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Society Leader Points Out Some Sweeping Reforms Needed to Advance the Interests of Atlanta
MRS. WM, L PEEL’S INDICTMENT OF CONDITIONS HERE
Urges Hiring of a Con
sulting Engineer and
Definite Plan for
Building Up the City.
Declares Boss Is Need
ed and Pleads Wider
Peachtree-—P oin t s
Peril in Dirt and
Disease.
Mrs. William Lawson Peel, promi
nent Atlanta society leader and phil
anthropic wftrker, has written at th«
request of The Georgian her views of
conditions in Atlanta, the reforms it
needs and the steps it should take to
eliminate present handicaps to its
growth.
Here are Mrs. Peel’s striking views:
By MRS. W. L. PEEL.
The keynote of the situation was
struck by Mr. Wilmer L. Moore,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, in a recent interview when
he said that what Atlanta needs is
scientific engineering. There seems
to be a want of unity in ail our
street business. It looks as if we
hew to this corner or that, without
any idea of a consecutive whole.
For instance, many people are ask
ing, why the cut on Peachtree (be
tween Harris and Baker, when it
only accentuates the climb from
Harris to Ellis? J-f the grade was
to be lowered it should have start
ed at the Candler building. The
whole of Peachtree is on a ridge;
there is no other but the Boule
vard.
If it was to be cut down It would
certainly be a great advantage to
the adjacent streets, but if it is to
be cut, it ought to be cut right and
not wrong. Time was. perhaps,
when men could work without a
pattern. Now, every worker in any
line knows that the pattern is the
part that costs, and the pattern is
the part that tells, and the pattern
is the part that saves. If a woman
cuts out an apron or a pair of
breeches she has a pattern, be
cause she knows it saves cloth; if
she gives a dinner she. has a plan
of the table—every guest, every
dish, every appointment -because
she knows that it costs far less
than the old lavish way, and the
effect is more elegant.
Declares City Needs
Consulting Engineer.
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Ts a man works in any kind of
machine he knows that the pattern
is indispensable, and if he pur
chases an estate the first thing he
secures Is a comprehensive plan,
showing every path and tree and
shrub.
How, then, shall we start, out to
build a city without a plan?
Even a city as big and as finished
and as old as New York has a con
sulting “ngineer. That is what we
need -a consulting engineer. He
should be a man of the first qual
ity, with broad views, with suffi
cient experience to give him a good
basis of comparison, and with a
technical, up-to-date knowledge of
his business in every detail. After
a full survey of the situation he
should make a plan for the whole
city, giving every grade and every
Improvement likely to be suggested
for years to come. .
Each change suggested should be
numbered according to its impor
tance in the general scheme, 1, 2. 3.
etc., and each improvement then
taken up. not because it was this
side or that side, or because it was
on the property of some man who
had a. pull. When this plan has
been accepted it should be abided
by and lived up to, each year com
pleting what is imperative, and
next year doing more and so on as
fast as it is possible. Think what
a saving to taxpayer!
Think what a satisfaction to the
citizen, to see with his own eyes
that we are not building for a day,
but that we are working up to a
definite end! As it is no.w, it fre
quently happens that a street is no
sooner paved than it is at once
torn up to lay water or sewer pipe,
and the wound is never healed.
Take Washington street, for in
stance. How much money would
be saved and how much time if
things were reversed.
Men Who Stand
In Their Own Light.
Time changes us all and changes
likewise all our methods of pro
cedure. The manner of 1912 is not
the manner of 1900 even. And yet
in many things we preserve the
manner of 1870. Look at the num
bering of our houses for instance.
Time and again the century plan to
which no objection could be made
has been suggested and laid on the
table. Look at our building restric
tions. We have none. It is thought
beautiful that a man should invest
thousands in a home and have a
little butcher’s shop stuck up next
door. Every man in Atlanta has a
right to do exactly as he pleases,
and that is considered beautiful,
but it is not, for while a man stands
In his own light he also stands in
hls neighbor's light, and both lose
out. In a matter of dirt, for in
stance, all cities should re
quire that every householder
wash his front premises ev
ery morning to the middle
of the street. Away with dust,
g<rms. microbes, disease, and all
those ills for which we are taxed to
build and operate hospitals! Rut In
Atlanta every man can wallow In
his own filth, and the rest of us
MRS. W. L. PEEL
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CABBAGE ON PEACHTREE
Take Peachtree street, for instance. This noted thorough
fare was formerly our most elegant and exclusive residence
street. It is no longer either elegant or exclusive. What hand
some lawns or houses there are, are spoiled by their environ
ment. The others are so near 1 he ( noise and dust of the street
as to be undesirable for residence purposes, and are so near to
gether that you can tell whether your neighbor is boiling cab
bage for dinner or freezing ice cream.—Mrs. W. L. Peel.
can smell and swallow it. In the
matter of smoke, all testimony has
proven that expert stoking is at
least a remedy. We probably have
a law about stoking, but it is not
observed.,
Some time ago I arrived in Atlan
ta on the Southern and as we were
being swtiched around in the neigh
borhood of the Terminal I became
interested in the conversation of
two gentlemen in front of me. They
were evidently men of the world
and experienced travelers. One
said: "This is Atlanta." The other
replied: "Indeed! The smoke hangs
like a pall—ls the town on fire?"
“No,” said his companion; “they
breathe this all the time—they don't
know any better."
No Economy in Building
And Tearing Down.
Every now and then we read in
the papers that our city fathers
have been sent on a visit to distant
parts to investigate the zoos of dif
ferent towns; but whether they
recommend -the ox or the ass or
only monkeys and parrots is not
apparent. They are, of course, rep
resentative citizens of the first
class, widely read and traveled, who
are well aware what it takes to
make a city. They are, of course,
also interested from the standpoint
of the taxpayer, but there 1s very
little economy in building and tear
ing down.
Many years ago the city of Wash
ington faced a crisis, and there
came a great upheaval Alexander
Shepherd was governor of the Dis
trict of Columbia at the time, by
which authority he was also mayor
of the city He decided that con
ditions were such as to require a
change He employed a scientific
engineer and they made a compre
hensive plan of what tife city ought
tn be The feeling against him was
Intense. I happened to tie spend
ing the winter In Washington and
will never forget It. He was called
"Hoss Shepherd." He was unlvei -
aally exe< rated. He was burned tn 1
TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. 1912.
effigy. He was pursued through the
streets by desperate men with shot
guns and broken-hearted women,
tear-stained and disheveled. It was
impossible to carry on work in the
day time, and gangs with hundreds
of laborers in each would work at
night. The effect was like magic,
so large was the force engaged. A
man would go to his front door in
the morning and where his porch
had been there stretched a splen
did boulevard. Or perhaps they had
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Main Store and Laboratory, 6 and 8 Marietta St.
23 Whitehall Street
102 Whitehall Street
70 W. Mitchell Street
Widen Peachtree,
Mrs* Peel Urges
Peachtree street does not
look like a city street, but
rather like that of a straggling
village. Trade has invaded
this sacred avenue, anti in al
most every square shops are
found. In five years com
merce will hold sway almost
without exception as far as
Fourteenth street. 'Die street
should by all means- be widen
ed while there is yet time, for
traffic may be diverted to some
other part if the property own
ers stand in the way. Let no
one take offense at my re
marks on Peachtree street. T
have lived on it for forty
years, and I yield to none in
love for it. but I want to see
it fixed right, and that means
sacrifice all along the line.
But what if it does, so long as
we make a splendid and beau
tiful city?—MßS. W. L.
PEEL.
excavated in front and left him 30
feet in the air and no way to get
out. Or perhaps there was a fill
of 20 feet and he was buried alive.
Oh, For a Boss,
That’s Our Need.
But the boss and his engineer
moved forward. He was fine old
Virginia stock and was unafraid.
He was not popular, however, and
he went to Mexico to live, when he
had completed his undertaking.
Now. what was the result? The
very people who had abused and
nicknamed him were those most
benefited. The cuts and fills had
enhanced their values millions and
millions of dollars and made the
city of Washington the most beau
tiful city in the world. No capital
in Europe can compare.
There is a beautiful sequel to
this story. Several years ago. just
before his death. Governor Shep
herd returned to the city of his love
and received such an ovation as
falls to the lot of few living men
Now, there stands, oji the very
spot where he was burned in effigy,
a grand monument to his memory.
Oh, for a Boss! That’s what we
need—a> Boss! One with initiative
to see anead and backbone to "exe
cute. We need expansion. We have
got to expand or bust. Anything
between is impossible* We can not
grow while everything is bottled
up. Take Peachtree street, for in
stance. This noted thoroughfare
was formerly our most elegant and
exclusive residence street. It is no
longer either elegant or exclusive.
What handsome lawns or houses
there are, are spoiled by their en
vironment. The others are so near
the noise and dust of the street as
to be undesirable for residence pur
poses, and are so near together
that you can tell whether your
neighbor is boiling cabbage for din
ner or freezing ice cream. It does
not look like a city street, hut
rather like a straggling village.
Trade has invaded this sacred ave
nue, and in almost every square
shops are found. In five years
commerce will hold sway almost
without exception as far as Four
teenth street. Think of Peachtree
street a year ago. The wildest
guesser would not have predicted
that it could look like it does to
day. It is progress versus senti
ment. The street should by all
means be widened while there is
yet time, for traffic may be divert
ed to some other part if the prop
erty owners stand in the way.
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SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
Decidedly the most interesting race,
as it developed in the counting of the
votes, was the Broyles-Pottle contest
for the succession to Judge Pottle on
the court of appeals.
In the earlier returns, it looked as if
Pottle surely must win. and the pre
election "dope” ran largely in that di
rection. but it required the returns of a
few counties only to show that Broyles,
far from running a bad second, was, at
least, a close second, and a possible
first.
The further the count proceeded the
stronger grew the possibility of
Broyles, and the last hatch of counties
returned ran almost solidly to the At
lanta man.
Inspection of the returns show —or
indicate—two things. First, that
Broyles’ appeal for a court of review
free of technicalities won much favor;
second, that the University of Georgia
influence was exerted evenly and al
most unanimously in his favor.
Any way one looks at it, Broyles made
a magnificent campaign, and it is evi
dent enough today that much highly
intelligent and effective, if relatively
quiet and unostentatious, work was
done in his behalf.
Judge Pottle was looked upon as a
sure victor in this fight, as general
opinion went. He is a fine lawyer, an
upright judge and a decided ornament
to the bench.
There was. perhaps, little room for a
decided choice, so far as candidates for
this place went, from the personal point
of view.
The race is extremely close between
these two, and the official count likely
will show hardly more than a half dozen
votes difference in the wind up.
Walter Wise, whether he has defeat
ed Judge Bartlett for congress or not,
has put himself well in line for the suc
cession to the judge eventually.
Coupled with the seeming assurance
of Bartlett's victory, by the narrowest
of margins, comes the report that Judge
Bartlett will retire from congress at the
conclusion of his next term.
He will then have served an even
twenty years in the house—and to do
that has been his reported ambition for
many years.
If Bartlett does not run again. Walter
Wise probably will be elected next time,
hands down.
And Wise is fine congressional mate
rial.
Under a county unit plan. Wise would
have won out over Bartlett this year,
but the plurality plan prevailed in the
Sixth, and Bibb county saved the judge
from defeat.
In the Pautala circuit, Castellow won
the solicitorship by the margin of 281.
This was a remarkably close race, as
Bush, his opponent, is rated an excep
tionally strong man.
“Ed” Cole, of Cartersville, will be one
of Bartow's new members. He is a
young man, exceedingly well liked, and
been given over to commerce. Fifth
avenue has been widened, and now
some of the smartest shops are to
be found between Fifty-seventh
and Fifty-eighth streets. Even in
Paris the same thing prevails. The
Rue de la Paix. having been over
run, trade has come into the aris
tocratic Champs Elysees, and the .
old homes of the nobility are
turned into business houses.
Let no one imagine that this is
meant as a criticism of any one—
only of our system. Things are so
much in need of readjustment that
even a woman can see it.
And let no one take offense at my
remarks on Peachtree street. 1
have lived on it so: -in years, and I
yield tq none in love of it, but 1
wtmt to see it fixed right, and that
means sacrifice all along the line.
But what if it does, so long as we
make a splendid and beautiful city?
"All success proves partial failure,
All progress something crushed at
the chariot wheel."
245 Houston Street
266 Peters Street
152 Decatur Street
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
very successful in his business affairs.
He ran away ahead of his nearest op
ponent.
In the Southern circuit, Wilkes ran
away with Mclntyre for solicitor gen
eral. while Walker won Berrien for con
gress—thus putting Parker down and
out in the convention.
W. J. Nunnally, John C. Foster and
Barry Wright will be the new Floyd
county delegation. Foster and Wright
both have served in the house before,
but Nunnally is a new man. Nunnally
Ims served as city court Judge of Rome,
however, and as solicitor general of the
Rome circuit. Foster is said to be con
sidering running for speaker.
Mack Johnson was defeated for the
senate in Bartow by a heavy majority,
running well up to 400. Johnson had
announced as a candidate for president
of the senate, so sure was he of election.
His successful opponent Is J. W. L.
Brown.
Both the present representatives from
Coweta, Kirby and Brannon, were de
feated for re-election. The new men
will be G. M, Jones and C. F. Hollberg.
W. L. Converse, of LownJes, member
of the present house, was successful in
his race for the senate. He will repre
sent the Sixth in the next legislature.
William H. Burwell, of Hancock, was
re-elected to the house. He Is, and has
been for some time, a candidate for
speaker. He probably has his race in
much better shape than any probable
opponent, and the odds at this time are
one Burwell to win that contest.
J. H. Thomas, of Wayne, defeated de
cisively R, E. Dart, of Glynn, for solici
tor general of the Brunswick circuit.
Dart carried his home county hand
somely. but could not overcome Thomas
at that.
Representative Hiers. of Colquitt, was
unsuccessful tn his fight to come back
to the house. He was defeated heavily
by J. C. Carlton.
Louis E. Wisdom, the new member
from Forsyth, doubtless will be the
youngest member of the next house. He
is barely 23.
Unofficially, but upon the face of re
turns believed to be accurate, W. H.
Ennis has defeated John W. Bale for
solicitor general of the Rome circuit.
It will require the official returns, how
ever, to determine this beyond the pos
sibility of dispute.
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LIBEL SUIT FOR SIOO,OOO
SPOKANE. WASH.. Aug. 23.—F. Au
gustus Heinze, of Butte and New York,
today faces a libel suit for SIOO,OOO.
Edwin J. Carter, of Spokane, is the com
plainant. He says he was libeled In a
statement sent by Heinze to the stock
holders of the Stewart Mining company,
of which he is president, declaring that
Carter had demanded 25,000 shares of the
stock of the company and had threatened
to sue Heinze if his demands were re
fused.
BABY SEIZES AND DRINKS
STEAMING HOT TEA: DIES
HARTFORD. CONN.. Aug. 23.—A cup
of steaming hot tea, which he seized
and drank, killed Martin Hodnett, two
years old.
His stomach was so badly burned
that doctors could not save him.
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WOMEN WIN IN
WAR ON RESORTS
West Hammond Closes Seven
Dives When Girl Threatens
to Lead Hatchet Brigade.
HAMMOND, IND., Aug. 23.—Investiga
tion i«ito a number of mysterious deaths
in a West Hammond resort and search
for Frank Davis, whose daughter was
kidnaped and held in one of the dtves,
were the sequel today to the triumph of
the reform element In West Hammond.
The reformers won at the council meet
ing last night. About three hundred of
them followed Virginia Brooks to the
council chamber and watched the pro
ceedings. The licenses of seven resorts
and saloon keepers were revoked. The
council was evenly divided.
Mayor Woczynski, saloon keeper, ac
cused of accepting a bribe, cast the de
ciding vote. It was always in the Inter
est of the reformers.
Davis had promised to lead tn a resorf
smashing raid if the council dM not re
voke the licenses. Ke was not there. In
quiry showed he had not been seen since
he had promised to take part tn the cru
sade. It is believed he has been shan
ghaied. Officers are seeking him. H«
had threatened the life of the resort
keeper who stole bls daughter.
The authorities are Investigating the*
burial without permits of persons who
died in one of the resorts.
IMPROVES CONVICTS’
LOOKS TO REFORM THEM
SACRAMENTO, OAL., Aug. 28.—«T0
carry out his theory that steps for all
around betterment of prisoners ahould
be taken, beginning with physical con-1
ditions, Warden Johnston, of Folsom
penitentiary, has had 32 prisoners ex
amined by eye and ear specialists. Jake
Oppenheimer, "the hyena,” under sen
tence of death, will be fitted with a pair'
of glasses. The warden said that Op
penheimer was pleased with the result,
as his vision had been much impaired
in the preparation of a book he is now
writing, entitled "The Thoughts of a
Condemned Man.”
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DIRECT COLLEGE SPORTS
Quimby Melton, of Oxford, Ga„ a
1912 graduate of Emory college, has ac
cepted the position of athletic director
in Allen academy, at Bryan, Texas.
He will leave in a short time to take up
his new duties.
Since leaving college, where he made
a splendid record in his studies and as
an athlete, Mr. Melton has been on the
reportorlal staff of The Birmingham
Ledger.
Mr. Melton is a son of Dr. W. F. Mel
ton, professor of English at Emory.
GIRL LIVES WITH SjWVER
OF WOOD IN Hjs BRAIN
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 33.—With the
motor area of her brain piereed from
the Hase through the skull above by a
huge sliver from a buggy spoke. Miss
Florence Schlltz, aged eighteen, victim
of a runaway accident, stands a good
chance to recover and may even re
gain the use of her left side, paralyzed
since the accident. Attending physi
cians today said the girl was conscious
all of last night and today, and is
able to talk.
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