Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-01
GREAT BUILD|N G
 ACTIVITY SH0WN
Pine Bluff the Scene of Most Marvellous Progress Just Now, the Many New SfGuc~ lures and Improvements Representing Fabulous Outlay Of Money Here.

If a visitor from elit of town were to ask a citizen of Pine Bluff what im- Drovements were being made in the town, he would probably be given q very poor account of the large numbc' of buildings that are being added to the city, and the general improve nents that are under way. And if the sisitor were even more curious aud wished to know how much money was being expended in the city for these Improvements, it is probable tha. nc estimate could be given offhand w'l;c, would be within several hundred thousand dollars of the correct amount
 Notwithstanding the fact that there is no building inspector in the city, and that no record is kept of build ings. residences and Improvements. More than a partial list it is impossi- ble to get, as no one man can remem- Der all the buildings which are be- ing put up and the lists of the con- tractors cannot be easily secured. The Graphic has been successful in compiling a list the cost and value of which will mount into the hundreds of thousands, and which will help greatly to bring about the end for which Pine Bluff is striving, to have the name of being the largest city in Arkansas
 For the following list We are in- debted to several friends about the city. who are interested deeply in public and private improvement of Fine Bluff, and whose interest has caused them to take more particular notice of the work going on than some of their fellow-c citizens. who are doubt. less just as glad to see the work go- !re on. but who are less observing. The list comprises buildings that have been recently completed, build lhgs now in course of construction and buildings and other projects for which plans have been made. and the construction of which is an absolute certainty. The list of the larger build ings is as follows:
 Trulock hotel, Improvements and re- modelling.
 New Cotton Belt car shops.
 New county xcourthouse, improve ments and remodeling.
 New county hospital.
 New Iron MolIntain freight depot
 New high scheol
 New telephone exchange.
 Ohio Street Baptist church.
 No attempt has been made to se- cure the valuations of the above build fnos. as it was not nossible to secure the cost of all, asi i1mny of them have not yet been con 'od'ed or even start ed unon. and their Hnal cost may be widely different from the present fig ures. Others have been completed, and are an ornament to the city, and there are several others which are contemplated. but toward the build ing of which no definite steps have been taken, among which are the new castle talked of by the Knights of Fythias, a large wholesale grocery warehouse, and the new restaurant building to be built near the union de- pot.
 Some of the less costly buildings which are to be used as dwellings and residences, and their owners, are as follows:
 Walker Jones, dwelling, 9O9 East Fifth.
 Elias Long, two dwellings, East Seventh
 R. B. Malone, two dwellings,, Mis- sissippi street.
 E. F. Reed, Nebraska street.
 A. F. Winsor, dwelling, 1116 East Seventh.
 Walter Lee. dwelling, 500 East Sec ond.
 T. E. Gillespie and Mrs. Worling,
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