Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-04
GAS SERVICE OFF UNTIL FRIDAY, DUE
 TO RIVER FLOODS
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local office. was to issue a warning to local consumers. Manager Bair held a conference with Fire Chief Briener, and they arranged for three blasts of the fire whistle to be blown half hour before the gas service is resumed here.
 MT. Bair warned all local con- sumers to be certain that all cocks are tightly closed, thus preventing the escape of the gas when it IS turned on. Because there is no gas in the mains and pipes now, it is feared consumers and householders generally may become careless, and that some of the cocks may be left open. This is extremely dangerous, hence MT. Bair's warning.
 Quite number of men yesterday thsir homes, thus effectuaily prevent ing any danger of this kind.
 Nobody Complaining.
 With all the inconvenience and annoyance caused by the disruption of gas servic2 yesterday, remark able condition, exists that almost in unanimity the people consider the break an act of Providence, and there is no complaint made. Most certainly .the gas company is not being criticised, so far as could be ascertained yesterday or last night.
 Hardly man or woman in Pine Bluff was not discomimode to some extent yesterday, by the, absence of gas, but in every instance some sat lsfactory makesh1ft was adopted, and smoothly.
 Many Buy Stoves
 Electric cooking outfits, oil stoves and the old, "always reliable" wood stoves were purchased in great num- bar yesterday. The citys supply of electric cooking apparatus was quickly sold out. Efforts to obtain a further supply at Little Rock failed, because Little Rock itself was filling an unprecedented demand. Memphis finally accepted an >orier by tele- graph, however, and local shops will have another supply of the electric stoves today.
 Hundreds of oil stoves were pur- SLoGNi o11o AHot"11Cu yOotCl udy, CuC local stock being almost wiped out. The old-time wood stove also was sold in great numbers, and it was estimated last night that something like $3,00O or $4,000 was scattered among local dealers yesterday by purchasers of stoves of some kind.
 Many Without Breakfast. > Breakfast was not generally en- joyed in Pine Bluff yesterday. Most cooks and housewives started the days labors, only to find there was no gas. Then the head of the house was called in, for advice and ques- tioning. In many cases, an old, abandoned wood stove was placed in service. In other cases, the daughters chafing dish prepared the morning repast. One woman turned her Hot point iron upside down and prepared her breakfast thereon, in slow, but sure, manner. Some folks were fortu- nate in having next door neighbors who used woodstoves. Many ,folks decided to take breakfast downtown these, it might be mentioned, being almost exclusively the men folks.
 The city's restaurants, however, were having troubles of their own. All of them depend upon gas, and when the gas went out, there was nothing doing in the cooking line. Hurried orders for coal were sent out and soon the restaurants were doing business again. The coffee urns. depending <ntirely upon gas, and with no means Of using anything like wood or coal, were out of com missio longer, but during the fore noon yesterday gasoline burners were attached to these. and coffee could be obtained By last night, the restaurants were in good shape again.
 Marco Mills Shut Down.
 nrhs Marco mills are closed down entirely, not a wheel turning. The mills use gas for fuel in the manu- facture of the power used, and with the failure Of the gas supply, abso- lutely nothing in the matter of manu- featuring the mills output is being done
 we are completely shut down." said Elmo Marsh, manager of the t.s