Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-06

bank. With a force of negro laborers he succeeded tn saving fixtures and other property from the interior of
 the building valued at several hum dred dollars. Bets were also wagered by spectators on the certainty and un-
 certairty of structures and even
 money was bet on the time required by the river in eating away buildings
 and the river banks.
 Still Fighting River. 1 Hundreds of men are still at work
 building quib fascines along the river
 front and fully fifty fascines have
 been dumped into the river in the past
 ten hours in the rear of the Hotel Jefferson and the Jefferson county court house. The hotel is now be-
 lieved to be safe for the time being, but immediate repair of the revet-
 ments and the re-estabHshment ct government dykes are demanded north of the business section in order to protect business blocks from further damage. The new court house annex. erected just two years ago at a cost of 40,000 will have to be torn down. The northeast coEner of the big build ing overhangs the rivers edge and government engineers declare that the building ought to 'be condemned. It c1S1 do sr<o +hr ,i1 ment.
 For Future Protection. Pine Blufifans are now determined to secure immediate relief in the way of river protection from the Govern nlent and the cooperation of every |congressman of Arkansas, two United States Senator's and other representa- tives in Congress will be solicited to that end. United States Senator Jas. P. Clarke has an appointment to meet County Judge James Gould and Sec retary J. l.. Caldwell, of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, in Washington Monday and they will confer with Sec retary Luke E. Wright relative to inl- mediate work to be done here. County Judge Gould has already gone to Washington and Dr. Caldwell will join him there at once.
 To Commence Repair Work. As soon as the river recedes suf- ficiently to admit of it, the government fleet now here will begin the work of repairing the revetments along the river front and the placing Of dykes for temporary protection. This fleet arrived here on the day the caving began, it being the intention of the government engineers to begin the re- pair work at that time. The sudden flood put stop to it. The proposed work is to De done by |the property owners along the river |front ;.ua the government jointly Twelve thousand doi'a arsfi much Of which was used in temporary work during the present caving, was sub scribel by loca! I.rn..erts: owners Tor that purpusc and $i!,"Cn was author |ized expadneI Ly t5. national gov ernment through the War Depart ment.
 The Damage is Heavy. It is a difficult matter to estimate the great amount of damage and loss from the recent caying. Fully four blocks of valuable downtown prop |erty was swept away by the treacher- ous river in addition to many huild- |ings. Real estate men declare that it is impossible to eevn intimate the great deterioration in values. The estimated losses sustained during the week follows:
 The Losses Sustained. Jefferson county, destruction of court house annex and loss of ground $10,oo0.
 w. N. Trulock, quarter block of ground in rear of Hotel Jefferson and storage buildings, $1.000. s. Bluthenthal & Co.,, brick ware house and quarter block of ground. $25. .0e0.
 R. M. Knox Company, three brick warehouses and stripe of grounh. quarter block in length and 135 feet feet in width, $35.o00.
 Charles Veil. sixty feet of ground