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2 An Artist's Idea of How the Streets of Atlanta May Look if Conditions Are Not Improved THE CRYING SHAME OF THE GREATEST CITY OF THE SOUTH A ’* A ib ' TAkraww* •< ■' a** 2 ** . - -M1 .CT 1 Kv I IF Bl Ml ~81 • ag>TBBIWMB. *v' Msafe ij aIBL 11 RJKi- woßWfeffllMm ■ MB’ ■■■ •'« T ' W 4/ Am Bi MF 1 BMMBM &4 FMj*'- mXSi 1* _ jmr " •/ • - kSkm-h!l ijlnmrnr„ wWWgaKW y ‘ \ Bfe:ZA <Bk .- Wl-'—FJi jßmjnL'. z ' r A i I BISKW . W H r f lOr’ 1 -j *' i y ) - SaMk iAiWw% >i aMggMHHMMCfIwMWwftwIEMBiMMMEwifr?.' « <_x -...ritflwWk ' IWk4<IWF-. * ~ fjjgftjftk >?<*,■■€•• /v k&■■■^^■» -f tL^HWWtw/'ilffli 1 nMimjrj? jl * v gMMffiOt - 'UuJ!-* jff yaFSMWS^WXiMKSfe s MWWw^^ ! WAi'F-... O . • vi -T ■■ * 4 ® 'A'- ‘ - *., jV h "-. •< i. ; ., ZjaMß&>g4 , >s h. _ ___~ZZZZZZZT 'vwJZ * ■***s» 'X>- - < THIS PICTURE DOES NOT REPRESENT A SCENE IN ATLANTA. IT IS A COMPOSITE PICTURE OF SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE STREETS RECENTLY BY GEORGIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS. STREET REFORM I PLANS ADOPTED' City Council Committee Rec ommends That the Building Department Be Divided. Continued From Page One. the election for the office conies up tin- 1 fall and the people can decide.” Captain Clayton said that the stair- 1 merit that there had been discrimina tions in levying sewer assessments was unju.-t tie said under the ruling of the former city attorney no assess ments were made where no water con nections were available. He said that the delays were due to the unprecedented weather. John Nichols, a private contractor, said tlir.t he had not been able to work more than half the time. lie said if any one was to blame for it "he must be the Lord." Captain Clayton said that last year 51.430,000 worth of work was done by his department at an administrative cost of four per cent. He said that his idea of organization of his department would be to have only two assistants, one in charge of streets and one in charge of sewers. The ordinance provides for an assis tant In charge of sidewalks and an as sistant in charge of repairs. Less Than Nine Men To Each Foreman. A report was submitted to the com mittee showing that the average num ber of workmen to a boss in the chief of construction department is S 11-17. This average has been slightlv in creased since July I by an Increase In convicts. It does not include enginei rs and inspectors. The number of workmen is 20 fore men. 14 guards, 91 drivers, 99 convicts and 104 free laborets. These additional charter amendments affecting streets were recommended to the general assembly for adoption: To give the mayor and council th? right to condemn any pavement or sewer when it is considered to be worn out without giving any notice to prop erty owners. To give the mayor and council au thority to extend sewers from the main sewer to the property line at the cost of the property owner whence-e: u stre. ; is to be paved; This is intended to stop the tearing up of streets to lay sewers I PETITION (If you are desirous of bet- \ tering the condition of At- X. lanta’s streets, cut out this oou- X. pon, fill out the blanks and send it X. to the councilman who represents the X. the ward in which you live.) To Councilman , City Hall, Atlanta, Ga. ''X Realizing the disgraceful conditio, of At- \ lanta s streets, I ash you to us> e v er.K. effort in x. your power to bring about better conditions. Name x. Address X. COUNCIL SHOULD QUIT DALLYING AND SERVE TAXPAYERS-HANCOCK The following interview was given to The Georgian today uy W. A. Han cock, well known business man and former pouncilman from the Seventh wa rd: Tite condition of Atlanta's streets is worse non than I have ever known. lam not in position to say who Is to blame But. take it from me. some >ne has not been h itJir.g We have bad rainy a rathe: be- I fore. I know this bt-caus 1 have manufactured brick for tventy years ami n<* one wat< ‘~es t:.e weather closer than Ido We 1OF“ very little time on account of t’.- weather a'nd we us« free labr hi my opinion. Captain Clayton and his assistants should be able to handle this proposition. It is possible that the council has hand ed him more work than he can handle and he has. therefore, fallen down. “Council Should Get Busy." But, whatever the trouble is, the members of the council should put aside all personal feelings and, re membering they are the sworn servants of the people, make the needed changes and get busy. They should stop this old see sawing. lagging, don’t-care kind of way. of which 1 have heard so many citizens accuse the present street department, although I doubt if the .criticisms were Just in many instances. The whole responsibility for city improvements reverts back to the council City Attorney Jim May son says the council can do any thing "most " Let them look to the streets Good men in the council who can cast aside politics and tight for the rights of the people, demanding re sults in street improvement work as in other matters, will cause To give the mayor and council the authority to pave any street at any time with the sort of pavement agreed upon without a petition from the prop erty owners. The object of the amend inent is to prevent the delays required in obtaining petitions specifying the kind of pavement from the property owners. The amendment also provides tha* hereafter all pavements shall be per manent pavements. The recommendation of the commit tee. adopted unanimously, was taken up at the adjourned meeting of council this afternoon. The members of the committee pres- • ■ nt were Charles W. Smith. James E. ■ Warren, James R. Nutting, Claude C. : Mason and I N. Ragsdale. Mayor • Winn, Harvey Hatcher, C. J. Vaughan and F. J. Spratling were invited to take .■art in the discussions, as was Captain II 'layton. Tiw Georgian’s exposure of tin- miles ■ , is i a |(j without assessment be- ne levied against property owner* has p..ate.l a sensation in city hall circles. 1 d.uiy . xi lunations ire given as to how THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912. things to work out O K. We’ve got good men in the council. Let the citizens and taxpayers see to it that w<e don’t have the sort there about whom Jim Key used to speak as having cotton strings running down their backs Instead of back bones. Has Studied Street Work. Th, people of Atlanta have been satisfied with street conditions and the rieht sort of work wiM make them so again. I have studied thoroughly street work. I was a member of the council for five years and served as a member of the streets committee f-t three years, being chairman for one year. When I left the council a little over a year ago we had had complaints, of course, but nothing like what confronts council at pres ent. We had one man on the commit tee from each ward and the street work was done by a commissioner of public works. The committee, at the first of the year, would visit in a body all streets outlined for pave ments and repairs. We then would divide up the apportionment among the ten wards and notify the com missioner of public works what tc do. Each member of the commit tee then would go out with the commissioner and inspect the pro posed work in his ward. The commissioner made a report every two weeks, to the committee of the work he had done and the work he was doing. If emergencies arose we changed our program so as to give relief. The work outlined at the first of the year was com pleted in the fall. It is simply a matter of’ common sense and work A member of the council must give a large portion of his time and efforts to the city to get results it happened, but the fact that the con dition is rank discrimination between Atlanta property owners is the fact. Officers of the construction department and members of council are making a thorough investigation with a view, legally, to levy and collect assessments for all of these sewers. Since the complaints from citizens all over the city about the bad streets and the poor progress of work was voiced in The Georgian, the city construction department has done more work than in any week of the year, though it has rained almost every day. With the ex ception of Councilman Harvey Hatcher, chairman of the council committee on streets, and a small minority of coun cil, all officials connected with street work have been aroused to a realiza tion that something must be done, and done at once Edgewood Avenue In Bad Condition. The long list of specific complaints can not be exhausted. Citizens of the Fourth ward are exasperated at the condition of Edgewood avenue, a street paved with wood blocks only a few years ago. The paving looks as though it had been laid at lea-t fifteen years. Many blocks are crumbling, there are holes and lidges in the streets and be tween the trolley car tracks the street is almost impassable for automobiles or any light vehicles. The citizens have been complaining for months about this street without getting it repaired. They declare they paid a big price for the pavement, but that it was put down in the wrong w ay. Citizens of West End point to about ’wo blocks of Peters street, which is in exceedingly bad condition, as an evi dence of general neglect. Peters street, between Park and Gordon streets, is a series of Impassable holes, and all the traffic to and from West End and Oak land City must pass through the nar row throat at the junction of Lee and Park streets. There are two trolley tracks there and also repairs are now being made in the street. There is al most impassable congestion. The peo ple are exasperated. They declare that If only the small section of Peters street were in passible condition there would be little inconvenience to the thousands of residents of the south west section of the city. A list of sewers which fail to drain storm water properly and are causing filth and disease to be bred by backing water into yards and basements was obtained today. Citizens have vigor ously protested, but without relief so far. it will cost thousands of dollars to correct these sewers and make them what they were intended to be. Here is the list: The Loyd-Ormond streets sewer; Gordon and Lee streets sewer; Oak and Ashby streets sewer; Peeples and Culberson streets sewer; Lawton street sewer; Holdernesij street sewer, near Greenwich avenue; Auburn avenue sewer, and Ormond street sewer, near Cherokee avenue. A Sample of How Repairs Are Not Made The city’s delay in repairing its sew er pipes is shown in no clearer way than by an investigation of conditions in the alley between Peachtree and Courtland streets and adjoining Peach tree Inn. Here, on last Monday, the sewer pipe was broken by the wheels of wagons used to haul dirt away from the ex cavation which is being made at the corner of Peachtree street and the al ley. For four days, or from Monday until Thursday, the pipe remained broken while the sewage from Peach tree Inn bubbled above ground and flowed down the alley toward Court land street, filling the backyards of residences on the street and overflow ing into the street for over a block. In some places in the alley the pois onous mass of sewage stood at a depth of 22 incites, and boards had to be placed on the ground so that the load ed wagons could be hauled through the alley. Requests Brought No Relief. Requests to the city sanitary office brought no aid other than an occa sional cleaning up of the street by the sanitary carts, say the residents of the section on Courtland street, and by Thursday the women of the neighbor hood were preparing a petition to council asking that something be done to relieve them. One of the women, whose home is in Courtland street, directly back of the broken sewer pipe, is now ill with a fever which her physician says is de veloping into typhoid. "Not the breaking of the pipe, but the failure to repair it. is what has aroused our ire," said one woman in discussing the situation. “For four days we could not leave our windows open, and we thought every day that we would all be down with typhoid.” What Makes a Woman? One hundred and twenty pounds, more or less, of hone and muscle don’t make a woman. It's a good foundation. Put into it health and strength and she may rule a kingdom. But that’s just what Electric Bitters give her. Thou sands bless them for overcoming faint ing and dizzy spells and for dispelling weakness, nervousness, backache, and tired, listless, worn out feeling. ’'Elec tric Bitters have done me a world of good." w: ‘es Eliza Pool, Depew, Okla . "and I tla. r k you, with all my heart, for making such a good medicine." Only 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists. ••• Dysentery ts always serious and oft en a dangerous disease, but it can be cured. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured it even when malignant and epidemic. For sale by all dealers. ••• VACATION GLASSES For the mountains or seashore. Jno. L. Moore & Sons make them In several tints —amber, smoked and others. They protect your eyes from the glare of the summers sun. 42 N. Broad st. ••• V A* *a' City Tears Up Paving; County Board Angry i The county commissioners, at their meeting today, learned with consterna- 1 tion that the city construction depart -1 ment had torn up a half-mile of new 1 paving on South Boulevard, from the ■ city limits to Intrenchment creek, in order to lay a sewer. The commissioners declared that the : city had not asked the county's per l mission before doing this work, and ! they were Incensed at the action taken. ' The county bore the expense of this ' paving and must spend thousands of ’ dollars in doing it again unless the city “makes good.” 500 CHURCH REVELERS CAUGHT ON SAND BAR TARRYTOWN, N. Y.« July 20.—After passing a night stranded on a sand ’ bar in the Hudson river off here, 500 i church excursionists were taken off the I steamer Isabel! today. Launches and rowboats brought all who desired to land ashore, but as ther ■ . was. no danger many preferred to spend . the night on the boat rather than risk a transfer to small boats. The vessel is not injured and is expected to float > at high tide. A WHOLESOME SUMMER DRINK I Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Better than lemons or limes—more healthful and satisfying. Refreshes and I invigorates. •*» SUCCESS AND THE REASON WHY p VER since I began the practice of medicine in Atlanta years ago, I have insisted upon honest, conscien tious service. That is why my office has been a success. First of all we have thought of the patients’ needs. We have stud ied what would be best for the patient— -not try to find the size of his bank account. We have en deavored to give a little more than we promised and have never prom ised that which could not be made good. With such standards and with the best of laboratory methods and equipment, I have good reason to be lieve that my office is superior to any in the South. AH ordinary examinations and consultation are free. Those who appreciate this kind q wm. m baird. of Ber vice will be welcome to call Brown Randolph Building r , . 56 Marietta Street. tor consultation. Atlanta, Ga, KNOWLES AND SCOTT MEET IN GOLF FINAL AT ATHLETIC CLUB Following are the scores of the morn ing matches of the invitation golf tour nament at the Atlanta Athletic club’s course at East Lake: Semi-Final Rounds. FIRST FLIGHT. Clarence Knowles defeated S. Probasco, 2-1. H. G. Scott defeated G. H. Atkisson, 4- SECOND FLIGHT. A. Davidson defeated E. B. Crawford, 1 up. W. P. Ward defeated E. M. Martin, 6-5. THIRD FLIGHT. E. F. Mayberry defeated J. L. Graves, 5- G. M. Blanton defeated H. B. Moore, 1 up. FOURTH FLIGHT. J. D. Osborne defeated H. D. Lowndes, 2-1. / L. D. Scott defeated T. P. Hinman, 3-2. FIFTH FLIGHT. H. D. Harman, Jr., defeated J. C. Thompson, 1 up (nineteen holes). T. A. Hammond defeated W. W. Cun ningham, 6-4. Defeated Eights. FIRST FLIGHT. G. W. Adair defeated E. W. Daley, 4-3. T. B. Fay defeated Dr. Frank Holland, 2-1. SECOND FLIGHT. C. V. Rainwater defeated E. G. Brown, 7-5. C. J. Holditch defeated E. H. Barnett, 2-1. THIRD FLIGHT. C. Angier defeated C. M. Sciple, 6-5. J. B. Eby defeated H. P. Thorne, 2-1. FOURTH FLIGHT. W. M. Richards defeated H. E. Bussey, 6-5. D. R. Henry defeated W. O. Marshburn, 2-1. FIFTH FLIGHT. F. L. Fleming defeated J. J. Hastings, 3 2. F. L. Ingram defeated W. C Warren, 6-5. EMPEROR OfIaPAN DYING OF TYPHOID; KINGDOM IN GLOOM TOKIO, July 20.—Emperor Mutsu hito is slowly sinking tonight and one of the physicians in constant attend ance at the bedside expressed the fear that his majesty could not survive many more hours. The ministers of state have been in almost continuous session today, pre paring plans to meet the emergency that would be caused by the mikado’s death. The imperial princes were all hurriedly summoned from their sum mer homes and arrived here today to join in the vigil about the royal bed side. The empress is in constant attend ance on the dying monarch. The crown prince, Yoshito,' who is recovering from an attack of chickenpox, is still con fined to his bed, where he receives con stant bulletins on his father’s condition. The stomach and brain diseases from which the emperor has been suffering since July 14 today became complicated with uremia. When symptoms of this appeared, the physicians practicajly abandoned ali hope. The emperor been unconscious since yesterday.