Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-21

dealers and the various wholesale
Hquo- dealers oi the city, the members
OF the City Council, at their regular
melting a. the City Hal last nigh,
practically reconstructed an ordinance
which was recently adopted and put
IN effect requiring the saloons 10 close
! a. midnight and remain closed until }
O'Clock each morning. Pending the
presentation of an ordinance, which
viii undoubtedly be adopted, amend
ing the midnight closing ordinance oy
fixing the hour for closing at 1:30
/ O'Clock a. m. instead OF the midnight
hour, the saloon men were given To-
unanimous consent OF the couucii 20
remain open each morning until 100
O'Clock until the next meeting Of the
city 5 legislative body at least
All Of the aldermen were present
las; night. but Alderman Meyer was
excused al his own request soon after
the session began. Mayor TOney, as
usual, presided. The council receiv-
ed the report Of Alderman Fred Fox
Of the finance committee, in which the
estimates for the appropriations for
various departments were included
The budget 10. the coming year was
made out at a recent special meeting
OF the councilmen and it was received
and recorded last night
The amounts each department was
authorized to eYpend the coming year,
as shown by the budget. are: Police
department, $4,000, all increase OF
S1,500 over that OF last year: fire de-
pariment. $1,000, an increase OF
So 900: general purposes and salaries
Of city officials. $4,000, Il decrease Of
S645: sanitary department.. $4,000, an
increase Of $3.50; water hydrant rem
tails, $4,000, the same as last year
street lighting, $4,000, an increase OF
800; street department. $4,000, an in
crease Of 81, 900. The total apprOpria-
ton amounts TO SGT 800, and the t0tai
revenue OF the city for the yea. was
$4,000, leaving a surplus or sinking
fund of $500
Aldermen Jordan and Nicnol rt
ported some of the streets in bad con
dition and City Engineer Par.:es was
instructed TO have them repaired,
Alderman Jordan also reported that
the Citizens Light and Transit Com
pany had placed the new lights on
South Main street. He incidentally
remarked that no few complaints had
been made recently regarding small
boys, who make a practice of destroy
ing incandescent light globes over the
city by shooting into them with air
that the police arrest all youngsters
found with an air gun, rifle Or slung-
shot in tehil possession. Chief Stew
art will instruct his men to look out
for these small boys and they will
be prosecuted.
An ordinance by Alderman j. H.
HUDSON dl tllc ldoI lietliiS VI Iuc NouAi
Gil, increasing the pay OF Chief Briner
and Assisting Chief King of the tire
department, from 800 and $50 to $40
and 500, was read a third time and
amended by Alderman Fox to read
800 for the fire chief and $50 for the
assistant chief. Alderman Fox de-
clared that the council should go slow
in spending the city's money; tina. -h~
warrants issued by the clt. -@olld be
protected and that the councilmen
should live within their means" AL
derman Jordan favored the original
amounts specified in the ordinance.
He said Chief Briner was modest
man; that he had saved the city an
nually from $35 to $40 In making re-
pairs on the various Are wagons him
self, Briner being a mechanic. The
substitute motion of Alderman + OK
was adopted and the ordinance, IN
creasing the chiefs salary to 500 and
the assistant chiefs to 500, was
passed.
The increased salaries vii! be paid
from January 1.
An application for dramshop Ii
ccnse presented by Tom Payne was
approved by the council. He will con-
duet saloon at Third avenue and
State street.
Saloon Men Plead.
The following petition was presented
to the council:
To the Honorable Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Pine Bluff:
We, the undersigned, representing
the liquor interests of the City OF
Pine Bluff, hereby petition and appeal
to your honorable body to amend the