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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
,tll>AT. AriR'KT l". 1*1*.
STANDARD OIL CO,
UNO PENNS! HE
INDICTEDJN N,!,
Amounts For Which They
Arc Held Liable Aggre
gate Million.
Hjr Prlrnte Lonwil Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 10.--The Federal
* nd jury of western New York dl*
trlct at Jamaatown. which haa been
investigating the charges made by the
ic eminent against various corpora-
tiona for violations of the Interstate
commerce law and the Hherinan rebate
law, today returned Indictments against
the Standard OH Tompany of N
York, the Pennsylvania Railroad Co
i any and the Vacuum Oil Company
Rochester. There are twenty-four
counts In the Indictments against each
company, and the total amounts to
which the three concerns are liable ag
ri-gate more than one million dollars,
If all the indictments and counts are
II ELIZABETH
DETAINED BY BRIDGE
Special to The <»iH»rgliin.
Macon. Qa., Aug. 10.—The Nan Elis
abeth, the river steamer between Macon
and Brunswick, made $140 last night
by lying up at the Southern railway
bridge. There was nobody at the
bridge to open It for the boat and the
rovernment allows $10 an hour penal
ty against any company obstructing a
I-oat road, under which designation a
river has been put.
RETAIL DRUG0I8T8
FORM ASSOCIATION.
K|nh*IsI to The Gcorglmi.
Balnbrldge, Oa., Aug. 10.—The retail
druggists of Balnbrldge and ('olqultt
held a meeting Tuesday and formed
«U association known as the Balnbrldge
Retail Druggists* Association. The ob
ject of the association Is to further the
interest of the retail druggists. They
will hold the price of patent medicines
to the price quoted on the packages.
The officers of the association are:
1 o\ J. P. Brown, BaInbridge, presi
dent; Dr. WJI’inuis. Colquitt, vice
{resident; Dr. J. N. Mathews, Bain-
bridge, secretary; Mayor Willis, treas
urer; Dr. Bush, of Colquitt, and Dr.
Hicks, of Balnbrldge, trustees.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
IS SERIOUSLY CUT
AT
Slashed on the Neck, Ga8h
Barely Missing the
Jugular Vein.
gpsrlal to The Gw.rglin.
Chattanooga, Term., August 10.—Bo
cause two soldiers at Chlckamauga
purposely blockaded the street here
laat night, Dave Gordon, of Company
M, First Georgia, and Jam,. Roller,
both of Savannah, Oa., remonstrated
Ith them, and after a quarrel Private
Gordon was badly cut on the right
aide of the fare, the wound barely
missing the jugular vein, and Private
Roller waa alao .lightly cut on the
face.
Prlvntea Oordon and Roller were on
their way to take a train, here for
Chlckamauga. Roth the aaaallanta ee-
caped. Private Oordon la a aon of H.
Oordon, a barber of Savannah.
REVIEW MO BATTLE
AT
Hpcflni to The Georgian.
<*IihtIsiHMigit, Trim., Aug. 10.—A big re-
lew mill n mIiiiiii Imttle i .impose the pro-
rsm or the soldiers n; <’hlrkiuiiniigA to-
».v. Governor I limes n J. Heyward, of
Houth 1’iirolliin. will review the Htnith Car-
olliift triwips lit itnrtb-iilar ns well ns the
Georgia lw»r*. Major General Hell Is ex-
peefed to visit the eump soon.
EUGENE SIIOCKLY
IIAS BEEN LOCATED
Hpeelat to The tj.firglitli,
Oadaden, Ala., Aug. 10.—Eugene
Shockley, who formerly operated a
preaalng club In tlila city, waa arreated
at Port Worth, Tex., yeaterday by or*
cler of the chief of police of thla city.
Shockley la not wanted for any crime
here, but In aaid lo be wanted at Home,
(la„ where he waa under u $1,500 bond,
for ahootlng a man.
Knlghta of Columbua at 'Cue.
The Atlanta Lodge of the Knlghta
nt Columbua will attend a barbecue
Saturday at the Cold Springe 'Cue
Club. Preparation! are being made to
make the occaalon a moat enjoyable
"tic. and the committee In charge of
the 'cue state* that the outing will
l» a grand success.
New Ticket Agent.
W. A. Stokea, formerly city ticket
, nt for the Central of Georgia rail
road. and of late ticket agebt at the
old depot, haa been appointed city tick
et agent of the Atlanta and Weat Point
and Central of Georgia central office
In the Fourth National Bank building,
; vice Safn Griswold, resigned. The ap
pointment becomes effective on August
Summer Bible 8ehool.
With addresses by Dr. Rolfe Hunt
nnd Judge Howard Van Epps, the
Mimmer session of the Atlanta Bible
School will begin Friday night. A
Ming by Mlaa Ethel Fincher and an
other by Mlaa Resale Andrews will he
the features of the musical program
* the first session. On Saturday night
missionary talk will he given, and
on Sunday morning Dr. Hunt will de
liver Ms first lecture on "Personal
rk." ,
Birth of a Son.
Word has been received In Atlanta
of the birth of a eon to Mr. and Mrs.
Philip North, of Augusta. The boy
has been named John Alda. Mrs.
North, formerly Mlsa Annie Black, of
tiii~ city, moved to Augusta after her
marriage. She has since paid several
Hhort rlstta to this city, where she haa
many friends.
Martin on Vacation.
W. V.. Martin, aaalatant observer of
the local weather bureau, le off on it
three weeks' vacation In,the mountains
of cast Tennessee.
P City Union to Moot.
The city union of Bp worth leagues
will hold Us monthly business meeting
Friday night at S o’clock, A musical
program will be rendered by Mlase*
Caroline Howell and Annie Laurie
l.angford, and Dave Silverman. All
w ho are Interested In the work of the
Epworth League are cordially invited
to be present.
Senate Committee*.
For the purpose of paaslng on the
appropriation bill the senate appro
priation committee ts tn session Friday
afternoon At 2 o'clock. The general Ju
diciary committee la alao In session to
pass on a number of Rnportant matters.
Georgia Gota Medals.
‘ State Geologist Teatea has received
a number of medals awarded by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition for
Georgia medals, also Individual gold
medals for himself for meritorious
work. Dr. N. O. Long, of Elberion. the
Georgia Marble Company and the
Woodward Lumber Company of Atlan
ta. The medals for Georgia marble
consist of three stiver and seven gold
Erecting Many Buildings.
81 fetal to The Georgian.
Hawktnsvllle, Oa., Aug. 1*.—J. D.
Smith, of Dublin, who has Invested
largely In real estate here, has let the
contract to J. L. Huggins, to build
fivt nice residences on Progress ave
nue. His large warehouse and mule sta-
bles are being rapidly constructed, and
material is being laid on the ground to
P'llld a modem office and store room
for vehicles and harness.
POPE IN NO DANGER.
By Private Leased Wire.
Rome. Ajlgust 10— Dr. Lapponl In
i'arms The Times correspondent that
' * pope's gout Is not worrying him
there la nothing to fear.
POLICE BELIEVE
BURG LAB IS LOCATED
The police believe they have locat
ed the burglar who entered the two
hohses which were robbed In Weat
End last night. Friday afternoon De
tective Connally, who la working on
the case, found a letter In on* of the
Jiouses which w ore burglarised ltd -
dressed to Boston Lamar, a negro, pro
prietor of the Weat End Pressing Club,
lti Gordon atreet. Lamar haa been
Jailed.
MAN IS FINED $50
FOB KILLING NEGBO
lly Private Lesscd Wire.
Frederlckburg, Va„ Aug. 10.—The
trial of Fred Maatln, white, charged
with the murder of HU, Fisher, colored,
begun In the 8pootsylvanla circuit
court before Judge J. H Mason,
Spottsylvanla court house, ended by
Mastln being lined $50.
ISLAND OF PACIFIC
IS RISING RAPIDLY
By Private Leased Wire.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 10.—Captain
Truebridge, of the steamship North
western, haa a photograph taken by
an officer of the revenue cutter Perry,
of a newly formed Island lying 50
miles west of Dutch Harbor. The
new Island made Its first npeparaure
during June, and la now 900 feet high.
Clouds of steam rise from tte sum
mit, and It Is surrounded by boiling
water. 1
! ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE
IS RAIDED BY COMSTOCK
OF ANTI-VICE LEAGUE
ICENTRAL OF GEORGIA
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
IN ITS NET EARNINGS
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Oa., Aug. 10.—The annaul
meeting of the board If directors of
Central of Georgia waa held thla morn
ing. Full Interest of 5 per cent was
declared on the drat, second and third
preference Income bond* as was laat
year.
The gross earnings of the road for
the year were $11,294122.1), a gain of
$1,261,0*7.84. from the year before. The
net earnlnga ware $2,110,$09.1$, a gain
Of M4I.MLI4.
The other net Income waa $>$,157.18.
For the interest on bonds payable Octo
ber 1 $750,000 waa reservod.
The net Income waa $$00,$71.47,
gain of $396,154.$$.
The credit balance June $0 was
$647,866.71, after deducting the Inter
est on Income*.
This waa a gain over last year of
|M4,555.87.
HEAT RECORD MADE
TN SAVANNAH, GA.
Special to The Georgian.
Hnvntinnh. Ga., Aug. to.—Yefttcnlajr win
the hotteat day In the year here. The
maximum temperature waa N degreea. The
uatial or«*nn breexe did not reach the city
until curly In the morning.
\vill’¥ot indict
JOHN D., OIL KING
By IMrate leaned Wire.
Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. 10.— John I). Rocke
feller, according to high authority, w
not Im» Indicted u» a result of the preae
Federal Inquiry Into the oil trnat. Inti-
-tlon la given that thla dcclalmi la a re-
t of n aerie* of conference* held hy At
aev General Moody with vafloua Fed-
11 ill*trlct
Investigation.
TORN UP RAILS
TO REMAIN UP
By Private I«enaed Wire,
Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. 10.—Judge l*awreuce
today refuseh1 an Injunction requiring the
city to re-lay the tracks of the (Tevelatui
Electric Hallway Company, recently turn
up on Fulton road In th«» low-fnr* trolley
fight. TbU alio Involved the ease where
in Mayor Johnaoa waa purged of contempt
of court.
KAISER SHAKES HAND
OF GUN WORKS MAN
By Private I,ea»ed Wire.
Berlin. Aug. 10.—The kataer made a two
hour** visit to the Krann works today. II*
waa accompanied liy Gustav von Heddvn-
Ilatbach. the fiance of Mis* Bertha Krupp.
The workmen repeatedly cheered the
Icntaer, who spoke to several and shook
iila with one who distinguished himself
„ the Genuan service during the Boxer
troubles tn China.
Will Contaat Election.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 10.—J. N.
McCuthoheon, the Democratic candi
date and Incumbent of the office of
county court clerk, ha» served notice
that he will conteat the election ot \V.
P. Hays, In which that gentleman
claimed to be elected on the face of the
return* by a majority of twelve votes.
ALBERTVILLE RIFLES
ELECT NEW OFFICERS.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden. Ala., Aug. in.—The Albert
ville Bine* have elected the following
officer*: John C. Uolaman, captain;*
A. M. E*pey, first lieutenant; IL L.
Ames, second HetitartanL
HORSE AND BUGGY
HIRED BY STRANGER
WHO NEVER RETURNED
Fpcrfal to The Georgian.
Gnd*den. Ala., Aug. 10.—A man glv
Ing his name as Wiley Smith, of Har
alson. Ga^ hired a horse and buggy
from a local livery stable Tuesday
morning and has failed to return
IHllgf-nt search has been made f»>r the
man and rig, but no trace can be found
CAPT, HANSELL'S
■ MOmVERY ILL
Captain C. P. Hansel!, assistant serre
tnry of the senate and reading clerk, wot
called to TbomatTllle Friday morning hy
s telegram announcing the aerlous Illness
of bis mothers- who Is 80 years of ago.
Captain "Tip** Ilnrirson was pressed
Into servlet as reading clerk, and acquit
ted himself nobly.
MAYOR WOODWARD
WILL BE ON HAND
Mayor Woodward will ottrnd the
convention of the American League of
Municipalities, to b, held In Chicago
September 36-29, If he can ao arrange
matters aa to leave the city at that
time. '
When naked If he would make
speech at the convention, Mayor Wood
ward said that he probably would
though he had not as yet decided.
SAVED AT LAST
FROM LOCKJAW
By Private leased Wire.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 10.—A re.
markable tetanus cure was recorded at
the city hospital yesterday when Har
ry Towers, aged 1$, Was declared out
of danger. About $780 worth of tetanus
antl-toxlne was used In effecting a cure.
Towers' hand was Injured by a blank
Because the American Art Stu
dents' League In New York was
preparing to send out a catalogue
containing pictures of the works
executed by students, among which
were many studies In the nude,
Anthony Comstock raided the
schools, confiscated all the cata
logues and arrested the bookkeep
er of the school. Miss Anna Rob
inson, whose picture Is shown In
the lower right hand corner. In
the upper left hand corner Is
shown the only nude plrturo to
which Comstock does not object.
The raid Is denounced by promi
nent artists In New York as an
outrage.
SMUGGLERS~SLAY
CUSTOMS OFFICERS
can to the hospital and no
hope wa« entertained of his recovery,
ATTACK ON PRESS
HOTLY RESENTED
By Private Leamnl Wire.
Wunhlngtoii, Aug. 10.—General A.
went ho* received a report from the
troller and general receiver of custom* for
Hnnio Domingo to the effect that John Mil-
hum, a Pbffo ICfehn-Atnerlcnn, nnd t’hns.
L Thurston, an American, were killed by
smugglers In the vicinity of I* a Matas, on
the Haitian frontier, Augitet «. - Both men
were In the Hnnto Dominican cuatomn i ~
| >. Mllbu ‘ •
BURGLAR GOTA FE WCENTS,
MISSING SI,000 IN JEWELS
STRIKING CAR MEN
WIN THEIR FIGHT
In accordance with an agreement
reached at Macon Thursday afternoon.
In which their demands were mat In
every Instance, the strike of the car
repairers and Inspectors of the Central
of Georgia railway, which has been In
progress for about a week, was called
off, and on Friday morning all the old
forces war at work. Including the 25
In Atlanta who struck at the time of
thoa* In Macon and other points.
RESTAURANT KEEPER
SUES THE SHERIFF.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala.. Aug. 1#.—B. T. Col-
Iter, a former restaurant keeper, has
sued M. B. Johnson and Sheriff Wil
liam Chandler for $5,000 for alleged
damages for trespass. The suit Is the
outcome of the sheriffs sate of Col
lier's restaurant to Mr. Johneon on a
Judgment.
SNAKES AS TIRESi
NEW FLORIDA INDUSTRY.
Nabbing a savings bank containing
a few cents, a few clothes and over
looking Jewels worth $1,000, a burglar,
who Thursday night entered the homo
of W. G. King, made his escape.
Mr. King Is a traveling man, resid
ing at X7 Evans street, In Weat End.
He was away from home at the tlma,
the house being occupied by Mrs. King
and her slster-ln-law.
The burglar entered the house short
ly after midnight, and turned things
topsy-turvy, knowing evidently that
the jewelry was In the house. Chif
fonier drawers were jumped on the
lloor and numerous articles were scat
tered over the house.
The Jewelry which the night visitor
overlooked Was lying on a tabla In the
room where the two women were sleep,
ing, the room being one of those whlcl
the burglar entered. Out of this roon
the burglar took some wearing appare
which th* women had placed on ths
foot of the bed before retiring. How
the burglar missed seeing th* Jewelry
Is a mystery.
Burglary seems to have been quite
the rage In West End Thursday night,
probably the earn* man turning ths
trick In both cases. T. Callaway's
home on Ashby street waa entered by a
burglar, who took therefrom a gold
watch nnd fob, the latter studded with
diamonds.
By I’rtvst# Leased Wire.
Rio da Janeiro, Brasil, Aug. 10.-
Trouble'was created at yesterday's ses
slon of ths pan-American conference
by an announcement made by Presl
dent Nabuco to th* effect that the
newspaper men reporting the proceed
ings would bo excluded whenever there
was political talk that might bring on
heated discussion.
Scnor de Assist, Brnxle, ths secre
tory general. In presenting the matter.
Spoke rather slightingly of the press.
The local Journalists wars highly In
dignant, and withdrew from the con
ference. The afternoon papers hotly
flacked Benora Nabuco and de Asilsh-
Brasil, and also brought their anger
to bear against the conference Itself.
The morning papers are also preparing
to make things lively for the two Bra
silian representatives, who hold high
rank In the diplomatic service, Senor
Nabuco being ambassador to the
United States and Senor Asalsh-Brazll
minister to Argentina.
MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
TO QO TO CHICKAMAUOA.
Special to The Georgina.
Jackson, Miss.. Aug. 10.—At the ad
jutant general's office preparations are
under way for the mobilisation of the
Vicksburg, Brook haven. Yaxoo City
nnd Meridian companlea selected to at
tend the encampment at Chlckamauga.
General Fridge has received complete
Instructions from the war department
for the guidance of the tmttaiinn, and
the companies are expected to reach
Chlckamauga on the morning of the
12th and remain In ramp ten days.
Deaths and Funerals.
SON OF THE COKE KING
SPENDS NIGH7 IN PRISON
Daughtsr of J. 8. Quarlsi.
8,ieclal to The Georglao.
Rome, Oa., Aug. 10.—Rrancls, the
-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Quarles, died Wednesday evening
at the home of her parents In North
lly I'rfvsfe Leased Wire.
Washington, August 10.—Free as the
air he breathed and relieved of a great
strain, George B. Rafferty, friend of
Harry KemlalJ Thaw, and aon of Gil
bert T. Rafferty, Br., the "coke king.''
of Pittsburg, Pa., who Is being sued
by George's wife for $500,000 for alien
ating George's affections, walked out
From The New York Evening Post. I l-„— . —P- - .
The pathetic story of.the life and long, enough, and he was soon made
Mr. Menteur, the man with the automo
bile, captured the great serpent, and
took him to the scone of the catas
trophe. Luckily, the snake was Just
death of Blppo. the literary snake, aa
recently chronicled In this column, was
received with great earnestness amt
pleasure by most lovers of snake life;
yet It becomes necessary to soy that In
aomequarters there was an Ill-concealed
doubt of the veracity of the tale. Hon- — - —
est skepticism Is very well. There are along the main highways now whore
snake agnostics—persons wlto
y say that, never having culti
vated reptilian friendships, they “do
not know." Ilut skepticism which
would lay a hand of doubt upon the
tombstone of Blppo must be met with
proofs or entirely Ignored. Later, It
fast around the rim, his head being
protected by a bit of canvas. Mr. Men
teur said afterwards'that the resilient
effect was much greater than that of
the pneumatic tires. This was sufficient
tn start a certain capitalist thinking,
and It Is said that there an places i
moccasins, grown to the proper lengths,
and guaranteed resilient, are let out.
The payment Is by the mile, ^and the
moccasins are not to be used more than
100 miles on a stretch. Mr. Menteur
was asked by some one ‘ If stock was
being sold In the Florida and West In
may be convenient to adopt the former dlan Snake Tire Supply Company. He
course; for the present. It seems ad- | said that there was none available,
isable to tell a simple story which ■’ although at some future time there
comes from Florida, regarding the, may be a chance to "get In on the
splendid service of the water mocca- j ground floor.”
sins In that state.
The long stretch of country down RPTOIvT,AYERS GET
the east coast Is well suited for auto- 01(11 ‘ . , “*J~L . Jv ,., ,
mobile touring, the roads being hard! DAILY PAY OF $9
and smooth, and generally of coquina
formation. Once In a while, though, Rr Private tensed Wire.
some undigested sea shell sticks up In ' Washlott August la—General A. w.
ths road. and puncture* a tl**s; and Giwly, wh$» column n$le«l ths mllllnrjr fort** 4 *
down there In the vicinity of the Ever- i S.uHsk'^a* the rtiweiP Sen KrvtMsco.
glades Itts not a humorous occurrence j | 1Jr mrttniuake soil fire, arrived hi
when, about sundown, the tire Is found I mu city today aud called at the war it*.
H * flat Some Inventive automo- i pertuient.
left In this precarious position ; "At —-
one night, espied a moccasin crawling Ss" Fj
*pf'J** 'Jjf r ,j street seu ff.TS a day and brirklnyerw get
chase. Either the moccasins are not a , h)|!h n g „ ,Uy and never lower than
ferocious, or the odor of the gasoline I g*. Ti.-.r ridl.'oUau priiea are preventing
had stupefied this particular ont r for the rapid nplailidlug of Mau Fraorlsru"
of District Attorney Baker's office In
the police court building today with
several Washington newspaper men,
who made good the >15 which he was
accused of having obtained by mesne
of worthless checks given several
Georgetown merchants. He attributed
his troubles to "Jag water."
Rafferty spent the night at the Sev
enth precinct station.
Rome. The funeral took place yes-
Money and Divorce.
From laaw Notes.
It will he remembered that before 1157
the only absolute divorces obtainable In
Fuxland were hy special act of parliament,
n condition which made divorce s luxury
for ths rich only nnd denied It to the
poorer rlasura of soriety. In that yaar u
trill was passed through the efforts of Hlr
Mrs. Elizabeth Payne.
Mrs Lucian L. Knight received on
Thursday advice of the death of her
cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Payne, of thla
city. Mrs. Payne, accompanied by her
daughter. Miss Annie Payne, waa via-
Ring another daughter, Mrs. H. N.
Bullard, at Mound City, Mo. at the
time of her death. Accompanied by
her two daughters anil the husband and
children of Mr*. Bullard, the body-.will
be brought to Marietta Saturday morn
ing. Mrs. Payne_was the widow of th*
late Rev.
. Payne, and Is survived
by two sons, Poriner Payne, of Phila
delphia, and Howard Payne, who Is
In the United States army. Funeral
services will be conducted In th* na
me hard llethell, the attorney general, over llonal cemetery at Marietta, Ga., 8at-
!h* ASd”*? 110 * wMr_«bl'laton.-Sad unlay. Rev. C. R. Nesbitt, o? th* West.
iP2li .Ph.v'fESJV! minster- Presbyterian church, of this
s*nt*>nrs prnnounostt hr Mr. Justice Maul#*
upon it prisoner for Mjtamy. The Jodfe.
with grsre Irony, sddmed the prisoner
thnn: "Prisoner st the bet yon hare been
convicted of the offense of *lgamy, that Is
n° wt/c ;Vnr:i?7^’u n i? ,, t. w , h ^ « fc d .
deserteil yon and Is firing In adultery with
another man. lou hare, therefore, com-
milted s crime against the tans of your
country, and you have also acted under a
very serious mlwpprehenalnn of the coarse
which rou ought to bare panned. Yon
ahoald here gone to the eceteatasHcsl court
and there obtained against your wife a
your wife's paramour. Armed wttU
decrees, you abmild have approached the
legislature ami obtained ao net of partln*
ment which would have rendered you free
and (easily competent to marry the person
whom you hove taken ok yourself to marry
with no such mi action. It la quite true
that these proceedings would barn root yon
many hundreds of pounds, whereas yon
probably have not aa many pence. Hut the
taw knows no distinction between rich and
poor. The sentence of the court upon you.
ihecefoee. Is Hut yon lie Imprisoned for
one day, which period Sis. already been
eseccded. an yon hare been In custody
since th* commencement mt tbs suites.'
city, will official*. Interment will ala-
take place In the national cemetery.
Carroll D. Vaughan.
Carroll D. Vaughan, the 18-year-old
aon of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Vaughan, Jr.,
died late Thursday afternoon from an
atiack of typhoid fever at the resi
dence of hts parent* 28$ Courtland
street. Short service will be held at
Patterson's chapel Friday evening, and
the body will be carried to Camden. 8.
'., for Interment at 11:45 o'clock Fri
day night. s.
DeWitt Brandon.
DeWItt Brandon. 4 year* old, died
Thursday afternoon at $98 East Fair
atreet. The funeral services will be
held at 8wtft A Hall Co. - * chapel at I
o’clock Friday afternoon, and th* Inter,
ment will be at Westvlew.
Florence Shetzen.
Florence Bhetzcn, 11 yean old, died
of diphtheria at the residence of her
parents, 284 West Fair street. The
funeral services were held privately
Friday afternoon at > o’clock. Th* In
terment was at Oakland.
WATER CAPACITY
OF CITY'S WORKS
• IS BADLY T
Manager Park Woodward
Says Conditions Need
Attention. ;
Everything will be do/,* by Manager
Park Woodward, of the waterworks, to
give clear water to Atlanta for th*
remaining week* of the summer, de
spite the adverse conditions now pre
vailing.
Manager Woodward raid Friday:
"It may be possible to give the peo
ple clear water for the remainder of th*
summer, but unless there Is a new co
agulating basin by next summer. It will
be out of the question, that Is If the
Increase In the number of gallons of
water used continues aa It haa been do
ing."
The exclusive article atatlng the con
dition of the waterworks and the dir*
need for larger machinery, which ap
peared in Thursday’* Georgian, haa
caused widespread comment. A num
ber of citizens have called at the
waterworks office during the morning
to read the report made by Manager
Woodward to the board of water com
missioners. The portion ofthe report
touching upon the vital points brought
out In Thursday's Georgian la below
printed.
Relative to the large Increaae bf ai-
lum used during July, there haa also
been much comment. Manager Wood,
ward stated Friday that although over
a grain waa used to the gallon, that
there waa not a trace of the slum In
the water after It had passed through
the eight feet of sand In the Altera.
Woodward’s Report.
The portion of the report which Is
of special Interest to those connected
with fire insurance companies, as wall
as all property owners, reads as fol
low*:
“On the morning of July >0 I wee
requested by the engineer of the South-
eaetem Tariff Association to allow
them to teat the fire service in the
new Candler building. To make thla
test It was necessary to put on pres
sure for fire service. At 9:46 a. m. on
the morning of July 20 I ’phoned Mr.
Collier, engineer In charge of No. 2
station, to put the pressure up to 150
pounds for fire feet. We were then
running two pumps, Noe. 1 and I (10
and 15,000.000 gallon pump*), and had
five boilers In service.
"In attempting to get this pressure
the speed of both pumps wee Increas
ed to speed limit, and aa a result the
steam pressure wa* reduced from 100
pounds to 90 pounds. We had two IWe-
men on duty In boiler room, and It was
10 minutes before they could get eteam
pressure to 951 pounds, no aa to enoble
us to give the 150 pounds pressure.
Couldn't Get Pressure.
"During the two hours and fifteen
minutes we carried thi* pressure the
firemen were unable to get a steam
pressure above 95 pounds;' we should
have had 100 pounds. The two pumps
were using steam faster than five boil
ers would generate It, do we Could not
get the 100, pounds required.
"We did not carry the water pressure
at 160 pounds all the time, as we could
not without running the third pump.
This we could not do as the five boil
ers were not generating-enough steam
for the two pumps, much less the third,
and It would have taken at least 11-2
hours to get steam pressure on two
more botlere to run the three pumps.
"This test proves that during the day
It wilt take all three pump# and seven
HkB to carry 110 pounds firs pres
sure. We cannot use seven all the
time, aa we have only nine boilers all
told. The boilers tn service havelto be
cleaned and washed out every thirty
days.
■ "We haven't enough boilers to keep
seven In service and make thla change.
In case of a fire alarm during the day
that would require 150 pounds water
procure, we could not give this pres
sure, without a delay of 11-1 hours, as
It would take all this time to gat steam
pressure on tq-o n)>re bolters. This
delay would be very dangerous In cos*
of a large fire.
"During this teat we had to use ev
ery filter In the filter house, and then
could not keep the clear water baaln
full. If the teat had continued >0
minutes longer we would have had to
turn the water from the reservoir Into
the clear water baaln to keep th*
pumps from losing suction.
"This Is the condition the plant la In.
and 1 merely call your attentln- to It.
to relieve the department from criti
cism should wo fall to give fire pres
sure of 150 pounds when needed for a
big fire.
Coagulating Basin.
'1 wish again to call your attention
to the conditions we will have to face
at Hemphill pumping nation. Our co
agulating basin la too small, and wa
find It a very hard matter to filter the
water properly qow In ite present mud
dy condition.
"We are pumping so much water
that tt causes the water to flow through
the coagulating basin so rapidly that
th* mud has not time to settle, which
throws th* hardest part of the work on
th* filters. As we have only 7,004,090
gallons filter capacity, and are now
lumping at ths rate of 14,000,000 ga!-
ons during the day. we have to force
the water through the filters too fast
to filter It properly. During last sum
mer w# pumped the water out of the
clear water basin ao fast that It was s
very hard matter to keep the suction
pipes of th* pump* covered. Th* wa
ter ts so muddy tn the reservoir that we
find It difficult to filter It fast enough
to supply the demand In th* city, and
It may become necessary before the
summer I* over fo pump muddy water
direct from th* reservoir.
DUST STORM HITS
ATLANTA FRIDAY
The worst dust storm that Atlanta
has known for year* descended upon
the streets nt 2:45 o'clock Friday after
noon.
For five minutes every loo** piece of
paper on the streets danced a horn
pipe among the telephone wlre% While
straw bats ran races down th* atreet*
with owners trying to chase their fu
gitive lid* nnd rub the sand Jrom
smarting eyes at the same time.
Office windows were cloned hurriedly
nnd until th* storm subaided Atlanta
citizens preferred the itlfilng heat of
Indoors to a cloud of dust
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