Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-28
BOARD 0F TRADE
 AFTER 4 WHARF Mayor Toney Would Rid East Barraque Street of Resorts to Accommodate Packet Company.
MANY SITES NAMED
New Warehouse to Be Built-TWo Boats Operated Between Memphis and Pine Bluff and Streets and Landing Paved.

The Pine Bluff Board of Trade met in special session yesterday af ternoon, in response with call is- sued by Secretary J. l.. Caldwell, to discuss the feasibility of build ing a new wharf for the convenience of river traffic at this place. A committee was appointed by Presi dent Walter Trulock to discuss the matter and select place which they think suitable and to look into the probability of purchasing the place decided upon. The commit tee is to report at the regular monthly meeting of the Board di rpctors which is to be held next Monday afternoon.
 Besides a large number of the there were present, Mayor w. L. Toney, City Engineer w. J. Parkes, Chief of Police Al Stewart and Captain Ed Rowland Jr., of Mem- phis. Judge James Gould was not present on account of absence from the city.
 Captain Rowland addressed the meeting and said the place now used as boat landing by the Arkansas River Packet Company is not suitable place in any way. The land is situated in the vileSt part of town and is not centrally located. A place nearer the business part of the city would be much more suit able to the uses of the Packet com pany, and they desire a place from which the ladies, who come up into the city from down the river to do their shopping, can leave te boat without an escort. He said fur ther that this should interest the town as the future river traffic of this place depended on the wharf age facilities, and that the Arkan- sas River Packet Company will meet the city of Pine Bluff half way in the expenses of any kind of wharf that they may desire to establish
 In fact, he thought that the Pack ct company would defray more than half of the expenses. The boat men want better facilities and they are willing to pay for them. he said that if another place was se- lected they would make cotton house out of their present building on East Barraque, which they now occupy as warehouse, and erect a new brick fire-proof warehouse.
 When asked what place he thought would best suit his pur- pose, he replied that the lot just back of the Hotel Jefferson would suit his purpose admirably could it be secured. In this case East Court street must be paved down to the river bank He said that though the company would prefer to grade the street if the city and county authorities objected to this on account of the probability of the bank of the river caving in, the Packet company would erect an ele- vator to raise the freight, so that no grading of the street will be nec- 'essary. He said however that he did not see how the grading of the street could endanger either the Court House or the Hotel Jefferson.
 But if this place cannot be secur- ed, he said that Pine street would do for wharf, by grading and pay ing the street. He was then asked what could be done in the way of of hauling heavy freight from the warehouse which they propose to build, up steep street in the heavy snow and sleet, which unfortunately visits this place nearly every win ter and stays for several days. He ror1iod +hot in m condition WOu10