Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-04

| ness, dishonesty OF StlllSuuceS NC
cause he differs with you?
Wants More Railroads.
| .Next in Importance 1 take it is,
more railroads and those we have.
| 81 believe it is conceded that we
need additional railroad facilities and
our people seem unanimous at least
| to the proposition, that we must have
a north and south railroad. The Rock
Island connection, is, believe, one OF
the most available and important ad-
ditional trunk lines for us, running
from a point on it's main line, be-
| tween Little Rock and Memphis,
| North and South, through our coun-
! try, to Monticello or Hamburg, ana
the Memphis, Dallas, and Gulf road
from Catharge or Leola to Memphis.
| l have always believed that these
connections could be obtained with
out great amount of trouble or
sacrifice on the part of our people
| The resources of the country through
which they would traverse is I'M
surpassed by any other section of the
state and now that the greatest
obstacle in the way is removed, thai
that is, the bridge across the Arkan
sas river, we should renew, at once,
| the agitation of these much needed
| connections.
while making every effort possible
to obtain additional railroad lines, we
must not overlook our present
| splend railroad facilities. The two
greatest trunk line roads in the state,
with their several shot line branches,
and the enormous working force of
the Cotton Belt shops have done
wonders of rthis city and county, and
will do more. The Cotton Belt has
| just expended twenty-five thousand
| dollars for land adjoining it's hold
| ings in the east end of this city, and
! will expend more thousands it addi-
tional buildings and yardage during
| the present years. Our organization
should lend it's influence for a closer
cooperation between it's citizens and
| the railroads, We should meet with
them oftener and understand each
other better, and while asking for
and obtaining every additional con-
venience and advantage we need, we
should not be too exacting and grasp
| ing in our demands and should con-
slider the financial conditions and
great demands by other cities on
these companies when negotiating
| with them.
with these, a traffic bureau, I'M
| surpassed in efficiency and manage
ment as ours u.s., our merchants now
have a feeling of complete assurance
that we are getting every advantage
| possible-as to rates--no one thing
has a greater bearing on The success
| of our Wholesale and retail interests
than the matter of freight rates and
quick transportation and it will be
my pleasure, as we'll as my duty, to
obtain from Manager Taylor, the
financial assistance and other es-
| sentials necessary to the continuance
and improvement of his splendid Or
ganization.
Factories.
"The Importance of securing addi-
! tional factories for our city is con-
coded by all. We must have larger
tin pail brigade and our city should
be dotted with small factories and
especially along woodworking lines.
Those that we now have, have proven
of the greatest benefit to our city
but we must have more of them.
With the natural resources that we
have for woodworking lines, l feel
sure, that it would take but sery
small effort to double our interests
along those lines. We are in a good
way to secure wagon factory, with
du cSldDllSu0u reputation ana an
annual output of some three or four
thousand vehicles, and my efforts
along the line Of securing this and
small woodworking factories. l hope
will result in bringing several to this
city,
Civic improvements.
THE City Beautiful club of this
city has worked wonders in the mat
ter OF identifying this city and along
sanitary lines, and with the consent
and authority of the Chamber of
Commerce, | will lend every assist
ance possible to that organization in
their efforts to further beautify the
city. Their effort towards securing
public parks, paved streets to Davis
hospital and Florence sanitarium is
one that should meets with the an
prevail of every citizen of this city.
The fact that we have had no such