Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN