Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-12-17
MAY REACH SECOND AVENUE.
Water Is Within Half Block of This
Thoroughfare on Which There
Are Street Car Tracks.

the river front north of Second avenue,
between Georgia and Virginia streets,
at Pine Bluff, and now the falling
stream is within a half block of East
Second avenue, which was recently
paved and upon which run the rails of
the Citizens Light and Transit Com
pany. A small cottage, until recently
occupied by Jake Heisinberg and own
ed by Joe Krumpner, who has lost
considerable property in the recent
caving there, was swept away dur
ing Tuesday night. Other cottages be-
tween Second avenue and what was
formerly East Barraque street were
torn down
The Cotton Belt officials believe that
unless the caving is stopped at the
foot of Virginia street, where the river
threatens to enter the mouth of Hard.
ing's drain, commonly known as ''the
ravine," their big car and machine
shops, roundhouse, many miles of
trackage and other property in the
eastern suburbs may sustain damage.
The river has cut into Louisiana
street and played havoc with property
in that neighborhood More than
half of block of property between
Louisiana and Missouri streets has
fallen into the river and the water
has already crossed the alley on the
south, just a half block north of Sec
ond avenue. Matt Schovan, whose big
oct
Second avenue, is in immediate dan
ger, is moving his house, in an effort
to save it. Charles Bland has moved
from No. 719 East Second avenue. His
baby girl, who is very sick with diph-
iberia, had to be carried to their new
home in an ambulance. The house
was under quarantine at the time.
Michael Schnable, who owns several
cottages east of the Bland home, is
preparing to move them. Frank Walk
er and family moved from No. 623
East Second avenue, and Sidney L. Ell
lis of No 621 East Second avenue
is moving his house farther south to-
ward the street All these houses face
East Second avenue, which is one of
the most uhickly settled residence
streets in the city. Many of the resi-
dents living on this street lost heavily
in the big East End fire two years
ago. Charles Smith, who lives In one
of the Schnable cottages is also NOV
ing his house. A number of cottages
in the rear of these residences have
either been torn down or moved away.
The ground upon which they stood
has been swept down stream.
1t is a difficult matter to estimate
the great amount of damage and loss
from the caving. The actual losses
sustained, so far as it is possible to
estimate them, are as follows:
Jefferson county, destructon of court
house annex and loss of ground, $685.
600.
w. n. Trulock, quarter block OF
ground in rear of Hotel Jefferson and
storage buildings, 100000
S Bluthenthal & Co., brick ware
house and quarter block of ground,
$4,000.
R. NJ. Knox Comply, three brick
warehouses and strip of ground quar-
ter block in length and 1876 feet in
width, $4,000.
Charles We'll, 60 feet of ground at
the foot of Chestnut street, $4,000.
E. B. Bloom, cottage and lot On
Pullen street, $1,000.
Berlin Bros, two lots and two big
brick stables, with fixtures, $4,000.
City of Pine Bluff, part of Pullen
street, $4,000.
American Excelsior Laundry Com
pany, part of building and loss OF
real estate, $4,000
Charles Pruden, stable, $4,000.
]. B. Avery & Son, stable, $4,000.
A. c. Freeman and Patillo, black
smith shop, $1,000.
C. G. Brockway, seven residences,
two of them two stories, and barn,
$4,000.
Pine Bluff Arkansas River Packet
Company, damage to warehouse and
real estate, $1,000.
Pine Bluff North Land Company, on
opposite side of river, 100 acres of
land and tenant houses, $4,000.
Government dykes and revetment,
$4,000.
Government river guage, 800.
On east Barraque street, between
Texas and Louisiana streets, 200 feet
of ground and buildings, altogether
valued at s25000
Effort to Save Court House Annex.
In the absence of County Judge
James Gould, who is in Washington
in an effort to get an immediate APP
preparation for river work at Pine
Bluff, Sheriff G. M. Philpot has as
sumed charge of the affairs of JEFF
ferson county, and he is preparing to
repair the river bank in the rear OF
the Jefferson county court house and
its big annex. An effort will be made
to save the annex, although Engineer
Parkin told Sheriff Philpot that he
thought it useless to attempt to save
the structure.