Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-18
WHY HE OPPOSES
aIoE RMAN WE'LL STATES N'o
SeLEcTICNS TO THE DEPOT
PROPOSITION,
Saws the Company Is Asking ent'reiy
Toe Much fer So Small
Return.


read ordnance as passed at the ses
sion of the city council Monday nlGhF
and want everybody to know that
am opposed to it, said Alderman
We'll to a representative Of the Graph
io this morning. Mr. We'll protested
against the passage Of the ordinance
at the council meeting, and his efforts
to stave off legislation were persist
ent throughout the discussion of the
matter.
Put while am opposed 10 this
particular ordinance I want i Hr-
derstood that I am not opposing a new
union station want to make mvse
clear on this point; il IS the ordinance
I am after not the new depot. We
need a new union depot badly. and
there is not a man in the city who
would welcome one more readily han
!; but while we are about it let us see
to it that We get what We need-What
by right we should have. I see no
reason WHY We should surrender all
our rights and privileges 10 the TFon
Mountain railroad company for the
asking-and get practically nothing II
return. after all.
What ara your reasons for oppcs-
ing the present ordinance . was asa,=
ed Mr. Wei
There ara several 6f hem Ersr.
the CRY eoqne.3. zen1e me 1go 7ass-
cd = reseiu-.an --.8r7=1r q ~ al
read eeu9;a1v saE-.aza 5r.z-5 esse-@ s''r-
di-ioEal icon TER -r-eTln1 1ad main
tsin.1z rev mon tepor . eosr
SCI 900 : v4s Understood ma ~
oonga1v sIeHzd 1.se 3a7= Fourth .av--
-ae 5H- iowa feu5Ie racks aad tase
q u =s=er--e fg1r 1oles TIE com
rz1 7#zs ne .lse of -11- eirEss
e--fl1f --r IL SIR II he depot
ssrv council agreed 70 all This;
tt1- 1rv ,emes -12 company and asks
IA -1ev ae permitted % have even
gTor4 privileges and 1t the same time
erec- 4 shack costing. Ar their own
estimate. only d0o0 and to be given
the Use Of South Common for a period
Of fftv years Not only that. but
city must bear the expense of the
work Of paving Fourth avenue
THE building proposed by the com
pany can be erected at cost not ex-
ceedine 0,000 at the most It is a
cheap concern, with wood floor. white
pine doors and heated with stoves.
All of it is to be built upon the city's
property, the railroad company reserv-
ing their own land for more import.
ant uses.
II think if the city is to allow the
company to cut the expense of this
building in half. the company ought
at least to bear all the expense Of paw
ing Fourth avenue
"Another thing, if this proposed con
tract is entered into on the part of
the city and the company, it bottles
up Pine Bluff for the benefit Of the
iron Mountain railrcad GIVING as i
does to the company the exclusive
use of Fourth avenue and the new m
ion station. Il would he imnossihlo
for another road to find ineress to the
city and We would be at the mercy
of the Iron Mcuntain comnany I think
we should insNr+ a clonse in that con
tract providing that the depot shall
be used by any and all cther roads en-
terine he city
'T7nder the terms Of this pronosed
contract We ere aivine ~" Iron N1..''-
tain companv sho excI'aive nse Of 2
block Of land werth in III" 0Hiehhor
hood of 49, oon for nrri01 of fifty
wears. Now ms colcnlate the inter
est on this sum f0r tha+ l@not1 nf time
and see whit we are having the com
pany for shantv tha' might be erect
ed believe for as little as s15,o00.
'Tt is said that if We refuse to grant
the company these rights, they will
go cut of town with their depot. Wei
let tfern go What if they do sup
pose they had 70 build depot at the
crossingo What Of It? But they wont
have to go out If town. That is all
big bluff on the part Of the company
to retain possession Of land for which
they would pay double what they pro-
pose to pay if the council would only
stand pat on the proposition.
.T can not see the necessity for the
city council of Pine Bluff granting 10
the Iron Mountain corporation every
thing they ask Of US, simply because
they do ask It, While as anxious for
new depot as anyone. propose to
do my duty in protecting the interests
of the city while 7 am nnenbec OF
the council, and do not see that it
is my duty to grant the present priv
slounr nrnunSed tn the Iron Mountain