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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
trrDNMDAT. MARCH 1 1WT.
remarkable career
OF BELOVED JURIST
Tribute Paid Him by
Sister of Judge
Beck.
from boyhood
TO RIPE OLD AUK
Dimitry Boy,’ Clerk. Secre
tary. I-awver-fThen Su
preme Bench.
A >»i> tiiif tribute uml inierrailuK
t ,..,unt ..f the chief event* In the life'
„ f Juigf le>f«n Bleckley lit rontalneil 1
,n an article contributed to the Ureen 1
lua f-« December. 1801. by Mr*. !.<•- |
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
BY GOVERNOR WEDNESDA Y
Immediately lifter newn of Judge Bleckley* death raachod the ctpl*.
tol. Governor Joseph 51. Terrell Issued the following proclamation:
A PROCLAMATION.
It In with sorrow that I make official announcement of the death of
Georgia's meat jurlet. former Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley.
* Hiiennhip haw suffered a distinct loss. He lent enduring fame to
the Mupreme bench .of the elate, a* here as aevoclate Juetlce and mm chief
Justice he sarved with such distinction that his name will always be
ranked with the most learned Jurists of his time.
As citizen he vyu* a distinguished type. Possessing rare, discrimi
nating powers of mind, gifted with scholarly attainments, blessed with a
kind yet positive Individualism, he passed through existence a man among
men.
Therefore. In view of the splendid services rendered the state by him
In life and the general sorrow felt on uccdunt of his death, aa a mark
of respect to the memory of the great man. It Is
ordered. That tho* state Haas .he displayed at haJf maat for ten days
and that the offices of the capitoi be dosed during the hours set apart
for the funeral obsequies
Given under my Imnd and the seal of the executive department, at
the capitoi. in the city of Atlanta, on this, the 9th clay of March. In’ the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
J. M. TERRELL. Governor.
By the Governor: BENJAMIN M. BLACKBURN.
lit- d«
. ..... , # .. .. . h«»d> and nerve force of ait ordinary
He< k Kill*, a sister of Associate* lllttn Yet no ordinary inan was this
r Reck of the Georgia supreme . long*limbed. stout-sinewed. large-
I brained son of the mountains; there
to tna a brief introduction and|l'*re. he endured the strain heroically.
t Hlerklev'N birth Mrs un,U WR " cluse Upon his seventieth
f Judge Bleckte> s birth, Mrs. | yw when he resigned hts seat.
©H* '■'•Ites. I this time Anally, as lie had Indeed a
While his Intellectual powers are still I right t»i do. This ultimate resignation
iindlomied and his physical vigor re- Icaine In 1*94 and dosed a tenn of pub.
t.MrkihV. he Is already more than half Hr service reinaikahh- In length and
, i„/rn venrs past the three score and | worth.
i.n tnniinal. Bom on tho hlll-top*. *e.j Hi. Rrtir.rn.nt
j «»«»• «»»•**«•
;, n f,ll!n f ilrllRtit hu been. whenever Bleckley retreated to hi., mountain
holiday times came, the breathing home and announced his permanent
pjart * in Ills busy career, to step away j retirement from the profession, and
. -i.wded thoroughfares and buck t j||„ not f or purpose of spending
Mr'Thrt" had |«'■>'«■ "■ «•" ,,r
.. U i" ||m boyhood’s Joy. am! still stood 1 vacuity, but In order to pursue, unln-
f.. «:length and peace In his life. Ills i terruptedly. certain lines of study and
neh lodge on Bcreamer Mountain.! Intellectual occupation that had long
nii hoisted peak of the Blue Ridge, has j attracted him. Again the words In
!*■*»» •» Ids busiest years a veritable wh|l . h | le Himself has recited the aims
i^i.h h* d* “ * "J*. '' 1 /kJ 1 f nieHss nt^cot - Mn ^ as'piratlons filling him when he re.
•- "7: ; 'firjffirasti'- ,r ° m h,! ' “ho-en prof...i nn
,1. f ‘V!, '- Rl cmnr In far more *ptly ih.n any
i •ndurlna vital- """ * n I«nlaus .. a hoy. hr always _
.hilc H" •>.<“> « JL , jwa» In «urh ninfeaaldn. tnorr than half- | labor la Ilia twin brother of happiness—
,.n l-lh ' LPbyatqu* andjnteuy . I hunmrouc, yrt wholly .Incrrr. ; the moral of the porm. Otheri mlithi
«T.*Tct?i h, .hi 1 " Mv retirement to prlv.tr llfr was have auggeated It aa wall or brtt.r In
"... md began It* practlc th* , voluntary, and I supposed and Intend- proae. but I rould not. Prrhap. I ought
1 an Y whnMv un-ij^ ** to be perpetual. Then the public 1 1 „ confess that diver, other poem,
l.-oilo. vn- "b;nin.«M duties of mere rlllMnahlp'began to .e- ; (happily none of them judicial) may
fa» o.'Die |o °"* 1 ” mm, • I L'‘> u »'v engage * M 5 nM, ’ n T . h ‘‘. n °C bv charge. During moat of
h* in rot at that time wif uionc. pj,, ;imhitlon to know* how to vote took
»<•<!»:.* to purchase a library und re- poNveselon of me. I sincerely desired
n; i\- to h more advantageou** point (!o qualify myself for th** exercise of the
« ..iw-Murntlv, the day was not long in *|? ( <tive franchise. The money question
*ithing when the young barrister must ' wan tlien, as it'still Is. before the coun
ting •nnporarlly. a more lucrative o« - try. und 1 longed to understand It and
(Uprf'lon. 'see for myself how It ought to be de-
Accsptsd Clerkship. ; elded.' My Ignorance of It was uttsr
, , | rl |i,hlp In a trar..p»rt:illun ..f-,and profound. In thr summer of IMS.
|i|HirtutiFly offered to him,
rd diffidence. I must not be under
stood aa requesting you to read all of
my oplnlona, but, on the contrary. 1
give friendly warning no( to read
half of them, unlee. you desire to un
dergo a certain drowey experience,
which I. commonly Ailed being bored.
In that atale of feeling acorea of them
were written. It Is not to be expected
that the reader would aufTar lea. than
the writer. I have a theory that such
writing, might be terae. crispy, grace
ful. animated and entertaining, but
mine afford few specimens of that kind.
Yet, to treat them with juatlce, 1 am
sensible that (hey an not more dry
than those of some other judges.
I came to the bench a. an aeaoctate
Juatlce of the supreme court In the
•utnmer of 1876. and resigned early In
1180. worn down nml tired out. My laid
deliverance was "In the Matter
Rest." a brief judicial poem. 1 would
conciliate the critical taste of future
generation* by craving pardon, nol for
the verses, but for the doubtful deco
rum of reciting Ihent from u era! tra
ditionally sacred to th* nracl.a of proae.
The lot, of my ability to labor without
great fatigue mad* me long for rest,
but did not weaken my conviction that
hag*'from the bench paid a tribute i
such word* aa I could command In r
extemporaneous address, but not such
as bo da.rv.d.
Having prepared mysslf crudely Mr
admission. I waa admitted to the bar In
April.: 1(49, shortly before I waa 18.
Though for tho following two yeay.-1
had a monopoly of the minor practice,
und a ifraction of that which waa pf
some Importance, the litigation of on*
■pareeiy settled mountain county which
share waa too inaousldarable.
fall to my
to break the continuity at my stadias.
or rather my legal meditations. I waa
abanrbsd and hid .vUlqna. I saw Sov
ereignty. J beheld the Law la Its maj
esty and beauty. I personified It aa a
ouean nr. empress. It waa my sover
eign mistress, my phantojb lady.
Oh. lady, lady, lady!
Hlnce I see you everywhere,
I know you are a phantom,
A woman of the alt'
I know you are Ideal,
But yet you seem to mo
As manifestly real
As anything can bo
Oh. soul-enchanting shadow .
In the day and In the night.
Aa I gase upon your beauty
-I tremble with delight.
LIGHT PLANT TO REPAY
COST IN THREE YEARS
Continued from Pegs One.
•:9:,6J0. Including condulte end’s site,
both of which ihe city already owns.
The total operating coal of such a
If men would hear me ivhleper
How beautiful you aeem.
They should elumber while they Helen
And dream II In a dream:
Hnr nothing an exquisite
fan the waking srn.es reach —
Too fair and soft uni lender
Kor the nicest arts of speech.
In a pensive, dreamy ellencc
I am very often found.
Aa If listening lo a rainbow
Or looking at a round.
'Tie then I see your beauty
Reflected through my tears.
And I feel that I hare loved you
A thousand thousand years.
barge. During moet
my life I have had a strong and to tne
unaccountable propensity for metrical
transgression Over and over again
have 1 suffered the pains and penalties
of imellc guilt. Besides a score or two
I and narrow escapes.. But even now I
which he accepted and held
* \eara. only giving It up when
>r Towns appoints! him one of
I claries of Ihe executive de-
The latter place
] laying ankle i'll other business, I de-
u voted myself to the study af this one
subject. At first the ante end I had In
view was to qualify myiielf as a voter;
but I soon found out. front an exuml-
nation of the standard works and other
L. oiila witting, that nobody really understood
_ the subject nt bottom, and that-1 was
year: for hts flrst most scjjrnt I han j |y | ft ,* ignorant concerning It than
i. w.Hilng him back to her with | (ha „„ „ f mank | n d. This Hied me
'hlcli he could never diNitzain. i w m l k?q! not only to mauler It. but 10
»♦. in 1*52. being then •& *’****’"! become It* expounder to the world.,
he opened a law otflee In At • ■ Accordingly I began writing down In
from the Aral, hi* lucctu J notebook* brief note* of my reflection*.
not a hardened offender.
htt*hful hesitation ahvay* temper* my
gallantry with the Mu*ex.
My realgnatlon waa the result of
overwork, and overwork was the result
of iny Ignorance of the law, together
with an apprehension that I might be
Ignorant when 1 supposed 1 wm not.
To administer law It In desirable,
though not always necessary, to know
It. The labor of learning rapidly on a
large scale and the constant strain to
shun mistake* In deciding cases, shat
tered my nerves and Impaired my
health. In Its effect on the deciding
matter of doubt. meditations and acquisitions touching • faculty. |he apprehension of Ignorance
i.i lsv. -\e And the mountain youth va | Ur an ,| tm measurement. Ami touch- counts for sh much an Ignorance Itself,
n*: to a position of *uoli Intpor- j nJr mo ne> and divers related topics. My mind I* slow* to embrace a,firm
in the tally day* of ,bl* This practice I have continued for live
i Ur
piratlons were ie- j V ear*. and am still engaged In It. The
. iln> state at largo as audit- notebooks have multiplied to more than
:'ie cxtr*n»e. His own naive \ iwenty. and their contents to more
litlng io the matter, when he ,j, an tuo thousand pages, and I frank-
•nil n*U«d by the Bar Asso- . | v say I have not yet quallfled myself
f <it ngla to tell something of t ,» vote Intelligently on the money
: t \ days, will give you ihe ,,ue*ilon. though I believe I am almost
• t!ie* «ltuatlon belter than quallfled.”
,j li should be added here that there
til e in which I aspired was wii* unlvets.il regiet throughout Geor
licit..r general of the I’oweta J gin. hs well as othei
w hi, it. in then ronatltuteil. | destruction by tire
. tight counties, and Included, and manuscripts w«
t Atlanta. The office was be- i through the public pr«
„ icpuled t*» »h* the best pay- than a year ago. This l
• kiate, and NO waa an object , the judge
hv nln*' other gentlemen as t burned
iii\ self. Tluee
heuten In the i
r names/*
faith In Its supposed knowledge. How
ever Ignorant a Judge may be. when
ever he thoroughly believes hu under
stands ihe law of hts case he Is ready
to decide It—no less ready than If he
had Hie knowledge which ht thinks lie
lias. And he will often decide cor
rectly. for the law may be aa lie sup
poses. whether he know-s It or not. My
trouble Is. to become fully persuaded
that I know. I seem not to have found
the law out In a reliable way. I detect
I tm\c
j many mistakes committed by othe .
announced , and convict myself of error so ifteh
little more thut most of mv conclusions on dlfft-
befell when j,-nit 9 ( uest|ons are only provisional I
ottage nt t'larkcsvllle w at I reconsider, revise, scrutinize, revise the
bad been the hope of the j *«-rutln>. and scrutinize the revision,
sands who not only know hu|i J Hut my faith In the ultimate efficiency
| trust this man of wise study and j „f U ork Is unbounded. The law Is too
j thought that from these voluminous j „f| en unknown, but never unknowable,
x era| tolnt ballots of the gen- notes would e\olve. In the course of , Anally settle down, painful dellbera*
ums elected and scrv- 'time, it vell-dlgested. carefuily-mould- L,, in ,. eawPi ami I doubt no more until
with such dlstltuH.mjvl. condensed, hut cumprehenslve work , am vnxHXfd In »rllln« out the optn-
r ;r..' 'n u«hV *h I ni*!* C< l n* "s»t" he J Za^." N»r"T* ‘this ^>°nv lost lurMaX il'lESK ' My
»1I|»||, but re.lftted three
: »imu hts regular prectlc
again Into
1 This • there stall ot two over the ashes. "*• | .ultatlon; we reconsider Ihe cate, and
years I himself to the task, "f "P | ™o , *h* h J* j decide It tile other way. Then 1 am
Ire. |nutes and ntanuscrlpta and Ihe work I* l at()inf< ,. for wlian , hnow lh . )aw ,,
i non tnovlna on with go.sl proml f r | nn! on (inp ), must be on the other.
future fultlllment. I i remained In private life until Jan-
A Letter to Poeterity. ! uary - t 1 as;, when on the death of Oilef
IGreen Hag. February. 18*7 I .Justice Jackson I liecame bis eucce.sor.
Some humorous compllmente febrl- j M
t'ate.1 by Ihe good humor of The Albany j ye
Journal have rendered me
To Supreme Court.
In July. 1875, when Mr. Black-
- is years of age. thut he became
.'■lime appointment associate
■ t the supreme court ot Oeor-
lils hnnorable aeal w-aa nol only
" hy the buay and devoted Isw-
. when first tendeted. was de-
lott.r, however, he accepted It.
l-d the office for live difficult.! photographs Is only t
"h.d years, afiar which he felt j of living, hut to concoct autobiography
•lie privilege of resigning and' Involves psychological ,,l ' ,, 'r" - llf ” 1 , la ‘
... I,I dally to a person whose slock "f tna-
l nself In himself. tel hits Is no longer than mine,
l.i'lgi Bleckley s great wisdom. Ilnr , lf ,he «ppt|. ants for it sketch
..* III. ability to serve, were too • of my life Insists that I ought to lay I
term of office will expire with the | Deorgla,
ia« " '
III n<
My professional Income for these t
years, not counting Insolvent fees,
amounted to between nhtrty-nve and
fifty dollars per annum. Having no
means with which to establish myself
elsewhere and wall for a clientage. I
determined In auapend practice and en
gage In a more lucrative department of
labor until 1 could accumulate a small
capital. I sought and obtained
ploytnent as a bookkeeper In the slate
railroad offire at Atlanta. In this sit
uation I remained for three years, iny
compensation ranging front ttO to 1(6
tier month. In the fourth year I wa,
transferred to Mllledgevllle. then the
capital of the state, being unpointed
one of the governor's secretaries, at u
salary of 81.800. A new Incumbent of
the executive chair was Inaugurated in
November. 1861. and both my health
and my polities needing repairs. I re
turned to private life. I had saved
enough from iny earning* to supply me
with the skeleton of a library, and sup
port me some months aa u candidate
for prartlre. In March. 1868. being
then nearly twenty-live years of age.
opened an offire In Atlanta, and ntv
thoughts and dreams were again of law
and of nothing else. The phantom
lady haunted tne a* before, and seemed
as beautiful as ever. Indeed, though I
had been cool. 1 had been constant In
my devotion lo her through the four
years I was out of her service. Clients
gradually ventured within my chant.
hers, and I soon had a moderate pros
perity, due chiefly to acquaintances
made In railroad circles during my
three years' service aa a railway clerk.
In 1861 1 was elected to the office of
solicitor general fur my Judicial cir
cuit. which embraced eight eountles.
My term of service was four years, in
ihe last of which happened the crown
ing success of iny whole IU[f-A9 waa
married. I'nttl 18(1 1 continued (he
practice In Atlanta. The Aral battle
of Manassas, alias Bull Run. occurred
while I was In the ramp of Instruction,
endeavoring to acquire some skill in
the noble art of homicide. By nature I
am pacific. The military spirit has bui
feeble development In my constitu
tion. Nevertheleis. I tried th* for
tunes of a private soldier for a (hurt
time In behajf.of .the Southern t'on-
federpey. I was discharged on oecount
of III health, after a few months' serv
ice In West Virginia, without having
shed anyone's blood or lost any blood
of my own. The stale of my martial
emotions wss somewhst iiecitllai: I
loved my friends, but dlil nut hale my
enemies Without getting "fighting
mad" I went out to commit my share
of slaughter, being actuated by a sol
emn sense of duty, unmlxed with aplte
w III will. When I consider how de
structive 1 might have been had nty
health supported mv prowess, I am
disposed to congratulate "gentlemen
on Ihe other side" upon my forced re
tirement from the ranks at an early
perlntl of tile contest. To the best of
my remembrance, I was very reluc
tant. hut very determined to fight.
However, all my military "''Is were
utterly null and void. .After my dis
charge from the atmy. I served the
(Confederacy In much of It* Iran I busi
ness nt and armtnd Atlanta Oera-
slonally I took part .Hn In nhort terntn
of ramp duty as a member of the mili
tia. In I8(t. about the lime General
Sherman left Atlanta on Ills march to
the sea. I was appointed to the offire of
supreme court reporter. After report
ing two volumes. Ihe .Itth and ir.tli
resigned that office. This
taxes, which th*
city would not pay herself, and a full
corps of men. would be 167,(78. This,
deduct,d from 889 £21.01, th* (urn
poured by th* city into tho cofforo of
tho lighting monopoly loot yoor, would
loavo $31,760, or a not return on tho
invootmont of 12.1 por cent.
With tho olte. and conduits not flg-
used In Ihe root of erecting Ihe plant.
and taxon and water not figured In Ihe
operating expenses, the net return
would necesaarlly be greater.
The report, as submitted, figures
only on the dly furnishing her own
lights at night, and shutting down In
ihe tloy time.
For Commercial Use.
It would be the greatest of folly, of
course, fur ihe city to own a lighting
plant and to run It only during Ihe
night. With the plant erected, the
poles up. Ihe wires strung and the men
engaged, the city could easily run the
plant In day time for commercial pur
poses.
This would necessitate only the ad
ditional expense of a day shift of work
men. additional fuel and other Incident
al expenses. The Income derived In the
day would all practically be clear
profit.
There are any number of manufac
turing enterprises and other concern*
which require light only In the day
time—uy. between ( o'clock In Ihe
morning and 8 o'clock In tji* evening.
During these hoars th* dly needs nu
light for her own uses.
The city could furnleh Ihe some pow.
er equivalent during Ihe day that ahe
could at night, ir she sold It to con-
aumsrs for what It cost her to run It
for her own uses, the annual Income
In the day would be 863,176 a year, of
which all but tlu.OVO. at the moat,
would be proflt.
If ahe sold It to consutneri at Ihe
same coot that the city now pays Ihe
monopoly, the annual Income for day
lights would be 808.6:8.
Would Bring $83,000.
On on Investment of 1171,870—the
cost of erecting the plant—an annual
saving of 140,000 for the city owned
lights and an annual profit of about
843.000 on day lights to private con
sumer*—^figuring the price to consum
er* at the coat the city Incurs for her
own lights—would total 393,000,
This would be a net return on the
Investment of about 30 per cent. In
other word., the city rould pay for the
plant, nut of the pronto. In a little more
than three years
If llte city sold lights at thr same
price lhat Ihe monopoly now charges
her. the saving would bs.M0.00O on her
own lights, and thf proflt on day lights
would be 1(9,000, minus 110,000 oper
ating expenses In day.
The total would be Slin.000 profit a
year. Thla would be a net return of
about (0 pererent, and the plant would
pay for Itself In leas than three years.
.The report of the Hsll-lllgea Com
pany waa submitted to Alderman Key,
chairman of the municipal ownership
committee of council, Monday after
noon. Following la the report In full.
COMPLETE REPORT OF
THE HALL-ILLQE8 CO.
March t. 1907.
Aldrrmanlc Committee on Municipal
Ownership. Hon. J. L Key, chair
man. Atlanta. Ga.:
Gentlemen—In accordance with your
Instructions we have made a careful
survey of lighting conditions and cost.
In this city, with a view toward the
aractlcablllty of a publicly owned street
Ightlng plant, and beg to report as fol.
lows:
There
The operating fore* required will be I plant will
as follows: r * pi Mn
(1)
On* superintendent, per ap-
Oa# night engineer. !!!].].!!!*
One addl'lnnal engineer, one-
half poar 640.
One hofper (no.
One additional helper, one-
half year 3<m.
Ons fireman foreman (ov
One additional foreman one-
half yaar 3o0.
Twp firemen 9Si>.
Two additional firemen one-
holf year
Three lamp trimmer*
One repairman
Two linemen
One night Inspector
Four horses and carts, keep..
4(0.n0
1.(40.011
7(0.00
Total tlo.CA.'H)
As shown above. It will be advisable
to maintain two shifts In the power
house during the winter month* on ac
count of the long nights, pis no light
will be sold, no accounting department
will lie necessary, the slight work of
auditing payroll and monthly state
ment* fur supplies being performed by
Ihe superintendent and r4ty treasurer's
office.
The total operating expenses of thla
plant will be:
Plant Operating 4,000 Hours.
Coal. 4.300 ions at 18.76 per
Inn til,660.00
Labor lo.4M.0u
Water al city rate* to manu
facturers 176.00
ffupplle*. oil. lamp*, electrodes 8.900.00
Repairs and general mainte
nance .i... 8.160.00
Interest on bonds at 4 per rent 10.110.00
Taxes 90 par rent valuation.
.0186 (city rate)
Depreciation. 9 per rent on
steam and electrical ma
chinery. 4 per cent on cir
cuits and lamp*, 1 I-: on
building, chimney and foun
dations, and 10 par cent on
tools and learns
3,040.00
Plant Operating 4£00 Maura.
18.71
11.943.00
Total annual cost S68.867.00
Cost to city for afreet lights
In 1000 S80.680.0t
Total operating cost of plant. 68.167.
48.400.00
82.310.00
Annual saving 886.071.01
Net return on Investment. 18 per cent.
A complet* plant of the same capac
ity. located at the crematory site, will
coal:
(2)
Three 400-h. p. water tube
bolleni erected complete... 816.000.00
Two 060-h.. p. cross com
pound engines and founds.
Two 960-k. w. generators.
2.200-volt. Oil
Thirteen 100-llght constant
current transformers
Switchboard, complete
1.000-aeries arc Jampa
600-aerlas Incandescent lamp
8treet light circuits erected
complete
Power house with ten-ton
crane
Chimney. 8t-lnch diameter
by 160 feat high, with
amok* condenser
Real aatat*
Pump* and heaters
Steam and water piping
Electric work In power house
Two 60-k.' w. earlier units
erected
Four horse* and carts.......
Tools, sundries, etc
Engineering
16.200,00
6.100.00
80,000.00
2.200.00
02,700.00
10.000.00
4,400.00
1.000.00
1,000.00
12.600.00
Entire plant erected com
plete 1802.120.00
The total operating expanses of thla
plant will be:
Plant Operating 4£00 Hours.
Coal. 6.700 tons at 13.76 ton. .916.076.00
latbor 10.020.00
Water at city rates to manu
facturers 996 00
Supplies, oil, lamp*. el*o>
trodes, etc 3.90" <*0
Repairs and general main
tenance 3,100.00
ere In the streets of Atlanta I Interest on bonds at 4 par cant 10.600.00
erected com-
Entire plant
plat* 1262.600.00
Total operating expense*:
Plant Operating 4£00 Hour*.
Coal, 4,160 tons at 92.76 par
ton 611.811.00
Labor 0.190.00
Water at city rata* to manu
facturers 960.00
Supplies, oil, lamps, elect rod**,
etc 1,610.08
Repaint and general mainte
nance 2,900.00
Interest on bond* at 4 per
cent 10,104.00
Tax**. 00 per cant valuation.
.0186 (city rata) 1.000.00
D*prectatlon,.aa before given. 10.703.00
Total annual coat 169.911.00
Coat to city for ttreat lights In
1800 41l.Ut.01
Total operating expanses of
plant 6t.U6.00
wq* In Ihe spring of 18(7. Front that
. briefly the iii'lncl- *<» < «•» appointed to .the su-
lanv Journal have tendered me con- . , . H ... I prettie bench In 1*75. I practiced law
epivU'iits In the e>ea of that reatless I’* 1 f ' P»r*onal hlrtory PR-” - , mntlnuoualy In Atlanta,
part of mankind, the seeker, after I "■ the beginning of my judicial career. | Such education aa I
seekers after
photographs and lilographv To supply
1 was born In the woods, nmlil tb<
rrease the cost I mountain* of northeastern Oeotgla. Jul ••
3. 1327. My native county. Rabun, had
then been organised hut seven or eight
yesis. up I" which period It wss Ihe
wilderness home of Ihe Indians—the
■ 'Iteinkees. At eleven >ear* of age I
cotiimenced writing In the office of my
lived In a rented homestead, one mile
vice In I3'7. ’ resistible fmeo impinging upon a mnv- from Clayton, the county town, and was
s vast This I shte hodvi anil that It would never i clerk of three courts—the superior. In-
» >*•'• . . Mb 'c . FU'. V 1..0WI.1 I... ...overfill i.Hnr sod nntlaarv. He was a man of
Judiciary for him tp be permit-; inwardness t« isaMerliy. Proieatlw ; without any lan^Mdtenemem^ and
MX to walk hla peaceful, private , that my reluctance has been overcome with ver> few goods and • hattels. Ite
Earnestly and urftntly he wax by hi* Importunity (that I*, hy an ir
•n .| t»ark lo nrv‘“ *“ '*•" '—*"*'
'••undine hla atrtleltjyear. ■■■■• i «>"•■ V.V'inV tn'lnir less powerful. I fertor nml iirdlnao'. He was a man of
I tire Tihx conremyt oui t I l av* WTB en with m “ own hand Hi* strong Intellect, fair Information and
supreme kumch^of < Oeore1s ( 'wa* I following eplotle t' 1 that portion of ,h6 hu.lne.a experience He had
V ms ’ .O..SS.KIV h.^ Oier-i human race for whose enlightenment I been sheriff of Ihe county. A more
• 'I'ourMn HteiiMttd 'States'the 1 my .mentor .. ... an*- sterling charart.r wa*^hot Inthe world
; M.r.' d br ss>, p ^ssrr pt , ^irn.,
the addition of two new; jua-1. Jrtl fno arrive and
nh.ill never meet. I xhould be
the hard driven threa and alxo! I ihall he
•ter equating of toll and reinu-
’< Hut In th# twaive yearn dur-
I* h Judge Bleckley labored ao
tv upon thla bench, ffrat an •**
mimic* and latar aa chief of the
the work waa auch aa would
•rn lo exhaustion the brain,
CLEAR BRAINS
make wealth
for th* owner.
Grape°Nuts
• * xpacial brain
“THERE'S A REASON"
T
■■leased to nisk* your acquaintance, but
It Is Impossible to await your coming,
th* present stilt* of th* law of nature
ertalnly not In that large group
called th* mlddl* class, to which It*
li*longed. Loyal lo truth, hr scorned
sham, pretence and mendacity. II*
was a native of North Carolina as waa
my mothrr also. His blood was Eng
lish nml Irish combined: hers Gernisn.
the present slat* of th* law or nature i j gradually ‘•rqulred skill In offli *
bring op|ios»il i i sit. h dilatory pioc**d-1 |, ul |nea*. and more and more of It fell
Ing* There Is no hop* of amending niy share, till at length I could give
that law In time for my caae. Thougn al j „f „ competent attention. In thl*
aware of your approach collectively a* way> u nd by observing what wus done
a body of respevialil* clllaen*. 1 shall an( j aald In the court*. I contracted a
never hear of a single Individual among |nJkll n f„ r | aw and became familiar with
you. Nor I* U llkeb you will aver Ihear
4>f in# bvgnam*\ f*nu» or i#pql«*H*>U( un-
'iNNN Wltli thr «»* « microphone
| extraordinary power. .i
the highway* between th* age* remain
1 ngo"5 condition and repalr thl. com-
munlratlon. though virtually anony-
moil* may poMlbly rrech you. In that
event I bexpeak for It >'*nr
fnr one nnwnenl per generation, which.
X,/wm r h* d, mrf n u..°. , h.re Ur .n^t
isa£r
tl”!* r It Is contingent upon the
if my service- to the public *■ ■ mem-
Sir I,f the siik'iein* >otni of Georgia.
these sent'** there I*
evidence, though "f » penshsh's rut
legal diHtimenli and forma of pi##
cetlure. The NtatuteN. Mrange in Nay,
wer* pregnant reading, and at interval**
I read them with axNfdully. Of courae
mv cnmprehenalon »f Ibem waa Imper-
f#t t. and atlll mure Imperfect waa my
maMery of the ronatltutlon of elate.
iin<l that of the United NtaitN. But I
had a boy’a a*qua!ntanre with all
these, or mnet of them, by the time I
was 17. At that age I borrowed Hlavk-
stone and eome other elementary b*9oka
and entered upon the study of taw in
earnest There waa no resident lawyer
In the munty; •*» I read alone, g'ring
unre or (wire to an adjoining munty to
a mined by some attorneys a bn
( took a friendly lotereei In dlrertlng mv
i^eotgla' •tndina Gne of these waa |h# lat
Such educutlon as I received In my
boyhmMl was acquired at the village
academy of my native county, mh In
stitution of meagre resources and lim
ited runge of Instruction. Although
In the course of a somewhat studious
lifetime I have added considerably to
my early stock, the plain truth Is that
while not Illiterate, I am destitute. ..f
real learning, lay or legal. My highest
aspiration, so far as this life la con
cerned. Is to do good Judicial work.
Hervlce Is better than salary, duty more
Inspiring than reward. My devotion
to law* is the spiritual consecration of 4
loving disciple, a devout minister.
L. E. BLEUKLKY.
last year 984 arc and 414 Incandescent
lamps, for the use of which the city
l>ays at the rate of $75 per arc and
IJS.75 per Incandescent per annum;
the total amount paid to the lighting
company In 1909 being 990.738.vl. Of
this sum thr lighting company, under
the terms of the ordinance of 1902. re
turns 2 per cent, less taxes and licenses,
which was 11.210, making the net cost
to the city for street .lights In 1908
(89.528.01
mpllsh this municipal lighting
It will be necessary for the city to erect
h complete electric (tower plant within
or near the city limits, and Install new
lines and street lamps, or purchase the
line* und lumps now In existence and
ownetl hy the lighting company.
Thd city now owns property available
> a site for such h plant at both
waterworks and Incinerating plant, and
the cost w ill h<* given nt both locations.
The former iHwiesses the advantage
that water will be available for con
densing purposes, hut Is lemoved from
the centers»f the city'; the latter Is de
sirable bet ause of Its central location,
hut Isi ks HVHtlabte condensing water
and the resulting economy of tipers'-
tlon.
A complete plant locatetl nt the
waterworks site, to supply the present
street lights, will cost:
til
Charged With Lareany.
M|mm*InI lo The Georgian
Brunswick, tja.. March *.—Ured Wil
son. a white -man employe*! at the
plant i.f the Bay Iron Works, In this
city, was arrested yesterday charged
with the larceny of two small pieces of
brass, which he sold for 72 cents. He
was given a preliminary hearing bef4»re
Justice lasmbrtght and was bound over
to the city court under a bond of 975.
TutfsPills
Three Sun h. p. water tube
hnllrrs, erevted romplete.. I 18
Two 86q It. |t. Crux* com
pound engine* with foun
dations
Two (50 k w generators,
2.300 volt. (II
Thirteen I'Hi-Itght constant
current transformer*
Hwltrhboard complete
1.000 aeries arc lamps
. 500 series Incandescent lamps
Street light circuits, erected
complete
Power house with |i)-lon
crane
I'lilmner. 8! Inches diameter
by 160 feet high, with
smoke condenser
Real estate
Pumps, heelers and surface
n.ndentier*
Hteinii ami water piping .
Electric work In |mw*r house
Two (•> k. w. exciter units
erected"' ...
Foui florae* and carta......
Tools, sundries, elc
Engineering
41.I0U.00
::.2(o.oo
13.200.01
5.300.00
20.000
Taxes, 40 per cent valuation,
.0126 (dtp rate) 1,919.00
Depredation, as before given 11.639.00
Total annual edat 967.761.00
Coat lo city for street lights
In 1904 189.528.01
Total operating coat of plant 67.761.00
Annual savings 131,7(0.01
Nat return on Investment. 13 per rent.
Rlnre Ihe existing lamp* have been
In use various Improvements have been
98.600.00
to obtain at a somewhat higher
lamp* that will give higher Illuminat
ing power while consuming lest ener
gy. Rhoutd lamp* nf thl* Improved
type be used, a smaller generating
plant and a smaller operating force
will be required, aa follow*:
Complete plant located at water
work* alte for aupplylng Improved ays-
tem will coat:
(9)
Three ,286-h. p. water tube
boilers erected romplete...
Two 7no-h. p. cross com
pound engines with found
ation*
Two 060-k. w generators.
2.800-volt. 4"
Thirteen 100-llght constant
current transformer*
Hwltrhboard. romplete
I,oon.Improved series arc
Intnps
6 0 0 - s e r lea Incandescent
lamps
Hireet light, circuit* erect-
eil complete
Power house with 10-Ion
rane
89.600.00
18.490.00
26.000 00
Annual saving 934.993.91
Not return on Invaatmant. 18.4 par
com.
While It appears from th* coat of op
eration that th* improved system • la
only allghtly more economical. It ahould
be ramambarad that about 10 per cent
more Illumination la afforded by Ita ua*.
There la alao to be conaldared the
possibility of using a portion of tho
city* wait* aa fuel for the production
of thla power. Th# city* Incinerating
plant consume* dally 299 loads, 71 tons,
of garbage, rubbish and aahaa. Thl*
waata has an avaporatlvs value of from
ona-half to on* and ons-half pounds of
water par pound of waste and at least
half of thla. as It la now collected, can
be used ax’fuel under hollars.
Thl* proportion can be Increased by
requiring aahea and garbage to b* more
carefully *« pa rated by householder*, ao
that content* of carta would not b*
mixed; alt of tbs more combustible
matter could than b# utilised.
Th# coat of • plant located at th*
crematory and equipped for the utili
sation of thla waata, will ba:
on* 300-h. p. water tube boUar
equipped tor burning rubbish,
erected complete-• -• • • ■ »
Two 300-b. p. water tube boiler
erected complete 8,19888
Two 700 h. p. cross compound
engines, with foundation*.. 38,996.08
Two 990 k. w. generator*.
. 2.360 volt. 40
Thirteen 160 light conitant
currant transformer*
Hwllchbord. complete
1,680 improved aerie# arc
lamps
600 aerie* Ineandascanta
Street light circuit* erected
complete
Power house with 16-ton
crane
Chimney, 41-Inch dt*.sl90 It
Mgh with amok* con..
Real aatal*
Pump* and heaters
Hteam and water piping.....
Electric work In powarhouao
Two 85 k. w. exciter units
erected
Two horaa* and cart*
Forced draft apparatus
Toole, sundries, etc...
19.498.98
24.768.98
89.609J8
2 £88.88
98,78888
10.988.88
4,106.06
% 9.0*6.00
1.900.00
8490.06
1.666.00
2.200.00 1 Engineering
103.950.00, Emir* plant erected, com
8.996.08
660.80
1,066.00
1.066.00
12406.60
■ a aaa aa I Plot*'
lo.ooo.oo , T#U | oanting Expanaoo.
Chimney ft Inchci diameter i ,
bv 125 feel high w ith amtikr 1 l *^.*P.L 0, ?^V n ^. ,,0 re bour*.)
condenser 3.100.00, Loel. 8.500 ton*, at »...»
Real estate 3.000.00 ROf *
:,:i)o"H Pump*, heater* and surface . Labor
I condenser* —-'trjpe.on "•* ,r •* •***• * n m * n "
H>3,150. >n I Hteam and water piping.. .7.000.00! ufacturara
UMW.w'fbfflS?'
in.ooo.ov
FOR TORPID UVER.
A taraM Rvardarangt# th* t
SICK HEADACHE,
ISIlJorV u's "l. b'i U ."e're',Il'b'un.ff’ecl- 3udg. L'nde.woud. lo wboy memory l'
Dyspepsia, Co6tlv8R666, Rbev*
(Mti.m. Sallow Ski. or4 Piles.
sssassass.'sffa
UVTJl PILLS, as a trial wUI prevo.
Take No *Mib«>titutc.
Entire plant rm-tad com-
plat# 927l.f70.oo
(Jiw unit only will b# raqulrad to sup
ply all Ntract MghtN. laavlng a aacond
to bo* up#rated during ptrlodN whan thr
It i'M l« I ilia for Inapartlon or rapalra; a
apara hollar and tranaformar ara |n-
dudatj also.
Th»* rlty’a lightN lnrraaN9M| 4 par »*#nt
In 1 . at tha mime rate of Increase
there la sufficient Nurplua capacity In
rju h of ihe above units lo pifivlde far
growth during several years to coni*.
The i i»st o»f the power houae as given
allow* NuflUient spars for a third unii
which will pruvtds fur futurs growth.
Electric work In power hocUe
Two 35»k. w. axrltef units.
erected
Two hoisa* and i arts
Tool*, suntlries. etc
Engineering
oil. lamps, else
. trudss. stc . “T
3.950.00 ! Rap**rs and gtneral mslnts
500.00 |
9.190.00
950.00
iluu „„ nance
1 ooo 00 • Intereit on bond* at 1 per
ilSLOO;
cent
Entire plant erecleil com
plete 12(1.665.00
Operating Faro* Requiredt
Per
Annum
Dnr auprrintendent , . It.500.o«
Onr night engineer I.OIO.Ou
On* adduiunsl engineer. 1-2 yr 64h hh
One helper
One additional helper, hair year
One flreinan foreman .
On* additional foreman, h.ilf
>*or
one flreinan
One adftlunat flirmaml half
tear
Two lamp irliiiinere
tine repalnnan
Two linemen .. . .
On# night Inspector. ....
Two h'>r»e» aryl tarn keep
! Taxes, go per rent valuation.
.0126 telly rate)
1 Depreciation, aa before given
6.110.08
3,666.66
18.862.88
1.918.00
10.888JM
Total annual coat $ 69.088.80
I’.iot in cliy for street light"
Fuat. 1,200 tons at
ion 7.8 8.300.60
Labor ... t.118.00
Water at city rata* to manu
facturer# 180.80
Hupplle*. oil. lamp*, electrode*.
•«>' 1.418.08
Repair* and general mainte
nance* 8.800.88
Interoet on bond* at 4 per cant 18,486.88
Tax**. 90 par rant valuation.
.0121 (city rate) 1,88348
Depreciation, aa bafor* gtvaa. 11,123.88
Total annual coat 91,171.00
Coat to city for atraet light* In
1804 141.188.81
Tutal operating expanse* of
Plant 18.176.88
Annual aavlng 116.166.81
Net return on Invaatmant. 114 par
cent.
Hteam' turbine* can b* used In thla
plant at an additional coat of 16,888,
operating expan*** remaining practi
cally the same.
A plant of the same capacity located
at Die crematory alt* to supply thla
Improved system, will coat: • * •
Three 300-h. p. water tube
bolters erected complete..I 13.388.88
Two 706-lt. p. cross compound
engines with foundations.. 28,(88.88
Two 860-h. p. generator*. 1480
volt. 80- 18.488.08
Thirteen luu-llght conitant
current tranaformara 84,708.80
Hwltrhboard complete 8486.08
1.080 improved aerie* arc
lamp* 11.060.08
600 aarlaa IncandeoconU.. .. 1480.00
Rtreat light cirebllo erected
rcraplot* .'. 82,780.80
Power hour* with ten-ton.
crane .*71040046
Chimney, 14 Inches diameter
by 110 fort high, with
smoke doodenier 4,880.00
Real aatat# *6,88040
Pump* and heaters 1,688.86
Steam and water piping.. .. 6468.00
Electric work In power house 1,080.(0
Two 16-k. w. exciter units
erected 1,160.80
Two horeea and carta 68040
Toole, sundries, ate 1,880.(0
Engineering 18.88840
ami a*
3HO.DO
ooo.eu
240.00
ito.tte
760.IWI
(00.0*
(110 no
JClOO
Tntol
In 1W .* r... 9M3MI
Total operating sxpensag of ......
plant 8(4(8.08
9 86.(86.01
- 184 per
Annuel aavlng
Net return on Invest
cent. '
Fri ll the above It will bo Men that
th* saving from tho ua* ot thla waste,
aa It. la now roMct*4. and with the
lowest evaporation, 1-2 pound, la equiv
alent in 760 tons of coni par year, this
being partially offaat by the Increased
fixed charge* Incident I* th* In. raaaad
flrat cost of th* pleat. On* boiler onlv
need be equipped for Ibo ue* of waaie
and (hla ran be ao ropjnetted that
waste
burned. Ihla
coal or
The total upviailnf cap-mo
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