Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-05

the needed repairs on Pullen street. the work will begin on Pullen street ater the present work on A1abs ma street is completed.
 An ordinance amending Section 12 of CoIeman's Digest SO Us to include gas filters in the ordinance aequirinH plumbers and others in tjat line oG work to give bond md show that they are competent to do the work cou- tracted by 5hom. was rSad only onca and referred to the ordin nee com mittee.
 The matter of fixing fee for plae. ing poles was complained of by Geu- eral Manager E. G. Fowles, of the Pine Bluff Corporation, and discuss cd. IL Was finally referred to the tr and light committee and the city ttorney for settlement.
 The council refused to place a street 1ght at Eleventh avenue and Mulberry street, as tue majority of aldermen did rot think il was needed at that corner
 Alderman Chesnutt made q strenu. ous kick about tho manner in which the Pine Bluff x tural Gas Company was repavine the streets He salf he pavement We're being replaced n q loose fashion and that 1t will not be permanent work. Tho concrete used bv the. eompaay. he said. is mix ed with d'rt and is not Of substan- tial kind. He s i'd il is a shame that onr neoule should he so inconYen- ioneed and our streets ruined"
 eTheY have a, franchise" said May or Jordan
 Well, said Mr. Chestnut, I've shou!a stop them from caring up our stleets until they re s.a fao.e al ready torn up.'
 Alderman Clement thought Bafr4- que street WIS beiHg replaced satis- fae5orlly. Alderman Shepherd sus easted that the council compel tie company b move the dirt when the concrete is being mixed. Alderman Hollis said a discussion on the sub jeet was a waste Of time; that the franchise fully projects the city arl that the n yor has tae nowsr to com ig2i the company to repUfc 5se streets satisIdetofily,
 i Engineer Alien sad the Natural Gas Company was under bond to re pa4e tie streets as good as when they were torn up. The streets are being repaired under the supervision of al inspector employed by the Natura Gas Company. He said the inspector makes a report to him, but he cah rot say anything to the company olll cials for the bond does not speclf when or how the repair work shoul' be done. Property owners in Improvefnen Sewer District No. 15 filed protei with the council declaring that the
 will refuse to have their assessment raised to pay for the sewer system They charge that some Of the slgner to the petit on for the creation of th District were obtained through mls
 representation. They charge furthe that the names attached to the petl tion are illegal, and asked that tE Council take no further action unti the matter can be thoroughly inves tigated. T. A. Wilson, A. w. Mill and William Eisenkramer are ar
 commissioners of the new d1strlc' The counc' lmen were of the oplnio' that the petitioners can secure relic either through the commissioners o by going into the courts. The coun cil had already created the dstric
 ayad the protest petition was pre- scented too late. Attorney A. k Cooper addressed the council, sayln that the petition was signed by prop erty owners legally. The petito
 was referred to the commissioners (
 the district.
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