Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-08

------------------------- --- CT and H@At#ee#eee reported that thc September HI Ior= =elcetrr 8qhts. amounting so loss had Drcu held Hp AersHse of ppUr aor1gc" IeF,iyed in that month alfFoagb tae=Pme rlar Company +iem od us AiIIuauc~s to make a=rcdncuou ur sao. On motion. oi Alderman Fred Fo1 'io' 6iH fo8 hshts Was referred back To ihe=aola- mitter to he taken ID With lbe Pine }nd Company tor further reduction Other bills which had Ecea approved =tho Hatee and lf4bt committee were ordered paid
 fte reHott ot =fhe= committee off plnIia works MS lcad and approved. f showed tha1 45 hIoeks of 4radfaa aid numerous ethef improvements had been accomplished in tho month ot September Alderman P. C. thcs- pllt thanked the councJ and Iha mayor on behalf Of tlte residents of the l>ast Sidr for tbe street work done in tha section of The cttv re- gently more. he said than had ever Ecen done before
 A special committee to 1ieN the property along varlous streets where havements were 10 he pu down in company with the city engineer. ana order the p8blio service eompan, 10 calfH service pipes To the aab where deemed necessary Mas pro.3d- cd for by the council some lias. ago Fhis committee, which j& cota- posed of Aldermen Veil, She4oeta and Wolff, is to meet a1 l30 this IL ternocn for tAe purpose of orGanizina to view Main street property before the pavement is put down. While i this matter was Hp several of tll" al dcrmen commented on the mannar in which l}arraquc street had been torn up since il was paved only a short time ago. Mr. Fox remarked that the Fifth avenue pavement is being dis turhed at one end before il is com plcte at the other The provision for thls committee was made after the ] BarraQue street pavement was under construction.
 On motion of Mr. Chestnut another stoekman was authorized He will as sist the two mon now engaged ill rounding up stray stock.
 It was ordered that the notices to put down sidewalks on East Third avenue be re-issued This was at the l instance of Mr. 6hesnutt
 On motion by Alderman Veil the Iron Mountain will be ordered to put in a sidewalk abutting their proper ty on State street between Third and Fourth avenues.
 Orders to have Fourteenth avenue Tenth avenue between Hickory and ! Hazel were put on the calendar.
 The council decided that the con nections with the flush tanks should be made at the city's expense.
 On motion of Mr. Chesnutt the board of public affairs was ordered to employ men and repair the sani- tary sewer betweend Barraque and Pullcn streets at Brump's bayou. A 1 ,I ocf Second avenue were included in this order
 After short executive session it was decided that the city attorney be ordered to take legal action to open up Chestnut street south of Sixth l avenue, and the employment of Cole man and Can't as additional council | was authorized At the suggestion of the city attorney the Chief of Police | instructed to remove the obstruction in the shape of fence erected by 1 Mrs. M. C. Jones who claims the street as part of her property. The Chief of Police was ordered to re- move the fence this morning.
 At the request of Mr. Veil the or dinance committee was instructed to draft an ordinance requiring automo- hiles to stop when crossing corners at which street cars are taking on or discharging passengers
 Alderman Chestnut presented a re monstrance from several citizens as to the methods employed by the Pine l Bluff Natural Gas Company in making and collecting overcharges fer gas. Mr. Albright addressed the council on behalf of the members of the ma chinists' union and registered a sim liar complaint.
 An ordinance was passed requiring the gas company to extend it's mains south of Sixth avenue on Dakota street to the alley between Sixth and