Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, October 30, 1907, Image 1
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ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1907.
A GREATER AND BETTER SOUTH
Have Issued Order Ap
plying to All
State.
The death knell of free parses In !
Georgia was sounded Wednesday byj
the railroad commission.
An official order was promulgated :
Wednesday. In which the commission
makes effective on January 1 an anil-
pass law In exact conformity wlth 9 the
national law.
At the same tlpie an order was Is
sued prohibiting the free transportation
of freight or express.
The anti-pass order forbids the Issue
of any free transportation between
points within the state after January 1.
19Q8. It Is in exact conformity with
the national act. and makes the same
exceptions, notably, employees of rail
roads, ministers, charity workers, etc.
Coming so swiftly on the heels of the
filing of the pass lists of the Georgia
railroads, |r— *■— 41 **“*“
it may be that these lists
were a compelling factor In the action.
Immediately after the passage of the
Candler act, rumors were current in
v,«wv, rumors were —
official circles that the new commission
had full power to abrogate passes and
would probably exercise this power In a
short time. With a few typewritten
lines, the commission haa accomplished
what Georgia legislatures have been
making more or less vigorous attempts
to accomplish for years.
Cut Out Express Franks.
A second order nullifies express
franks in Georgia after January 1. 1908.
and makes It Illegal to transport freight
free of charge, save for charitable pur*
poses or by expressed consent of the
commission. ,
A third order calls upon all terminal
companies and corporations In Georgia
to file with the commission within ten
days copies of charters, rates and rules.
A public hearing on this matter Is fixed
for November 13, 1907.
THOMAS H. JEFFRIES.
8pec!al to The Georlgan.
Macon. Go., Oct. 30.—Thomas H. Jef
fries. of Atlanta, was elected grand
master of the grand Masonic lodge of
Georgia this morning by the delegates
who are in session at Macon.
Max’ Meyerhardt, of Rome, Ga., has
been holding this high office In the Ma
sonic lodge for the past year, and his
friends thought he would again bo
elected.
The grand lodge adjourned at npon
for dinner and this-afternoon. will again
take up the election of officers.
At th° afternoon session --of tlia
Grand Lodge, officers for the coming
year were elected with the following
results: Thomas H. Jeffries, of At
lanta, grand master: Henry lianks. of
SI,$00 n year. This shows an Increase
of $300 a year, or 16 2-S per cent.
This Is but «>ne of a number of recent
r**al transactions where houses
occupied by whisky dealers and saloons
have been sold or leased at an advanced
figure. Real estate men state that
there will be few. If any, empty houses
when tho whisky dealers take thele
departure on January 1, And that the
new tenants will In most esses pay
higher rents.
The Peachtree store of the R. M.
Rose Company, occupied by them as a
retail house, was.sublet by that com
pany several weeks ago, through For-
. — -1 TI.mmwa A.Ini— . n i Vi. / 1 PA. m
Continued on P.g. Two.
month, nn advance of J50. or 16 2-J
tier cent, the same proportion of In
crease as thnt In the annex transac
tion.
Oth.r Rtssnt Deals.
The big warehouse and stores of
Btuthenthal A BIckart, In Marietta
street, was recently lensed by John W.
(Irani, the owner, to the Fielder ft Al
len Company, which convert It Into a
blf office fixture establishment. The
terms have not been made public.
The Ponce DeLeon saloon and cigar
store tn Peachtree etreet. near Wal
ton, has been sub-let by William Wol-
pert & Bon to tho Atlanta, Blrmlni-
ham ft Atlantic railroad, at an In
creased rental, though the figures hare
not been made public. The naw ten
ants will use It for an uptown ticket
and passenger ofllce. ' .
Forrest Adair, who handled the sal.
and lease for the Roie Company, said
Wednesday morning:
No Vacant Houses.
"There le everything to Indicate that
property now occupied by whisky deal-
in w— /vooiiniad it freer Tn miarv I
WILL HAVE NEW TENANTS
Expect Settlement of Differ
ences by Saturday of
This Week.
IS LEASED AT
HIGHER PRICE
Atlantan at Head of
Georgia Grand Lodge
of Masons.
Kola-Ade Company
to Use It For
Factory.
Governor and Mother
Were Only Sur
vivors of Disaster.
Atlanta Government Build
ing Must Not Exceed
$1,000,000.
Taahend. Ruselan Turkestan. Oct. 10.
[•he entire city of Karatagh, In Bok-
tara. has been destroyed by a terrible
tarthquake, which was followed by a
nountatn elide. In which the entire
>opulatlon. numbering 16,000, were
railed. Only two persons eurvived the
lisaster. these being the governor of
foratagh and his mother.
Details of the convulalone are as yet
inavallable, but the new, m far Te-
-elved leads to the belief that a great
•haam opened In the valley where the
dtr atood and that almost the whole
rlclnlty waa engulfed In a pile of ruins.
There la reason to believe that other
•Itlea and towns In the neighborhood
jf Bokhara were badly shaken by th*
lame convulsion of nature, and it ls
txpected that the full talc of death will
reach a total which v» 11 mark the d s-
ister as one of the greatest In the his
tory of all Asia-Minor.
Krntagah Is one hundred miles south
sat of Samarkand, which place euf
ereil great damage by earthquake on
ictober 11. The shocks lasted for near-
r the entire day at Samarkand top-
Itng over many houses, but so far as
nown only two were killed. The popu-
itton had ample time to flee from thetr
ouses before the greatest shock came.
Bids will be opened at 3 o'clock this
afternoon In the olHcf of the supervis
ing architect of the treasury depart
ment at Washington for the building of
the Atlanta postofllce. The specifics-
tlons call for either granite or marble
construction and the building will be
built of either one of the two. The cost
Is not to exceed 11.000,000. This In
cludes plumbing. It will be a modern
office building, steel constructed and
fire proof. The style le an adaptation
of the Italian renaissance and from the
drawings In the architect's office It will
be a beautiful structure. It will have a
basement, four stories and a high attic.
* The government requires that It be
completed by December 11. 1»0».
Payments will be made on the con
tract at the rate of 10 per cent per
month, with a final reservation of 10
per cent, which will not be paid until
the building Is completed.
The bidders have all visited Atlanta
and Inspected the site. Many of the
largest contractors In the country have
submitted bids.
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- Wednesday temperatures:
7 o'clock s. .60 degrees
WHISKY HOUSES ;
INCREASE IN RENT
Recent Deals Show That
Exodus Will Increase
Value of Real Estate
Registered in Weshington.
Washington. Oct. 10.—The weather
areau at Washington announced on
ctober 11 that an e»rtnq | mk» »wd
ten recorded, beginning at It o clock
le previous night and lasting until
Lrly In the morning. Its origin was
elleved to have been at a point wmt
r Australia In the southern Indian
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Race Results
Tremors Began Oetobsr 20.
London. Oct. JO.-From ‘>nnounce-
ents from the seismologies! I'UrMUl
various world center*, it 1* leamen
the preliminary tremor* began at
• m. and the strong motion at U.«
IP. ssll'J ID” _
. on October JO. The ahocta con-
t<l until 1:16 a. m, October -1.
..61 degrees.
. .54 degree*.
..57 degrees.
..58 degree*.
, ..69 degree*,
degree*
. .61 degree*.
Committee* of Atlanta striking tele-
graph operator* In Atlanta will meet
official* of the telegraph companies this
week for a conference, and It I* be
lieved that the strike will be «ettled by
next Saturday.
Thomas A. Pinson, secretary of local
No. 60, la authority for the statement.
It la understood that the committees
will repreaent the striking operators
who were formerly employed by the
Western' Union. Poetal and Aeaoclated
Prere. respectively. They will confer
with official* Pf three organisation*.
From the wording used, It I* under
stood that the companies regard thle
as a conference with form*r employee*,
not with the union ** *n organisation.
"W* expect a settlement by Saturday!
of thl» week," aald Secretary Pinson.
The date and hour for the ronference
has not been definitely decided upon.
No Attention to Order.
According to officer* of the local un
ion of the Commercial Telegrapher*,
th* order Issued by S. J. Small, the
deposed president of the union, will
have no effect on the striker* In At
lanta. It 1* pointed out that Small Is
no longer president of the national or
ganization and that another man has
been put In hi* place. For that rea
son say the strikers. Small haa no
authority to Issue orders, and that If
he does they have no weight.
It Is said by the strlken that the
new president will have a conference
In a day of two with telegraph officials
and It Is believed something will result
from thl* talk.
, “In my opinion," said one prominent
striker Wednesday morning. "some
Suit Withdrawn After
Conference With
Company.
JAMAICA.
First Race—Bockstone. 4 to 1. *om uineelal to Tb
Belle of Iroquol*. » to t. Mjond: Tramft ^Vhattanoo
* to S. third. Tlme.1:»«, Twelfth cavi
second Bac^-PUtt and NeWIt*. »
Second Bac*—Flo* —' .
,o 5 won: Sister Franohcs. } to *.
second: Gen. llaley. » to 5, third. Time,
1:19 4-6.
_r ** Mllireuu/
Thing Will be done by the national
ftcfgJ*
will ue WUIIC w*
nriais within the next few day*. Some
thing should be don* on* way or the
other. All the strikers who raturn to
work have ttieir card* takas away
from them, and If thl* continue* Indefi
nitely. the rank* of th* union will b*
considerably depleted If many of those
on strike return to work without being
ordered to.”
Cavalrymen Return to Fort.
, _1 to The Georgian.
'hattanooga, Tenn.. Oct. JO.—The
. „ elfth cavalry returned to Fort Ogle
thorpe thl* morning. *fter spending
three weeks marching through North
Georgia.
Work cn the extension of the Capitol
avenue etreet car line from Jefferson
street to Haygood avenue will be re
sumed at once and the mandamus pro.
ceedlng* Instituted to compel a com
pletion of the line will be withdrawn.
The announcement that the work
would be started on the line at once
was made Wednesday morning by
President Arkwright after a confer
ence with Aldermen Qullllan and Hol
land and Councilman Huddleston and
Martin from the Second ward, upon
condition that th* suit Instituted
against the company should b* with
drawn.
Following the statement of President
Arkwright. Attorney James L. Ksy,
who filed the suit for th* petitioners,
was ssen and he stated that as his only
object tyss to get results he would
withdraw the suit without objection. |
The differences between the street
car company and the cltlxens living In
the neighborhood of tho proposed ex
tension arose when tho company sud
denly stopped work on the new line
from Bss* street to Haygood avenue
and began taking down Its wires. Th*
company had prsvloualy secured ■
franchise to build Its line on this street
and the cltlxens sought to so compel
Its completion by law.
A temporary Injunction was secured
from Judge Ellis of the euperior court
to prevent th* wires from bging re
moved and a mandamus suit was filed
to compel the street railway company
to complete the extension.
President. Arkwright stated that the
company Is willing to build the line If
‘.he people desire It. but that the work
was stopped because the extension,
which would only cover a distance of
about two blocks, wss deemed unnec
essary.
R. M. ROSE COMPANY’S ANNEX IN AUBURN AVENUE.
This bal'ding has been told at an advanced price and rented at an
advaned to the Kola-Ade Company. It is but one of many buildings which
will present a different appearance on January 1.
TURKEY IS NOW AT
MERCY OF RUSSIA
Paris. Oct. JO.—It became known to
day that Russia has Turkey at her mer
cy through a diplomatic maneuver
forming a treaty with Bulgaria. Ac-
. t., Urn treaty. Russia and Bul
garia become albjs in csss sillier on*
bus a w ur with Turkey.
THE WEATHER.
SPOT COTTON.
Llverp
ml, stonily: 5.87. Atlanta.
quiet;
10 3-16.
New Orleans, steady: 10*i
New
York,
steady; 10.90. Savannah.
quiet;
10 MS.
Atlanta, steady; 10S-