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STREET REPAIR
WORK IS B[G«N :
Council Committee Meets To-'
day to Carry Out Reforms in
Construction Department.
The Georgian'« campaign for bettet ;
streets reached results 'hi? afternoon j
when the charter Amendment commit
tee of council mm at 2 o'clock to t»l« i
tip formally the reforms agreed upon |
at the recent caucus of council. Ihe |
plan if to reorganize the chief of con- i
stvuctlon fc department into a < onstruc- i
tion department and an engineering de- i
bailment and to provide that no more j
tempore*w pavements shall be put ,
down
Councilman Harvey Hatcher is lead-I
Inga small minority against any j
Chang* tn the construction department
Because the city construction de- l
partment mutilated Howell Mill road
just after it had been paved by the
county construction department, it was
declared today the county commission
ers would pave no more streets In the
city unless all sewer and water con
nections had been made on them.
For years, newly paved streets have
been cut up by the city in laying water
and fewer pipes Commissioner Shel
by Smith said today that it must stop,
and that hereafter the superintendent
of construction of the county and the
city superintendent would hold month
ly conferences over proposed work to
prevent any more streets being ruined
ruthlessly.
The commissioners have gone fur
ther and decided on a rule requiring
cash collateral or a bond that any street
dug up by a company or an Individual
• hall be put back in Its original condi
tion
Bach day of The Georgian’s cam
paign for better streets arouses city
officials more and more to « realization
that drastic reforms are demanded.
Streets Usually Not.
Properly Repaired
Well paved dty streets are contin
ually cut up for the laying of water
and sewer pipe Tt has not been long
since the construction department's
steam roller had to quit work on Sum
mit avenue. wh«-e It was finishing the
paving, because the waterworks de
partment workmen wore in 111- way.
digging up the street to lay a waler
Pl P<
The waterworks department has n >
list of the pared streets, nut apply s
the construction department so a per
mit when it wants to cut a street. It
is against the t itles to allow a p< 1 m <
hently paved street to be cut without
a permit from council. But these pot
mits are granted by the city fathers i,,
a routine way Payed streets are con
tinually cut all over the city and sunk
tn places are always left It has gtv, a
rise to bitter criticisms against the
construction department. which ha-
Charge of outlining the work so there
won't be any such conflicts.
The worst part of it is that the con
struction department nor any one else
in the city hall has any record of what
streets have been cut up In such away.
There seems to be no real system by
which this work is inspected to see that
the paving Is put back in Its original
condition. When a permit to cut a
• treat Is granted the street is left t.i
take its chances of being repaired An
asphalt street has about the same
chance of being repaired as a dirt
•treet.
$15,000 Increase Mostly
In Salaries of Chiefs.
Yet the city comptroller's records
•how that th© administrative cost of
the construction and a engineering de
partment has increased practically $15,.
000 since the two departments were
consolidated. The increase is practi
cally all in salaries of engineers and
bosses.
Xn 1910 the cost was Engineering.
$1?.840.64, comissioner of public works,
$10,882.76.
In 1911, when the departments were
consolidated, the cost was $43,629.59.
In 1912 the cost was $42,790,
All engineers for bond work are paid
out of the bond issue money The fig
ures show that the increase was due
to the consolidation, for there was no
increase this year, although more work
was outlined
Councilman C. D. Knight said today
that he was glad the bad condition of
Atlanta's streets was being agitated. H
said the city would set better insult--
when it was realized just what the on
dttions are
“Three of the roughest places in the
city are the railroad ■ rnssings <t Pryor
Street. Centra' avenue and I>• itur
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HOUSE APPLAUDS AT
MENTION OF HOLDER
FOR CONGRESS SEAT
riiHtive Deese, of Pulaski. got
a big round of applause from the house
today when. In debating- his bill to cre -
ate the county of Bleckley. he math*
ipference tn Speaker John N Hokb
as the next congre.-snin n Pom the
Ninth di triit. and said he hoped in*
speak»n- nuld be elected.
Inslant and generous applause greet
rd Mi Deese’y remirkf’, while tn*
speaker hlusheu. and forgot the cus
loman whacks of the gavel and ac
companying admonition. ■‘Lot there 1»<
dvr in ihe house
It looked as if the house w H s a prat -
ti<-al unit f-'i H !dm for <-<mgross.
■ irvt *. h< -aid. "Bui the law provides
that thf railroads shall keep these
i" < 'inu • i pairc<i. \l| ih<i' is needed
is that they b< urged io rnakt the n»c
--r ssj r \ re pa ;r s.
I'hc .-tr' !’.- committer of the council
held i ihrcc-hmn scifimi vest erd-ty
aft. rmmti. the piop<u-«l of
property owners on Ivy street to ad
vance the city the money to regrade
this street in conjunction with th*'
grading a; the junction of the reach
tree and Baker. The county commis
sioners want to do all this work at the
same tirm t'uptain Tom I tonaldson.
superintendent for the county, who is
In charge of the grading now undet
way. said the Peachtree work can be
done In half the time and at a much
less cost if th© city will provide that
Ivy street work be done at the same
time
The county has agreed to do all the
grading work. It is estimated that it
will cost the city at least $30,W0 to ad
just the houses to the new grade. Coun
cil has appropriated $5,000 for the pur
pose and the property owners have <>f
| sered to advance $25,000.
Edmondson Objects
To the Regrading.
Councilman Harvey Hatcher and
George H. Boynton were appointed as
a committee to confer with the county
commissioners to see if the commis
sioners would use the old belgian- blocks
in building retaining walls.
Crank Edmondson was bitterly op
posed to the street being regraded on
account of alleged damage to his prop
el tv. E. I. Meyers and W. T. Healy
were opposed to the work being done
as it is now planned. But Joe! Hurt,
G M. Hope. Martin Amorous and oth
ers urged that it is one of the most
needed improvements in the city.
The committee ordered (he Georgia
Railway and Power Company to replace
its “T" rails »n Highland avenue and
North Boulevard with grooved rails.
Both these streets are passed up for
i paving and the citizens petitioned a
j change of the rails on the ground that
| the T" rails tear up the paving
i Seven thousand dollars was appro
| printed for the Highland avenue pav
! ing on the first of the year and SIO,OOO
for the North Boulevard paving. But
! the order ( hanging the rails will so
delay tie work that il may not be done
rli>..- yea S <me of the councilmen w ho
.win spectai ors a' the meeting suggest -
“*i that till trolley company should
iv* been ordered to change Its rails
. months ago.
Another striking evidence of the bad
I • (.nd 11 ion of stre- 's was given last nigh'
wr.< * fi l( Grady hospital ambulance
I stuck in the mud at tin corner of I>, •
Kalb and Mav son avenues while going
I to th* I of a man In Edgewood vv ho
was I . .p, cut. The call was received
ai tie Gr.uiv at 7 o'clock, but it was
lilt o* ■ ■ k before tile ambulance re
! turned.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXP NEATS. WEDNESDAY. JTLY 17. 1912.
Highland avenue, near (ilmwood. is a morass, with mud up
to the hubs of a wagon in some places, though there is no work
i under way which would make t lie street muddier than usual.
The city voted funds six months ago for improving this street,
bul it has not been touched.
COURT SETTLEMENT
FOR BUILDING ROAD
LIKE ENDLESS CHAIN
Rt’ME. <;a.. July 1 Litigation of more
than i \c.»r was settled 'oday when a
sixteen-page uecisb n was rendered by
Auditor Joel Riarham on points concern
ing the building of the Rome and North
ern rallrf'.iii. \ big arrax »'f a’torne.xs
took part in hr* legal fight, which was
• »n#‘ of (he nio.-i r. -mp»h . t.-d pieces of lit
igatlori over known in Floyd county
R\ the tetms of this decision. the
financial inte.-c-ibacking th<- Rom< and
.Ncr.' orn must p.i\ Rutk< A- Jo-'ph. the
original < <*nll a -tors for build rg ih»* road,
t* 1::who n turn must pay Hill Bros..
siib-< ontrnct< rs. tt:» n Hill Bros,
must pa.\ to then sub-c<»ntraeiors <L • >
While $2,213. Smilex T. t y|< •• ?2.otT». uod
*Vl<:ion Ar Hamilton .?!,•.-< \fter pav
ing >i;b-! inters, thf b;ii;.n« <*f the
fund. g< e- to the creditors >•( Hill Bros.
Two v ea»s ago the <oniru<-i was b‘t to
Burke Ar U»s< pi to build the r<-ad Thev
sub-let io Hill Bins, who built pari, and
sub let t ir rest
Suit v < (hen bnmght to '■oruprl Burke
<£- Joseph and the railr' , ad to make set
tlement.
ALEXANDER BILL TO
EXTEND RAILROAD
SURE OF HOT FIGHT
Representative Alt- bill to pro
vide for the extension of the Western and
Atlantic railroad to the sea is the firs’
bill on the house calendar for tomoi rou
This bill is sure to precipitate a hot
tight, hut the impression is that it will
leceivn the two-thirds vote necessar.x to
the adoption of ennstituticnal amend- I
rnents
I 1 The bill does not seek directly to ex - I
tend the road, but it does undertake to
empower the legislature to extend il, if.
In its future wisdom, such extension
. . rns »i• ■ -ic;i I>|»'
U. S. LOOKING FOR YANKEE .
DOOMED IN MEXICAN JAIL
WASHINGTON. Jul' I” The Ameri
can embassy at Mexico Cit\ has been
asked to find Patrick l>unne. an Ameri
can citizen Congressman Kinkead, of
New Jersey , has received information that
Punne is in prison under sentence of
death, although his informant does no’ I
say where Dunne is confined
TURKISH CABINET QUITS.
<T>NSTANTINOPLi;. July 17. The
’Turkish cabinet resigned today because
of 14‘vnlt in the arm\ against the meth
od* «»!' the Young Turk?* committee of
union and prngrr* >.«.
Teaths and funerals I
Mrs. Sophie C®rf.
Thf remains of Mrs Sophia ('erf. 72
years old. who died at Atlantic t'ity.
will ,ii rive in Atlanta talc today for in
torment Mrs Cerf had gone to the
New Jersi y resort so the summer She
contract! <1 an illness there ami bled
Mondav She was the mother of Ed A
Cerf and Mrs. Madeline Kahn, of At
lanta. Louis A Cerf New York. A. A
Cerf Tampa. Harry F. <'erf. Mexico
City; S B Cerf. Alaska, and Fred 1'
Cerf, of Baltimore.
Ernest H, Stacy. Jr.
Ernest H Sta v . Jr. one year old.
was bulled at Westview cemetery late
today. The little fellow died at the
tamilv home. X 2 Walker street, yrslei
day. after a short illness.
Joseph S. Thomason.
The einains of Joseph S. Thomason.
29 v ears old, who died yesterday at It;
(’lav ton street, will be taken to Yilla
Kfca. Ga . for Interment today. Mr.
Thomason is survived by his wife and
three small children and hts parents.
M and Mis .1 B Thomason, of Iloug
la-vlllr. Ga
W. C. T. Delay.
W. i' T. Delay. 64 years old. died at
the resident-* of his son. J. F. Delay,
early today The remains were re
moved to Greenberg <<t Bond's chape! to
await funeral arrangements. He is
'tin ved b- • number of < hild-er in
A' anta —.' ’’ D*l» v . Mr, C c c P bb.
I Mrs D J -br*son m> s w. i W ooford
?n-:i Mr? H. " well, es Munches
‘biennial sessions
MEASURE IS KILLED
BY POSTPONEMENT
The 110115- of representatives made
short work of the bill of Mr. Christo
phe.. of Hall, up as a special order to
il;'.'. w hich sought to provide for bien
nial sessions of the legislature of 60 days
duration, rathei than annua! sessions
<>f sfi days duration, as Is now the rule.
I'pan motion of Mr. White, of Scre
vep. the bin was indefinitely postponed,
thus killing it absolutely for the ses
sion. The vote stood 116 to 2s.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, and Mr. Alexander,
of DeKalb, both spoke earnestly against
the bill, while Mr. Christopher, of Hall.
■:ddfi ss'-tl himself quite as earnestly
to the house In favor of it.
Mr. i 'ester, of Cloyd, moved that the
houst adjourn over tomorrow in order
that the invitation of the Merchants
md Ma'iu fa * t itrf t.- a. -oi iation of Rome
to attend Its annual barbecue might be
accepted bi the house as a whole. The
motion, after some discussion, was los’
by a rather close vote.
Mrs. Beniamin'S Will Filed.
I The will of Mrs. Annie V Ben.jainm.
formerlv of 52S North Boulevard, who died
'■e'.eral weeks ago. was tiled in the court
of- rdinaiv today. C. M Benjamin, the
bu«hand. i« named evecmor of her $15,000
estate.
Allen’s Twice-a=Year Shoe Sale Now In Progress
Despite the weather, we are-having a larger attendance at this sale than any ever held in our Shoe De
partment. It is needless to tell you that Allen’s sales are .just as advertised: even when if is a natural season
end clearance: hut this year we are facing a condition we have never experienced before. The remarkable
growth of our business in every department had led us to anticipate and prepare for at least 15 to 25 per
eeid increase in our Shoe business this season. W’e could not foresee that 44 inches of rainfall was to take
place in Atlanta this spring, ami. to be perfectly frank about it. while we have increased our business very
handsomely under existing conditions, we still have a stock of over $25,000 worth of Summer Shoes that must
he disposed of lief wren now and September 1. We really want them out of the house by the 15th of August.
. to make room for fall goods.
Now. anything that you want in the way of Shoes, come ami buy them at Allen's sos the next week or
two at prices never before marked on new. stylish, up-to-date footwear.
We have re<luced our entire stock of Shoes. Slippers and Boots.
We ha vp recently .added about 500 pairs of $3.00. $4.00 and At $3.25 we can furnish you unlimited choice of our $4.00
$5 00 Shoes to the $1 05 table and the sizes are fairlv good todav stock and several styles that were $5.00. We honestly think our
and will lie this week. This makes over 1.000 pairs’we ar ffer- * 4 ' oo Sllo * s , at re » ular P rice are th ? beat st - v ' ? auc J e ™’
, . , , , 1. , , shows in Atlanta at that monev, and to buv them at S3Jo a pan
ing al $1.90. in black, white and lan and nearly all leathers. j s a ~|i ailCl, j n( j f . Pr |
Ai s2.l*' you can have unrestricted choice of any n>.(ii! shoe $3.7*5 we are offering anv $5,00 Shoe in the house, except
in the house, and a good many $3.50 and $4.00 styles, clean, fully evening slippers. On all of our evening slippers we are giving a
■ sized up -igiil out of the sh( Ives. special discount of 10 per cent.
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Black and Tan Calf Pat- Black, Satin and Suede, Black Calf and Patent
er.t Pumps. $4 Value, Patent, Velvet White Ties. $4 Value,
Canvas, lan tall and £9 ,1C
CQ Brown Suede.
$3 to $5 Values v * *s7 0 Same in Tan $1.95
Come early in the morning as you can. Although we have added extra sales people for this occasion,
around dinner time we are short-handed.
J• 9 Sl*33 hitchol St,
POOR GROCER WHO
“WENT WEST” IS BACK
HOME A MILLIONAIRE
George A. Stowere, of San Antonio.
Texas, formerly of Atjanta. who twen
ty years ago heeded the advice of Hor
ace Greeley by g* ing West “tn grow up
with the country," is baik on a visit to
his old home.
Incidentally. It might be added that
before Mr. Stowers left Atlanta he
conducted a little grocery store in De
catur sireer. Now he 1s a millionaire
ranchman, owner of one of the greatest
chain of furniture houses in the West'
and one of the leading citizens of
Texas.
Mr. Stowers is accompanied by the
secretary of his company. Park Strick
land. also a Georgia boy. Mr. Strick
land lived in Austell at the time he
determined to go West to make his
fortune.
The two visitors are being enter
tained today by Carlos Mason, chair
man of the police commission, who is a
close friend of Mr. Stowers.
PILGRIM BIBLE CLASS TO
BE PRESIDENT’S GUESTS
The first social affair of the recently nr-
Pilgrim Bible class of the Central
Cnngrepational church will take place on
Thursday night when the president.
George Starr Peck, will entertain for the
member® and their friends at his home.
285 West Peachtree street.
Several other entertainments are planned
for the rear future.
BURGLAR TRACED
BYFINGERPRINTS
Thief Takes 5.000 Cigarettes
! From a Greek Store in East '
Harris Street.
Police Captain Poole and Policeman
'Pink" Barker today made a study of
finger prints in an effort to trace a bu: -
glar who broke into the store of Charlie
Charalambidis, a Greek, at 162 East
Harris street, in the early morning and
stole 5.000 cigarettes.
The finger prints were found on a
window sill and 'a door in the rear of
the store, where the burglar tried to
force an entrance. They were so plain
ly outlined in the dust that the officers
determined to make a careful examina
tion. F'orr this study the officers be
came satisfied that the burglar is a ne
gro and that they would be able to
convict him by the finger prints.
Failing to gain entrance in the rear
of the store, the burglar broke open
the front door Nothing was molested
but cigarettes. Cigars were untouched.
Only two weeks ago a burglar broke
into the Greek's sleeping apartment,
just above the store, and robber! him. i
Child, Aided by Excited
Grownups, Swallows a
Nickel; Now a Heroine
South Pryor Street Kidland
Proud of Little Miss Whom
Coin Doesn’t Harm.
, Little Mary Shelton, just six yetirs
• old, is the heroine of kidland around
92 South Pryor street today. She
swallowed a nickel. At least she got
tin coin started on its way. It took
her mother, Mrs. Annie Shelton, and
>
( two or three excited neighbors to fin
ish tho job. Two surgeons from the
Grady hospital were rushed to the
. scene, but they got there too late, as
the coin was past recovery and Mary
’ seem satisfied.
The little girl and several playmates
wen- making sand piles in the yard
when a reporter reached the house. AU
the excitement was over. _ He asked for
the little girl who swallowed the coin.
"Here she is." came back a childish
voice, as a. little boy of four dragged
Mary unwillingly to the front. Little
Mary crossed one bare toe over the
other and made efforts to swallow a
finger. She was abashed. A conquer
or, conscious of great deeds, but with
true modesty deprecating any mention
of them, might have felt the same way.
"I don't know why I did it; 1 des
wanted it. and stuck it in my mouth,"
, she said.
’ MAN WHO WON MEDAL
> AS SWIMMER DROWNED
1 ,-
. PITTSBURG. .July 17.—Joseph Black, of
- Jersey City, went swimming in the. Alle
gheny river and was drowned. According
to fr'ends. Black last August won a medai
by swimming ten miles of a 20-mile cou-se
l from Battery Park. N. Y.. to Coney Is
land. besides w inning other medals
HITCHCOCK TELLS
OFFUNDSINIBO4
G. 0. P. Collections Reached
$1,655,000. He Says—Few
Big Ones in 1908.
WASHINGTON. July 17.—Frank
-Hitchcock, assistant secretary to the
national Republican committee in 1904
and national committee chairman in
the 1908 campaign, appeared today be
fore the Clapp committee investigating
campaign expenditures and told it tha !
the entire collections of the nations'
committee for 1908 were $1,655,518.27
Hitcficoek said that of the entire
amount, $520,150 was collected by the.
finance committees of the several
states.
"Is there a record of these financial
matters still in existence?"
"Yes sir. They were deposited with
the secretary of state of New York and
George R. Sheldon has a duplicate set
of books."
“Does the record show all that was
received and from whom?"
"It does."
“I'd like to say that we received very
few large contributions in 1908." said
Hitchcock. "If my memory Is correct
there were more than 25 or 30 that
reached as high as $5,000. At the very
outset of the campaign we. received
several very generous contributions be
fore our system of collections had been
put into operation. C. P. Taft gave
$50,000; William Nelson Cromwell $25.-
000; Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson $25,-
000; Carnegie $25,000; William Smith
Corcoran $15,000, and Frank A. Mun
sey. Whitelaw Reid, W. J. Boardman
and General Corbin SIO,OOO each."
“Were the Andersons relatives of
the president?” asked Senator Payn
ter,
"I don't know.” replied Hitchcock.
In emphasizing the fact that many
small contributions instead of a few
large ones were sought, Hitchcock said
that letters requesting SSO contributions
were sent to about 4.500 business men
and that in this way $200,000 or S3OO -
000 was obtained. He said General Du
pont, of Delaware, made a $20,000 con
tribution. but that this was refused be
cause at that time the government had
a civil suit against the powder com
pany of which the contributor was
head.
sacredTTeart church
TO PICNIC ATLITHIA SPGS.
The Sacred Heart church will picnic
tomorrow at Lithia Springs, rain or
shine.
A special train, to carry the picnick
ers, will leave the Terminal station st
9 o’clock. It will return in the late
afternoon. A special prog-am of
amusements has been prepared and a
fine time is anticipated.
regainThiTeyesight
AFTER FOURTEEN WEEKS
WILMINGTON, DEL, July 17. Follow
ing an accident by tripping over a. carpet
in the kitchen of his home. George v
Morgan, Jr., aged 21 years, who fourteen
weeks ago became totally blind, has had
his eyesight restored.
Morgan eleven years ago was hit in tne
eve when a small boy hurled a stone
Since that time he has been afflicted with
eye trouble
