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2 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 I . _. I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 18. 1912. Proud of Her Coin-Swallowing Feat SHE FEELS LIKE A BANK hBJI Uh '*** wll HyC?? r (\ ■// / ' • - t \ ;■ ■ ■. ;Mr <. > J ' ?<o. ,r L Mt a ® i i Wil ' I I Wil / Wwi Ml /a b mH H W'l •• ii I ‘vbesSf *c* I I TE ' i I I ’ fl/ Tr? ■ / / rKCM W - / / \ |S A // I ’fcj ; ,r* 7 J’ 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. > 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 mour’s Cleanser, and we are introducing it in the full size 10-cent cans at only sc. 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. ROGERS’ 35 PURE FOOD STORES