Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-17
NEW FIRE STATION
Council Takes Definite Steps Toward the E Establishment of One at Lakeside -..Con.
 siderable Portion of Time Consumed in Gaming and Eulogizing Honored Member.

One very pleasant, and one unpieas-
 ant incident were the main features
 O the city council meeting Monday
 evening" The pleasant feature was
 the presentation to eX.Alderman
 Charles Veil of a splendid gold-head-
 e9 cane by the city council. and the
 unpleasant feature was q long dis
 enssion regarding the railroad work
 ol Fourth avenue in which the new depot came in for some bitter denun- citation.
 Ex-Aiderman Well Is Caned.
 The mayor and all the aldermen. Nichol Clement, Jordan, Boyce, Fox, 1 Dunnington. Hudson and Hightower.
 were present when City Clerk Lee
 called the roll After the minutes Of ! the previous meeting had been read arose and after very eloquent
 speech in which he spoke feelingly of Mr Wells long and efficient service, he presented him with the cane, an ebony stick, with a heavy gold head. oi; which was engraved the date, the i f,ane of the recipient, and an inscflp- 1 ton showing from whom it came. MT. Veil was present and made q neat speech in acceptance.
 No report was received from the finance committee. The city engineer
 was instructed to repair the entrance gate to the cemetery, and the sanl.
 tary committee reported several
 streets and alleys in bad condition. 1 The report of the committee on pub 1 lie works was then called for. and :, Alderman Nichol brought up the
 Fourth avenue matter which ccca- sicned so much discussion.
 Denounces New Depot
 A communication from MT. Van
 Auken, the engineer for the Iron 1 Mountain road, who has charge Of tie work Gn Fourth avenue, was read, and this was in effect that the stone- 1 quarry owners were endcaForns to hold up the paving contractor Mir. ] Philpot. for higher price for the black trap rock. and requested that the paving contractor be allowed 10 use other rock. Alderman Nichol moved that black be stricken from the specifications and that trap rock
 satisfactory to the city engineer. be
 substituted This was seconded by Hiehtower. but was opposed in a speech from Alderman Jordan, and then Mayor White called Alderman Hudson to the chair and also oppos- ed the motion.
 Mayor White stated that the city had started out to build street and depot. He said that it had gotten
 no depot. but a chicken-coop. so that
 it should hold the paving contractor
 to his agreement and get street, at least. He said that the rock the con- tractor wished to substitute was
 worthless for street City Ell9l- ueer Parhas said that he would not accept the lighter rock which was
 nothing but a sandstone rock. ana
 Nichols motion was amended to SUD- stitute hard trap rock for black trap
 rcck, and was passed.
 No More Lunch Wagons.
 Alderman Nichol thought that after June 1, when their present licenses expire. the lunch wagons now dolhs business on the city streets should
 he denied further license, and moved that thn city treasurer be instructed l.. refuse further license to them on June 1. and that the city attorney
 hr instructed to bring in an ordlh- anc. annulling their privileges. Dun. rineton moved that the ordinance De extended to include candy and ffult wagons. and the motion was carried. Alderman DunninGton moved that the city engineer be instructed to grade Laurel street so as to carry the water away from the Lakeside school, and that the hole at the corn CT of Eleventh and Mulberry streets he drained. This was carried. Al l this point Mayor White called Alder man Fox to the chair and left the | meeting.
 Order Distractions Removed. City Attorney Coleman then l ,,rouaht up the matter of the sult
 brought by the city against Mrs. Sey-
 r,our. to condem some of her prop