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2 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 A\ PETITION <lf you are desirous of bet- 'x termg the condition of At- \ lanta's streets, cut out this cou- X, pon. fill out the blanks and send it x to the councilman who represents the X the ward m which you live.) \ T" < nuneilinan < 'ity Hall. Atlanta. Ga. Hr Jl/.1112 the disgraceful condition of At k lanta * streets. 1 ask you to use every effort in \ W r ‘ hr''l a Hout I" 11 r e<u)dil ion* 'X. Name .. . . ~. . \ \ j MIRE IS HUB DEEP IN HIGHLAND AVENUE ' *** * ■ I 1 Lr jm.. . * * ggU|r WEH .1 tUf - '•• I '"'l If 1 >•.*. * JL’, W > ►< a. t it Ww ■ i V-* "/*.■' K «<> ta»3a »WSW Y “ ■I ..IbbWC ffi• - F 1 w WEP* f wr. < 1/ Swu & vKwuf ' I. *■* ■ <’ Brew '-ilk’ - * . lOd) L 'WTTb wwj *■ 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. ' i ’ r | ’ 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