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MID-WEEK REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING REVIEW
HOUSES, LOTS AND LAND
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CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
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Durand's Dairy, Where Germs, Microbes and Flies Are Fought, to a Finish
Aside from the dairy feature, Mr.
Have you ever wondered what the
place looked like from where the milk
you drink came from f
If you read about germs and microbe!
and fllea and auch thing* and they have
any terrors for you, thla thought has
; occurred to you. But few consumers of
milk have seen where this article of
food comes from.
■ The health regulations of most large
cities require certain standards for milk
and inspections are made to sen that
dhese regulations are not being violated,
put milk may have theso requirements
Vnd yet be obtained under 'conditions
Which are not conducive to cleanliness.
About a mile and a half from Deca-
| tur there la a dairy farm that Is Inter-
all the fish desired and the little stream
estlng and well worth a visit of Inspec
tion. This Is the dairy operated by II.
R. Durand, the well known restaurant
proprietor. Mr. Durand has several
hobbles and one of these Is dairying
and good milk. For that reason he has
spent a large amount of money estab
lishing an Ideal dairy, where milk Is
obtained under conditions as near per
fect as care and money can make pos
sible.
He does pot attempt to provide milk
except for his places of business, and
even then has not. enough. A small
part of his output 1s set aside for very
young children, but tbe> balance Is for
hla own use.
In another building In a steam boiler
Durand's farm Is Interesting. It con
sists of about BO acres and It was
owned by his father before him. On
the land Is the old homestead where
Mr. Durand was born and near where
the creek tumbles 30 feet or more In a
cascade over huge rocks are the evi
dences of the grist mill and furniture
factory that this creek operated years
ago for Mr. Durand's father.
In the summer this farm Is the home
of Mr. Durand, his wife, his daughter
and her husband and the grandson.
That the faintly may enjoy all the ben
efits of life In the coqntry, with plenty
of fresh ale. Mr. Durand has built an
artistic log bungalow with a beautiful
bower garden about It.
Then there Is the lake, too. In It are
If a fly was ever caught lurking In
that flows from the lake Is harnessed
and made to turn a picturesque water
wheel. This wheel Is harnessed to a
pump and the water from a pure spring
In the spring house Is pumped to the
barns for the use of the 30 or 35 cows
supplying the pure milk. There Is a
clear creek with thousands of gallons of
water, but M r. Durand knows he Is not
taking any chances of contamination by
giving the cows pure spring water.
From the spring house the water
flows to another house. Is cooled even
more thru colls around which Ice Is
packed, and runs thru other colls over
which milk fresh from the cows drops
and Is cooled. Then It Is placed In cans
which have been sterilised and put In a
big refrigerator.
water might Contain something Mr.
which furnishes scalding water to clean
the milk bottles and steam for bottles
and calls. Everything Is sterilized.
The milking house probably Is the
most Interesting feature. The cows are
taken from their stalls Into another
room. Here they are curried and
washed. A power fan keeps any stray
flies away from this operation. When
the cows are thoroughly cleaned they
are driven Into another room which Is
double screened and which has a ce
ment door with water running over It.
The men who do the milking go Into a
room, waah and nut on a clean white
uniform. Then, when they are as clean
as the rows, they go Into the milking
room, where a fly can not enter, and
begin milking.
TROLLEY EXTENSION HELPS
REALTY NEAR INMAN YARDS
Railway Employees May
Live Near Work and Yet
Get to Town.
The bnildinf of about a mile end a helf
•itension to the Marietta-at. snd Howell 8ta-
ft ion trolley line by the Georg!* Railway and
Electric Company U result in* in the building
lot many houses in ths vicinity of the Bouth-
i rrn railway's freight tern inale at Inman
g %rd* end the indiratioM are that within a
hort time there will! be a Urge community
here.
Until the Southern bought land and con
! utructed the Inman yard* out MarietU-at.,
;• trains were made up in the yards near the
* Southern •hope. In order to be »— * Um
.'place where their runs commenced am
La Urge number of railway employee
r trail* or rented homes in the vicinity.
The reault was that when the yard* were
v moved to the extreme end of the city in the
] other direction, lorn* method of transporting
:employee* from their hornet to their work
tend return had to be provided. When an en
gineer, fireman or railway trainman la likely
Ho be railed at any hour of the night to go
put on a run he prefer* living near where ne
reta on hla train, for that reason the em
ployees lived near the old yards at the South-
>em shop*.
In order to transport employees from that
i part of the city to the Inman yards the Houth-
fern has been running what are known as
•'ahoo-fly" trains on the hour.
But with the building by the Georgia Rail
way end Electric Company ot the Marietta-
at extension, thee# trains have now been
abandoned and the employees ride on the trol-
J Befor* the trolley tine was attended, the
railway employees, had aerioua objections to
building homes in the vicinity of their work
for the reason that there were no facilities
llor their families to reach the city. Now
'things are different. The reault is that near-
j. }y a hundred houses have been built in the
* vicinity of the yards and new ones are going
up all the time.
The trolley extension goes about a mile,
or mile ami s half, out the Marietta road be-
* yond Howell Station, over the bridge across
the trsrks of the Houtbern and Western and
Atlantic, passing Mt. Vernon rburrh and
ending at Ellen S’.
The completion of the line has resulted in
considerable activity In real estate In that
section and many lota have been sold. Not
only Is this section near to the Inman yards
and admirable for railway employees, hut It
fa convenient to the hi* industrial plants and
stock yards in that vicinity and a thriving in
dustrial community is predicted there for the
pear future. .
Money Invested
From New Orleans
Along with money from other cities of the
and Eleventh-*!*.. for investment purposes.
These residences have Just been completed
and were purchased br a New Orleans woman
who believes in the fature of Atlanta. The
ssle^waiMnegjtisted^thru^^^j^loDk^iiMjYM^
Army Officer
Buys Home Here
Captgln William R. Daahlell, of the
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry,
thinks Atlanta 1s an excellent city In
which to reside. So, for that reason,
he has purchased a handsome home
out on the Peachtree road and live
year from now. when he retires from
the nrmy, he will make Atlanta his
home.
At present Captain Dashtell Is not
with Ids regiment at Fort I.oaven-
worth, but Is assigned ns commandant
of a military college In Virginia. He
knows Atlanta well, and this week ho
purchased, thru A. 8. Hook, of Foster
ft Robson, “Maplewood,” about half a
mile this side of the DeKnlb county
line on the Peachtree road.
This Is the home formerly known
aa the Rossman place and afterward
owned* by Ed M. Durant and Mrs. J.
Lindsay Johnson, of Rome. They sold
It thru Mr. Hock to Captain Dashlell
for 110,000.
It Is a beautiful place and la mod
ern In every way.
Berkeley Park
Making a Hit
High Standards Are Demanded
For Success in Real Estate Field
—nre now being placed on the market by
Forrest k George Adair. Altbo the property
has only been on the mnrket a few days,
there la already « sharp demand for the lota
and there ia every Indication Berkeley Park
will prove popular. .....
The property la situated on the Howell
Mill road and fronts the Kvnn 1*. Ilowell
publle school. There are 64 lots In the sule
dlvislou, nil lying well and situated In a
grove. The property Is especially suited for
lose employed in the vnrioas miuiufot *■*“
ig plants In the vicinity. Home of
xgest Industrial concerns of Atlanta are
ttnln a short distance of the property. In-
tiding the Atlanta Far Wheel Company.
,je spnldlng May Foundry and Machine
Company. Atlanta Hteel Company: Houthem
Brass Works. Hon them Iron uud F*|Ulninent
Company. Vanwinkle Company. I’utou
Stock Vania. Southern. Hoofing Company
Atlanta waterworks and others.
. .ices have been placed on the Itft* whirl
make them attractive to not only the home
seeker but the Investor, snd, coupled with
these prices, nre attractive terms of $25
down and K n mopth. with 7 per cent Inter
est. An Interesting plat has been prepared
showing tin* exact location of the property
ami photographic views of residences and
scenes in the vicinity.
ter k Robson, and the price paid *»» $16,000.
The house* ere 3-story B room affairs and are
not only attractive architecturally, but are
modern in every way.
The New Kimball Grill
The Ideal Place for the Busy Matt, game Special Ready
Dishes Tomorrow:
Roast Beef Hash 10c
Codfish Cakes ........ 10c
Baked Veal Pie 16c
11:30
Cheaper than car fare home. Try it. $6.60 Coupon Books
for $6.00. -
. 10c
Pork amt Hoang
.. 10c
. 10c
Stuffod Tomato
.. 10c
. 16c
Fried Lake .Salmon ..
.. 20c
11:30
to 2:30.
Brokers, Operators, Specu
lators and Investors
Have Lots to Learn
to Make Good.
Aspirants to fame aa real (state
broker., operator, or Investor, have
more tt> learn than Ij Imagined by the
average person. Them are aome who
think that a gift of .mooth talk, a
smattering of real estate values and
enough money to hire an office are the
requirements for the real estate busi
ness.
Some, too, think the man with nerve
and a large bank roll makes a suc
cessful operator, while others think
conservatism and a fat bank account
will make u successful investor.
All these things help, but the person
depending solely on them will hardly
reap the rewards anticipated.
The heavy buying, high prices and
prosperity of a few years ago filled At
lanta with mushroom brokers, opera-
and investors. For a time they
with |the wave of pros-
. ong come the panic and
consequent crimps, with the re
making of building loans; mortgage
loans and the placing of mortgage
loons with Investors.
The planning of a building and the
provisions of the building code; the
planning of a tenement house.
Apartment house management; the
management of flats and store build
ings, and renting and collecting; the
management of office buildings; the
theory of rent.
Growth of cities and the theory of
realty value.
In some of these subjects your bro
ker should be well posted or he Is not
the broker who Is best fitted for your
business. And If he Is posted. It will
be readily seen that he didn't make a
success In a week.
Posted on Land History,
This same well posted broker will
also be able to tell you the history of
the various land lots and the minor
children In the way of perfect titles, or
the ante-nuptial agreement made when
father married the second time. If
he doesn't know, ought to have some
one In his office who does, or a vol
ume handy with the Information.
An Important feature connected with
the transfers of real estate Is the ex
amination of land titles. The laws of
Georgia governing conveyance of land
nre said to be the simplest of any
state In the Union. In fact, they are
suit that office signs came down, ad- I...1 confusing to ner-
nn^Vhort 2&ir^Chtd , Sir£3 -n: 1 «c P cu.« B om t e‘i to ?ransfira of rS.L
on short margins were wiped out and
some bankruptcy petitions came
trimmings.
Mr. Fly has been conquered,
that room where the milking Is done
somebody would get fired. The room
where the cows are cleaned Is screened
so that It Is not so very difficult to get
the cows Into the milking room clean
and free from flies.
Everything about the place suggests
cleanliness. No trash Is lying about to
attract filed and even the barns are
kept clean and with few flies. Auto
matic drinking troughs are In each stall
so that a cow gels only the amount of
water necessary and the trough Is al
ways clean as a result and the cows
can only get pure and fresh water.
This same spring water which sup
plies the residence and whiqB (he cows
drink Is also used to wash the cows and
the floor of the milking house. Creek
Durand doesn’t know about.
Electric lights are Installed through-1
out the barns and houses on the farm'
and Mr. Durand Is now planning to'
harness the creek that once ran his fa-
ther's grist mill and furniture factory
and get electric power for hla farm.
There are about 30 cowe at the dairy
and Mr. Durand gets from 35 to 40 gal
lons of milk dally. He could dlepose ot
twice that amount or more if he had It
On the wall of the eprlng house Is s
framed testimonial from board of health
experts of which Mr. Durand Is proud,
and It pays a tribute to the product to
which he has given so much of his tlms
and money.
If you are Interested In such things,
you would profit by a visit to this De-
Kalb county farm and see a place where
While standing on the front veranda
of her residence at 97 Stonewall-st.,
during the ELECTRICAL STORM on
Wednesday about noon. Mrs. J. N. Ab
bott was severely shocked by a thun
derbolt that discharged Itself within a
few yards of where she was standing.
The conference committee of the
Southeastern Passenger association at'
Its meeting In Chicago on August 13
will consider the question of LOW
RATES TO ATLANTA for the auto
mobile races, which will be held hen
from November 6 to 13.
Brokers Have to Know a
Mass of Details, and In
vestors Should Absorb
Some of These.
Such a result was natural, and It
helped all around.' It got the business
down to a healthy, legitimate basis,
where It stands today. This does not
mean that all who are In the real es
tate business ought to be. As In Inw,
medicine, Journalism and trolley car
motoring, good plow hands are lost to
the rural districts. .
Hard Study Nscessary,
An Investigation among successful
real estate brokers, operators and In
vestors shows that a more or less
thorough study of ths business
necessary. The suceegf-ful brokers
show this more than the ■*
the operators more than
Particularly are -many Investors sadly
deficient In rudimentary knowledge.
They, of all penurns, should be ;*>*(-
ed. In dealing with reputable real es
tate men. It ts not so necessary, but
as In other lines, a few are not reputa
ble.
So In the real estate business It
might not be said that “a little knowl
edge Is a dangerous thing.”
For the benefit of those who specu
late or Invest In real estate, and for
brokers, too, tt might be sutd that
more or less familiarity with the fol
lowing would help some:
Preparation of contracts for the pur
chase and sale of real property; forms
of such contracts; standard clauses;
murketuble titles; defects which render
titles unmarketable; the closing of ti
tles and adjustments at closing; con
veyances; their forms, clauses and
uses; encumbrances and how they may
be discharged or otherwise disposed
of: title insurance and forms of poli
cies of title Insurance; title registra
tion.
Brokers, their duties nnd obliga
tions; auctioneers and the conduct of
auction sales; condemnation proceed
ings and their conduct; expert testi
mony in condemnation proceedings;
general outline of real property law.
Taxes and assessments: the method
of levy and collection; the organisa
tion of the finance department of the
city; the organisation of the city gov
ernment nnd relation of Its parts to
real property: the city as proprietor
of real property and as a source of
title.
ty In other states. Only two witnesses
are required to any puper conveying
land In the state of Georgia. One of
these witnesses must bo a notary pub
lic In and for the county In which the
deed, or other conveyance. Is executed,
the notary signing his name and official
title and also attaching his seal. Any
person who con write his name or give
testimony In court Is competent to act
as the other witness.
In other states n mat^s wife Is re
quired to sign nny deed conveying land,
and In cose the wife owns the prop
erty the husband Is required to Join In
the conveyance. This frequently
causes trades to be broken up. or en
ables a person to get out of a trade after
having consented to one. on the claim
that the wife would not consent to
the sale and release dowry.
In a great many states tho signa
ture of the maker of the deed must be
witnessed by a notary, a clerk of court
being required to certify that the per
son Is a notary, and a Judge required
to certify that the clerk Is a clerk. So
deeds executed In other states fre
quently have voluminous certificates
state grant, conveyances are made
either by warranty deeds (deeds exe
cuted by the owner In his lifetime), ad
ministrators or executor’s deeds (In
struments to convey land after the
death of the owrief), or by wills. These
are the only three ways In which land
can be legally conveyed In the state
of Georgia.
An abstract of title simply means a
history of the property beginning with
the original grant from the state And
nhowlng the name of every owner and
the Instrument by which It was con
veyed down to the present owner.
How to Protect Titles.
In counties like Fulton, where sales
of land are very frequent, the records
become so voluminous that attorneys
do not care to examine titles. The loss
of several days' time In the court house
among the dusty records of deeds does
not appeal to them, and consequently
thla work Is frequently done by corpo
rations or land title companies.
The Atlanta Title Guarantee Com
pany about ten yeara ngo made ab-
stracta or sllpa of every deed that la on
file In the Fulton county court house,
and, after making copies of all the
deeds, wills, plats and every paper that
affected the ownership of land, theae
'slips were aasorted and run out to each
particular unit of land, so that even
without going to the court house an ex
aminer ran slmpiy draw out the slips
pertaining to any particular piece of
land and learn the bnck title to It In a
few minutes. The time-saving feature
of this method Is of much value In tak
ing what are called “cross deeds." It Is
necessary not only, to read the deed
conveying the particular piece of land
under examination, but It la also neces
sary to read every deed or conveyance
made by each person who ever owned
the land, to see that It was not deeded
to aome one else.
For Instance, L. P. Grant made and
recorded over 1.000 deeds In his life
time, and. In examining the title to any
lot owned by L. P. Grant, it Is neces
sary to read every deed that he ever
made. This work becomes exceedingly
quenuy nave voluminous .Tn>io.« burdensome, and in the course of a few
and affidavits attached to them all of SUSO&J!* ' rk,,ome
which are totally unnecessary In pa
pers conveying land In the state of
Georgia.
Wife Can Own Or Sell.
A married woman can own property
In her own name In Georgia and also
an unmarried woman, provided she Is
31 years of age. A woman may sell
property without consulting her hus
band If she Is so disposed; and a hus
band can sell property without ob
taining the consent of his wife. The
laws of Georgia are such as to en
courage the free exchange and sale of
real estate, and this fact has had a
great deal to do with stimulating land
trades and the division of large bodies
of property Into small tracts or lota
In buying real estate It is well for
the purchaser to have an examination
of the title made, either by an expe
rienced attorney or by a title guaran
tee company. This examination does
not end simply with an Inspection of
the deed delivered to the purrhaaer,
but should Include the entire history
of the land from the state of Georgia
down to the present owner. Nearly
all of the land titles In north Geor
gia originate with grants from the
for an attorney to undertake It.
In addition to having abstracts or
copies of all deeds, bonds for title and
plats, title companies have copies of
every Judgment, mortgage, homestead,
execution, fl. fa. and tax deed that has
ever been Issued In the county. As fast
as papers are filed In the court house
copies are made and sent up to the
rooms of the title company, where ex
perienced clerks accurately assort and
flle them under the proper unit number.
Thus the plant is constantly kept up to
date to the very minute.
About twenty years ago five of the
deed books In the court house were lost
or stolen and have never been recov
ered. Prior to the time that these
books were lost or stolen an abstract
company had made copies of the deeds
recorded therein snd these copies are
now In the possession of the Atlanta
Title Guarantee Company and the ab
stracts thus preserved are of Inesti
mable value.
If you had ever tried a Want Ad. you
would know why we persist.
would know why we persist.
Don’t let your baggage bother you on the
14th,
Thousands of people will partake of the
cheap EXCURSIONS ON THE 14th.
The Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company
will have a man at each ticket office whose
duty it will be to take your baggage order,
sending checks to destination to your residence,
thereby relieving you of any anxiety and re
sponsibility of re-checking at the station.
This company has ample facilities for at
tending to any number of customers, thus giv
ing you a guarantee that your baggage Will get
upon the train that you go on.
The same service will be rendered you on
presentation of your transportation at our fol
lowing offices:
UNION STATION.
TERMINAL STATION.
We request that you be prompt,
have your order as early as possible,
greatly facilitate service.
Phones:
Union Station,
Let us
This will
260 Bell and Atlanta.
Terminal Station,
204, 205, 1000 Bell.
205, 1000 Atlanta.
ATLANTA BAGGAGE AND CAB COMPANY
W. C. WILSON, V. P. & Gen. Mgr.
ii*. *ut ontfnMt* with irrantff from the if you had ever tried a Went Ad you
Building loan oik*ration* and the state about the year 1824; and after the would know why we peraUt.
A SELECT LOT OF YOUNG
BELGIAN HARES
ONLY $1.00 EACH
BREEDING STOCK, $3.00 TO $5.00
KIMBALLVILLE FARM
STANDARD PHONE -4335