Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-10
CARD FROM (. T. oNTtGJE.

tARD FROM (. T. oNTAGUE.
 Editor Graphic
 Dear Sir Iua8mHeh as yoaf paper
 of today published in full the ffndina
 of facts and order of court denying
 me the license 10 operate q ferry at
 Pine Buff desire space in Your
 paper 10 present my side of this con
 troEersy to the public Judge Philpot
 denied He the ferry license so his
 order says, because did not have q
 ferry properly equipped 10 accommodate
 the public, and becaase my service
 10 fhe public had not been prompt and
 official was granted a license on
 the Ist of September. 1910, after [
 had purchased tbe interest of every person holding ferry privilege at
 Pine Bluff The County Judge at that time being fair enough 10 protect the interests of persons who had spent their money 10 equip and keep neces- sary boats for he accommodation of the Rablie9 and have operated the ferry for one year.
 Nearly T month before my license expired and without notice to me, he present county judge granted a license 10 G.A Miller, which license would 5e one effective on fbe first day of September A faat lime vas cited Ny the county judge 10 appear af la TT date and show why license should Ho be granted 10 me. For aieA las Nlr Miller and myself operated serrx at e5ae Bluff. and olthoFsH a}a. comfy judge found that I aad got Heated he public sair- Iv. Hf Miller H 58e# #.ifst eie6f aa4z of thiz month onls crossed aboai fi4e Naeoas and 1wo =5agefes while my ferF9 aid @be usual amount of basi- ness, aaieA fact speaks for itself. In addition to -hat , number Of as good citizens as live in Jefferson comfy. some of whom have been patrons of this ferry for twenty years, testified at the hearing before the county judge that had given he best ferry service hat had been given during that time and the best showing that could be made by Mir. Miller against me was a few isolated cases in the course of twelve months where parties had been compelled to wait from One-half to two hours. An the testimony showed by those acquainted with ferry service hat that would happen in the opera ton of all ferries. From expressions from the county judge to me personal Iy and statements made by him durir -he trial, think his most serious ob- lection to granting me a license was personal The county owns a m.saaine 1sed for loading dirt into wagon, and vas being operated on the north side 'f the river and when C. F. Philpot was awarded the contract by Road District No. ? for graVeling the Snl- phur Springs road the county judge rad the road men bring tAe machine. which weights about six tons, down 0 my ferry to be crossed so that C. 1 Philpot could use it in loading gra- 'ei. II was too wide to go on by boat md | could not cross it without re- looring my boat and removing the which I offered 10 do if he county judge would pay the eX- 'ense in the meantime they found he Sanitary Company had boat and he road men procured that My men elped them bring it across the river ( nd returned the boat 10 the Sani- ary Co. for which have raceived no compensation, whatever, do not now whether C. E. Philpot has paid { nything for the use of the loading lachlne or not think, however i'd my full duty in that matter
 l have appealed from the decision the county judge and hope to get
 hearing al the coming term of the Ircuit court. Until that time I shall ot operate a public ferry at Pine Huff, but have q boat and will ross my friends at all times free of { harge until the matter is finally set led, unless am prohibited from so oing by injunction. (
 Yours truly, 1 hNf l IL AInNH X GIrI, 1