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SEWERS Os CITY
BAD AS STREETS
Council Leaders Say Atlanta’s >
Entire Sanitary System Has
Been Found Lacking.
Tn urging a reorganization n f the
city < onstrm tion department, leaders
in th® council declared today the city -
sewera were in a- had i■••n<lili«>n as th< I
streets
■Mam ar* of the opinion that on ac
count of tneinorrinK mistakes Atlanta
faces the proposition of building p al'-
tically an entire new sower system
This would not only cost the city big
sums, but would mean assessments of
hundreds of thousands of dollars
against property owners.
The trouble is that the sewers are
too small. In heavy rains they will not
carry off the water, but cause it to
sweep over private property ami to fill
basements.
Two of the worst complaints are in
the Third ward, against the hfg Ormond
street sewer, and In West End. where
there are a dozen separate complaints
Rut all over the city the sewers are
falling to do what the engineers said
they would do. The people’s bond
money has been spent with disappoint
ing results
Engineer Admits
Mistake Was Made.
They were built under the direction
of Rudolph Hering, of New York, the
city's consulting engineer; R M Clay
ton, chief of construction, and W. A
Hansel, assistant under Captain Clay
ton tn charge nf sewers.
The I .oyd-Pull fam-Bass-Crew-Or-
mond streets sewer was built with
SIOO,OOO bond money, besides assess
ments, but every time It rains to any
extent water Is backed up over the lots
of many residents of the section En
gineer Hansel admits that the con
struction of this sewer was an engi
neering mistake
•■ To take up this matter, also the bad
condition of the streets on the south
side, and other sewer complaints, lead
ers of the Second and Third Ward Im
provement club have announced that
they will hold a big mass meeting and
arouse the people to the point where
the city officials will be forced to give
relief.
George 1 Walker, president of the
’Club, and the members of council f 'mi
tha,t se tlon express alarm at the con
dition.
I believe that the condition of sew -
ers is an even mor. serious matl< 1
than out bad streets." aid Alderman
James E. Warren. "Prom what I have
heard, 11 seems that the sewets all over
the city ar-' too small. They will not
carry off the rain waler ’
Need of Chambers’
Plan Now Seen.
.The situation which Councilman Al
dine Chambers pointed out soni"
months ago as one of the needs of the i
future is realized today to he an |m z
medlate demand. o n his motion, ta,'-
council asked for a cha let amendment
providing for a twin system of sewers
Sanitary and storm sewers, it;, id.-a
was to build the new ststem gradual a.
during many years.
It develops that the three sewage
disposal plants, constructed under the
direction of the chief of const ■ action's
department at a cost of almost $1,000,-
onn. must be protected from storm
water. If too much grit and gravel
washed into there plants the valves
will he Clogged and they will not oper
ate. Members of the council are Just
beginning to realize this serious corn) -
tidri. arid they ate blaming the engi
neer because the council was not In
foriHPt] soonei
Many have declared that they do not
believe these plants will operate until
the storm water is kept out of them.
The charter amendments committee.
"h' h is to consider reforms of the
city construction department and other
’matters regarding the street improve
ment system. adjourned yesterday aft
ernoon until Saturday morning at 9
o’clock. Captain R. M. Clayton re
turned to th-' city today and members
of the committee said they wanted to
give him an opportunity to express his
views before taking any action.
They, declared that they would he
.ready to make a report to the council
; on Monday, when an adjourned meet
,ing would be held.
• W A Hansel, acting chief of eon
etruction. admitted that the depart
ment needed reorganization. H» said
that Captain Clayton had some Ideas
as to needed changes He requested
the committee to postpone action un
til Captain Clayton returned
Aiderman James R. Nutting outlined I
PETITIONI\
(If you are desirous of bet- X.
taring the condition of At- X.
lanta's streets, cut out this cou-
pon, fill out the blanks and send it
to the councilman who represents the
the ward in which you live.) X.
To Councilman , X.
City Hull, Atlanta. Ga. X.
Realizing tlie disgraceful condition of At- X.
lanta s streets. J ask you to use everv effort in x.
I jour power to bring about better conditions. X.
Name .... x.
Address 'X
STATE IS LOSER
IN OLD TAX CASE;
Federal Court Rules It Can Not
Collect From Lessees of the
Georgia Railroad System.
The state has not the right io col
lect an ad valorem tax on the $12,000,-
000 worth of ptxiperty owned by the
Georgia Railroad and Banking <’om-
I puny. was the opinion handed down by |
Judg> W. T. Newman, of the United)
States court, today. On the terminals, i
in Atlanta, of the Georgia railroad. I
w hich w ere built by co-operation of
several railroads after the leasing of the |
Georgia road by the Lpuisvilie and
Nashville and the Atlantic Coast Lin" I
railroads. Judge Newman holds that)
the state can collect an ad valorem i
tax.
Under Its charter granted by the state;
in 18.33, the Georgia railroad is to be I
taxed one-hall of 1 per eent on its)
net earnings. When the road passed :
into the hands of other parties on a j
99-year lease, William A. Wright, state
comptroller general, attempted to col
lect the usual ad valorem taxes, as upon
other railroads. The lessees, the Louis
ville and Nashville and the Atlantic
Coast Line, brought suit to enjoin him
from collecting these taxes and the case
was finally appealed to the United
States court.
Judge John C, Hart, one of the at
torneys for the state, said today that
the ease will go before the United
States court of appeals and perhaps to
the supreme court of the United States.
Judge S. H. Sibley and ’J’. S. Felder,
slate attorney general, and Judge Hart
represented the state. The attorneys
for the railroads were Joseph B. and
Bryan Cummings, and King, Spalding
A- Underwood.
a mild reform of tile office which would
leave the system of street improve
ments practically as it is. But Alder
man Warren, Uouncilnien Aldine cham
bers and Charles Smith dissented. They
want a more sweeping revision.
The sentiment of the committee was
that every one had the highest regard
for Captain Clayton, but that the prog
ress of Improvements was wholly un
satisfactory.
In a caucus it was informally agreed
that the construction department
should be divided into a construction
u’t-partmenl and an engineering depart
ment. Some of those present said they
thought a business man should be in
charge of the construction department
and that the construction department
should have authority over the engi
ne ring department.
In the open meeting yesterday there
i was a reluctance to take any action to
which there might he serious objection.
Constitution Joins
In Streets Crusade
The Constitution Joined in The Geor
gian s campaign for better streets to
day. in an editorial it said:
ATLANTA AND HER STREETS.
In the evolution of the growth
of Atlanta the city has reached that
stage when- its policy of building
and of general publh improvement
must be directed toward the future |
and not alone for the day. ♦ • •
The next imperative step is the
improvement of streets of the city,
hr must establish and enforce per
manent building lines and perma
nent gtades. Every up-to-date city
pursues this policy, and metropol
itan Atlanta can not afford to bring
up the tail-end of the procession.
Quick action is the main desider
atum. The longer this reform Is
delayed the greater will be the
cost to the city.
Main avefiues reaching the city
from every compass point should be
brought to a permanent and easi
ly negotiable grade. Remembering
that we are building for tomorrow,
we should not be too chary of ex
pense. The undertaking should be
worked out by experts and no time
should be lost in beginning work on
this, now the most urgent of all
public im provemen ts.
1 here is not a business house nor
a man in Atlanta who is not. di
rectly or indirectly, penalized by
the present situation. Business
suffers In innumerable ways from
delay in delivery of goods, front tax
on vehicles and live stock, from
heavy grades, poor pavements anti
narrow streets. Human life and
limb are at hazard in the restrie
! tion of traffic.
Safe and ease transportation is
of th" first needs of any large
city. Transportation, as applied to
-’rc.ts, is tmt now either safe or
easy in Atlanta, nor has it been for
a long time
We have piddled and frittered
away time long enough.
Let us go about the solution at I
once, and with determination to go
at the work on a broad basis.
Action should be tlie keynote!
ll' l ’ call i- to the old, achieving
\t'ant< spirit" which has ever
been found responsitc
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 18. 1912.
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Little Mnry Shelton, who swallowed a nickel yesterday. She
experienced no ill effects from playing she was a savings hank.
STATE REFUNDS SSOO
LOCKER CLUB TAX TO
FREUNDSCHAFTB U N D
The house of representatives, by an
aye and . nay vote of 133 to 0. today
parsed the resolution of Dr. R own, of
Fulton, refunding to the Freuntlsehafts
buml of Atlanta $50(1 locker elub tax.
paid by that society into the state
treasury under a misapprehension
Dr. Rrown explained that th® club
| had never maintained a looker club and
did not intend either to open or operate
I such a elub. He said that the members
did. at occasional meetings, open a keg
of beer, but that was all. He stated
that the club had paid Its tax under a
misapprehension of the law, and that
the state should refund it
Representative Alexander, of DeKalb,
voted for the refund and said he did so
with peculiar pleasure, because, for
1 on< t. lie believed the concerted wisdom
jof the Fulton delegation was not at
i fault.
THIS ICE CREAM EATER
ISSUES OPEN CHALLENGE
! F’RINt’KTGN MICH. Jult 18. Or-
I mond Rogers, of the Iron tiange, is out
j with a challenge to’ all those who be
j lieve they are "some" lee cream eaters.
I Rogers holds w hat !.« asserted to he a
I number <>f eating records, having de
toured as much as a,gallon and one
half of ice cream w ithout stopping and
four watermelons in two liouts. He
made one ree ord by eating 51 popcoi n
balls at on® silting, but the making of
i the record almost unmade him. as he
I was confined to his bed two months.
FREE LEMONADE PACKS
CHURCH AT PRAYER MEET
PLAINFIELD N J . July 18. -The
; announcement of Rev. t’harlee L Good
i rich that ice cold ’emonade would be
seated at the pra? e meeting ’as* night
, had the effect of filling his church.
Little Mary Shelton. Who Let
Nickel Slide Down Throat,
Feeling Fine.
Mary Shelton, six years old. who
swallowed a nickel at her home. 92
South Pryor street and brought the
Grady ambulance on a hurry call, was
asked today how she fell.
"Like the First National bank," she
said. "This is the place where you put
the money in"—pointing to her mouth
"and this is where it stops"—point
ing a little fattier below.
A playmate chided her for undue
pride. She turned a look of withering
scorn upon him,
' I guess." she said, if you had as
much in you as I have you’d have the
sw filed h. id. too."
•'onsidering that she swallowed a
woman’s head, thirteen stars, a laure 1
wreath and the United States of Amer
ica, her claim can be said to have some
amount of merit. Not many coung
Americans can truthfully be said to
have “E Plutibus Unum."
ENGINEER SPEEDING PAST
BALL PARK CATCHES FLY
I.OUISVILLE. KY., July 18.—While
speeding past the ball grounds in his
locomotive at tile rate of 50 miles an
bout. William T. Madden < a tight on (he
fly a ball which had been knocked over
the fence.
PHONOGRAPH ALL NIGHT
DROWNS BABIES' CRIES
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, Julj
!« Miss Sarah Davenport, a wealthv
resident of this city, has hired a man
to play th» phonograph on her fron*
porch every night e-om 10 to 3 o'clock
to drown the cries of a neighbor s baby.
RAILROADS BACK
CANAL PROTEST
Senator O’Gorman Says They
Are Behind Great Britain’s
Objections.
WASHINGTON, July 18—That
American railroad influence is behind
Great Britain’s protest against the
Panama canal bill now pending in the
senate was the charge made by Sena
tor O’Gorman, of New York, during the
debate on the bill. He took the posi
tion. with Senator Lodge, that the
United States possesses full rights un
der the British treaty to give free pas
sage of the canal to American ships.
The burden of Senator Lodge’s argu
ment was if the United States senate
saw fit to do so it could refund to
American vessels the amount paid by
them in tolls for the use of the canal
and such action would be no Infringe
ment on the treaty with Great Britain.
But he firmly maintained that under
the convention no privileges or Im
munities should be granted to Ameri
can vessels which, 'were not accorded
to vessels of other nations.
Railroads Behind
British Protest.
T do not think British shipping is
greatly interested." said Senator O’Got -
man. T believe the railroads of Can
ada and the railroads of the United
States have been enabled to secure the
co-operation of the British office of
foreign affairs, to embarrass this gov
ernment in the attempt we are making
to secure legislation to keep railroad
controlled ships out of the Panama
canal.
"There is nothing to prevent Eng
land or other countries front remitting
to its merchant ships every dollar of
tells paid the Panama canal. The only
power trammelled, restricted and cur
tailed in the performance of its duties
to its own citizenship is the one that
has spfent $400.000,0Q0 in the construc
tion of this enterprise."
He said Spain had already legislated
"to reimburse Spanish ships for the
toils spent in going through our ca
nal. ’■
Senator Lodge defended the system
of free tolls for American ships.
“The whole .cause of this action by
Great Britain is Canada," said Senator
Lodge. "Canada is the only country
situated as we are in reference to the
canal.
“England is not worrying about its
own merchant marine; her shipping
would not be. affected by any arrange
ment we mak® for the tolls to Ameri
can ships. The whole trouble lies with
Canada: she fears that all the Canadian
traffic will go through American ports
if-American ships receive free passage
in the canal.”
We Can’t Pay Tolls for
U. 8. Ships, Says England.
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Senator Lodge said he did not want
to see his government su-pected of act
ing In bad faith in the matter of a
treaty. The government should be
punctilious in the observance of the
treaty’s terms, he argued. If special
| privileges were, gi anted to American
vessels in the way of free tolls, he said,
undoubtedly the question would be
taken to The Hague and he expressed
the opinion that that tribunal would
decide against the United States. Sen
ator Lodge said, as he understood the
British note. Great Britain takes the
position that this country can not pay
the tolls of American vessels because it
would amount to giving them free
passage though the canal.
From this attitude a number of sena
tors strongly dissented. Lodge would
not admit any foreign power had the
right to say what wo should give to
our ships or to any other domestic en
terprise. That was a domestic ques
tion. he said, for the United States and
no one else to settle.
if this government saw fit to give
American ships the benefit of the canal
which it has built and paid for by re
imbursing them for the tolls the United
States had a clear right to do so and
would not be violating the treaty, he
said.
Senator Crawford asked if such ac
’ion would not violate the principle tiiat
one can not do by indirection what
was clearly forbidden by direction.
SHOOTING SHOW GIRL,
SHORT ON PUBLICITY,
FOUND GAGGED INJ-OT
NEW YORK. July 18.—Ethel Con
rad, the young actress who with Lil
lian Graham, was accused of having
shot Millionaire \V. E. D. Stokes when
he called on them in their apartment
on June 7. 1911. was found in a vacant
lot at 181st street and Port Washing
ton avenue, bound and gagged. Near
her lay a bottle labeled "chloroform. ’
“I left my friend Lillian Graham at
Uttth street early this morning,’ said
Miss Conrad, "and entered the sub
way to go straight home. W hen 1 left
the subway 1 noticed that a man was
following me. The next thing 1 knew
something was placed over my mouth,
and that is all I can remember."
if anyone was plotting against Miss
Conrad the motive for it was not ap
parent to the police or physicians at
the hospital. When she was found she
had money and Jewelry in her posses
sion, No attempt had been made to
harm her and the only sign of violence
was a handkerchief tied over her mouth
with a piece of clothesline.
FUNERAL CORTEGES TO
BE TAXED DOLLAR EACH
NEW YGRK July 18 —Borough
P'esldent Connolly, of Queens, has an
nounced his intention to revive th* $1
tax on ail funeral corteges that pass
through the borough on the way to the
burial grounds
Friday and Saturday
Specials at Rogers’
Where Where
High Prices
Quality Are
Prevails Lowest
Extra Large, Fine, Smooth Irish
Potatoes, 34c Peck
These Are the Best of the Year
Canned Foods and
Other Extra Specials
Piedmont Hotel Brand Sugar Corn: i i
regular 15c cans at, only 1 1C
Piedmont Hotel Brand Tomatoes, in No. 2 sani
tary tins; extra quality; I fx
this sale, only IvC
Dunkley's Kalamazoo Celery, extra fine, white and
tender: regular 25c cans; 1 o
in this sale at ‘ *
Extra quality Beets, cooked ready for 1 o
pickling: No. 3 size cans * "C
Dixie Brand Blackberries in 1 O
full pack No. 3 cans, only 1 ZiC
Maple Corn Flakes:
Per package . . . 9c
3 packages for 25c
Maple Wheat Elakes:
Per package 9c
3 packages for 25c
Post Toasties-.
' Per package A 9c
3 packages for 25c
Sauer's Pure Extract of Vanilla or Lemon:
Small bottle 9c
3 bottles for 25c
Lowney’s Cocoa, 1-2-pound tin 21c
Friday and Saturday Only—Cele
brated Swift’s Premium
Hams 16ic pound
Order These Early
—They Are Bargains
Burnham's Fish Flakes; small Q
size cans, each i/C
3 cans for 25c
Large cans, each 13c
2 cans for- 25c
Johnson's Pure Fruit Preserves, in 5- CXC
pound stone crocks, at only. . ' OOC
Extra fine California Evaporated CPr-
Peaches; very special at. pound
Lowney's Chocolate, 1-2-pound cakes 17c
Sa polio, per cake 7c
Horsford's Bread Preparation, 15c size packages. 11c
Regal Brand Toilet Paper:
10-cent rolls at 3 for 20c
5-cent rolls at 3 for : 11c
Extra Fine Graded and Candled
Fresh Eggs, 19c Doz.
Not more than 2 dozen to a buyer
Armour’s Cleanser, 5c
’Hie newest and best cleaning preparation is Ar
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If you buy 2 cans of this Cleanser and sign a cou
pon at any of our stores, you will receive a cake of
“Miladv" Toilet Snap FREE.
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