Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27
Many Suggestions To Be Made By Fire 1nsur-
 ance Agents
SOME COMPARISONS
Pine Bluff Has Better and More Per- feet Fire Fighting Facilities
 Than it's Sister Cities.

Statistics gathered recently by Sc cretary J. l.. Caldwell of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, show the in iustice that is being done Pine Blui1 and It's business interests by the large insurance companies in rating it as a third class city. thus depriving oul people of reasonable fire insurance rates now enjoyed at Hot Springs Little Rock, and Fort Smith.
 The statistics gatherer by Secretary Caldwell show that Pine Bluff has even better fire protection that the cities in the first class. Notwith- standing this fact it is listed among the third class towns in this state.
 At the conference of special lire insurance agents, held at the Board of Trade Thursday with members of the commercial bodies. local fire in- surance agents and others, the spe- cial agents were requested to furnish the Board of Trade with suggestions, telling what was needed here to place Pine Bluff among the first class cities.
 The agents will probably recom- mend an up-to-date fire alarm ser vice, which the City Council will in all probability refuse to purchase be- cause of the excellent telephone ser vice furnished by the local phone companies. Another recommendation will be fire engines, which are not needed hero in view of the magnifi- cent water service now being furnish ed by the new water plant and the perfectly equipped fire stations in all sections of the city. The special agents intimated that the city would have to be surveyed by an experi enced insurance man before the clas- sification is made from third to first class. This would also cost large sum of money and the expense of a survey would have to be borne by the city government.
 The following statistics compara- tive of the facilities for fire protec- tion In the various cities and towns in Arkansas will be of interest to those who have made study of the subjects and business men generally:
 Pine Bluff Water Works.
 Source of water supply--Four driv- en wells, ten inches ill diameter.
 Pumps-Two Warrington heavy duty triple expansion, 4,0OO,O00 gal Ions each; total S,0O0,0O0 gallons.
 Reservoir 3,Ooo,Ooo gallons capa- city.
 Pressure Domestic. 45 pounds; Fire, 100 pounds.
 Thirty-one miles of pipe. Inches to 20 inches in diameter .Fifty-eight thousand feet new pipe laid in 1908
 Three hundred and one double hy- drants
 Twenty-four triple, steamer attach nents, business district, lS0 feet apart
 Little Rock Water Works.
 Source of water supply-Arkansas River
 Pumps-One Warrington high duty, Capacity. 5,oO0.0o0 gallons; one Deane, compound condensing pump, capacity, 5,000000 gallons; Two Blake, compound condensing pumps, capacity, 2,500,Oo0 each; total, 15,OOO,- 900 gallons.
 Reservoir-2S5 feet above pump house: eighty pounds pressure In business section; 125 pounds pressure at pump house.
 Fifty miles of pipe inch to 20 Inch in diameter.
 Three hundred and twenty-elght double hydrants.
 North Little Rock.
 Two Warrington pumps, 2,0OO 900 each capacity; three miles of pipe, 6 inches and inches in diameter; Twenty-three double hydrants.
 Barring Cross.
 Done mile of 6 and inch pipe; six double hydrants; volunteer. Twelve men; hand reel, and 300 feet of hose.
 Fort Smith Water Works.
 Source of water supply-Poteau River.
 Pumps-One Worthington Duplex. capacity. 100000 gallons: One wor- thington Duplex. capacity. 3.5O0.0OO gallons; total. 7500.000 gallons.
 Three reservoirs. AsOO.O00 gallons each: Stand pipe. e feet by 100 feet, capacity, 5.s.731 gallons: pressure. 4s poands and % pounds from tuii res Aoaervoir at 6xh slraet and QcGtt-