North Little Rock - 1919
Pulaski County, Arkansas
The City of Unlimited Opportunities - A Growing, Prosperous Community
That Welcomes Newcomers with "Pep" and Ambition. The Best Geographically
Situated City in the State as an Industrial Center - Within Its
Boundaries are Located Some of the Largest Industries in Arkansas.
North Little Rock - An Industrial Center
Located on the north bank of the Arkansas River, within five minutes
walking distance of Little Rock, is situated North Little Rock, one of
the most prosperous of the many thriving communities in Arkansas. Its
location as an industrial center is ideal and within its boundaries are
located some of the largest manufacturing industries operating in the
State.
North Little Rock is the home of the large repair shops of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, where more than 2,500 men are employed and where the
annual payroll amounts to more than $4,000,000. The Cotton Belt, also
employing a large force of men, has railroad repair shops in the city
and operates repair shops in the city where cars are built and repaired.
Besides these two big railroads, the Rock Island also runs into the city
and operates a repair shop. Each of the three railroads maintain
passenger stations.
Because of its railroad facilities, North Little Rock is the most ideal
industrial center in the State. In the eastern section of the city,
where most of the industries are located, the three railroads operate.
The most recent of the large industries locating in this section is the
McLain Arkansas Hardwood Lumber Mill. Within walking distance of this
plant is also located the Ayer-Lord Tie Plant, Rose City Cotton Oil
Mill, Buckeye Cotton Mill, and several other large industries. Each of
these plants employs a large number of men and the annual pay roll
amounts to several million dollars. Located in the city also is three
large cotton compresses, Wilson Wrape stave Co., Union Seed & Fertilizer
Company, and Crystal Ice Company and a number of large industries.
Because of its railroad facilities, natural gas, cheap electric current,
paved streets that extend to all parts of the city, the eyes of the
entire manufacturing industry of the South are upon North Little Rock.
Every inducement is offered newcomers who desire to locate in &
thriving, prosperous city.
North Little Rock - A Metropolitan City
Incorporated 12 years ago, North Little Rock today is a city of the
first class with an estimated population of 20,000. One of the prettiest
white ways illuminate the two principal business streets in the city and
is maintained by the city government. North Little Rock has more than 20
miles of paved streets, which have been used as a pattern for many
cities 10 times its size. Road builders from all over the country come
to North Little Rock to inspect its paved streets, which are said to be
the best in any city in the United States.
A sewer system that embraces the entire city was recently built which
given the city the most complete storm and sanitary sewer in the South.
North Little Rock owns its own municipal electric light plant and
furnishes residents and industries in the city electric current at a
cheaper rate than is charged in most cities. The city also intends in
the near future taking over the franchise of the water company and
municipally operate the water plant. Natural gas mains have been
extended to practically every corner in the city and natural gas is the
principal fuel.
Within five miles of North Little Rock, in the same county (Pulaski) is
located Camp Pike, which has been designated by the United States
Government as a permanent army camp site. During the war there was an
average of 50,000 men stationed at Camp Pike and at the present time the
camp is the permanent home of the Third Division, Fifty-Seventh Infantry
and other troops. It is believed that 20,000 troops will be stationed at
Camp Pike at all times. A paved street, connecting with the city
pavement extends into the camp and the trip from North Little Rock to
Camp Pike can be made in fifteen minutes. Regular trains operate from
the city to the camp.
Rich Farm Lands on All Sides of North Little Rock
North of Camp Pike and east of the industrial section of North Little
Rock lies some of the choicest farm lands in the South. Farmers and
planters from Pulaski and adjoining counties market their cotton in
North Little Rock and do their business with local merchants. Some of
the finest fleecy staple grown in the state is raised on the farm lands
of which North Little is the trade market. Some of the largest planters
of the State have large holdings near the city and cotton grown on their
farms brings the highest price paid anywhere in the State.
Truck planters also find farming a profitable business on lands near the
city. A ready market for all their products is found in North Little
Rock and Little Rock, and a number of large truck farmers are operating
only a few yards outside the city limits. A large number of orchards are
also located just outside the city limits. The fruit is brought to the
city and sold at wholesale and retail in large quantities. Large tracts
of land that could be converted into profitable truck farms and
orchards, located north of the city, are available.
A highway that will connect Arkansas and Missouri with paved streets was
made possible by an act of the last legislature. The highway will start
in North Little Rock and will result in farmers being able to market
their cotton in North Little Rock from any point along the highway on a
paved street. It will connect with the Faulkner County line at Conway.
The Faulkner Lake Drainage District also is draining 14,000 acres of
fertile land within a stone's throw of North Little Rock, which means
that $1,000,000 worth more cotton will be raised on this land and
marketed in this city.
North Little Rock High School
A Fine System of Schools Has North Little Rock
North Little Rock boasts of one of the handsomest municipal buildings of
any city its size in the United States. At a cost of approximately
$100,000, a new city hall was build and furnished less than four years
ago. All city offices, city jail, etc., are housed in the new city home,
which stands as a monument to the efforts of the organizers of the city.
The city has one park, which is used as a children's playground, and
three other park sites, which the present city government plants to
convert into beautiful parks within the next two years. A large tract of
land lying in the western part of the city, which was willed to the city
for a park site, will be beautiful and made into one of the finest city
parks in the South. Two other large tracts of land, which have been set
aside as park sites, will be beautified in the near future.
North Little Rock has a system of public schools that is not equaled by
many cities twice its size.
A new high school was erected several years ago and today there is need
for two additional buildings to take care of the overflow of children in
the various schools. New buildings will be erected in the near future.
The enrollment of pupils in the six city schools this year is more than
2,500. The city now has six large brick school buildings where all
modern courses are taught. The North Little Rock Schools have an
accredited standing with all Southern Colleges and Universities. Two
Parochial Schools and Shorter College, a negro institution, also are
located in the city.
The city officials, business men of North Little Rock and citizens are
builders of a community that invites newcomers. A welcome hand is
extended to everyone that desires to live in a city where its people are
a harmonious set. Every new enterprise is welcomed and every inducement
is offered them to locate in North Little Rock, where their efforts will
be rewarded - and doubly.
North Little Rock Welcomes You - Come
Grow with a Growing Community
