Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-02-02
Council Creates District, Elk
tending from Fifth to
Twenty fourth Avenues.
TRACTION co. WILL AID
Announcement Also Made That Pine
Bluff Company Will DOuble-Track
Cherry as Far Out as Six
teenth Avenue.

AS was forecasted in The Graphic
Sunday morning, the city council
last night granted a petition and
adopted an ordinance, providing for
the formation of an Improvement
district for the paving Of Cherry
street, from Fifth avenue to Twenty
fourth avenue.
The ordinance was adopted with
out dissenting vote, under a sus-
pension of the rules. Prior to tne
action by the council, Attorney w. E..
Coleman made brief statement to
the a]dermanic body, in which he eE
planned that after several years O.
endeavor, it was believed by property
owners now that everything has been
arranged in satisfactory manner, tina
Cherry street might be paved.
Among other things, Mr. Coleman
stated that few days ago represen-
tatives of the proposed improvement
district called upon William Won
-iPhul, personal representative OF the
owners of the street railway COM
pany, and were informed that the
street railway company will lend its
aid ard assistance to the movement
Always, heretofore, Mr.. Coleman
said the street car company has been
opposing the movement, and it's oppo-
sition was almost too much for the
advocates of street paving to over
come. Mr.. Coleman mentioned that
among the things agreed to by Mr.
Won Phul was the placing OF IL
double track in Cherry street as far
out as Sixteenth avenue, an
placing of heavier rails throughout
the entire length of it's lines on Cher
ry street.
Mr.. Coleman explained also that il
order to make up the assessed valua-
ton necessary for the Improvements
district, it had been necessary to
reach up and down half block Or
more on all intersecting streets
beyond Seventh avenue. These prop
erty owners, he said, would pay but
small part of the cost of the work,
and their cooperation appeared to
have been extended in cordial man
ner.
Signatures attached to the petition;
for the organization OF the d1stIlo
were as follows:
w. II. Coleman, John w. Rean, y
r. Cooper, Mrs. M. NJ. Cooper, per q
| r. Cooper, J. P. Crawford, j. N. Shaw
| Fred II. Goode, r. l.. Byrd, George F.
Darby, A. c. Jordan, NJ. E. Bloom
Park View Land Co. by F. M. Rosen-
terg, president, A. D. Foster, G. A
Bahlau, w. P. McGeorg9, w. S. Harris
H. " Bahlau.
Other petition Held Over.
Mr.. Coleman explained that some OF
council in behalf Of the petitioners
for the organization of a district foi
the paving of Fifteenth avenue and
Laurel street, asking that this matter
be allowed to lie over without action
at this meeting.
Mr.. Coleman explained hat some o!
the property owners were now max
ing efforts to extend the territory
that there may be several 1Aore
blocks of paving included in tn,
work to be done. HE stated specific.
ally that the original petition includ
ed the paving of Fifteenth avenue
from Main street to Cherry street
and said that a movement has nov
been started, to have the paving eN
tended to State street, which is how
being paved.
In the discussion on the matte:
Alderman Sorreils also stated that h
believed there will be steps taken K
extend the pavement on Fifteenth ave
nue. beyond Cherry street on TIM
west Other extensions are also pro
posed, and the council allowed the
ordinance to lie over. until the prop
erty owners involved and interested
can have an opportunity to definite
ly decide upon the extensions desired