OF SUCH das'r}c' 10
furnish same. was introduced' anu
passed.
For tho sanitary committee DR.. jor-
. dan reported that ther2 was 'i'"@ i
sickness in the city. due to the Ne'!
roor water furnished for domeS''c US :
uo thought much of the typhoid teNe'
iu the city was due to the 'h'P"'
water
Mavor White stated that the water
uas not fit to bath in. much less !"
6,ink He thought the counc" sl'o"'''
take some action. He was IN posi-
t;on TO sav that the water coh1pans
was furnishing nothing but river Wa
ter.
Alderman Nichol called the mayor
70 account for the statement a"''
emoted Mr.. Fowets as saying '"a'
the company had not pumped r'se'
water since the Sawyer ana A"s''''
fire. ,;,,.
~ THO mavor: "Mr. Fowles Is SIM
n,v irving to deceive the city govern
ment We know that river water ''7
t,een nsed and can prove il by men
inst as truthful as he,
Dc Jordan said that the s'ate'''e'i
.,a company was furnishing
,.-,,, ,rocsurp than ordinary coo''
49,. he substantiated and cafie" loi
tho records kept ny the fire aePal I
.t These we're produced amt '"s
.ootor.s statement proven troM ''''
,.cords The plea thai the increase, :
n,essura caused the water TO III, A''''
dy was farce
Alderman Nichol again ea''eo a.
4ention of the council to the 'ae' '''".
Mr.. Fowles had made the sea'e''>'' Nv.
IN the board of trade eommltePe'
rh;s saamed 70 rile Alderman beyee
y md he jumpej to his leef, Say '.-e'