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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. STANDARD OIL CO, AND PENNSY ROAD INDICTEDJN N, Y, Amounts For Which They Are Held Liable Aggre gate Million. ft- rrliat* found TTIm. Buffalo, N. Y. Aug. 10.--Th* Federal Brand Jury of western New York dls- trlrt at Jamestown, which haa been investigating the charges made by the internment against vartoua corpora tions for violations of the Interstate commerce law and the Sherman rebate la«, today returned Indictments against the Standard Oil Company of New York, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- I any and the Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester. There are twenty-four counts In the indictments against each company, and the total amounts to a hlcli the three concerns are liable ag gregate more than one million dollars, If all the Indictments and counts are pressed. NAN ELIZABETH ^•DETAINED BY BRIOGE Special to Tbs Oeorflan. Macon, Oa., Aug. 10.—The Nan Elis abeth, the river steamer between Macon and Brunswick, made 1140 last night by lying up at tbs Southern railway bridge. There waa nobody at the bridge to open It for the boat and the government, allows |10 an hour penal- ty against any company obstructing a post road, under which designation a river haa been pun RETAIL DRUGGISTS ’ FORM ASSOCIATION. Spec Is I to The Georgia a. RAlnbridge, Oa., Aug. 10.—The retail drugglsta of Balnbridge and Colquitt held a meeting Tueaday and formed an rsaeclatlon known as the Balnbridge Retail Druggists' Association. The ob ject of the association Is to further the Interest of the retail druggists. They mill hold the price of patent medicines to (he price quoted on the packages. The officer* of the association are: Dr J. P. Brown, Balnbridge, presi dent: Dr. Williams, Colquitt, vice president; Dr. J. N. Mathews. Bain- bridge, secretary: Mayor Willis, treas urer; Dr. Bush, of Colquitt, and Dr. Hicks, of Balnbridge, trustees. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Knights of Columbus st ’Cut. The Atlsnta Lodge of the Knights of Columbus will attend a barbecue L Jwfrday at tha Cold Spring* 'Cue club. Preparations are being made to make the occasion a most enjoyable ■me, and the committee In charge of the 'rue atatea that the outing will bo a grand aucceas. New Ticket Agent. W. A. Btokee, formerly city ticket agent tor the Central of Georgia rail road. nnd of late ticket agent at the old depot, has been appointed city tick et agent of the Atlanta and TVeat Point and Central of Georgia central office in the Fourth National Bank building, vice Ham Griswold, resigned. The ap pointment becomes effective on Auguat 10. 8ummer Bible School. With addresaee by Dr. Rolfe Hunt and Judge Howard Van Epps, the summer aeeeton of the Atlanta Bible School will begin Friday night. A song by Miss Ethel Fincher and an other by Miss Bessie Andrews will be the features of the musical program of the first session. On Saturday night a missionary talk wilt be given, and on Sunday morning Dr. Hunt will de liver Ills first lecture on "Personal Work." Birth of a Sen. Word has been received In Atlanta of the birth of K aon to Mr. and Mrs. Philip North, of Augusta. Tha boy has been named John Alda. Mrs. North, formerly Miss Annie Black, of tin* city, moved to Augusta after her marriage. She has'since paid several short visits to this city, where she has many friends. Martin on Vacation. TV. V. Martin, assistant observer of the local weather bureau, la off on a three weeks' vacation In the mountains of east Tennessee. City Union to Meet. The city union of Epworth leagues win hold Its monthly business meeting Krldsy night nt S o'clock. A musical program Will be rendered by Misses Centime HCwell and Annie Laurie Langford, and Dave Silverman. All who tire Interested In the work <>f the Epworth League are cordially Invited to be present^ Senate Committees. For the purpose of passing on the appropriation bill the senate appro priation committee U In teuton Friday afternoon at I o'clock. The general Ju diciary cotnmltVe la also In session to <>n a number of Important matters. IS SERIOUSLY CUT AT CHATTANOOGj Slashed on the Neck, Gash Barely Missing the Jugular Vein. Part students’ league - !^^ of Georgia horse and buggy WATER CAPACITY OF CITY'S WORKS . IS BADLY T IS RAIDED BY COMSTOCK OF ANTI-VICE LEAGUE gpectsl to Tbs Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., August 10.—Be cause two soldiers at Chlckamauga purposely blockaded the street' hare lut night, Dava Gordon, of Company M, First Georgia, and James Roller, both of Savannah, Ga., remonstrated with them, and after a quar/el Private Gordon was badly cut on the right side of the face, the wound barely missing the Jugular vein, and Private Roller waa also slightly cut on the fare. Privates Gordon and Roller were on their way to take a train here for Chlckamauga. Both the assailants es caped. Private Gordon la a aon of II. Gordon, a barber of Savannah, bevievTand^battle AT Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tana., Aagt 10 — A big re view and a sham bsttls compose the pro- S rsm of the soldiers at riilckomnuga to- ay. Governor Hnncsn J. Ileywnrd. of Mouth Carolina, will review the Month Car 1 pnrllrtilar ns well us the Major-General Itell la ex- Spectsl to Tbs Georgian. Savannah, Oa.. Aug. 10.—The annaul meeting of the board If directors of Central of Georgia waa held this morn ing. Full interest of t per cent was declared on the Oral, second and third preference Income bonde as waa last year. The gross earnings of th* road for tha year wer* «11.M«,1I1.I1. a gain of 51.331.067.54 from the year before. The net earnings were 13,1*0, *9*. *9, a gain of 3443,931.34. The other net Income we* HLII7.II. For the Interest on bond* payable Octo ber l 1750,000 waa reserved. The net Income waa 5500,(71.47, gain of 5300,154.35. The credit balance June 50 . waa 5047,555.71, after deducting the Inter est on Incomes. This was a gain over lut year of 5334,556.57. pn Georgia Gets Medals. Rats Geologist Yeatea haa received number of medals awarded by the tilslnna Purchase Exposition for orxla medals, also Individual gold dal» for himself for meritorious I k. l>r. N. O. Long, of Elberton, the urglH Marble Company and the ...dnard Lumber Company of Atlan- The medals for Georgia marbt* islet of three silver and seven gold */ Erecting Many Buildings, rial to The Georgia a. EUGENE SHOCKLY ITAS BEEN LOCATED Special to Tbs Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 10.—Eugene Shockley, who formerly operated a pressing rlub In this city, wu arreSfed at Fort Worth, Tex., yesterday by or der of the chief of police of this city. Shockley Is not wanted for any crime here, but It said to be wanted at Rome, Ga, where he wu under a 51,(00 bond, for shooting a man. POLICE BELIEVE BURGLAR IS LOCATED The police believe they have locat ed the burglar who entered the two houses which wer# robbed In West End last night. Frldsy afternoon Ua- tectlve Connally, who Is working on the case, found s letter In one of the houses which wore burglarised ad dressed to Boston Lamar, a negro, pro prietor of the West End Pressing Club, 117 Gordon street. Lamar Hu been Jailed. MAN IS FINED $50 FOR KILLING NEGRO By Private Leased Wire. Frsderlekburg, Vs., Aug. Id.—The trial of Fred Mastln, white, charged with the murder of 811 Fisher, colored, begun In tha Spootsylvanla c(rculr court before Judge J. K. Mason, at Rpottsylvanla court house, ended by Mutln being lined 160. ISLAND OF PACIFIO- IS RISING RAPIDLY By Private Leased Wire. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 10.—Captain Truebridge, of the steamship North western, has a. photograph taken by an officer of the revenue cutter Pe of a newly formed Island lying miles west of Dutch .Harbor. The new Island mads Its first npeparance during June, and Is now (00 feet high. Clouds of steam rise from Its sum mit, and It la surrounded by bolting water. HEAT RECORD MADE IN SAVANNAH, GA. 8p**lal to Th* (leorftim, Hnvniinuti, tin., Aug. 10.—Yralerilfty wna th* hottmt dnjr In th* year h*n\ i Th* maximum t*mp*ratur* wn« 96 d*gre*a. The usual or ran hr**** did not rtnch the city until early In thn morning. W ILL NOT INDICT JOHN I)., OIL KING By Private I^aa*d Wire. Cleveland. Ohio, An*. 10.*-John P. (lock*- * WfjL authority, niU feller, according not he Indicted m --- --j - Inti — that thla deeUloii l» a re ault of a aerice of eonfereneca held by At tom*y tt*n*ral Moody with vnrlona Fed- aii - - m— m TORN UP RAILS TO REMAIN UP By Private ?.*nacd Win*. t Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. in.— Judge tawmict* today n»fua*d nn Injunction requiring the city to r*dar th* traeka of the Cleveland Klectrtc Hallway Company. recently torn up on Pulton nwid In the low-fare trolley light. Thla alao 'nvolved the cuae where in Mayor Johitaoa waa purged of contempt of court. KAISER SHAKES HAND OF GUN WORKS MAN * ’ •-** ■“ j-'-rr « . He wan accompanied !*.v Hallwch. the nance of jii»» uenua ivnrnp. The workmen repeatedly cheered the kalNcr. who jq»oke to eereml ami *h**ok hand** with one whi» dUtlngulnheil liliimelf In the Herman eerrLc during the Boxer trouble* lii rhino. Will Contact Election. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 10. —J. N. -a..- a tl - m I r> McCuthchoon, the Democratic candl- fiawkliiavllle, Oa., Au*. 10.—J. and j ncum b*nt of the offlee of I*" 1 IV’ i J hii^ haa^et th? counly coUrt r,erk * ha * wrvod notlcO largely In real i that he will content the election of W. «- ntract to J. U Hugglnv, to ul d j j, Hay*, In which that gentleman HU*I^SJJ?ho^iea^mu?e ata.! cUlmed to ** *he face of the .« h^S ™Mdly^iS«nS^d art rMurn " by » mttJorlty « ,w « lvt Y0, “' mat,rial 1* being laid on the ground to build a modern office and store room f'.r vehicles snd harness. POPE IN NO DANGER. Br Private leased Wire. * Rome. August 10.—Dr. foippont In- f rente The Times correspondent that pope's gout Is not worrying him and there la nothing to fear. ALBERTVILLE RIFLES ELECT NEW OFFICERS. Spn-lel to The Georgia*. Gadsden. Ala.. Aug. 10.—The Albert ville Rifles lHive elected the following officers: John C. Coleman, captain; A. 11. Espev, first lieutenant; R, L. Ames, second lieutenant. SHOWS eiG INCREASE HIRER BY STRANGER IN ITS NET EARNINGS WHONEVERRETURNED: 8p*cla! to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala, Aug. 10.—A man giv ing his name as Wiley Smith, of Har- flloon, Ga., hired a horae and buggy from a local livery atable Tuesday morning and haa failed to return It. Diligent eearch haa been made for the man and rig. but no trace can be found. CAPT, HANSELL'S MOTHER VERY ILL Manager Park Woodward Says Conditions Need Attention. Captain C. P. Hansel!, autat.nnt aecre< tarjr of tbe tenatp gnd rcidlng clerk, tra* ' 1 i" 'I 1 *‘• i• i III* 1 I rM.i> n.••ruing A telegram anoounclng tb* aerloua Hint’** of hi* mother* who la SI years of age. C aptflij “Tip" Ilnrlrsnn wim preRae«l Into ^service na ^reading Clerk, nml acquit' Mayor Woodward will attend the convention of the American League of Municipalities, to be held In Chicago September 26-19, If he can ao arrange matters as to )4ava the city at that time. When naked If he would make speech at the convention, Mayor Wood ward Mid that he probably would, al though he had not as yet decided. SAVED AT LAST FROM LOCKJAW By Private Tsai wit Wire. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 10.—A re markable tetanus cure was recorded' at the city hospital yesterday when Har ry Towers, aged 19, was declsred out of danger. About 5760 worth of tetanus antl-toxlne was used th effecting a cure, Towers' hand was Injured by a blank Because the American Art Stu dent!’ League In New York was prsparlng to send out a catalogue containing pictures of the works executed by students, among which were many studies In the nude, Anthony Comstock raided the schools, confiscated all the cata logues and arrested the bookkeep er of the school, Miss Anna Rob inson, whose picture Is shown In the lower right hand corner. In the upper left hand corner 1* shown the only nude picture to which Comstock does not object. The raid la denounced by promi nent artists In New York as an outrage. ATTACK ON PRESS HOTLY RESENTED By Private leaned Wire. Wn*hlngton, Aug. 10.—General A. AV. meat hnn receive*! a report from the con troller nu«l geuernl receiver of enutoin* for Hnuto Domingo to the effect that John MIL bum, a Porto Itlcnn-Ainerfcnn, and rim*. I*. Ttnimton, an AuiorMn, were killed by •mufflers la the vicinity of !,aa Mains, on til* Haitian frontl*r, Auguat 6. Both men wore In th* Hnnto Domlulcnn customs a*r- vie*, Mllhurn Mng an luspoctor ami Tbura- tou a deputy Inspector. BURGLAR GOT A FEW CENTS, MISSING SI,000 IN JEWELS STRIKING CAR MEN . WIN THEIR FIGHT In nccordance with an agreement reached at Macon Thursday afternoon. In which their demands were met In every Instance, the strike of the car repairers and Inspector* of the Central of Georgia railway, which haa been In progress for about a week, was called off, and dn Friday morning all the old forcea wer at work. Including the 35 In Atlanta «>ho struck at the time of those In Macon and other points. Nabbing a savings bank containing a few cents, a few clothes and over looking Jewels worth 31.000, a burglar, who Thursday night entered the home of W. t». King, made his escape. Mr. King Is a traveling man, resid ing nt 17 Bvntis street. In West End. He was away from home at the time, the house being occupied by Mrs. King and her sister-in-law. The burglar onte'red the house short ly after midnight, and turned things topsy-turvy, knowing evidently that the Jewelry was In the house. Chif fonier drawers were dumped on the floor and numerous articles were scat tered over the house. The Jewelry which the night visitor overlooked was lying on a table In the room where the two women were slop ing, the room being one of those which the burglar entered. Out of thla room the burglar took some wearing apparel which the women had placed on the foot of the'bed before retiring. How the burglar missed seeing the Jewelry Is a mystery. Burglary seems to have been quite the rage In West End Thursday night, probnbly the same man turning the trick In both cases. T. CallaWay'a home on Aahby street was entered by a burglar, who took therefrom a gold watch and fob, th* latter studded with diamonds. By Private fonspd'WIre. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Aug. 10.— Trouble was created'at yesterday’s ses sion of the pan-American conference by an announcement mady by Prest dent Nabuco to the effect that the newspaper men reporting the proceed ings would be excluded whenever there was political talk that might bring on heated discussion. Senor de Asalsh Brazte, the secre tary general, in presenting the matter, poke rather slightingly of the press, he local Journalists were highly In dignant, and withdrew from the con ference. The afternoon papers hotly attacked Ssnors Nabuco and da Asslsb- Hrnril, and also brought their anger to bear against the conference Itself. The morning papers aro also preparing to make things lively for the two Bra silian representatives, who hold high rank tn the diplomatic service, Benor Nabuco being ambassador to the United States and 8enor Asslsh-Braxll minister to Argentina. MIS8IS8IPPI TROOpi TO GO TQ CHICK AM AUG A. Special to Tbs Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 10.—At the ad jutant general's offlee preparations era under way tor the mobilisation of the Vicksburg, Brookhaven, Yasoo City nnd Meridian companies selected to at tend the encampment at Chlckamauga. General Fridge has received complete Instructions from the war department for the guidance of the battalion, and the companies are expected to reach Chlckamauga on th* morning of the llth and remain In camp ten day,. Deaths arid Funerals. SON OF THE COKE KING SPENDS NIG HI IN PRISON RESTAURANT KEEPER SUE8 THE SHERIFF. Ily Private fonard Wire. Washington, August 10.—Free as the air he breathed and relieved of a great Hperlal to The tteorstns. m ™ _ tluilmien, Ala., Aug. 10 ~®- T - t ^ ol ‘! strain. Georgs R Rafferty, friend of Her, a forawr* restaurant keeper. hM H,rry Kendal) Thaw, and aon of Gil- sued M. U. Johnson and Sheriff \\ II- j. „ - _ , h k ,._ Ham Chandler for 35.000 for alleged b * r * T - K“ffcr(>. Fo.the coke king, damages for trespass. The suit Is the o{ Pittsburg. Pa- who le being sued outcome of the sheriff's sale of (Col- I by George's wife for 3500.000 for allen- Uer'a restaurant to Mr. Johnson on a fating George’s affections, walked out Judgment. From The New York Evening Post. The iiathettc story of the life and death of Hippo, the literary snake, as recently chronicled tn this column, was received with grent earnestness and pleasure by most lovers of suake life; yet It becomes necessary to say that In some quarters there was an Ill-concealed doubt of the veracity of the tate. Hon est skepticism Is very well. There are many snake agnostics—persons who frankly say that, never having culti vated reptilian friendships, they "do not know." But skepticism which would lay a hand of doubt upon the tombstone of Bip|s> must be met with proofs or entirely Ignored. Ijiter, It may ha convenient to adopt th,* former course; for the present, it seems ad visable to tell a simple story which comes from Florida, regarding the splendid service of the water mocca sins In that state. The long stretch of count O' down Ihe east coast Is well suited for auto mobile touring, the roads being hard i and smooth, and generally of coquina j formation. Once tn n while, though. By l*rirate fontnd Wire, some undigested sea shell atlcka up In ! Washlnigen. Auxnst KL-tjenenl Mr. Menteur, the man with tha automo bile. captured the great serpent, and took him to the scone of the catas trophe. Luckily, tlie snake waa Just long enough, and he waa soon made fast around the rtm, hla head being protected by a hit of canvas. Mr. Men teur said afterwords that the resilient effect was much greater than that of the pneumatic Urea This was sufficient to start a certain capitalist thinking, and It Is said that there are places all along the main highways now where moccasins, grown to the proper lengths, and guaranteed resilient, are let out. The payment is by the mile, and the moccasins are not to be used more than 100 miles on a stretch.' Mr. Menteur was asked by some one If stock was being sold In the Florida and West In dian Snake Tire Supply Company. He said that there was none available, although at some future time there may be a chance to “get In on the ground floor." BRICKLAYERS GET DAILY PAY OF $9 the road, and punctures a tire; and I Greely, — (Mi th* j | Yaairttlun In the city glade* It I* not a humorou* occuirenc* | JJiieiTbjr etrtbqunke and Are. arrived til when, about aundown. the tire la found ; this city today and railed at th* war Ue- to be flat. Some Inventive nutomo- • purtmeut. biltat. left In thla precnrlmj* position “At the preaent time the great trouble In one night, espied a moccnaln crawling *»» 22eSi2» ,u?t < in , f£ alowly arroaa the rood, nnd went •^Uv^oadbrlekUrefS iSt rhaae. Either the moceaatns are not j n- M p * n ltay a|M j lower thau ferocious, or the odor of the gasoline I p. *nire* ridiculous price, sre preventing had stupefied this particular one, for the rapid upbuilding uf ban Francisco." of District Attorney Raker's office In the police court building today with several Waahlngtoh newspaper men, who made goad the 315 which he was accused of having obtained by means of worthless checks given several Georgetown merchants'. He attributed hi* troubles to "Jag water." Rafferty spent the night at the SeV' enth precinct station. _ Money and Divorce. From Law Notes. It will be remembered that before 1557 the only absolute divorces obtstnsblo Is England were by special set of psriUment, a condition which mode dlvores a loxnry roe the rich only ami dented It to the poorer rlaaaea of aoriety. In that year a bill was passed through the effort* of 8lr Klchard HeibelL the atnfrney veneral, over ihe irelmis onjH^tlon of Mr. Gladstone on,I the„ lltsti t'hurela party. The Immediate mote of the bill Is said to have been s sentence pronounced hr Mr. Justice Mtule upon a prisoner for I,(gamy. The Judge, with grave Irony, addressed the prisoner thus: T 'Prisopov - r *— — ‘ I,'till of IV. nt me.. _ .. live, though It Is true she ksu rtcil yon *ud Is living In adultery with another man. Yon have, therefore, com mitted n crime against the laws nt soar country, nnd you have also acted under a very serious mtsonprehrnoloa of the course which you might to have pursued. Too should save gone to the ereteulatUchl court nod there nt,talned against yoar wife g decree s menu at thorn. Yon should then hove brought an action In the marts of mnnuon law, sad recovered, at ao doubt you would have recovered, damages against your wife's paramour. Armed with thee* decree*, you should hare approached th* legislature nnd obtained an art of parlia ment which would hare rendered you free and legally competent to merry th* pereon whom you hare taken oa yourself to marry with no sack sanction, tt 1* quite tree ‘hat these proceedings would hare rest you any hundreds of pounds, whereas you nobs My bare not as many pence. Bnt the w hnowa no dtetlactfam net ween, rich and poor. The sentence of the roort upon you. Iherefore. is that you be Imprisoned for one day, which period tuts already been exceeded, us you hare been 1* rastody slum ihe raarmeacenwat uf the .Mixes," Daughter of J. 8. Quarles. Bpeclel to Tho Georgian. Rome, Gn., Aug. 10.—Rranrls, ths 7-months-nld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Quarles, died Wednesday evening at tha home of her PArents In North Roms. Th* funeral took place yes terday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conduct ed by Rev. C. L. Conn and Rev. G. L. Chastain. Mrs, Elizabeth Payne. Mrs. Lucian L. Knight received on Thursday advlc* of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Elisabeth Payne, of this city. -Mrs. Payne, accompanied by her daughter, Mlsa Annla Payne, waa vis iting another daughter, Mrs. H. N. Bullard, at Mound City, Mo, at the time of her death. Accompanied by her two daughters and the husband and children of lire. Bullard, the body wilt be brought to Marietta Saturday morn ing. Mrs Payne waa tha widow of the late Rev. N. H. Payne, and la survived by two sods, Fortner Payne, of Phila delphia, and Howard Payne, who Is In the United States army. Funeral servlets will be conducted In the na tional cemetery at Marietta, Ga., Sat urday. Rev. C. It. Nesbitt, of the West minster Presbyterian church, ot this city, wilt officiate. Interment will also take place In the national cemetery. Carroll D. Vaughan. Carroll D. Vaughan, th* 13-year-old aon of Mr. and Mrs J. E. Vaughan, Jr, died lata Thursday afternoon from an attack of typhoid rever at the resi dence of hla parents 35* Courtland street. Short service will be held at Patterson's chapel Friday evening, and the body will be carried to Camden. 8. C, for Interment nt 11:45 o’clock Fri day night. DeWitt Brandon, DeWItt Brandon, 4 years old, died Thursday afternoon at 5(3 East Fair street. The funeral services will be held at Swift A Halt Co.’* chapel at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, and the Inter, ment will be at Westvlew. Florence Shetzen. Florence Shetaen. 11 years old. died of diphtheria at th* residence of her parents, 214 West Fair street. The fun ere I services were held privately Friday afternoon nt 3 o'clock. The in terment waa at Oakland Everything will be done by Manager Park Woodward, of the waterworks. l0 give clear water to Atlanta for the remaining weeks of the summer, de- spite the adverse condltkna now pro- vailing. Manager Woodward said Friday: "It may be possible to give tho pe 0 - pie clear water for the remainder of the summer, but ynlras there Is a new co. Hgulatlng basin by next summer. It will be out of the question, that Is If the Increase In the number of gallons of V nter used continues as It has been do. Ing." The exclusive article stating the con- dltlon of the waterworks and the dir* need for larger machinery, which ap. reared In Thursday's Georgian, has caused widespread comment. A num ber of citizens have called at the waterworks offlee during the morning to, read the report mad# by Manage* Woodward to the board uf water com missioners. The portion of th* report touching upon the vital points brought out In Thursday's Georgian Is below printed. Relative to the large Increase of al- lum used during July, there has also been much comment. Manager Wood, ward stated Friday that although over a grain was used to the gallon, that there was not a trace of the alum in the water after It had passed through the eight feet of sand In the filters. Woodward’s Report. The portion of the report which Is of special interest tq those connected with fire Insurance companies, as well as all property owners, reads as fol lows: "On the morning of July 20 1 was requested by ths engineer of the South eastern Tariff Association to allow them to teat the fire service In the new Candler building. To make this test It was necessary to put on pres sure for fire service. At 9:45 s. m. on the morning of July 30 I 'phoned Mr. Collier, engineer in charge of No. 2 station, to put the pressure up to 150 pounds for (Ire test. We were then running two pumps, Nos. l and 3 (10 and 15.000.00n gallon pumps), and had five boilers In service. •'In attempting to get this pressure the speed of both pumps was Increas ed to speed limit, and as a result th* steam pressure was reduced from 100 pounds to 90 pounds. We had two fire men on duty In boiler room, and It was 30 minutes before they could get steam pressure to 951 pounds, so as to enable us to give the 150 pounds pressure. Couldn't Get Pressure. "During the two hours and fifteen minutes we carried this pressure the firemen were unable to get a steam pressure above 95 pounds; we should have had 100 pounds. The two pumps were using steam faster than five boil ers would generate It, so we could not get the 100 pounds required. "We did not carry the water pressure at 150 pounds all tha time, as we could not without running the third pump. This w* could not do as the five boll- ond It would have I hours to get steam pressure on two more boilers to run the three pumps. •This tekt proves that during the day It will take all three pumps and seven boilers to carry 160 pounds firs pres sure. We Cflnnot use seven all the time, as we have only nine boilers all told. The boilers In service have to be cleaned and washed out every thirty days. \ "We haven't enough boilers to keep seven In service and make this change. In raa* of a fire alarm during the day that would require 150 pounds wster presure, w* could not give this pres sure. without a delay of 11-3 Hours, as It would taka all this time to get steam pressure on tqo n)>re boilers. This delay would be very dangerous In css* of a large fire. During this test we had to use ev ery filter In the filter house, and then could not keep tho clear water basin full. If the test had continued 30 minutes longer we would have had to turn the water from the reservoir Into the clear water basin to keep th# pumps from losing suction. 'This Is the condition the plant Is In. and I merely-call your attention to I*, to relieve th* department from criti cism should we full to give fire pres sure ot 150 pounds when needed for s big fire. Coagulating Basin. I wish again to call your attention to tha conditions w* will have to fact at Hemphill pumping station. Our co agulating basin Is too small, and w* find'It a very hard matter to filter the water properly now In Its present mua- dy condition. We are pumping so much water that It cause* the water to flow through the coagulating basin so rapidly that the mud has not time to seats, which throws the hardest part of the work on the filter*. A* w# have only 7,000,<wo gallons filter capacity, nnd are now pumping at the rate of 14,090,090 gal lons during the day, we have to forie the water through the filters too fast to filter It properly. During last sum mer w* pumped the water out of th# dear water basin so fast that it was s very hard matter to keep the auction pipes of th# .pump* covered. The wa ter Is so mtiddy In tho reservoir that «'# find It difficult to fitter It fast enough to supply ths demand In the city, snd tt may become necessary befogc tne summer Is over to pump muddy water direct from the reservoir. DUST STORM HITS ATLANTA FRIDAY The worst dust storm that Atlanta has known- for year* descended upon the streets at 2:45 o'clock Friday after noon. ,, For five minutes every lode* piece of paper on the afreets danced a horn pipe among the telephone wires! while straw bats ran races down the street, with owners trying to chase their fu gitive lid* and rub the sand from smarting eyes at the same time. Offlee windows were closed hurriedly and until the storm subsided Atlanta cltlsens preferred the stifling heat of Indoors to a cloud of dust. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN