Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-13
SACRIFICE TREES
 F0R IMPROVEMENTS That Is the Motto of the Residents of the New
 Sidewalk District No. l.
 Address Letter to Graphic
RIDICULE ADVISERS
"WOodman, Spare That Tree'-Nincty Per Cent of the People in the District Want Good Sidewalks, They Say.
To the Editor of the Graphic:

To the Editor of the Graphic:
 We the undersigned citizens and property owners residing in Lakeside and comprising the property owners composing what is known as Side walk District No. 1 of the City of Pine Bluff, duly organized, by and with the consent of the property 1 owners in the above district, beg to | have the privilege of saying some ! thing concerning trees" and also as to beautifying the city, under the head of the "City Beautiful; under the above title we had the pleasure and were really gratified to find ad- vice freely rendered the property owners in Sidewalk District No. 1 emanating from varied conversations held en masse by people who have returned from the North, East, West and even from across the ocean.
 Sidewalk District Mo- 1 is an im- provement district created under and by virtue of the law. The required number of signatures permitting us to go before the City Council was se- cured, and the City Council, prompt ly and in compliance with the law, granted the petition, and an ordi- nance Creating the district was pass ed Next the necessary number of signatures of property owners were | secured giving a majority of the val uation of the property in this district. The property in this sidewalk district
 will easily aggregate $10O,O0O, and more than 90 per cent of the people signed the petition. The improve
 ment will cost approximately $12,- 900; and of this $10,OOO will be paid
 by the people and property owners in this district, without the aid, advice or assistance of any one in the City of Pine Bluff, or from those who may
 have recently come from across the
 ocean, the East, West, North or
 South, from their pleasant summer
 vacations.
 The stay-at-homes in this district got up this improvement because we are interested in Pine Bluff, in our
 homes and in building up and en- hancing the value of our property.
 We want the sidewalks in this dis trict under the supervision of Major Parks, who as City Engineer has laid the district out equally and uniform ly to be beautiful, because uniform, and not zigzagged and overlapped by reason of trees. We regret that "the shade of the old apple tree" and all other trees, the mighty oak, the pine and others must be dispensed with for this improvement, but because of the fact that we have to make this great sacrifice, we are willing to do 1 it, in order that we may be abreast of the times, and enjoy a street that, l in width will be uniform, and have equal and uniform concrete sidewalks that will be level and uniform in 1 width; of course, possibly it would be better in the estimation of some people, not residents in this district, and who will not be called upon to pay for this great improvement, to have the trees stand, and enjoy dirt
 sidewalks; but Pine Bluff is pro- gressing, and while we do not enjoy large bank accounts, what little we have we are willing to use to keep our property and homes and city pro- gressive, instead of retrogressive. This sidewalk district runs from Sixth avenue to Ninth avenue on Walnut street; thence on Ninth to Olive and from Ninth on Olive to the limits of the city. The city council has done nothing except what the law comments and the people have pray ed for. They, like ourselves, love the trees, but if the people in this dis trict are willing to Cut these trees down, that now stand in the path of this great permanent improve ment, it seems to us that it is no ones