About Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1909)
Even the Panic Couldn't Stop These Atlantans "ATLANTA—THE HALF-MILLION OITY” EDITION OF THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Ventilator—Broken Section. DOWMAN-DOZIER DR. WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM round, and for some tlms past It has been neceeaary for them to work three 'light* In the week In order to keep pace with demand*. The amount of work done Is about 00 doien shirts a day .which are sold at from $9 to $11 a doien. They go to retail merchants all over the South, and to tome In the North also, altbo the largest part of the trade I* with Georgia and the three adjoining states. Atlanta merchants are now among the largest purchasers. When the company first opened the factory It was necessary to bring many of the workers, chiefly the heads of de partments, from the Northeast. Tho number of these has steadily decreased, as the Georgia girls learned to do tho work. It la the policy of the company to employ home labor, and now all tho Kiris employed In the factory are At lantans or come from the vicinity, the only Northern labor now used being the boys who work In the laundry. GREAT CITIES AND BIG ONES. A city can be great without being big nnd If one-half of the energy expended by chambers of commerce and boards of trade In booming their cities were devoted to bettering them the results would be more satisfactory, even from a business standpoint. There are al ready a number of relatively or actual ly small American cities to which peo ple of means are moving by cholco be cause they are desirable places to live In or In which to bring up children, civic virtue la becoming an asset that the ahrewd business man will not long overlook.—American City. Fireproof Metal Doors Fireproof Metal Windows Galvanived Gutter and Fittings Galvanized Pipe and Fittings Galvanized Cresting Gulvanized Finials Galvanized Volutes'' ■ Galvanized Wall Ties Galvanized Wall Plugs Galvanized Tanks Metal Ceilings Metal Cornice Metal Skylights Blow Pipe Smoke Stacks Tin Roofing Corrugated Iron Roofing Slate Roofing Photo by Edward*. A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. Under the able direction of President K. G. Matheson, this great institution is daily teaching 600 or more boys—mostly Georgians—how to do a man’s work in the world. No school of technical training in the world has a finer reputation for thoroughness of instruction and capability of gradu ates. For the Treatment of Opium, Whiskey and Other Drug Habits 321-323 Whitehall St. ATLANTA, GEORGIA THIS SCHOOL TEACHES HOW TO DO THINGS Tile Roofing Gravel Roofing Dixie Ventilators (Galvanized) Iron or Cooper The ‘‘Dixie” Ventilator Energy and Hustle and Brains Made Robinson Shirt Co. Success. If there are any people laboring un der the delusion that 'Atlanta le not u good place in which to make things, us well as to buy them after they are made, they should go thru the work rooms of the Robinson Shirt Company. The factory occupies the top floor of the large Walter P. Andrews building and Is thoroughly equipped with every facility for doing the best work In the ■hortest time. The scene of order and activity which the sewing room pre sents with its hundred or more ma chines run by neat and happy looking girls speaks strongly ror the paat suc cess and future prospects of the com pany. The Robinson Shirt Company Is os yet almost In Its Infancy. It was or ganised only two years ago. under the management of J. D. Robinson, presi dent: H. M. Robinson, vice president, and J. R. Mobley, secretary and treas urer. Tho company started work with very little capital and at a singularly discouraging season. After all ar rangements had been made to launch the factory, Its quarters leased, ma chinery bought nnd many employees from the Northeaat engaged, the mem orable panic of that year burst. It was loo lata to retreat or to delay the date set for beginning active work, so the company adhered to the original plans und faced the alarming situation as boldly as It could. The story of these early days was one of ceaseless effort attended by many discouragements, but the difficulties proved not to bo Insur mountable and. It gradually began to make headway. The company Is a pioneer In Its line, and as such has had to break the way thru the fixed order of things and often thru prejudice. It Is still th* only shirt factory In the South. Merchants who had always bought their goods In Ihe East were naturally averse to making a change. Resides this, there was the suspicion that things made by un extremely young concern could not come up to the standard of excellence which they were In the habit of expect ing from the older companies. First, it was necessary to Induce people to give the new-comer a trial, and then to prove that It was able to make good all that It claimed It waa able to do. This was a tedious process, but the first part of the battle has alrrndy been fought. The company started work with about <0 employees; the number has grown to 146, working all the year B. MIFFLIN HOOD’S SHALE BRICK OFFICE Candler Building un isafiNl Shale Brick have won a complete victory in Ohio, where mud brick go begging or sell at a great discount. In Georgia, Shale Brick aro daily growing in favor, because of their superior intrinsic merit. Shale Brick, because of their superior merit, were used in tho construction of the follow ing buildings: Tho new sower trunk through tho Southern Railway yards adjoining Terminal Station, new Forsyth Theater, new Journal building, now in course of construction; J.. B. Whit man’s residence, Druid Hills; William D. Thomson’s residence, Druid Hills; Jacob Schane’s resi dence, W. Peachtree and Kimball; new Griffin hotel, Griffin, Ga.; Frank Rice’s stores, Luckie-st Several etorei, Tom H. Pitt, Edgevrood-ave. Court house, Dada City, Fla. Forrest A George Adair, Foray th and Trin- Court house, Fort Plarce, Fla. Itjr. Several atores, Pryor and Garnett. A. G. Rhodes, office building front, Mari- etta-st. R. K. Lea Institute, Thomaston, Oa. High School, Brunswick, Ga., Jail, Brunswick, Ga. Dr. Noble's Sanitarium. Pryor and Fair. New U. 8. Poatoffice, Forsyth and Walton. M. R. Berry residenee, Peachtree and 16th. Goldsmith A Walker. Peaehtroe and 15tli. Dr. Wm. E. Campbell, residence, Druid Kills. Bell Bros, apartments, Boulevard and Ponce DeLeon. D. R. Wilder, residence, Jackson and Ponca DeLeon. Mrs. A. C. Moreland, residence, Cleburne. M. P. Koan, store. Boulevard aud Kdgewood Several stores, B. D. Watkina, Edgewood ava. Mae Duff apartments, Jacksonville, Fla. Apartments, Birmingham, Ala. Store, Dothan, Ala. Store. Charleston, 8. O. Residence. Savannah, Ga. Canregie libraries, Luckie st., Atlanta, Ath ens and Barnesvillc. Dr. Wm. Owen's apartments. West Peso tree and Howard-sta. John W. Grant, James and Falrlla-ata. Rockmart Orientals nnd Legg Dry Press can not bo surpassed for face brick at any price. Our impervious repress arc taking the place of mud red fronts because of their quality and cheapness. Furnished by B. MIFFLIN HOOD, 1530-31 Candler Building, Atlanta, Georgia Headquarters for Shale Brick. Sidewalks a Specialty BUSINESS OF(12MJIII0 AM This City Ranks Second in the United States in That Particular. Twelve million dollars a year for mules! That's the record of Atlanta, "The Half-Million City,” and the second mule market In tho world, thru which yearly {0,000 mules are distributed, averaging In price $200 a head. That’s going some, even for the "Half-Million City.” but It Is a fact and has been so recognised for a number of years past, and Atlanta's fame as a mule market Is second only to St. Louis, now known everywhere. Into Atlanta each year are poured the besf mules from Missouri, Ken tucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Illinois. They como by tens, by fifties, and by .hundreds. They come by the carload, and by tralntoad, to the amazing num ber of 60,000, all seeking the facilities an<J advantages of the Atlanta market. When they reach here they are housed In commodious, comfortable barns of easy access to the railways and to buyers, and are then sold either by the owners themselves or by the more than 40 mule dealers that do busi ness In Atlanta. Thru Atlanta commission merchants these mules are sold to dealers In al most every town in the states of Geor gia, Florida, the Carolines, Alabama. Virginia and West Virginia, where they are resold to tho cotton farms. lumber and turpentine camps and to the many varied Industries of those states, where their qualities as patient, hardy burden bearers make them Indispensable. Atlanta's mule business, now almost staggering In Its remarkable totals, be gan as a market about 1885. tho some mules wars sold here, of course, ever since the city came Into existence. The business centered about the Brady- Mlller Feed and Sale stables, headed by T. B. BrRdy and John A. Miller, and then amounted to about 8,000 head a year. This stable for a number of years DOWMAN-DOZJER MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers and Con tractors. SHEET METAL WORE. Distance Phone W. 571. was located In Lloyd-st., now Central- *'*•,. "ear the old union depot. In 1890 It was moved to a location at Bar-- tow and Marletta-sta., where the sales ran to about 40,000 head. About 1902 the present Miller Union stock yards were founded. They are ocated near five railroads at Howells Station and form the center of the mule trade In Atlanta. Jacob W. Patterson, president of the I atterson Commission Company, Is the present head of the Miller Union yards, and It was under him that the mule business of the city has been brought to Its present large volume. Acting , under' him are more than 26 dealers, and In addition the following firms maintain separate barns at tho yards: The Hudson Mule Company, Coggtn & Bro.. and the ,Maxwell & Crouch Mule Company. Near the yards proper are located In Brady-st. the following prominent and extensive mule firms: Harper * Weathers Horse and Mule Companv, Harper Brothers. Oglesby & Jones, W. C. Abercrombie Mule Company, Turner Brothers and the I. N. Ragsdale Horse and Mule Company. The Miller Union yards comprise 32 acres, having accommodations for 8,000 head of horses and mules and for 2.000 head of hogs, cattle and sheep. The barns alone, all one story In height, cover fully twelve seres. The farmers and mule users of the South are constantly seeking a higher quality In their purchases. They are finding out that the bigger and better mule Is tho cheapest In the long run, and there Is and has been a brisk de mand for the highest grade animals. The sole of a pair of mules ranging In price from $700 to $800 Is nothing uncommon at present, whereas three years ago It was an almost unheobd of thing on tho local market. MION BROTHERS ONE OF THE LEADING FIRMS Their Reputation Is Based On Making Good. Mlon Bros., altho established many years In the South, began business In Atlanta five years ago as general con tractors and builders, with ofilces In the Candler building. The firm Is com posed of P. Mlon and C. Mlon. brothers, and is now recognized os one of the leading firms In this line of business in the city. In this day of specialization whoever aspires to rise to distinction In any line of work mhst achieve a reputation for a high standard of excellence In that particular line. To gain such a repu tation means to make good, not occa sionally, but constantly, all claims thnt make to such a standard. This Is what Allan Bros, have succeeded In doing. In connection with general contracting they have made a specialty of mosaic tile work. Long study and attention to the details of this branch of their busi ness has resulted In an unusual degree of perfection. Their mosaic nnd tile work Is now recognized as among Ihe finest done by any contractors In the • Southern states. Among the Important buildings con structed by Mlon Bros, are the Ma sonic temple. Atlanta; St. Josephs In firmary', Atlanta; Rose building. At lanta: Selwyn hotel, Charlotte, X. Hotel Patten, Chattanooga, Tenn.; St. Anthony sanitarium. San Antonio. Texas; Atlantic National bank, Jack sonville, Flo., and the Bell building. Montgomery, Ala. As these names show, their field of business Is not lim ited to any particular city, but extends all over the South. An A. tlanta ConcernMade Ferro Concrete Famous Big Construction Company Known by Its Work All Over Country. An Atlanta and Georgia corporation, with all the splendid spirit and pride that marks tho tonmoit city of the South, the Southern Ferro Concret* Company's growth has been advancing steadily until It has assumed today a commanding position In the building world. Headei! by Charles Lorldans, presi dent, this progressive corporation of engineers and contractors has Its busi ness constantly growing. Its scope of operations covers buildings under con struction actually today In all direc tions os far as Philadelphia, Memphis, Pensacola and Jacksonville', leaving At lanta as a convenient and well cen tered place of operation of the main office. The Southern Ferro Concrete Com pany has been In this country among the pioneers that have worked for the adoption of ferro concrete construction, and well deserves Its commanding po sition, now thnt the use of that new material Is Increasing by leaps and bounds and Its merits become better' known. The marvelous strength, the rockllke stability and solidity of concrete con struction, the everlasting durability, neatfulness, healthfulness and rapidity of execution appeals to the clean-cut business sense of the builders. All the actual tests of th* large conflagrations of Baltimore and San Francisco have demonstrated that It was strictly the best fireproof construction. These unique advantages, not to be found together In any other class of construction, Joined with Its compara tively low coat and Its minimum ex pense for maintenance, will soon make the ferro concrete construction of uni versal use for all permanent construc tions. As an evidence of these facts, It need only to be stated that during the period when other lines found times dull and business poor, tho Southern Ferro Con crete Company was busy all the time. It shall not be attempted to enumerate all tho work done by this company within the limits of this article, but by mentioning a few examples some Idea can be given of the Importance and the character of Its construction: • In Atlanta, the beautiful six-story Palmer apartments, In Peachtree place. Eight-story office building In Athens, Ga.. for the'Southern Alutual Insurance Company. The subway under Flfth-ave., the passeenger subways, the main build ings—In fact, all of the concrete work In connection with the Birmingham Terminal station, at Birmingham. Ala. The large reservoirs for the United States government at Fort Barrancas, Fla. Ferro concrete tanka' for the locomo tives of the Atlanta and West Point railway at Hogansvllle and Notasulga, Ga. A fireproof garago at the corner of Spring-*!, and Merrltts-ave., Atlanta. The seven-story office building and heme of the Chamber of Commerce, at Birmingham, Ala. A seven-story office building for W. A. Blount, at Pensacola, Fla. In tho same city, the saven-story ho tel known aa the San Carlo*, now In courae of conatructlon. A ten-atory office building on Mc- Calt place, In Alemphls, Tenn. In Jackaonvllle alone during the last three years the Southern Ferro Con crete Company can point with pride-to the successful building of tha Masonic temple, seven stories high; the Young Men's Christian association building, six stories; two ten-story buildings on Forsyth-st. for W. A. Blsbee; a four- story warehouse for the W. P. Sumner Company; a four-story mercantile building for Arthur B. Gllkes: the ten- story magnificent construction for the Seminole Hotel, etc. In Philadelphia, the largest concrete mill ever erected In thl* country, 480 by 120 feet, five stories and basement. Th* Southern Ferro Concrete Com pany has also been awarded the con tract lately for all the structural con struction In ferro concrete of The At lanta Journal building. For all these structure* and many ethers the Southern Ferro Concrete company have been engineers for the design as well as contractor* for tha execution of the work. Its main office Is situated In the Equitable building, and the concern al ways furnishes cheerfully plans and estimate)) for all kinds of constructions to architects and prospective builders.
