Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08

nOrtunitN OF securing the state reform
school. is the opinion of every mem.
Der of the committee appointed to
confer with the state committee
about the location Of the same The
local committee. which is composed
OF w. II. Langiord, Capt S. GeisrSiter.
Prof. Junius Jordan. Jas Gould, II.
A. Mccoy, Jesse Core. ]. y. Miner, ]
O. Harrison and Capt 7. b. Johnson
went to Little Rock Monday to attend
the session of the state board which
is composed OF Gov Jeff Davis, O. c.
Ludwig r. l.. Rogers, Avery Moore
and J. r. Bradford, at which the mat
ter of the location Of the reform
school was to be considered Van
Buren, Little Rock and Pine Bluff put
in applications for the location of the
school Van Buren, ran a special train
down to Little Rock to enable its
committeeman to attend the meeting,
and offered to the state board 1876
acres of land and $1,000 in cash for
the school.
The offer made by Pine Bluff is
conveyed in the following petition,
which was submitted to the commit
tee at the Little Rock meeting. Very
in support of the claims of this city
by Capt. Geisreiter and Prof Jordan.
The state board will be in Pine Bluff
on August 25 to investigate the mer
it's of this city's claims for the school
Following is the petition presented
by the local committee in full:
To Honorable jefferson Davis. Gov
ernor; Honorable O. G. Ludwig,
Secretary of State: Honorable r. l..
Rogers. Attorney General; Honor
able Avery Moore, Auditor: Honor
able ]. T. Bradford. Commissioner
Mines, Board of Commissioners Re
form School, Little Rock Ark:
Gentlemen: BY authority of the
Pine Bluff board of trade. and as the
secretary thereof, I have the honor to
herewith most respectfully submit to
vour honorable body, the following
property for the use of the state as
reform school, as provided by re
cent act of the legislature. viz:
One hundred and forty nt0> acres
of land with all improvements. this
property is about eight (S) miles
from the city of Pine Bluff in south
west direction is located in the hilly
part of, the &C lnty. on one OF the main
highways of travel and is known as
the Lee Springs property.
This property is undulating, and
sheds the rainfall quickly. is a dirt
soil with clay foundation, yields readl-
" to cultivation, producing garden
truck, as we'll as grapes and other
fruits. About thirty (30) acres OF
this land has been cleared and culti-
waited until a few years back.
There is on this property one SIX
room frame house. gallery in front,
with hall through center. 1t is on an
elevation the surface of which is
fine gravel, surrounded by beautl-
full grove of large oak trees. 1t has
bold flowing spring the surface bot
tom covered with white sand and peb-
bles. This spring is about one hun
dred and fifty 15M feet from the
main building. There is an abund-
ance of timber on the land for all
domestice purposes. BY actual sur
yey it is one hundred and fifty (l5o'
feet higher than the CITY of Pine Blum
While no actual measurement has
been made of the water, yet it can De
guaranteed to fill six inch main the
year round.
Taking the advantages as whole.
saw for health. garden truck, fruits
and berries, poultry and fishery, with
other items of a kindred nature, we
know of no better point for your con-
sideratiOn.
We further offer what is known as
the Curry place adjoining the afore-
mentioned property and to be connect
ed Herewith for the aforesaid pur-
roses, and consistingeof two hundreo
and eighteen (218 )acres of land, one
hundred QO0) thereof being under
good wire fence and in cultivation IN
part as vineyard, balance In Or
chard, etc There is now a good
dwelling with four rooms. outhouses
and barns, the water supply being dl-
rect from the aforesaid Lee Springs
and abundant at all times. the supply
and drainage being ample for the re-
ouirements of said school. This max
ing in the aggregate three hundred