Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-03


provided among other things, that
cur company was to furnish the ma
terial necessary for macadamizing
that portion of Fourth avenue to be
occupied by the two tracks. The
contract submitted here, however.
and which was prepared by the Pine
Bluff city attorney, required our COM
pany not only to furnish the material,
but also to bear all the expense Cf
.macadamizing the avenue. This in-
wolves an expenditure of $4,000 more
than was contemplated by the orig
inal ordinance. Before [ could exc
cute the contract it would be neces-
sary that I should submit the matter
to New York for authority to incur
this additional expense, and this has
Eeen one of the reasons for delay in
executing the contract. [ am now
prepared to say that if the contract
is otherwise made satisfactory that
our company will, in view Of the spe.
Bluff that we should do all the work
of macadamizing that portion of the
avenue upon which our double tracks
are to be laid, consent to incur the
additional expense. Another reason
why the contract has not been exc
cuted is that there is a manifest err
in, of ot S,,h
mited here. On page 2 of the con-
tact it is provided in substance that
the two tracks to be constructed on
Fourth avenue are to be used only for
the passenger trains of our company.
and not for freight trains Or mixed
trains. The Improvement would be
valueless to us unless we have the
right which we have always exercised
o: using this avenue for all our
traffic. both passenger and freight.
Evidently the purpose was to limit
the use of the two tracks by the Cot
ton Belt company to its passenger
trains only and section of the ordi-
as drawn goes much further than this
aud precludes our company from u.s.
ing the tracks for mixed train and
freight service as mentioned above.
This should be remedied and the nee
essary change made. We are ready
to execute a satisfactory contract
promptly, end | hope you will prevail
upon the city council to rescind the
resolution recently passed condition.
ally, abregating arrangements here
tofore made and extending the time
for the execution of the contract for
such reasonable time, say twenty or
thirty days, as may be necessary to
enable us to get together and per-
feet the arrangement. There ought
to be no conflict between Pine Bluff
and our company on this subject.
Please give the matter your careful
attention, keeping me advised. Ac-
knowledge receipt.
A. w. SULLIVAN.
In view of this misunderstanding
on the part of the company, Mr..
Tyler asked that he be given further
time in which to execute the contract
with the city. The contract was to
have been signed up not later than
October 1. but he begged that the
matter be now postponed until thirty
f0rfv low
wrangling on the part of the council
men the request was granted and
Mr.. Tyler was given until the first
Monday in November to sign the
contract.
Rev. ]. s. Hawkins. pastor of the
First Methodist church, and Capt. s.
Geisreiter were given permission to
address the council, and they present
ed strong petitions against the city
granting dram shop license at 401
Main street. Both of them made elo.
quent appeals against granting the
license at this place. The license was
reused by unanimous vote.
The sum of SIS was appropriated
for new safe for the police depart
ment.
The city engineers report was read
and filed with the city clerk.
The board of public affairs was in
structed to have the necessary repairs