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SECOND SECTION. The Atlanta Georgian and News SECOND SECTION. VOL. V. NO. 243. ATLANTA, DA.. SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 15)07. PRTf!E!. ON Train, FIVE CENTS, i XUUCl. In Atlanta TWO CENTS. MITCHELL STREET IS BECOMES A BUSY AWAKENING; THOROUGHFARE IS AVENUE, NOW FILLED WITHTRAFFIC ,9iI . CnLLL SIHttr LOOKING WES I FROM FORSYTH, SHOWING NORTH SIDE OF BLOCK. BUSINESS HOUSES, CENTERING THERE Capitalist Says He Will Do His Part When Others Do. GOOD SUGGESTION MADE FOR TESTING PA YEMENIS When a group of well-known Meth odists In Atlanta ralee tliclr ahare ot 1250,000 to endow and Improve the Wesley Memorial church and hoipltnl, Asa O. Candler will probably adS $50,- 500. In other words, he will donate that amount of money toward the fund pro posed to be raised, providing the other men do their ahare. It tvaa reported that Mr. Candler had already donated $50,000 toward the fund, but this donation probably de pends on whether or not $200,000 la raised. "The newspapers know more about this than I do," wae the remark made by Mr. Candler when asked concerning the reported donation. He admitted that he had held a con ference with well-known Methodlata In- terested In the. welfare of Wesley Me morial church and hospital, and he said that he told them when .they did certain ■liinaa he stood ready to do his part. It Is understood that It Is desired to raise $250,000 and that when $200,000 "I this amount Is .subscribed, Mr. Candler will donate the remaining $50,- ooi). So far the matter Is not In such a shape that the plans can be made pub lic. although It Is declared that they are 'veil under way and will bo carried to a successful termination. The Wesley Memorial hospital Is one "f Atlanta’s best-known Institutions, and nt the present time a $15,000 annex l» being erected. The new plans call for. it Is said, the building of a large To the Editor of The Georgian: The best wair ’for Atlanta to test asphalt pavements before payment le made therefor Is for the street com' mlttee to go out on the street to be passed upon and havo not less than four holes, say three Inches square, cut through said pavement In each block paved and remove the plug so cuL This will give them the depth of the pave ment accurately. They can for them selves see whether two Inches of wear ing surface and one Inch of binder has bgen given. They can then'send two or three of these plugs to an ex pert chemist and have them analysed and ascertain If the proper amount of pure bitumen has been Incorporated In the paving mixtures. Do away with the present Inspection, which amounts to nothing. Put the en. tire responsibility of the pavement on the contractor with the understanding that his pavement will be submitted to been the above test after same completed. This test applied In Philadelphia re cently has stopped payment on $4,000,- 000 worth of asphalt pavements put down in sold city during the last year or two. . A representative of the Barker As phalt Company here from Now Orleans Informed me yesterday that this teat is New Orleans’ way of passing upon asphalt paving. Let Atlanta adopt the same and pro tect the property-holders from skin jobs in street. paving. Recently, the street car company has cut Into White hall street asphalt beyond the Southern railway near Stewart avenue. This opening up ot sold pavement has dis closed a pavement of not a full Inch of wearing surface and less than a half Inch ot open binder course, after four years of light traffic service. Such an Inspection by the street committee would have stopped the i>ny- ment on Whitehall street contracts and saved the property-holders several thousand dollars. Isn’t It high time for us to throw- better safeguards around property- holders In this paving business? As commissioner of public works my mouth Is closed as to the mods or man. ner of letting contracts or drawing spec! float Ions for or supervising new pavements. However poorly the work is done, however Inferior the material, immediately on Its acceptanil! by,the city I become Its wet nurse and am abused for any defects that may ap pear. Is this exactly fair? H. L. COLLIER. Commissioner Public Works. New Terminal Station Con verts it Into a Leading Business Street. ’’What a change has been wrought In Mitchell street since^the completion of the new Terminal Station,” exclaim ed an Atlantan recently as he walked out the well-known thoroughfare from the new depot after an absence of sev eral months from the city. “In a few months It has been transformed from an almost deserted and untrayeled street into one of the busiest sections of the city." The exclamation was amply justi fied. It was only one ot a thousand similar expressions which have been heard continuously since the awaken ing of Mitchell street began about twelve months ago. If first Impres sions are strongest and difficult to eradicate, regardless of subsequent revelations, either corroborative or con tradictory, then must Atlanta occupy and maintain a high position in the opinion of the traveler who, alighting from his train, emerges from tho new Terminal Station and views the Gate City through the brood and attractive vista opened up by Mitchell street. In the history of Atlanta’s phenome nal growth there have been many streets which have risen into promi nence, both as desirable business and resident sections, risen like the gold fields of California In the twinkling of an eye from the depths of obscurity to the heights of prominence, constitut ing the'garden spot to which all eyes were turned. In the establishment of factories and various kinds ot manu facturing Industries over the city many sections have been built up, and the rush and bustle of modern traffic Is heard where once the silence reigned undisturbed. MITCHELL STREET LOOKING WEST FROM WHITEHALL, SHOWING NORTH SIDE OF STREET. started the work of tearing down the old buildings on West Mitchell street between Madison avenue and Forsyth street began. From the start It was generally recognized that around that point Atlanta’s growth In the next few years would be most rapid. With this end ir. view, business men who were desirous of establishing themselves In the coming section of the city begnn early to secure epace In the new build ings that were being erected, with the result that practically every foot of space was disposed ot before the work of building was completed. Few StoreB Left Vacant. There yet remains one or two vacant etore rooms which have not been com pleted, but these. It Is said, have al ready been leased or rented. One of them will be occupied by a moving picture show, an Infallible sign that prosperity and on unusual rush of busi ness is abounding somewhere In the neighborhood. 'With that addition Mitchell street will have graduated Into tho does of modern business streets, If Indeed that Is essential. As evidence that this section of Mitchell street deserves to rank with any In the city from a business stand- VETERAN’S PARDON REFUSED BY BOARD Declined" was marked across tjie petition for pardon of J. J. Ford, the Worth county Confederate veteran, by the prison commission Saturday morn ing. The refusal of the commission was based on the fact that Mr. Ford had been convicted several times for selling a magnificent church on the site of ths temporary structure at Auburn avenue whisky and his brothers had always paid the fines. The commission decided that In the light of these facts It would not be right to Interfere with the sen tence of six months on ths chain gang. 1 EIGHT FEET OF SNOW IN UPPER MICHIGAN, Detroit, Mich., April IS.—The copper districts of ths upper peninsula are buried under four to eight feet of snow from a six-day storm. In some vll logos all the male Inhabitants are en- in .1, point, one has but to pass along either ^ side of it and read the names of the well-known business Arms as shown by the numerous signs. time nor Improvements have wrought such radical changes in the appearance of a street In so short a time as that which has been wrought In the nppear- anco of Mitchell street from Madison avenue to Whitehall. Transformation of Street. Constituted largely of boarding houses and vacant lots, shunned by business .enterprises of any moment as undesirable for a location, neglected and practically deserted a few short months ago, Mitchell street, or that portion of It from Madison to White hall, lay Inert and Inactive, fulfilling fts mission only In that It served as a means to an end: fo allow passage to and from the eastern section of the city to the western. Today It Is a vital factor In the city’s trade, throbbing anil pulsating with un wonted life and vigor. Tumble-down boarding houses and shacks have been replaced by handsome three and four- story buildings ot brick and stone. Handsome and modern hotels Invite the weary traveler to abandon the up-town trip and stop and rest whbre he will be In close proximity to his train. Busi ness Arms, some of the largest In the city, which at one time looked askance at the quiet and almost deserted street, have ensaonced themselves In Us hand some new buildings and are doing their share In making It one of Atlanta’s busiest marts ot trade. With Its shoe stores, department stores, gents' fur nlshlng stores, millinery establishments, furniture tores and a number of manu facturing Industries, Mitchell street has come to be recognized as one of the most Important trade centers of the city and as such Is being patronised by large percentage of Atlanta' shop, per*. Called New Atlanta. So rapid and pronounced bus been the phenomenal growth of this section of Mitchell street that that portion of it from Whitehall west to the Terminal Station bus come to be called New At lanta. The name Is appropriate for there Is nothing old about It. Prac tically every building In the block be tween Madison avenue and a Foroyth street has’iMen erected within the last few months: but not only are the buildings new. but many of the Arms how doing business there have been established since the development of Mitchell street begun. The new Terminal Station sheltering a majority of Atlanta’s railroads, has, of course, been responsible for the rapid development of Mitchell street and that section of Atlanta. As soon as work on the mammoth depot was fairly Some of the Firms. Beginning at the corner of Madison avenue and Mitchell street, on the left side facing east. Is a handsomely equipped soda fountain and confec tionery store occupied by a branch of Wiley’s well and favorably known es tablishment on Peachtree street. Ad joining It la a branch store of the Klngsbery Shoe Company, the main store being located on Pryor street. Just across the street and foclnr the Klngsbery Shoe Company's store Is Moon's Shoe Store. This Is a new concern, established since'work on the Terminal station began, but the com pany has worked up a splendid trade and Is establishing a reputation for the quality of the footwear handled. Tho floor above the shoe store Is.occupied by the Robinson Neckwear Company and the Paragon Suspender Company. The same building Is also occupied by Moore & Floyd, wholesale clothing; the Empire Clothing Company, tho E. T. Davis department store, the Southern Suspender Works, the Southern Stoic Fixture Company, Sterling J. Felder Sc Co., manufacturers, the Georgia Vehicle Manufacturing Company, the Piedmont Hat Manufacturing Company, the Southern agertcy ot the West Disinfect. Ing Company and a brrfnch office of tho Atlanta Utility Works. The manufac turing plant of this company is located at East Point. Adjoining the Klngsbery Shoe Store oh the left side of the street Is the Con tral Hotel and the Marion Hotel and cafe, two hostelrtea which compare most favorably with any of which Atlanta boasts. More Prosperous Firms. In the same block Is Child’s Cafe, one of the most elegant restaurants In tho city; a branch store of the J. J. Good- rum Tobacco Company, the Hill Neck wear Company, the Koystsne Type Foundry, the Atlanta Wreckage Com pany and the A. I* Curtis drug store. On the right aide of the street JS J. II. Schroter & Bro., printers' supplies; the Kent Paint Company nnd a branch store of J. H. McClure’s Ten-Cent Store on Whitehall street. Among tho other prominent buelnese houses on the same street and In the blocks between Forsyth and Whitehall streets are the following: Bass Dry Goods Company, the Amerlcus Shoo Company, the Hostings Seed Store, Lasseter & Duplel, millinery; the At lanta Bargain House, ladles’ and gents’ furnishings; C. II. Mason, furniture; a branch of the Central Bank and Trust Corporation, Duffy’s clothing store, It. L. Harrison & Co., gents' furnishing* and shoes; Kallsh, the tailor; Joe Buch- man, dry goods and shoes; B. Goldin, jewelry; D. Znban & Son. furniture. The business Arms which hnve been established since'Mitchell street came Into prominence are the following: Moon's Shoe Stare, tho Southern Store Fixture Company, the E. T. Davis department store, the Klngsbery Shoe Company, tho Empire Clothing Com pany, tho branch office of the Atlanta Utility Works, the Kent Paint Company 1 and McClure's Ten-Cent Store, Wal ter J. Wood Stovo Co. A City Within Itself. With such an array of business houses supplying practically every hu man want from n box of matches to household furniture. It Is little won der that three blocks of West Mitchell street.are sufficient to compriso a little city within themselves, and have come •to be recognized as one of the busiest I and most hustling sections In this busy 1 and hustling city. WASHINGTON UNIVER8ITY WINS COLLEGE DEBATE. Washington. April 1$.—“Government, Ownership and Operation of Railroads" ' was discussed with true political enthu- j slasm yesterday when the George Washington University won over the j University of North Carolina In joint] debate. At the conclusion of tho dc- j bate the three Judges by a vote of 2 to 11 awarded the honors to the negative. 000000000000 CKKHSOOOOGCKlDoa j O ft O WASHINGTON ELITE a TO PLAY BASEBALL; a I CHINESE MINISTER UMP.o| Washington. April 13.—Tho La- o O dies’ Auxiliary of the Providence o , O Hospital Is the projector of n 0( O game of ball to be played Satur- O ; “ day. April 20, by teams chosen o| from the membership of the O Chevy Clmso nnd Metropolitan O O clubs. Tho Chinese minister bits a O consented to umpire the game. a o a OOOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MITCHELL STREET LOOKING EAST FROM FORSYTH, SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BLOCK.