Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-08

ldays. This is the most encouraging news received in more than q week and Pine Bluffians are anxiously awaiting the receiing of the waters. The river fell about a foot Monday at this point.
 Rig Saw Mill Swept Away. 1 Late Monday afternoon the big saw mill plant of II. G. Cady, was un- dermined and collapsed and will be swept down the river within few hours. The destruction of this build ling was preceded by the washing away of the last dyke on the river front. This dyke withstood the force ful waters for many days and pro- tected much property from Texas to Virginia street in the Eastern part of the city The river ate it's way be- hind the big obstruction and carried away a block of valuable real estate between Tennessee and Louisiana streets. It is now eating away the small point of land upon which stood the sawmill and threatens to go into the ravine, which separates East and West Pine Bluff. If this results the damage to East End property will be great.
 Don't Want the "Cut.O Secretary J. l.. Caldwell, of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, called a meeting of the directors of that or ganization Monday morning and re- Iquested them to instruct him as to ihow to proceed at Washington City where he will go to confer with Sec retary Luke F. Wright relative to river work needed here
 Secretary Caldwell wanted to know If the Board of Trade favored Pine Bluff being cut off from the Arkansas river, which will result if the gov- 'ernment cuts the new government levee on the north bank of the river Boyd point, which was dynamited sev- ,eral nights ago to change the cur rent of the river, has been entirely washed away and many believe that mature will send the river away from Pine Bluff without the necessity of lcutting the levee
 The Board of Trade instructed Sec Iretary Caldwell to urge the War De |partment to recommend large ap- ipropriation for the repair of the re- vetments and the rebuilding of dykes at this place. They favored keeping the stream at this point nayagable |They do not want the War Depart Iment to make the cutoff
 Secretary Caldwell left Monday aft ernoon for Washington. He says he will urge a quarter of a million dol lar appropriation by Congress for river improvements here. He will meet United States Senators James P. Clarke and Jeff Davis and Cong ressman Joe T. Robinson and others and formulate plans for securing the Appropriation needed County Judge James Gould, who is already in Wash |ington. will confer with them, having already taken up the matter there
 More River Damage.
 During the past forty-eight hours the river swept away fully three blocks of property along East Bar lraque street It has crossed that street at several points and in many places is running within few feet of the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Sunday was busy day in that end of the city. Thousands Of !visitors, who came here during the iday from nearby towns and cities, wis Iited the damaged banks and as many residents of the city crowded the lstreets In that section.
 The scene of activity has entirely !ehanged from the business section to the East End, where the hundreds of laborers and government crews are building quib fascines, floating dykes