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Edwin P. Ansley Urges Atlanta to Plan for Population of Million--Attacks ‘System’ of Handling Streets
CALLS CITY'S MAKESHIFT IMPROVEMENT METHODS VERY EXPENSIVE
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REGEM FOR
DELEON: HUNT
CONTINUES
Mystery Deepens as Search for
Missing Atlanta Contractor
Keeps Up.
Continued on Pape Two.
of irrexpon K ib> with r»«uitinK
Injury to hi* creditor!*
A pax roll of >1,300 on the < oiirt hoitso
xx ork had th he met t«>dfl ’• thin xxn* j
the cause of the hurried action Th*
contrail provides sot the work mi Hit j
.county building i« b< < ompieu*<l in <
Specified time and the mui*: did n<»“
wl.«h to endanger its forfeiture by anx
delay nf however abort duration.
Mystery of His
Disappearance Deepens.
The receivers "ere named tn take
chargt and control the eontrmtor's af
fair* until such time a* Io should np
pear In court in person or the court
siould bo definite!' Informed that he I*
permanent!) lost.
In the nr aniline the mystery of
DeLeon's dittsppearnm e deepened
Though, at the instance of Ids bro'her,
F. W DeLeon, president of the Cas
ualty Company of America, of Chicago,
the detective force of that city In
which h. was last seen August 9.
a. outed it to find trace of the man and
though the police that patrol the Mich
igan wilds, where he was suppos' d to j
have none on a fishing exclusion, have
made i systematic search, no clew to
his whereabouts has vet been ascer-
Al bls offices In the Walton building, i
♦he employe s hnd received no word of I
thelt chief V. hi* home. 741 Piedmont I
avenue the door was closed to ill vis
pors. ;
Thf. contractor left Atlanta Miro*' .
Ho had not be.-n in the most robust
health ar.d it "a- bls plan Io spend
S'veix reeks in u Michigan woods
tn restore Ins i Igor. Two dais later i
he was beard fin Chicago where hoi
visited friend- in Wilmette, n North'
Sb. n suburb of :in Illinois city He ■
t,C,t tlwm ti i' I ini. tid'd leaving tic I
n ,u. for Sagitta". Mich, u.d v ",ibl
tIo a ill , iu: for t lie woods.
Brother Alsmied
For DeLeon's Safety.
|| cover appiai'd in Saginaw, ac-
•c. Jmg to the authorities then Tjiev |
out that he might bate arrived. |
ob'.aili'd. the -crvi.es of a guide im
mediately and then base struck out i
witho.it registering at a hotel or lettv-|
ing other trace of bls having been)
there Pets.-ns familial w th the woods.
In w hich DeLeon int* nded to fish say I
that ’ man and guide could stay In
them an unlimited period of time with- I
out leaving trace of their whereabouts
When days passed and lengthened
Into weeks without word of his brothel,
the Chicago DeLeon grew alarmed. He
sought the aid of the Chicago police and
n thorough search of the eitv was In
stituted without avail At the same time
the Michigan authorities became ac
tive in the hunt
DeLeon Is known as one of the fore
most Atlanta contractors. He lias had
charge of the work »n many ot tlie
city's largest buildings and was re
garded as an eminent!) .successful man
He is described as 43 years old. 5 feel
K inches tall, weighs between 135 and
140 pounds, has dark eyes and com
plexion. dark hair (heavy and in
clined to curl), is slight in build and
walk'- with slightly stooped shoulders
affects dark clothe'- and wears no*
glasses almost constantly.
Had Planned to
Recuperate in XVoods
DeLeon "as confined to his bed for
two weeks in July threatened with an
attack of typhoid fevc- From this hi
bad never fully recovered, and. accord
ing to the word of business associates
ami friends his recent trip North wa
planned as i .lotrney of recuperation
F. C Disbro. Os the Woodward Lum
ber Company is authority for the state
ment that i’. 1.. 'O had contemplated a
trip that would bury him in woods so |
three weeks.
"I am all run down and I am going
away white 1 won't see anybody oi |
bother wit'n buimss." Disbro repo'ts
the missing contractor as having said
on the morning of August 5. the da'
before he left Atlanta
A list of creditors being complied by
Smith A- Ransom, attorn-'» for tin
Fulton bank, show DeLeon s indebted
ness to local materia' nun to be s. ght.
According to the attorneys wi> ■ fi cd
suit for the bank to -e.-ue notes ag
gregating 317,500. the majority of l»i
Leon s dealings with M'.anta mata
men have been in th- nature of pet - |
' entage contracts on which the owni |
is ri-sponsibb inti not th*- . onti.nv:
Friends of the missing bu ■ - deny |
today that he left Atlanta with a arge j
sum of money They asset: that fie
carried ample funds to flnan.* - trip,
but no mote.
H's interests in At'anta cmi-.-'y
In his own name and he r.> one!
he’i dowered with his power of attoi
ney, clearly indicating that In expected
to keep in touch with hi* busin* s- at i
fair*.
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Th « coupon w ll be accepted at***' »r pram urn Parlor 20 least Alabama at.,
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Points Out Examples of Piece
meal Policy Failing in Its
Purpose.
Edwin P. Anslex. real estate man anc
i .< leader in the business world of At-
I ’ant.t. in a striking statement, today
' *hows the ne»-d of sweeping Improve
; ments in Hr* i-ltx . Mr Ansley show*
up the present terrible condition of the
>treets . nd attacks the present system
i ;i ri akeshift His statement is of
• •special interest and timeliness in view '
•»f the city council s meeting to reor- :
ganize Hie < h * f of constru<*tion de- 1
partim-nt on .Monday.
Here Mr. Ansley’s statement:
Atlanta is Hie Gateway of the
South, and its location, together
with the fact that perfectly graded
and paved public roads and Inter
mban <ar lines are planned to in
tersect a 1 the country within -hu
miles of Atlanta and thai within
100 miles there is already a popu
'ation <»f more than 1,000.000, helps
to i aix» Xt .inia the Metropolis”
and Hn financial and commercial
• eniei of the South. No other sim
ilar area of the South can snow so
great a population, not excepting
Nexx Orbans and Louisville •xvith
tneir surrounding territory.
Plan For City of 1,000,000.
We must plan for a city of 1.000.-
000 people or more and build ac
eordingl.x. We must plan for the
future, arjd not for the present
a lone.
Reorganize ev» ry department of
the citx government.
As wo have no commission form
of government, xvo should place an
expert at the head of each tiepart
inent of the city. Not a political
export, but .hi expeit who can stop
the waste that hast been going on
up to the present time.
I» will cost the taxpayers millions
of dollars to perfect Atlanta's watr
and sewer system and perfect the
grad * and pave the streets of the
city.
Employ the best sewer and street
• Xpert■< in Amt-t b;• and • ontrto all
this work Let the • i;v and county
• ombine nnd perfer t the trunk sexx
er system, ami th<u lax all lateral
sewers ami ivat» r main-' on ttnpnx c«l
streets by ontru i at about $! 4o
t< XI 50 per lineal foot, or piadlcal
lx at cost to the owners of prop
erty on the street. This xvlll perfect
these s \ sieins at a minimum expense
and witb.in a nunimum period of
lime
Street Work by Contract.
<’it\ and minty f rees should do
sew et and repair work and not
build st ice is In the city. Street
\\ork should all be done t»\ con
tract by the lowest best bidder. All 1
(intractors should be forced to
furnish the material called for bv the
■pet ifi• at lons, 'rite citx should cni
plox more laborers and fewer boss
es for its work.
Employ the best business man ob
tainable to be chief of construction,
and let all plans and speciflcations
sot work to be don* bp drawn by
expert engineers, and contract for
all work ’urictly under these plans
and specifications.
In addition *<» aldermen and <<»un
cilmen let each ward select by
wilt ton private ballot the best busi
ness men in their ward to form an '
advisory board that will be non
poll deal and hear all requests for
public improvements to be made
anywhere In the city, and let this
board recommend to the city coun
cil such xvork as it approves, after
all nrcessarx estimates of the cost
of same have been obtained.
Makeshift System Now.
In mx opinion, the fault with the
present system, if it may be called
is that It Is only a ‘'make
shift." and public Improvements,
where undertaken at all ate done
by piecemeal,' which is not only
unsatisfactory, But xciy much more
expensive than if these matters
were handled on a business basis.
Th* citx should adopt a definite
progressive policy and work to that
end. The streets located in the
center <<f the citx should be brought
to their proper grade* at the ear
liest possible moment. and this
could b» done at a comparatively
moderate expense
Building limits should also be es
tablished on streets where it is
deemed advisable to widen the
pre*» nt s(re< t and an agreement
obtained from the property owners
to conform to this building limit
in the erection of ail future struc
t ores.
4s an illustration of the present
“pieccmrar' method I will mention
the following cases
1 Mitchell street was regraded
three time* before it xxas brought to
its present level.
2 Edg' wood avenue was regrad
ed at a large expense to both the
citx and > ountx on two different oc
casion* before ii xxas brought to its
present grad*
3 Hunter ami Eoisxth street*
have been r« graded twice, and the
nexv guide now being estabash d on
Forsyth street is from three to ttx(
fee, (ou low
4 \\ i iic!,, st • ■ was \y Idem d
H. : r» gra » d at a x♦ r\ large ex
r*en* to the . |(y and «<mntx a few
xear* ago a r h\ rea*on <■( im
proper- giad»- being pia< < d on the
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATL KDA\. At Gt ST 24. 1912.
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Edwin B 1
P. Ansley, |||'
AfZanta
Real Estate
Man, Who
Advocates
Using
Better Busi- /k
ne.s Methods
in Municipal \\\ .
Affo,rs fCJ
I W
j street, the esidents <.f that section
of the city ate clamoring to have
j tho st reet teg tided.
The Peachtree Example.
5. The city and county are now
engaged in grading and widening
one block on Peachtree from Har
ris to Baker, and grading Bake:
street and West Peat ntree street to
eonfo tn to this new grade. While
this is a much needed improve
ment, it Is a very small part of
what snoultl have been done.
Pe-aehtree street should be graded
from the Grand opera house to
Harris street, and the street wid
ened. as is being done on the next
block. This can be done now at a
very much less cost than It ever
can be done in the future, because
it is only a matter of a short time
until permanent structures will be
erected on tills part of the street.
The only building in the way now
is the Aragon hotel, and it will be
a comparatively easy matter tn ar
cade the front of that for the side
walk.
Atlanta Is one of the easiest
drained cities in the I’nlted States,
being located on a high ride with
creeks and branches running In all
directions away from it. and yet in
spite of this fact, its sewer system
is now in a deplorable condition.
Yea s ago. before Atlanta had
reached anything like Its present
size, a sewer system was adopted
which would probably have been
adequate for a village, but which
can never be satisfactory with a
large city, that is tile single sewer
system, where surface water and
sanitary sewage all go together
The difficulty is that w ith < very
house erected and eve y street
paved, the volume of surface water
which flows into the sowers is
I largely increased, and as a conse
quence sewers bate to b<‘ con
structed of such magnitude that it
is vert expensive to extend them
Rains Overtax Sewers.
Evet t trunk sewer in Atlanta has
a btanch •tinning through it. and
in eases of heavy rains these sew -
ers ate taxed to their utmost ca
pacity to carry surface water. Set
eral of these large trunk sewers
now empty Inside the city limits,
and when the bond Issue was
passed some three tears ago it
wus stated that one of the main
pu: poses ~f this bond issue was to
relieve that situation and dispose
of this sewage In an effort to do
tills a plan w is adopted to estab
lish sewage disposal plants near
the city to take , .ire of all the sew -
age, and to . nr-t the sanitary sew
age from tile ends of the present
large trunk sewers to thes. dis
p -sal p ants in reduction pipes In
locating these disposal plants they
wen located so neat the city that
i they will not onlv lute sere with
the extension of (lie eliv, but In oi
der • > convey the sewage to these
plan's a I tin ; ■ cp, r •\ e she ■< ■
duction pipes were pin nd at
Ulgl <i el that a large pa*: of the
sewage can not flow into tl se re
<!itri ion | ip- -
\ • t tin . «•v er a.is In n ’.«..| on
' *! 11 I I 4 n' If .i ;< » 11is I nf >i nt mi i i
imately $85,000. which, it is stated,
is of practically no value to the
city, because it has been improp
erly laid.
, Remedy in Double System.
All.of this means that before the
city of Atlanta can get a satisfac
tory sewer system it will be forced
to adopt the modern double sys
tem. separating the sanitary sewage
from the surface water.
\\ ith these great problems before
it. the city should employ an expert
engineer, capable of handling the
situation, to direct the work, and,
if a proper selectioYi is made, the
city will be saved many times the
cost of Ills services.
The present officials si - -tn to be
unable to cope with the situation,
and. In my judgment, it is time
some action is taken along the lines
suggested.
EDWIN P ANSLEY.
Amorous Not Ready
To Run; I fits Charter
Martin I-'. Amorous, mentioned for
the mayoralty, announced today that
he was not ready to run and at the
same time Issued an emphatic arraign
ment of Atlanta's charter and the pres
ent system. He said:
1 realize fully the work the mayor
of the city of Atlanta will have to
do in the next two years, as I have
been in council three terms amt
h ive thus acquired some know ledge
of the conduct of the business of
the city. I predicted foul years
ago the coining of the present crisis,
as recently admitted by the mayor
and chairman of the finance com
mittee and yet I know their ad
ministration has b< n absolutely
clean and honest and that they and
tiie council were helpless to pre
vent it.
t’nder the charter laws there is
no individual power or authority
and responsibility re|v>.-ed either in
the mayor or any member of the
council. It is a limited joint or col
lective authority to resolute and
legislate and divide out the city's
income for administrative offleets
selected by the people to expend.
The results ire neither satisfactory
nor economical To divide the in
come. it's the duty of the finance
committee io collate It on a sheet
and it takes a majority of the coun
cil and a majority of the aider
men voting separately to approve
It.
Only Makeshifts Possib e.
Every one of tin .io m, mbers has
some use for money to be expended
in Ills partieula: ward. Heme. In
order to have the sheet approved
it is m-cessa l y to promise at least
a majority in each body certain
amounts for th<-ii wards, then the
mayo, has a shot at it also, so if j
he has any platform promises out.
these must lie provided. The re
sult Is that litth dabs aie given
"Ut around that .ire but make
shifts nt the most
The council is not to blame, ami i
tin- mayor ■« not to blame it's the
lms|ne»- system If this system
wore followed by any private firm
• potation it won d lead to
tuillkriipb y I here |» no end to
this tio.ilm m in sight, as tm
GMAW
HAW FAIR
By E. H. HYMAN.
Publicity Director Georgia State Fair.
Erotn ill indications the Georgia
State fair at Macon October 15-25 will
be one of the-biggest events to happen
this fall in the South. There is not a
spot of space left in the great buil iings
on the grounds, and there arc fifteen
of them, thus insuring some tine exhib
its from the manufacturers in Georgia.
Many new features will be intro
duced this year, chief among them be
ing the great automobile show. The
building so this feature contains 250,-
I "00 feet of floor .-pace and there is no'
enough room at this time to accommo
date all .if those who wish to show
their machines. This building, along
with all the rest, will be handsomely
decorated ami as the fai association
has offered three silver loving cups for
the three best arranged displays, this
surely will be a tine exhibit.
The directors of the fair, feeling that
tic amusement feature this year should
be of the best, early in the game got
Nar Reiss witii his 4" big shows and
riding devices, vv'no wifi have entire
eha-go of the Midway. This large eol-
• lion of good and moral shows tomes:
with the indorsement of all the largest
fairs in the West and Northwest, w her
they have been having a profitable sea
son. Tlteie is not a show on the
grounds that wi'l not be strictly moral
in every nse of the wmd. Mr. Heiss
has his reputation behind each and
every show.
The <attle and swine show will be of
(the finest, for since the fnited States
'department of agriculture through the
bureau of animat industry has g.anted
a special order whereby cattle can be
brought inside of the tpia.aotine lines
and returned to their homes, many ex
hibits will come that would not hav
'be n here. Loring Brown will be the
judgi t lis branch of the fai , VV
Gettys, of Athens. Tenn., will judge the
dairy cattle.
The poultry show will contain over
700 coops of the eh-deest breeds of this
part of the country The poultry house
ha- been moved into the large, airy
building adjoining the agricultural
building ami the aisles are much wider
mil It will accommodate th:ee times
I the number of birds the Id poultry
I house won id.
Georg- Ewald, of Cincinnati. and I’
A t’.iok. of Scoteit. Plains, are the
| I oultry judgi s
The agrieu’t iral building will be fuil
lof the finest of the products of the
- Hi M..1-V counties are preparing
e\: lid's and they assure us they
vi' be much finer than lasi yen The
• premium In tills department !<«n
I mi-.-nilv.- to get them to make as flne a
I ow possible so-- their county
in to i. the whole state fai will be
.he be tliat hus e\i been shown m
•• t Largo < >" ..< mt expected.
M.non was nevei in a in'ie fix to at -
omnmdatt the visitors to many new
Makeshift Policy of
City Unsatisfactory
And Very Expensive
hi my opinion, the fault with
the present system, if it mav
be called a system, is that it is
only a "makeshift. " and pub
lic improvements where under
; taken at all are done by
‘‘piecemeal.” which is not
only unsatisfactory, but very
much more expensive than if >
these matters were handled on
a business basis. The city
should adopt a definite progres
sive policy and work to that
end--From Statement of
Edwin P. Ansley, on Needs
of Atlanta.
SettiW
TO REM VETS
More Than 1.000 Old Soldiers
Expected to Attend State Re
union—Opens Wednesday.
Marietta "111 don Its gala garments
next Wednesday and give welcome to
I more than 1.000 Confederate veterans
who v ill assemble there to celebrate
the state reunion. The reunion wiii
last two days.
For the first time since the war n
city no larger than .Marietta "ill re
ceive Hie veterans and the fait that
the city Is able to receive them Is due
mainly to Miss Regina Rambo, who
collected souvenir bullets and sold them
tn order that the expenses of the re
union might be naid.
I Wlien the fi st bugle call is sounded
Wednesday morning the city will be
decorated from top to toe. Lavish dec
orations will be used and each citizen
of the town will atten pt to outdo the
other in this respect.-.
Many social affairs will feature the
two days. The D. A. R "ill entertain
Hie .sponsors and the Daughter? of the
Confederacy "ill give a reception on
Thursday afte: upon. Wednesday night
a big com er.l will be held. Thursday
the veterans will be taken on a tour of
Kennesaw mountain in automobiles.
The .euriion will end with the vet
erans' hall, which will be held Thurs
day night. Everything in the way of
music, decorations and refreshments
will be provided for this occasion,
whi'-h will be open to the whole of Ma
. rietta and all the visitors.
STREET PREACHER IS
JAILED FOR DRINKING
TOO MUCH NEAR BEER
Wearing a uniform of the American
Salvation At my, R. P. Ausbrooks, a j
member of that organization, today be- I
. gan the serving of an eleven-day term l
in the city stockade.
He is there because he lost nut In al
'contest with four bottles of near-beer.'
and. after being "throv n" by the foamy i
fluid, visited the red light section and
solicited alms. His conduct attracted
i the attention of a policeman, who took
him to the police station. There he re.
; matned in a. cell for some time in his
uniform, and then appeared before Re
corder Pro Tcm Preston.
He told the court he was sorry, very
sorry.
Judge Preston said he would be
.'"light." and imposed a tin" of 35.75 or
j elven day*. Ausbrook was unable to
■ pay the fine.
The American Salvation Arint is a
different organization altogether from
the regular Salvation Army and has no
headquarters here.
,
TECH ADDS 2 NOTED
EDUCATORS TO ITS
FACULTY THIS YEAR
Among the new instructors at the
, Georgia School of Technology the com
, ■ ing year will be Professor B. H. Far
quhar, formerly Instructor in mathe
matics and physics at Washington and
Lee university. Professor Farquhar is
a Louisianan and has been identified
, with the educational interest of his
native state for several years. He comes
to Tech strongly indorsed. He has been
. elected to the English department.
. i Another noted educator added to the
' English faculty of Tech Is Professor
i | Benjamin B Strang, wito comes direct
i from Columbia university. New York.
; j Professor Strang is from New Jersey .
and hold* diplomas from Columbia uni- 1
' \ersity and also the Teachers college, j
Proiessot Strang is of quiet and unas- |l
. ' sinning manner and bids fair to make a ii
‘ name for himself at Tech. .
IT QUENCHES THIRST
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Teaspoonful in glass of water, sweet- I
ened to suit, fur more delicious and re I
freshing tnan lemonade •••
Mr. \\ s. Gunsalus, a farmer living .
inear Fleming, pa., sass he lias us.-il I
j Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Dlar- I
rhoea Remedv jn his famflv for four
| teen vear». and that he ha« found It to !
be an excellent remedy, and take* j
.pleasure in re* ommending it. For sale
I. R. NOT EAGER
TO BE CILLER 115
WITNESS
Already Answered Archbold':
Statement Before Campaign
Probing Committee.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Aug. 24.
Colonel Roosevelt is not disposed to
take the stand Lefors the senate com
mittee investigating campaign contri
butions. The ex-president feels that
ae has made ample explanation of his
action with respect to the Standaid
Oil gift to the 1904 campaign fund.
Roosevelt regards the invesligaiio.t
nothing less than "fishing excursion"
to gather ammunition for the Demo
■ratic campaign this-fad.
Asked today if he would consent to
go before the senate committee. Roose
i velt snapped:
“I answered that question three days
ago in Wilkesbarre. It is absurd to asi
me.” At that time the colonel said
sacn a thing would be absurd.
The colonel had nothing to add to his
dictated statement of yesterday re
garding -Penrose and Archbold. H
considers that he had made, it clear
hat he was bitterly optiosej tn Stand
ard Oil money being taken in the 190-t
(ampaign. He is willing, he says, t<
rest upon the letters and the telegram
to George B. Cortelyqu forbidding th'
acceptance of any Standard Oil con
it abut ion.
On the arrival of Senator Luke Lea
of .Tennessee, today the Clapp com
mission is expected to decide whether
to go ahead now in its investigatiot
of political campaign funds or to ad
journ to October 1.
Committee Split
On Future Course.
The committee is divided as tn it*
future course. Mr. Archbold "ill be
recalled on hia return from Europe, ami
some are in favor of adjourning unti
he gets back. Several members favot
transferring the hearings- to New Votk
at once and calling Colonel Roosevelt.
George FL Cortelyou. George W. Per
kins and directors of the Standard oi.
Company. Senator Penrose says he "ill
insist that Roosevelt be called.
It is probable that Senator Pomerene.
of Ohio, who represented tne absent
Democratic members of the committee
5 esterday, will be made a permanent
member in place nf Senator Paynter, of
Kentucky.
Last night Colonel Roosevelt gave out
a statement in reply to the testimony of
Archbold, branding the whole as false
and a "frameup" to injure him. and
pointing out that no attempt was made
to explain Archbold’s connection wijh
Senator Penrose, for which he ostensi
bly was called, but that the efforts of
the inquiry were directed entirely to
ward him.
| Jas. H. Dodged j
Announces for |
Recorder I
I am candidate lor I
I Recorder, if council
will submit vote to I
people. They have a I
right, and the people
have voted to elect a
Recorder by the people
and this race should
Ibe submitted to the
people.
I will not offer
fore council, because I
don’t believe in coun
cil’s steam roller poli
tics.
This is practically I
a full term and prima=
ry near at hand. There
is no reason why peo=
pie should not elect
their Recorder.
Jas. H. Dodgen