Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-18
Finance Committee Reports It Has Asked Local Banks
 to Extend Assistance.
NEW AUTO LAWS
 MUCH DISCUSSED
Parking Ordinan6a Goes Over Until Next Meeting and Dinner Ordi- nance Is bled-Incinerating
 Plant Too Costly for City.

Because the Brooklyn Trust com pany ias threatened to sue the city unless the city honors and pays some thing like S7,59O in past-due city war rants, the finance committee is mak- ing extra efforts to re-arrange the fiscal matters of the city, and has called upon the local banks for aid and assistance in the matter
 Announcement to this effect was made at the meeting of the council last night Dy Alderman Ben B. Weil chairman of the finance committee, who stated that he felt assured the banks will come to the front for the city, and thus prevent the suit. Mir. Veil stated also that there will like ly be another meeting of the finance committee of the council within a day or two, to further discuss the matter.
 No Money To Advertise.
 It was because of this unfortunate condition of the city's treasury that the council voted down a request from the chamber of commerce, through Secretary E. B. Bloom, for an appropriation of $150, toward the expense of $500 to $1,O00, which will be necessary for Pine Bluff and Jef- ferson county to participate in the Arkansas on Wheels" advertising venture.
 Mir. Bloom stated that the cham Der of commerce committee had visit ed County Judge c. M. Philpot in the matter, and he had appropriated $250 in behalf of the county, to assist in the movement. MT. Bloom stated that if the city would appropriate $50, the chamber of commerce would raise the remainder of the money. He stated also that the exhibit from this city and county, which would show all the resources and products, would be saved after the return of the train, and would be maintained by the chamber of commerce as permanent exhibit, at the courthouse, the chamber of commerce, which ever was most desirable.
 Alderman Well, Alderman Bahlau and Alderman McGehee expressed themselves as strongly in favor of making the appropriation, except that the city has not the money. Each agreed that such expenditure would bring great returns, MT. McGehee stated that he had been on the ex- hibit train on one of it's trips, and knew what it can do.
 IncineratOr Too Costly.
 The council heard a report from the special committee which visited Little Rock 70 study the workings Of the incinerating plant there, and de- cided, with the committee, that the was too big for the city at this time, and that an incinerati1g plant would not remedy the condi- tlons most necessary to remedy here in the near future. The mayor reported that he had arranged to considerably conditions for a small cos-, and the council decided to let him handle the matter in his own way.
 Alderman Clement called the at- to boys who ride bicycles and "catch behind" street cars and automobiles The ordinance committee was in- structed to prepare an ordinance to cover the conditions referred to.
 Alderman Well interposed sugges- tion that the police enforce the ordi- nance that no person under 16 years of age be allowed to drive an auto- mobile.
 The council appropriated $500 to cover the ay-olls of the street de- partment.
 There was considerable discussion over two proposed ordinances. one relating to the parking oe automobiles in the business section. and the other demanding the use of dinners or de- flectors on all automobile headlights. The parking ordinance finally was placed on the calendar, on it's sec ond reading, and the dinner ordi- lna -fnlaI