Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-12-22

interests.
The Model Bakery, doing a com
mercial and shipping business, was
established in October.
4 New Hotel.
Work on S X story hotel building
Of modern construction was begun
early in the year and is now nearing
completion. the cost of the building
.unfurnished being $4,000. The
Shriners Temple has been completed
lait a cost of $4,000. The Lakeside
Methodist church and the Alexander
Memorial church, two very handsome
ed fees, have been completed and
opened during the year. No estimate
is attempted as to the number and
value of the numerous new homes
which have been erected in 1872.
-Four paving contracts have been let
by respective districts during the year
Two of them beig carried out, greatly
increas ng the amount of paving in
the city.
The commissioners have placed the
/ contract for steel bridge to be built
by the county over the Arkansas river.
at point near Pine Bluff, the bid of
$515, 900 being accepted. Work has
already begun and as soon as a
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terial will begin and as soon as a
switch track is laid to the site MATER
ial will begin to arrive.
The city of Pine Bluff subscribed
bonus of $4,000 and agreed to fur
nish the right OF way and terminal
facilities for the Pine Bluff & North
ern railway which is now being built
from point on the Rock Island Rail
road on the north and will pass over
the new bridge to enter the city. An
electric interurban road will also be
built to Pine Bluff from Little Rock
entering over the new bridge also
the buyers of the bonds for the bridge
aav ng also bought the bonds of the
interurban
Another evidence of the growth and
prosperity of Pine Bluff is the fact
that each one of the daily newspapers
in the city have installed new rapid
perfecting presses during the pas
! few months
A careful count of the number
men employed in the industrial
plants, public service corporations
and similar lines in the city shows the
total at this time to be over 1850
improvements 10 Continue.
This is record of the first year of
progress with the Chamber of Com
h:erce which really began it's active
work just one year ago. But the work
Is not going to stop here as enough
things are now in hand to make
things active in Pine Bluff though
the year 1913.
The Arkansas Packing Company
has been completed, the stock being
taken by the people throughout east
ern Arkansas, and the bu lding com
mitiee named at recent meeting OF
the directcrs will at once complete
plans and twill advertise for bids fol
h!he construction of plant to cos
approximately $4,000 but planned
for further expansion when needed
A stock yards company VII probably
be organized at once and will bu IL
yards and building to the extent OF
at least $4,000.
The Westbrook Grain & Commits
sion Co., one of the oldest concern.
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in the city, also authorizes the an
nouncement that it has the PLAN
ready and will probably let the con
tract within the next 80 days for thu
const ruction OF modern mill ant
grain elevator on a site near the Cot
ton Belt shops.
The Chamber of Commerce mas no
limited its work to ahe city but ma!
put forth its best efforts to build III
the agriculture of the country and al
so 10 induce farmers from othel
states to locate here. A compac
farmers organ cation has been estab
lished with meetings twice each weel
market conditions have been improv
ed and every facility given the farm
er to learn how to intelligently in
crease his yield.
An exhibition of the products o
jefferson County was made on thu
Arkansas-on-wheels train which ira
versed eight states of tue middle ives
this fall The Cotton Belt railwa!
exhibit car also showed the products
of the county in several northern
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