Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-05
MAYOR JORDAN
 $. I.. USED THE CAVEL. VI tDE ALDERMEN TAKE THEIR SEATS AND DECLARED THEM
 TO BE "0UT OF ORDER" AFTER STREET CARS
AFTER STREET CARS
Officials of Methodist Church ,Ehhe Complaint-Pfoperty 0Wn-
 CTS Protest.

The members u1=the City Gouneii disposed of much business last nigb., at it's regular monthly meeting and Mayor Jordan had to rap for order aud call Aldermen Hollis and Wolff to their seats during the discussion Of an ordinance, which was prepared f@s Alderman Wolff and which wi5i aHend if adopted, Section 727 of Coleman $ Digest SD as to include gas filters with plumbers and eom- pei the folmcr to secure a cityAa cense before being permitted 10 do sas fitting in this city.
 When tAe ordinance W2s presentetl il was read once, but the ]uncil vol cd not to suspend the rules and have it read a second time. Alderman Wolff handed ihe ordinance to Ci;y Clerk Lee, but Alderman Ghesnutt thought that it should 30 through the hands of the ordinance committee before being presented to the eoun- cil. as is customary Alderman HOi- Is opposed the suspension of the rules and when Ae attempted to eX- plain his reason for voting that way, Mayor Jordan rapped his Saycl ami infol med the Councilman that there was nothing before the council ant that he was "out of order. The a. derman persisted Oh beng heard, but tae mayor insisted OH his tak}ng his seat. Alderman Wolff arose and pro ceeded to explain why the ordinance was drawn--but he never got but a few words out of his mouth befoie i the mayor also rapped him to his seat. Later when a motion to refTl 1 the ordinance to the ordinance com mittee was made, Alderman Holl. said that he saw no reason why :. should go to the ordinance commit tee, but that his only reason for op posing the ordinance being read second time was because he was no familiar with it's provisions: that h thought the aldermen would prefe going into it first before voting on 't Alderman Wolff apologized in nla' way for not passing the ordinance over to the ordinance committee ant said that it was not his desire to rus9 the ordnance through without flrs giving the councilmen an opportun ity to consider it. He supposed tha Alderman Hollis had voted aga1ns the suspension of the rules because O his having failed to present it to the co. neil through the ordinance com mittee, and incidentally thanked hin fo voting as he did.
 The monthly reports Of Police Judge Stewart and Chief of Police Parnell for the month of Novembe showed cash fines collected, SSlo committed, $56S; appealed, $1oo.
 On motion of Alderman Chesnui property owners East of Georgl street were ordered to put down COP crete sidewalks.
 The officers of the First Methods church and Rev. w. C. Davidson fil ed a complaint with the counci az inst the no SC that is made D passing street cars at Sixth avenu and Main street and asked that 'al necessary steps be taken to remed this evil at the earliest possible mo men;j." The church officials sy tn cd cars of the Transit company ru over the frogs and tracks at tha point, make a great deal Of noise and disturb the congregation and rer der it almost impossible for thos SCI. ted in the rear part of the built ing to hear the minister
 Alderman Fox moved that the pra' CTS of the petitioners be granted. I said he was at the church Sund; evening and hsd difficulty in hearil the service. Mayor Jordan suggest
 the girder rail instead of the "'
 Til. Aldermen Clement wanted t
 street car bells hushed at that poi
 but Alderman Shenherd said the be-
 were necessarv for the nrotectlon
 lives, The motion carried.
 After many weeks of determ ned
 fors Aldermen pudo,nh Wolff had t
 council fix definite time for makf