Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

gauge at Fire Station No. l showed q pressure of ll0 pounds. which Is far superior 10 that or any ether city i'll the state. The test was witnessed b, hundreds of people, including the wis itors and Board of Trade members.
 The Conference.
 The matter of yates was not dis cussel at the coaycrence. The sub iect was occasionally brought up, 5ut the visiting agents and others present would drop 1t for fear of being ac- eused of violating the Arkansas anti trust law. It was generally agreed at the conference that all tllat was necessary for Pine Bluff to secure hetter fire insurance rates was to be advanced in classification and that q reduction of fire insurance rates would immediately follow The mat ter was discussed for seyera! hours, but at no time would the visiting spe- cial agents admit that Pine Bluff was paying higher insurance rate than its sister cities. The statement Was ma e, however, by veral citizens and on. agent present that they knew of instances where the rates il ctler cities were much tower on practically the same rsf3 than thcsc being paid 1n Pine i'iaif.
 Some Facts aud Figur.s.
 Facts :.nd figures wo;rh beer ont t1p sGatelnernts plhii$lsad !n the Ora phic some weeks ara, were present cd by Dr. Caldwell, D ll,o had been 5e- lected secretary. J. +. Bo1ce W&a elected chairman ard presided during the meeting
 Dr. Caldwell presented some figures showing that pirr Bluff was far ahead of Hot Springs, Little Rock and Fort Smith in the matter of fire pro- lection. For instance, it was shown ir his report that Pine Bluff has 3o1 double hydrants, or twelve to the mile. Other statistics equally as con Yincing were presented by Secretary Caldwell. Dr. Caldwell could not un- derstand why Pine Bluff was not claSsad as q city ot the first class, with lto. Springs. Little Rock and Fort Smith. On tHc ether hand, this city, with tre fighting facilities su- perior to those oi the three cities named, is in the third class on insur- ance companies books, with Camden. Argenta, Parasouid, Texarkana. a~ar- cy and ether small towns.
 Wants 70 Ee Fair.
 John F. Boyle, ct A3cms {, Isnylo Little Rock, declared tha, the insur- ance companies wanted to b, iar with this city; that if Pine Biui1 snt.,s as good a showing as the other cities in the first class he saw no reason why this city should not be 50 c!asse.l He intimated that it ought to be ill the first class and be given just as good fire insurance rates as Little Rock, Fort Smith or Hot Springs He stated that these three cities had put themselves in the first class, and D. Caldwell later read letter from Mr Boyle in which the latter said t;;,a; Hot Springs. Little Rock and Fort Smith were in the first class.
 Improvements Urged.
 The evils of fire waste in Pine Bluff were discussed by F. C. Hat field, of Dallas, Texas, and J. F. Royce suggested that to i1nnrove loca. conditions the city of!ciale ought to guard against these evils. Mayor To- ney stated that the city officials were ony too glad to remedy such matters. High Rate Here.
 Fred Fox made brief talk In Uhi,h he declared that the present high rate Of fire insurance is entirely too high in Pine Eluif. when colnpar, u with other cities. He said that Our people prefer always 10 patron ze home agents. sut that he had ,a''. cd with a prominent business man and