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xilh A'.LLAMA (jliOivUlAA Ai\i) NEWS. liiLliOLfAl, AuLluJlliljit, *J, A+li. 0 KEEP ITER Special Committee Urges Many Im provements. “UNJUST CRITICISM OF DEPARTMENT” Wat<Tr Board Thanks Com mittee For Its Fair and Complete Report. That the waterworks department has been unjustly criticised Is the comment made In the report of the special com mittee appointed to Investigate the waterworks situation, which was sub mltted to the water commissioners at the meeting Wednesday afternoon. The report enumerates a number of Im provements needed In the waterworks system, but calls attention to the fact that most of these had already been called for by the general manager. The commissioners adopted a resold tlon th&nklng the special committee for Its report and commenting upon Its fairness. The committee recommends the pur chase of a new pump of 10,000,000 gal lons capacity at the earliest date possi ble, the extension of the second main to the reservoir, the speedy completion of the new reservoir and the extension of water mains and supply, pipes to that portion of the city which is now with out adequate water supply. It Is es pecially urged that the waterworks sys lem’bc kept In advance of the demands upon It, In order that the safety and welfare of the city may be at all times .assured. The report. In full, with the resolu tion adopted by the board, follows: The Committee's Report. Atlanta, Go., Sept. Id, 1907. Honorable Mayor and General Council, City of Atlanta: Gentlemen—Tour committee appoint Which Bank In choosing a bank tho essential considerations are safoty and service. The large financial re sponsibility of this bank, coupled with careful, con servative management, affords ample assurance of safety. Its modern and exten sive facilities Insure accurate, efficient service. Vm\e Xouv CVecX^ LOAKVl Jfl. Merest orv jWu\a*> ACCOUXVtS &<X0\XKV Central Bank & Trust Corporation Candler Building, Branch Cor. Mitchell and Forsyth. ed under the attached resolution to In vestigate and report as to the needs of the waterworks system and what Im provements are necessary for the ef ficiency of the same, after Inspecting both plants and all available data for a comprehensive study of the question, beg leave to submit the following rec ommendations: > ■1. We And that owing to the great amount of sand carried In th'e Chat tahoochee river, and more especially since the construction of 'the dam at Bull Sluice, that the valves In the pumps at the river station cut out very rapidly, thereby causing a great amount of sUp. as will be shown by a study of the chart hereto attached, which was prepared by the general manager of the waterworks, and which shows that the monthly pumpage at N*o. l exceeds that at No. 2 by approx imately 100,000.000 gallons, a very large proportion of which Is due to t:«> slip In tho pump valves, the balance being accounted for In washing filters, seep age. evaporation, etc. For the cor- action of this trouble we would rec- ommend the Construction of a settling tank In connection with the pump well of sufficient capacity to allow the sand carried through the Intake pipe to set tle before reaching suction pipe of the pumps. Extend Second Main. 2. We also deem It of the utmost Importance that the 36-Inch main now under contract to be lafd from station No. I to the top of Caseys Hill be ex tended to. the reservoir, as soon as the pipe can be delivered, as the full bene fit to be derived' from this additional main can not be obtained until It la connected with the reservoir. 3. The new reservoir, the grading of which has been about one-half com pleted by the county commissioners, should be carried to completion as rap idly as possible, as It Is apparent that the reserve we have on hand with the present reservoir la totally Inadequate to meet the demand of this rapidly growing city. The amount of water In the present reservoir available for the coagulating basin Is only about 76.000. 000 gallons, and as we are now using about 12,000,000 gallons dally, this only gives about <n week's supply when the reservoir Is full, which Is too close a margin to operate on. In con nection with the new reservoir we also recommend the purchase of such addi tional lands as may be necessary for betterment and enlargement and if,\ purchase of a site for an additional coagultlng basin, to be used In con nection with the new reservoir. The construction of this reservoir necessa rily carries with It the laying of n\ pipe for the connection with the pres ent system, which should be of suffi cient slse to meet future demands for several years. Another Settling Basin. 4. We approve of the work now un der contract for an additional coagu lating and clear water basin, which, we think, jrlll very much Improve the* condition of the water supplied to the city. 6. We also approve of the call for bids for additional filters, and as we are now using at the rate of approxi mately 12,000.000 gallons dally and havp a filter plant of only 7,000.000 gal lons guaranteed capacity, we think the call for 6,000,000 gallons additional Is rather small to meet the demands, and think It would have been better for tho good of the service If the old plant could have been duplicated In quanti ty. 6. As to the necessity for a new pump and boilers at station No. 2, we find the capacity of the present pumps to be 36.000,000 gallons dally, consist ing of one unit of 16,000,000 gallons and two units of 10.000,000 gallons each, and that the average dally pump age Is approximately 12,000,000 gat Ions. At first blush this would seem to Indicate that we had a reserve force sufficient for the present, but conald erlng the fact that the average pump age Is very unequally distributed through the day and night, running for part of the day at the rate of about 16.000. 000 or 19,000,000 gallons and on some occasions for a short length of time, ts stated by the chief engineer of the pumping plant, ss high as at the rate of 22,600,000 gallons, It can be readily seen that the time haa ar rived for the Installing of another pumping unit at this plant, for If the 16.000. 000-gallon pump for any cause should be out of commission It would not be possible for the two 10.000,000- gallnn pumps to supply the demand, and under these conditions the hlghei- elevatlons In the city would be without water and would have no fire service. We, therefore, deem It of the utmost Importance thnt the contract for a pump of 20,000,000 gallons capacity should he made at once, as It will be badly needed by the time It can be de livered and Installed. Extend City Mains. |7. Ws would also urge the Impor tance of a more general extension of water mains and tha enlargement of a great many of the small pipes now In use, ns there Is still quite a large part of the city that Is without water. The work suggested In the above several recommendations, we consider the most Important for the betterment of the service, and we urgently recom mend that tho mayor and general coun cil will provide the necessary ways and means for its speedy execution. We also suggest the following work. 120.00 105.00 175.00 Pair 145.00 , With All ths Gracs 0 f Line and Sturdy Construction That Marked the Furniture ef Our Forefathers This suit is drawn from one of the many reproductions we have in the Furniture stock. Made of solid mahogany. Chiffonier 57 inches high, 47 inches wide, 24 1-2 inches deep; price, $120. Dressing Table 53 inches long, 23 inches deep, mirror plate 24x42; price, $105. Twin Beds, 44 inches wide; price $175 per pair. Dresser, 59 inches wide, 26 inches deep, mirror 34x48; price, $145. The workmanship is the finest that the market produces. Typical Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Furniture—it is the best that money can buy. Decide to Buy XTRAGOOD Clothes For the ft You'll find the right clothes, the right prices, the righttreatmentatthis store—all you can ask. G.By right clothes we mean better and more sub stantial boys’ garments than the ordinary kind, more real wear for the price we ask. % By right clothes we also mean X TR A°99D. C. If you want quality, good appearance, durability—and you do—insist on having YTBAooon. Patronize the store that sells it Decide to gat it and permit no inducement or influence to change your mind. You II bo more than satisfied with the service it lirei. You'll buy anything else. $5 up to $12 the moet of which will be necessary In the next five or six years, If the city continue* with the rate of growth that It has been showing for the last few years. 1. An additional Intake pipe from the pump well to tho river. 2. Additional tfitake pipe from reser voir to coagulating basin and from co- ogulntlng basin to fitters. 3. Additional coagulating basin to be used In connection with the new reser voir. 6. New pump and bpilers at station No. l. 6. Additional main from station No. 2 connecting with distribution In the city. We herewith submit chart showing the monthly pumpage of water at each station from August. 1893. when the nqw works were opened, to September. 1907. A study of this chart will be of Interest to show the growth of tha works, and what may be expected In the next few yeurs. Keep Syetem Ahead. In cloning thle report, we would urge upon council the Importance of keeping the waterworks In advance of the de mands that may be made upon It. This Is by far tlfe most Important and val uable asset that the city has, and Us success Is absolutely dependent upon Its proper equipment and maintenance. We further desire to Mate that tho above suggestions and recommenda tions are made by your committee without a conference with the water works department. Since arriving at tho conclusions above enumerated, we hnvo read a communication addressed to your committee by the manager of the waterworks department, and he has Included in said communication most of the above recommendations. Wc find further that the waterworks department has urged for the past few years upon the attention of the city au thorities the Importance of a majority of the Improvements suggested by your committee. We make this statement In justice to ihe waterworks department, which we believe has been unjustly criticised by liersons who are not familiar with the facts In regard to the active manage ment and needs of the waterworks de partment. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) . T. D. LONOINO, Chm. ' H. M. BEUTELL, CHAS. E. HARMAN. J. W. POPE, H. C. STOCKDELL, E. VAN WINKLE, R. M. KLAYTON. The'water board passed the 'follow- Ing resolution, of thanks to the com mlttee: , Thanks for Report. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 18, 1907. By Commissioner Pace: , Reaolved by the board of water com missioners, That we hereby express our thanks to the special committee com posed of representative clttsens and members from the city council appoint ed to Investigate the condition of thq waterworks system and the needed Im provements and additions to the system for their fair, full and Impartial report, as submitted to the city council on September 16, 1907. This board Is composed of gentlemen who have given their time and atten tion to the careful and proper manage ment of the department and receive no compensation whatever for their serv ice, and It Is extremely hard for them to submit without protest to the unfair and uncalled-for criticisms by persons who are actuated by personal or other motives and without excuse. It Is, therefore, gratifying to this board to receive the commendation of so repre sentative a body as that which com posed this special committee. Resolved further, That a copy of this resolution be furnished to each member of this special committee and that the city papers be requested to publish In full the report of said committee to- ether wlfh this resolution. Daniel Brothers Company L. J. DANIEL, President. 45-47-49 Peachtree-Opposite Walton St. JOHN R, DICKEY OF George E. Argard Made Sec retary of Masons’ Organization. CAROLINA FARMER SWALLOWS POISON 8|MM‘lfll to Tin* Georg Inn. Salisbury, N. C„ Sept. 19.—George A. Kepley, a farmer, aged 45, with a fam ily of live, committed suicide thle morn ing at Spencer, by drinking laudanum. He ha# been on a debauch for sev eral days, threatening to kill himself Tuesday. Laudanum was taken from Mm. The family was aroused by gurg ling In hlit throat and two empty bot tles were found by the bedside. * Physicians worked several hours, but were not able to revive him* JOHN R. DICKEY. He has been elected head of su preme lodge of annuity. At the closing meeting of the fourth biennial session of the supreme lodge. Ms sons* Annuity, held In tho office of Secre tory George E. Argnnl Wednesday after noon, John It. Dickey, of Atlanta. was elected president, and George E. Argsnl wiis re-elected secretary. first rice president, John Inn in; second rlee president, J. Stovall Hinltli, of Brunswick: aecretanr, George E. Argard; treasurer, Albert P. Wood, ot At lanta; medical director, L. P. Stephens, of Atlsnts; supreme counsellor, William R. Stubbs, of Havanunh; supreme auditor, John D. Wing, of Atlanta; chaplain, Marshall A. Weir, of Macon; supreme Inspector, Alex A. Keese. of Atlanta. The following representatives attended the meeting: . ___ . W. P. Webster, representative of Flori da. Jacksonville; Thomas II. Jeffries, for Georgia. Atlsnts; Frank Datfes, for Louis iana. New Orleans; Henry C, Yawn, for Mississippi. Lumberton; A. L. Barton, for South Carolina, Charleston: Elmer F. Hoyt, past supreme organiser, Birmingham, Ala. LYCEUM TICKET8 being reserved at Phillips Sc Crew's store. You can get good seats. REV. BRANNEN MAY GO TO CONCORD, N. C. Mllledgevllle, Os., Sept. 19.—Rev, D. W. Brannen, pastor ot tha First Pres byterian church, has received a call to the First Presbyterian church at Con cord. N. C. Mr. Brannen haa not yet decided to aocept the call, but the probability Is that he will, as the church he has been called to serve Is third to the largest In North Carolina. Mr. Brannen has been pastor ot the church here for a number of yeers, and he Is held in the hlgheet esteem by the members of his congregation and the people generally. SHINON GEORGIA PAINT & GLASS CO., 40 Peachtree StrecL BANK DEPOSITORY INHAWKINSVILLE Hawklnaville, Ga., Sept. 19.—The First National Bank of this city has been designated as a United States de pository. and allotted 260.000 under the order of the United States treasurer. This Is considered a compliment to the trank, as well as a recognition of the Imponunace of the city as a cotton center. I psld 30c for s wnnt advertisement In The (leorylsn for RnnielNMly to do embroidery: 77 women nn.wered II. 30c for s wsnt sd. snd n IV box of Wiley's rnndy free. NO BEE BUZZING AROUND AUSTIN FACING LONG TERM, HARRISON SENDS A The political bee has not been buss Ing around the ear of Attorney James W. Austin and In spite of the requests ct his friends, he will not be a candidate for one of Fulton county's seats In the pext legislature. In denying that he will make the race for the legislature. Mr. Austin states that he has never been conscious of so much as one-half of one degree of po litical fever, and that for the present he hss no fear of the epidemic now preva lent In Atlanta. MANY KOREANS KILLED BY JAPS Toklo, Sept., 19.—Japanese etates. men admit that their country will an nex Korea. Just now bands of Korean Insurgents are gathering around Seoul nnd are threatening to attack the cap ital itself. Several villages have been destroyed by Japanese troops ns punishment for mistreatment of Japanese officials. Thus far the losses among the Japan ese soldiers have been trilling, but It Is believed that thousands of Korean reb els have been killed. STRIKE IN ITALY LEADS TO BLOODSHED Rome, Sept. If.—Advices from Caro- sa state that the labor troubles of the Pugllie region have led to bloodshed. The strikers have frightened the pop ulation by parading the streets armed with guns and pistols In order to pre vent any one's going to work. JULIETTE BRIDGE NEARLY FINISHED Juliette, Ga, Sept. 19.—The 219,000 bridge being constructed over the Oc- mulgee river will be completed by next October. This bridge Is being built by the Juliette Milling nnd Glover Man ufacturing Company. The bridge will facilitate traffic between the three counties of Monroe, Jasper and Jones, and will necessarily prove a very po tent factor In the upbuilding of the commercial Interests of this section. U. S, S. Huntress Disabled. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 19.—The United States ship Huntress has put back Into Pensacola with her machinery disabled. All on board le well. % Paste It Coffee DOES cause a weak heart In some persons. If you're one. quit and use POSTUM "There’s a Reason" Convicted of Abducting Boy, Prominent Carolina Man Kills Self. Norfolk, Va„ Sept. 19.—Rather then spend twenty years In the North Caro line penitentiary for kidnaping Ken neth Beasley, the little son of State Senator Beasley, a crime of which one of his last acts was to declare himself guiltless, Joshua Harrison shot himself In the New Gladstone Hotel here at 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dying eight hours later. Harrison arrived here Tuesday and went direct to the hotel. He came here front Elizabeth City, N. C„ where he had appeared In court to renew the bond on which he was at liberty pend ing the decision of the North Carolina supreme rourt on a motion for a new trial in his rase. His bond was raised from 63,000 to 26,000, and he had no trouble In furnishing It. He Immedi ately left for Norfolk, and the su preme court almost as quickly rendered a decision adversely to him. The Nor folk police were naked to arrest him, as he had threatened suicide. In Harrison's room was found a let ter signed by himself, In which he de clared thnt he was Innocent of the crime of which he was convicted and knew nothing whatever about It. The exact wording of the letter, the police have not eeen fit to reveal. Union Dental Offices Lead All Others In Fine Work at Low Prices. Special set of teeth 22.50 Special gold crowns *2.25 Special gold fillings *1.00 Special silver fillings 50a Bone fillings 25a The painless extraction of teeth and the insertion of new ones on bridges without the old-time roof plat# a spe cialty. 'Phono 1944 for Dr. White, Mgr. Union Dental Offices 701-2 PEACHTREE 8TREET. GET A 8EA80N TICKET for tbs Great Lyuetim (’ounu* nr I’hllllmi Sc * store. 91.60 for tea great attractions buy this week. MRS. MARY E. WELLS HAS PASSED AWAY The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Wells, pioneer resident of Atlanta, who passed away about 6 o'clock Wednes day evening, was held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Laura J. Pope. The Interment was Jn Westvlew. Mrs. Wells was the widow of the lata John D. Wells. 8he was aged 64 years and practically the whole of her life was spent within the confines of this city. She was always regarded as a woman of sweet temperament and lav. Ing nature, and her death haa thrown a shadow Into hundreds of homes in Atlanta and elsewhere. The following grandchildren survive her: Mrs. W. R. *'. Smith, Mrs. I .aura J. Pope, Mrs. E. M. Pierce snd Mrs. W. W. Roberts; and two great-grandchil dren, Waller Pope, of Chicago, and Miss Bessie Pope, of Atlanta. ROGERS TO RETIRE TO PRIVATE LIFE New Bedford. Maes.. Sept. 19.—Hen ry H. Rogere, the oil magnate. Is great ly Improved In health, but It Is now practically certain that Mr. Rogers will never resume his position at the head of the giant corporation. When he re covers his health he will probably live In retirement. * Mr. Rogers continues his automobile rides with Mark Twain as a companion and till appearance shows he Is much better. WOMEN AND BOYS ARE SENT TO DEATH Riga, Russia, Sept. 19.—Convicted before military tribunals of participa tion In the rebellion of 1905, twenty-two persons have been sentenced to death. Many of them are women end several young boys. THE ONLY Comfortable Wav to rlait the JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION to to stop at The ONLY HOTEL INSIDE The QROUNDS Vi hv ■( Norfolk ten mile* away? Have your room within five ■leeUf if any part of the Exposition at EUROPEAN PLAN $1.90 pcr.day. Popular Priced Restaurant; Pergola Porch Cafe facing historic Merrrpton Ronds Add $2.00 tor AMERICAN PLAN. Rate provides lor re-admtoslon to tho grounds at any hour. Concerto by ajrd U. 5. Regiment Band. All Convealeneea of a first-lass hotel, com- blnetl with the utmost Comfort. Accommo dations for i$oo guests. WCheck your baggage to Exposition Pier or Pine Beach Pier at the entrance— net to Norfolk. HARRY WATCHAM, Manager. SIR THOMAS LIPTON STARTS FOR AMERICA London. Sept. 19.—Sir Thomas I.lpton left London today for Liverpool, whers he embarked on the Baltic to sail for America. It In presumed he Is going to America to arrange tho details of the op for the America's cup.