Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-02

block 9. facing OH East Barraque street. The council approved the re- port and revoked a similar report of the police committee adopted at the last meeting of the council. and which directed the chief of police to rid that part of the East Barraque street block of it's bawdy houses and their occupants. The previous action was taken because of complaint made by many residents of East Sec ond avenue, who charged that the resorts were nuisances and disgrace fuI to community The houses re- ferred to are all occupied by negroes.
 The police committee reconsldered its action because of the problem which confronted the city as 8 result of it. The officials did not know where to permit them to go and fear- ing that the immoral resorts would spread to all sections of the city they deemed 1t best to keep them within a stones throw of police head quarters.
 City Attorney Wanted Time. President F. G. Bridges, of the Pine Bluff Corporation, requested the council to accept the new water and light plant and adopt an ordinance directing City Attorney Sorrells to appear in the federal court and agree ] to the dismissal of the suit now pending in that body against his company, the city being the plaintiff President Bridges stated that the new plant and it's equipments met with every requirement. of the courts or ders; that they have been inspected by the a1dermen and city officials and found to be first class i'll every re- spect; that the water and light tests rrade were more than satisfactory and that in order to given them a ''clear title" for financial purposes he deemed it only proper and just th2t the city should agree to a dis missal of the sait.
 An ordinance, directing City Attor- ney Sorre lis to take such steps, was presented and read twice. All of the aldermen and City Engineer ParEes admitted that the Pine Bluff Corpor- ation had complied with every re- uu rement of the federal court in re- building it's magnificent new plant. City Engineer Parkes stated that a two block eXte nsion of the water mains on Olive street had been over- looked, but that the company wts making the extensions at this time.
 City Attorney Sorrells urged tue |council to give him an opportunity to read over the orders of the federal court. He said he was not familiar with the case, in that former city attorney had been interested in the proceeding. He said there were Jaw full broad and general" statements in the ordinance, and out of respect to the city attorney the council delayed the passage of the ordinance until next meeting.
 !. Better Insurance Rates.
 i Alderman Fred Fox, while discus sing the new water plant, declared that the city should be given better
 insurance rates; that the underwrit' CTS had promised to reduce the rates
 as soon as the new, modern plant had been completed. Mir. Crump, whc
 superintended the building of the ne"
 plant, stated that the plant was as good as that of any other city in the country and that every departmen
 was separate from the other, insur ing water service in case of an acc1 dent in the electrical department H' said that only general acciden
 could cripple the whole plant.
 | River Work May Stop.
 At the request of the commissioner of Paving district No. % an ordinance
 was submitted. directing the board o
 public affairs to purchase rock am brush for the building of revetment at the foot of all streets in that dis
 trict and that $2O00 be appropriate |. for that purpose. The ordinance wa
 read twice and met with oppositio }. on the part of Aldermen Nichol, Flo