Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, April 13, 1907, Image 11
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.
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MITCHELL STREET LOOKING EAST FROM FORSYTH, SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BLOCK.