Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-28
furnished by the citizens of this city
 Housing Speeches.

Chairman Alexander introduced Colonel Taylor. who spoke for fifteen minutes. Colonel Taylor urged con certed action and good will. He re- viewed the great benefits that would derive from more railroads and went , into detail in explaining how Pine Bluff was being closed out by neighboring cities through railroad facilities. Taking into consideration our great interests and future prog ress, he continued, we cannot let these propositions be abandoned We should get our shoulders to the wheel and push.' Mir. Taylor was enthusi- astically applauded, as were all the other speakers who followed him. Judge J. Nj. Elliott declared that no man or set of men can make mis- take when they take the people into
 their confidence. "If they do this," he said, the people of Pine Bluff and Jefferson county will do their duty.
 Plne Bluff has reached the forks of
 the road 1t must either go forward
 or go backward, and she's going for
 ward Applause.) Here Judge El-
 ilott incidentally remarked that this
 clty should extend it's corporate limits
 and make a fine showing in the cen , Sus reports next year. He declared
 that unless Pine Bluff secured the
 North and South road that Stuttgart
 was going to get a Rock Island con-
 lection either at Hazen~or Mesa. Rock
 lsland engineers are already at Stutt-
 gart making surveys and three capi- talists there have already said they would subscribe $lW,oo0 each. Busi-
 ness men there have promised to hold up the Stuttgart connection until Pine
 Fluff acted. favorins Pine Bluff as , DlHlnS point. He urged the appoint
 ment of committee of one hundred
 and urged that every man subscribe. if only s. each.
 Dr. J. l.. Caldwell gave the "coi,l facts. explaining each proposition He had large map on the wall and by marking off the territories to be traversed by the proposed railroads made the proposition clear to all present. Pine Bluff would be the hub of a wheel of commerce" he de- clared. with railroads coming from all directions as, spokes. if the three railroads materaliZe." He urged an aggressive and definite railroad pol icy for Pine Bluff and in detail ex- plained the proposition submitted to Pine Bluff by each road 4 letter from the Evansville Securities Com pany, representing twenty banking in- stitutions. was read, in which they ex- pressed a desire to finance all three roads. He stated that delegation from Leola was present at the meet , ing and that the people of that town wanted to cooperate with Pine Bluff to secure the Rock Island connection to this city
 John F. Rutherford told of his plans to build the Rock Island extension which would be built with ease, as most of the line is already completed and is within sixteen miles of Pine Bluff. He favored getting all three
 railroads and in detail related what , for Pine Bluff, if they were secured l Major C. C. Newman, J. G. Taylor
 F. B. Tomlinson, w. l.. Dewoody and
 others made brief remarks, approv- ing the three railroad propositions
 After much discussion, resulting ir
 applause and continuous enthusiasm
 Judge Elliott moved that it was the
 sense of the meeting that the citi
 zens of Pine Bluff go on record as
 wanting the three railroads proposed
 and the n;ot'On carried unanimously
 A motion by P. P. Byrd, providing
 for the appointment of committe' of one hundred to solicit funds az
 gregating $250,000 to secure the thre,
 roads, and amended by D. c. Bell providing that separate subscription
 also carried unanimously.
 l After considerable discussion on tn, i manner of soliciting the s1lhsc rin