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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 REED RM
PLANS ADOPTED
City Council Committee Rec
ommends That the Building
Department Be Divided.
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Continued From Page, One.
the election for the office comes up this
fall and the people can decide."
Captain Clayton said that the state
ment that there had been discrimina
tions in levying sewer assessments was
unjust. He 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 that
he had not been able to work more
than half the time. He said if any
one was to blame for it "he must be
the Lord.”
Captain Clayton said that last year
$1,430,000 worth of wmk was done by
nls 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 j n charge of
streets and one in charge of : ewers
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- i
mittee showing that the average num
ber of workmen to a boss in the chis f
of construction department is S 11-17.
This average has been slightl- in
creased since July -I by an increase in
convicts It does not include engineers
and inspectors.
The number of workmen is 20 fore
men, It guards. 91 drivers. 09 convicts
and 104 free laboreis.
These additional charl-’r 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 ow ner w henever a stre< t
is to be paved. This is intended to stop
the tearing up of streets to lay sewers
a\
PETITION i
(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 X.
to the councilman who represents the X.
the ward in which you live.) X,
To Councilman , X.
City Hall, Atlanta. Ga. X \
Realizing the disgraceful condition of At- X.
lanta’s streets, I ask you to use every effort in X.
your power to bring about better conditions. X.
Name
Address X.
To give the mayor and council the
authority to pave any street at any
time with the sort ot pavement agreed
upon without a petition fiom the prop
erty owners. The object of the amend
ment is to prevent the delays required
in obtaining petitions specifying the
, kind of pavement from the property
I owners.
The amendment also provides tlm'
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
ent 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. Spratllng were invited tn take
part in the discussions, as was'Captaiu'
Clayton.
The Georgian's exposure of the miles
of sewets laid without assessment be
ing levied against property owners has
created a sensation in city hall circles.
Many explanations are given as to how
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 pom- 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 hud been laid at least fifteen years.
Many blocks are crumbling, there are
holes and ridges 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
way.
Citizens of West End point to about
two 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
j tracks there and also repairs are now
being made in the street. There is al
most Impassable congestion. The peo
i pie are exasperated. They declare that
If only the small section of Peters
street w. re in passible condition there
would be little inconvenience to the
: thousands ..f residents of the south-
• ' -I -.. tlen of the city.
i A list of sewers which fail to drain
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND XEWg. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1312.
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 servers and make them
tvhat they were intended to be. Here
is the list:
Tlie Loyd-Ormond streets sewer;
Gordon and Lee streets sewer; Oa,k
and Ashby streets sewer; Peeples and
Culberson streets sewer: Lawton street
sewer; Holderness 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 Pea’htree 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 inches, 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 caits. 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 VI 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."
POLITICS WARMING
UP IN TEXAS; ONE IS
DEAD, TWO WOUNDED
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. July 20.
One man was killed and two others
wounded In a political discussion here
early today. The victims were Depu'y
Sheriff Ora Baird, shot to death: Dep
uty Constable Feliciano Flores, Sr., and
Manuel Ochoa, of Monterey. Mexico, the
latter two being wounded.
Baird and Flores were shooting at
each other when Ochoa, who was
standing near by, was struck. Flores
was arrested.
FORMER AUSTELL WOMAN
SLAYS SELF IN VIRGINIA
ROANOKE, VA., July ’2o.—Domestic
troubles arc said to have caused Mrs.
A. J Chapman, mother of «even soni,
to blow out her brains with a pistol at
her home near here.
Mrs. Chapman was Miss Anna Eason,
of near Madison, Ga The family
moved to Virginia five years ago from
Austell. Ga. Chapman is a brother of
Colonel William H. Chapman, of Rich
mond, internal revenue agent, who was
Mosby's chief lieutenant of Guerrillas.
A. J. Chapman. Jr., the woman's son,
is now attending a business college in
Atlanta and is living with his aunt.
Miss Kate Chapman, 62 Fraser street
Atlanta. Mrs. Chapman had just re
ceived a letter from her husband when
she shot herself. He was in a neigh
boring county on business at the time.
DEATH THREATS
IN AUTO SLAW
District Attorney Told That He
Will Be Killed “Just Like
Rosenthal.”
NEW YORK, July 20. —The Federal
government may be drawn Into the in
vestigation of the assassination of
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler who
was shot to death in front of the Hotel
Metropole Tuesday morning, as the
suit of the death threats sent to District
Attorney Charles S. Whitman and As
semblyman Aaron J. Levy, counsel for
two of the prisoners. Six letters, con
taining threats of death, have been re
ceived by Mr. Whitman through the
mails. Most of them were addressed to
the Whitman home at No. 37 Madison
avenue, although some of them were
sent to the district attorney’s office.
While some of the communications
were signed, the names attached to
them are believd to be fictitious. The
balance were unsigned. They warned
the official that he must relax his zeal
in the Rosenthal case or suffer the pen
alty.
"Same Fate as
Rosenthal” Promised.
Mr. Whitman was not alarmed by
the threats, but he departed from his
usual habits of throwing such letters
away. .The present letters were saved
and may be used at a future date.
Three of the letters promise the district
attorney that "he will meet the same
fate as Rosenthal,” if he persists in his
energetic course of action.
The death threats sent to Mr. Levy,
who is counsel for Louis Libby and
William Shapiro, owners of the auto
mobile which the Rosenthal assassins*
used, evidently resulted from dis
closures of the two men relative to the
persons in the motor car on the night
of the murder.
In addition to the menacing letters to
Mr. Levy, there was one of warning.
"I am a friend,” said the writer of |ihis
communication, “and I warn you that
you would better go armed.”
Libby and Shapiro
Make Complete Confession.
A complete confession has been made
by one of the men suspected of assas
sinating Herman Rosenthal, tile
wealthy gambler. Attaches of the dis-,
trict attorney's office predicted today
that within 24 hours the men who rode
in the murder automobile and the men
who did the actual killing would be
arrested. This prediction was con
firmed by Assemblyman Aaron J. Levy,
attorney for William Shapiro and Louis
Libby, owners of the machine in 'Which
the assassins escaped.
What Makes a Woman?
One hundred and tw’enty pounds,
more or less, of bone 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 i
weakness, nervousness, backache and ■
tired, listless, worn out feeling. “Elec- !
trie Bitters have done tne a world of |
good.” writes Eliza Pool, Depew, Okla.,
“and I thank you, with all my heart,
for making such a good medicine.” Only
50c. Guaranteed by all druggists. “•
Dysentery is 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. “• i
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
summer's sun. 42 N. Broad St. •••
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RACING ENTRIES
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Hoss 106, St.
Avage 111, Thesieres 114, W. T. Buck
ner ill. Pass On j. 14, Casanova 99,
Mike Rice 102, Gibbons 111.
SECOND—Selling, 5 1-2 furlongs:
Tyne 113, St. Agathe 111, Booby 111,
Incision 111, Manheimer 111, Watch Me
111, Double F. 111, Helen Gow 109.
Planutess 109, Myrtle Marlon 109, Af
rican 109, Jim O. 106.
THIRD —Selling, 6 furlongs:. Galley
Slave 121. Gift 103, Stickpin 114, Jes
supburn 114, ‘Silas Grump 701, ‘Otilo
114.
FOURTH—Selling, 6 1-2 furlongs:
Evelyn Dorris 112, Rinda 112, Western
Belle 112, Kauffmann 114, Chess 107,
Sir Edward 118, Von Lear 118, Wilfred
Gerdes 117, Sea Kitty 112.
FlFTH—Selling. 5 furlongs: Smirk
114, Haymarket 109, Johnny Wise 111,
6Sabo Blend 116, Jim Milton 111, Pawn
101, ‘Bodkin 116, Ben Sand 116, Veno
Von 114, La Sa ,1a 116, Susan 114,
Calypte 114.
SIXTH —Mile and a sixteenth, sell
ing: Dolly Bultman 95. ‘Rose O’Neill
99, ‘Edna Collins 99, Haldeman 114, R.
M. Sabath 104, Bertis 109/Dr. Young
102, ’Howard Shean 110.
‘Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather fine; track fast.
PAINTERS FALL 50 FEET.
NEW YORK, July 20.- —Two painters
were killed today when a swinging
scaffold on a new factory building in
Brooklyn plunged 50 feet to the earth.
SUCCESS AND THE REASON WHY
p VER since I began the practice of
B 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
dr. wm. m. baird. of serv j ce w jH be welcome to caH
Brown• Randolph Building r « •
56 Atlanta* oV." 1 ' ‘° r COn SUltatlOn.
AT SALT LAKE CITY.
FlßST—Maiden 2 year olds. 4 1-2
furlongs: Sierra 106. Kamtchatke 106,
Conneaught 103, Nifty 103, Pretty Dale
103, Flackney 103. Kailua 103.
SECOND —Selling, 5 furlongs, 3 year
olds and up: Hawley 112, Ray Egan
109, Burning Bush 109. Ramsey 109,
Descendant 109. Tube Rose 107( Mona
Lisa 107, Dr. Neufers 101, Idun 99, --u
--togirl 99, Evelina 99. ‘Virmur 94.
THIRD —Selling, 5 furlongs. 3 year
olds and up: Sixteen 109. Cool 109,
On Parole 109, Tillinghast 109, Pajoro
ita 109, Salvage 109. Fore 107, Deerfoot
107, Pickaninny 1.7, Joe Knight 101,
Chas. Goetz 101, Orimar Lad 101.
FOURTH —Six furlongs, handicap, 3
year olds and up: CaughhiH 118, Koot
enay 107, Seth 98, Lady Panchita 95, Dr.
Dougherty 95.
FIFTH—MiIe, selling, 3 year olds and
up: Jack Laxon 114, Montgomery 112,
Ben Uncas 110, The Monk 109, Gene
Russell 109, Cabin 109, Aftermath 109,
Dorothy Ann 107, Jack Stryker 107,
Fair Louise 107, Albert Jones ioo, Error
100.
SlXTH—Futurity course, selling, 3
year olds and up: J. F. Crowley 114,
Shooting Spray 114, Sidney Peters 114,
Oxer 114, Frank G. Hogan 111, Gold
Finn 109, Great Friar 106, ’Thistle Belle
104, Nello- 101.
♦Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track fast.
A WHOLESOME SUMMER DRINK
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
Better than lemons or limes —more
healthful and satisfying. Refreshes and
Invigorates. ...
STATE TRACES FATAL
OIL EXPLOSIONS TO
IMPERFECT KEROSENE
The sale of kerosene oil tn which gas
oline had been mixed is believed by of
ficials of the state department of agri
culture to have been responsible for at
least two or three of trie fdur deaths
and several serious accidents causer
by the explosion of kerosene in Atlanta
within the past week. An oil inspector
who investigated several of the acci
dents traced them by the purchase of
oil from retailers to one wholesale
company.
An investigation was made by In
spector VV. T. Tilley, and he found th.it
oil received by this company in a large
consignment contained n certain pei
centage of gasoline. Commission' 1 ?
Connors condemned about 15,000 me
lons of the oil as imperfect. It will be
shipped back to the plant from whence
it came.
Explosions Set State to Looking.
While the use of kerosene for kind
ling fires is always attended by dangii'.
kerosene passing the state test shmii'l
not explode when reached by fire, but
merely burst into flame. It was th?
fact that it exploded which led to tin
investigation.
PRIVATE FULTON WINS SHOOT.
BISLEY, ENGLAND. July 2" Pri
vate Fulton, of the Queen’s Westmin
ster regiment. >von the king’s priz? at
the shoot of the National Rifle as- 'i ia
tion here today, with 335 points.
