Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-09
Permanent Organization Elf fected at Great Meeting
 Last Night.
BOYCE CHAIRMAN
 OF NEW COMMITTEE
Engineers Everywhere to Be Invited to Submit Plans for PreyeDting Overflow of Part of City-Goyern-
 ment Asked for Aid.

FeImdlonL ofSaHlZallon was per ''ftt cted last night at a big meeting Of citizens, by the election of a perma- rent chairman, permanent secretary end permanent committee of 15, to take the place of comittee of 15 named at a citizens meeting last week, to attend to the preliminaries Of preventing flood conditions in the cd lakebed section of the city.
 Schnable Chairman.
 Mike Schnable was elected perms- nent chairman; A. R. Cooper was elected permanent secretary. and the committee of 15, to which Chairman Schnable was added as an extra member, is made up of the following:
 J. E. Boyce. chairman; Henry Hringman, J. w. Crawford, $. C. Alexander, John w. Rsap. Hubert P. Strange, County Judge c. M Philpot. F. M. Rosenberg. w. P. Tomme, w. l. Meeks. Jchn Matz, Emil Merscher, Fred Fox, Jo Nichol and Maj. ". J. Parkes.
 Mayor Simon Bloom and all the members of the City Council were made ex officio members of this committee.
 By an unanimous vcte the meet [ ing instructed that invitations be eX- tended to all engineers to submit plans and specifications for a remedy for the trouble, with the understand ing that the plans decided upon as best and most feasible will be pur- i chased and paid for.
 Quick Action Is Obtained.
 There were several talks but near ly all of them were made while a committee of five was in an ante room, selecting the members of the committee of 15. Mayor Simon Bloom made a talk immediately after the 1oeeting opened, at which he made It plain that he has no particular plaa in mind, to cure the defects against which complaint is made. He urged that something be done-he did not care how or by whom, just so con ditions were bettered, because the conditions were g detriment to the city and were constant cause of i!.-health to the people of Pine Bluff
 Almost unanimously, Mike Schn- able was made permanent chairman. Alex Powell was proposed for per manent secretary, A. R. cooper, previously proposed, was supported by virtually the entire meeting.
 After MT. Cooper's election, Mr. Rowell moved that the chair appoint a committee of three, to select the committee of fifteen, these latter nominees to be voted on by the meet ing. The chair named Henry Bring man, Ed Baker and J. w. Crawfcrd. MT. Crawford stated that he pre- ferred not to serve. MT. Powell sug- gested making it a committee of five The chairman named walter c. Hud- son and w. IF. Tomme. The commit tee retired, but in few moments Mr. Bringman returned to announce that MT. Crawford would not serve, and the chair then named MT. RQwell i'll his stead. ffs,f ttSs*
 Citizens, Discuss Plan.
 w. l.. Meeks' made an interesting talk, on the problem to be solved by the committee, the engineers and the commissioners of the proposed dis trict. He expressed the view that flocdgates and a, pump would be the best solution, but admitted that other men who had studied the subject well, had other views. He urged tha.s all men be heard. that all the best ideas be studied, and that the cream ' Ol tAClA dll UO lnOA 0C0 AAASO O SSA1 AAA . by which the improvements desired can be brought about.
 Creed Caldwell made an interesting talk. supporting MT. Meek's plan for a flocdgate at Virginia street and East Second avenue. He stressed the point that Bayou Bartholomew will often be flooded, to the great damage Of growing crops in very rich sec ton, when there is combination CT high water in the lower rivers and heavy rains in Pine Bluff.
 MT. Crawford touched briefly. but vehementiy. on the great need of hay ing permanent : improv sment. work acne by the government on the cav ing banks in the east end of the city He stressed the necessity of doing this work in the very best and safest manner, so that .it would hold and forever be protection to the great property values in that section. oi