Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-19

Canada, and 1t has seven of it's own Atlantic cables and the only Pacific ant city in the United States and cable.'
 TIe company is just entering AfK- ansas and it proposes to establish another telegraph office ill this city. It is now building it's line into Little Rock from Memphis and before ls completion within the next s~isy says, it will put force of men al work, between Little Rock and Pine Bluff Mir. Baker states that his coni- pany will give Pine Bluff "a better telegraph service than it has ever known"
 On motion of Alderman Fox the members of the Police and Fire de- partments were allowed their Deceni- Der pay checks, which will be issue1 next Friday or Saturday. This order was made in order to give the police and firemen Xmas money, before the first of the month, as customary.
 The council accepted proposition of the Pine Bluff Corporation to bear half the expense of installing fiush tanks over the city One of the tanks was exhibited to the council by Gen eral Manager FoWles, of the Pine Bluff Corporation Alderman Holl's reported that the ordinance eommlt- tee wanted further time before pre- senting an ordinance regulating the licensing of gas filters.
 The commissioners of Sewer DIS trict No. 15 reported the cost of lm- movements in the district estimated at s6.935, grading, ttorneys, fees, en-
 g,neer's fees, and incidentals, SsSl and S6S4 interest F. P. King, H. $. Strange and J. A. Crawford were named as assessors for the district,
 The Pine Bluff Hotel Company was granted the right to extend the basement of the new hotel building under the sidewalk on Main stre T and on Fifth avenue.
 An ordinance was read twice reaalf-
 ing all street cars and automobiles 'c come to a full stop when passengers are being discharged from the stre ar ear on 4 double track or sWitcf
 track.
 An ordinance forming West F1ftt avenue into an improvement distrlc for the purpose of repaving Una street was passed.
 City Clerk R. E. Lee submitted report showing the indebtedness O <. the city on Nov. 30 to be: OutstandlhE } warrants. s13S ,930; cash in treasury s5,4e7.S3; county road warrants, s9' t 0oo. Net indebtedness s12s,462.17. The following applications ' x wholesale and retail liquor and ma. dealers, for licenses, to do bushes 7. during 1912 were filed and license granted: Pine Bluff Delivery Com g pany. Arkansas and Texas Consoli [ date Ice and Coal Company, NO. lo d East Third avenue: No. 113 Wes l. Fourth avenue, and No. 30S West Sec n ond avenue; J. w. Allen, Jeferso r Bar: Feinberg and Buerkle, No. II n Main street; M Holland, No. 210 Eas y Third avenue; R. B. Hockenhul, NJ n 115 East Fourth avenue; The Heidle u berg Inn, Mo- POS Pine street; c. 4 t Green and Co.,; No. 205-207 and 2o K East Third avenue; The T. E, Buc
 Company, No 217 Main street; l.. an J. E. Wertheimer, Third avenue an y State street; The Senyard Compan + No. 329 Main street. Senyard an Q Belzner, No. 127 Main street.
 "a The council rejected the applies
 tion of l.. & k. Wertheimer for le cense to conduct dramshop in tn 'h Masonic Temple building at Fourt K avenue and Main street, when Cron ?" we'll and Harper presented an appi 10 cation for license to continue bus t- ness at the same stand. The licen' -~ was granted to Cromwell and Harpe
 A license was also granted to Jar
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