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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. Real Estate For Sale G. P. Talbott FOR $1,250 Four three-room houses, lo cated near the manufacturing enterprises in the Southern part of the city. Each house on separate lot, 30x100 feet; *M6 a month rent, and can be bought dirt cheap. Could not be duplicated for S2OOO, yet this investment is yours for only $1,2 50. FOR $2,500 A lot on Woolsley Terrace with frontage of 100 feet and 175 feet deep. About cne block from Country Club. Buy it, build on it, and then sell or lease to Tourists. Price will be advanced soon, but you can buy it now for $2,500. FOR $7,500 Two-story residence on 900 block of Telfair Street, con taining 11 rooms, with baths and closets. Servants’ house in rear; also two small tenant houses. Always occupied by good tenants. Propei ty rents for something like $45 per month. It would take $5,000 to replace these houses. Lots in this neighborhood have re cently sold at advanced fig ures. Excellent location for large family or splendid for boarding house. As an invest ment it will pay 8 per cent on $9,000. Can be bought now for $7,500. FOR $8,500 Modern residence in Sum merville. Nine rooms and bath, water and electric lights, with piping ready for gas. Size of lot, 175x190 feet. Owner wishes to sell quick, so will sacrifice it at $8,500. FOR $9,000 Two-story residence in the twelve hundred block of Greene Street; one of the most de sirable residential sections of Augusta. House contains seven rooms, two baths and closets, with kitchen in rear and other attractive features. Price now $9,000. P. S.—l would like to buy a residence for about $4,000, close to business section, con taining about 7 or 8 rooms, with modern conveniences. N. B.—Mr. Paul Rosaignol is noW with me, and any real estate placed in his care will receive the very best of atten tion. G. P. Talbott real estate 511 Leonard Building PHONE 3057. An Itemized Statement of the Expenditures of River and Canal Commission Eor Levee Construction Statement Showing Where Every Dollar Has Gone Submitted By Special Auditing Committee Composed of Messrs. F. B. Pope, T. S. Gray and Nisbet Wingfield—Bonds Must Pass in June. The river and canal commission held a meeting yesterday after noon and a report made by a special auditing committee composed of Messrs. F. Ft. Pope. T. S. Gray and Nisbet Wingfield of all the money that has been expended on the levee work since the inception of the levee movement. The report goes into details with regard to how the money was expended and will be read with interest by the people of this city. The announcement yesterday that the supreme court of Georgia had decided against the city in the matter of the O'Dowd condemnation, will, of course, have no effect on the work of levee construction. This ex planation is made because it has been rumored that it would. The report of the expenditures of the river and canal commission, coining at this time, is particularly significant because of the, movement to pass an additional bond issue of $750,000 with which to complete the levee. The people of this city may see for themselves how careful and conservative the river and canal commission has been with regard to its expenditures. Before asking the peo pie of Augusta to vote for another bond issue the commission is giving an account of their stewardship. The bonds which will be voted on June Ist must not fail. It is an imperative necessity for the people to vote for them else the great work of levee building will stop. The following is a copy of the report made by the special auditing committee to the river and canal commission and which was adopted by the commission: Augusta, Ga., May 14, 1914. Honorable Thomas Barrett, Jr., Chairman, and Members of the River and Canal Commission, Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen: The following is a statement of work and amounts which have been paid in cash on levee construction from the time of beginning the work up to April 30, 1914. The levee commences at the canal bank above Singleton Silk Mill and follows the river bank, as close as practical, to East Boundary street. The right-of-way has been acqiured from the point of beginning of Sixth street as per schedule submitted be-low. At the Singleton Silk Mill all of the land between the mill and the river was purchased, and that not needed for levee right-of-way was added to the stockade farm. A strip 150 feet wide was acquired from the Sibley and King Mills upon an agree ment of the city to maintain, w ithout cost to the mills, the street bridges in front of the mills on Goodrich street over the head races. In addition to this the barns at Singleton Silk Mill and Sibley Mill were moved at expense of the city. In case of plant of the Atlantic Ice & Coal Cor poration and the Riverside Mills it was found to be cheaper to take a portion only of the property and build a retaining wall to hold the earth embankment. These retaining wails are being charged to the cost of right-of-way for the reason that if they had not been built we would have been compelled to pay more than the cost for additional land. COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY TO SIXTH STREET AND TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY BELOW FIFTH STREET. Singleton Silk Mill, land between Mill and river $ 1,909 90 Moving barn 'l4O 00 Telegrams to Dover. N. J .00 3; 2 010.60 Sibley Mill—Rebuilding barn 475.00 "’475.00 Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation, land and removing build ing 30,000.00 Removing foundation 39.96 Retaining wall 8,490jt0 38,528,96 Southern Cotton Oil Co., lot of land and removing machine shop 900.00 900.00 Mrs. Jenmo D. Fiem ns. lot and 16 tenant houses on Rey nolds street and the river 5,200.00 5.200.00 Hamilton Phijiizy. lot and 0 houses, do Annie T. Doris, lot and 4 houses, do 2,200.00 Rent of houses '1.5.00 2 218.00 Independent Sons and Daughters of Benevolence, lot and moving church building 750.00 Fees in suit for title . j 50.00 Notary fee ### 2.00 Ecxecution of deed .** 2ELOO 827.00 Riverside Compress, lot and moving buildings 45,000 00 Rebuilding sample room . ’150.00 45 150.00 Augusta Warehouse Sz Banking Co., brick warehouse and lots 18,900.00 Two lots on Davidson street, included in above 5 00 Retaining wall 590100 Removing foundations 218.50 18 813 50 Riverside Mills, land and part of building ... ... 32,000.00 ’ Retaining wall ] 21581 81 Advertising for bids .’. .. ’ ]*’ 13.30 53 595 11 C. & W. C. Ry., land between King Mill and Atlantic Ice Factory, 11 lots. Between, Hawks Gully and N'nth street Moving 19.400 lineal feet frhek moving freight depot and bridge at Hawks Gully and raising main line over levee R. B. Goodrich, lot and 2 houses near East Boundary St. 2.000.00 2 000 00 Julia A. Hicks, 2 lots, 5 houses, do 2,100.0.0 TT l S?i¥« n r Ce il •• • • •• sloo 2,108.00 union Warehouse and Compress Co., cost of wooden plat fmrm tern down 5 999 00 Bricking warehouse wall ! ’ RcftO 591699 Goodwin ft Duvall, commission on above purchase 1,674 83 1 674 83 Examining titles on above 619A0 610 99 Dan Kerr, recording deeds 6f! 10 66A0 R. B. Dorn, gradmg Market street 4 003*38 A. J. Twiggs ft Son. do 600 90 E. T. Dennning repaving 13th and building steps on Mar ket street 217.04 1.820.42 R. R Dorn—Moving debris between 6th and 7th street... 397.69 397 69 Augusta Herald, advertising O’Dowd’s condemnation pro ceedings 86.80 Chronicle, do 94 71 ISI r ,j $284,122.02 As far ns practical, all construction work on the levee has been let by ron traot. Plans and specifications were prepared and proposals were asked through various trade journals. On each piece of work there were from 9to 24 bidders. In every rase work has been awarded to the lowest bidder 'and owing to keen competition the price has been always less than the usual price for eimiiar work. The cost of construction of the levee from date of beginning to April 30. 1914, is as follows: COST OF LEVEE CONSTRUCTION TO APRIL 30, 1914. H. H. Alexander—Bo acres land for barrow pit $ 10 000 00 Examining titles ’ 60*00 Dan Kerr, recording deed ” 325 $ 10 063 ’S A. .1 Twiggs * Son-Water control gates In canal 39 900 00 Th'ckening foundation plate J 74 iw Concrete key in south abutment " 6109 Bombard Iron Works—Sheaves—C. I. rails for 51.55 Advertising for bids 19 10 Telegrams in reference 994 M. Z. Williams—Concrete bulkhead and constructing gates at Sibley Mills 59.905.62 Advertising bids 19 50 Lombard Iron Works—Extra work on gates 190 50 Telegrams in reference ’ 7 99 Concrete key wall at Sibley Mill | lfi')'o<>_ gs, A. J. Martin-Concrete bulkhead and gates King Mill. 47 748 00 ' Advertising for bids ' 19'59 Bradstreet telegrams " ‘ ‘ ‘ ’-'jg Chain and lock for gates 5 79 , 7 77 , 4 , Berry-Fortune Construction Co—Concrete hulkheed con- ' ’ ' * struction and gates Hawks Gully 57 30000 Excavation below grade 483 00 Concrete below grade 4 830 00 Advertising for bids -> n 99 felegrams ... ... ~,, 8 85 4,, 1, A. J. Twiggs ft Son—Earth fill from point of beginning ‘onawks Gully 106,042.00 Advertising contract 17 20 Half ro-emium on bond. A. J. Twiggs . *’ ***' 316 75 R. B. Dorn—Cutting ditch and taking out sewer on above work ~,, •»... ~, ... ... 667 Hallahan & Costello—New sewer bank of King Mill .. 216 00— 107 950 A. J Twiggs * Son—Concrete core wall at King Mill ... 2,406 50— 2*406 60 Berry-Fortune Construction Co.—Concrete core wail at Hawks Gully , 40 , .~, . A. J. Twiggs & Son—Earth work Hawws Gully to Davi- ’ ’ ’ son street.•••• .... .... •••»,. ... ... , 44 »ao aa Advertising contract to let . ] .** **]* ’ 34>.2 Bryan & Co.—Removing stone f*om sewer *’** 25 00 R. B. I>orn—Grubbing stumps 113 8 r Berry-Fortune Construction Co.—Break water Hawks Gully, east bsnk ......... 6**s 00 Berry-Fortune Construction Co.—Dyke at Hawks Gul ly, west bank A. J. Tw ggs & Son—Removing sewer and well back of Riverside Mill and cleaning 770 or K. J. Erbelding—Changing water service at houses on upper Reynolds street i« 0 Relaying water pipe between 9th and 7th on Bay . * 473 06— 46ftinr.fi \a. Bridge & Iron Co.—Extra span at North Augusta * * «»> >»0.55 Brl,lß '' 15,454.00 Mnlntatning truffle on bridge ~ Cost of railing 4o 09 McKenzie Construction Co.—Concrete pier at Market street ~, , ~ 7 00 McKenz'e Construction Co.—Steel and concrete B ed'«- * stals at river end 1 #l9 no R. B. Dorn—Fill at 13th street approach 1*306*38 Furman Sign Co.—Signs, "Danger" . 99 McKenzie Construction Co.—Taking out old trestle and taking up pavement 41795 Advertising contracts to let \\\ **“ 29 15— 23 480 13 $409,446.21 PAVING RIVEH BANK. This wca-k consists In paving the river Nink to prevent erosion eommenr. lug »llh a heavy stone wall heow the bottom of the river and sloping up to a contour twenty-five feet above zero of (he city guagest Center .(1 I v an Arrangement with United States government th's is paid for iolritlv by the ** V "'l' 1 ' h * United states government, each contributing one-hnlf the total cost of the work being approximately 1370.000. In add “ion to the *lB5 0M contributed by the city there huve been expenses of Inspectors, also expenses THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. of the city s. agents in getting these bills through congress. The actual expen ditures In cash are as follows: - . r «asurv—One-half cost of paving hank from Hawks Gully to Fifth street $125,000.0«0 One-ha.lf cost paving bank Fifth street to East Boun dar>Vv; 60,000.00 Beaver & Reynolds—lnspectors from June 1. 191" to April 15. 1914 o 112.1 S Transportation inspectors to and from railroad yard to weigh stone ' 45 00 Repairing outfall at Eighth street sewer ...!.!! 101.0* Changing drains on river front 183.22 Contribution to National Rivers and* Harbors* Congress.. 225.00 telegraph and telephone messages. Savannah all d Washington 945 Expenses, Savannah. Augusta and Washington ’in get’-’ ting above appropriations through congress and an order for report on additional government aid 1,699.60—5189,405.58 RAISING CANAL BANK. In various places along the canal b ink where slides have occurred due to pressure of high water in the 1912 flood. It was necessiry to replace the bank. As this work was scattered all the way from the Looks down to the Pumping station it was impossible to figure any quantity so that contract could be let tty/be >’ a rd. The work was therefore done by day’ labor. Tn order to insure full gang on the work at all times, a camp was established near the Locks and the city housed and fed the men. Two men (l ed and were buried at the expense of the city. The cash expenditure on this is as follows: W. M. Hunter—Actual payroll $5,125.77 Cost of maintaining camp and feeding men 1,020.81 Hire and feed of teams 1,490.07 J Bierce—Coast of earth in barrow-pit *168.00 Telephone at camp s.OO Lumber for loading platform 9.12 Telegrams and express charges on repair parts 5.93 Street railroad transportation for superintendent 5.00 Burial expenses two men who died on the work 67.•00—57,9*00.00 CHANGING SEWERS. Tn order ns far as practical, to change the flow of the sewers from the point where they now enter into the river at Beaver Dam, certain work hid to be done. The roadway at Twiggs street, where it crosses the third level of the canal has been cut down three feet and n concrte channel built so that a portion of the water which goes into t lie third level of the canal will run out out to Beaver Dam Ditch. When gates at Twelfth street are closed all of rm.l f r out that way. Connection has been made with the main sewer on Thirteenth street and Fourteenth street, on Reynolds, and the Thirteenth street sewer, where it goes under the levee, has been taken up. Connection has been made between th Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets sower on Greene street, so that water Instead of back! ng Into the street at upper Greene will JI? , wa Y Bie third level of the canal through the Twelfth street sewer. The Eighth street sewer flows to the river from E’lis street north, and to the third level of the canal from Ellis street north. Connection has been made between these two sewers so that when the Eighth street gate is closed the water will hack through the sewer at the third level of the canal Instead of appearing on the street. The sewers on Tenth. Mecartan and Ninth streets, winch heretofore ran into the river, have been changed so that they’ now flow to Reynolds street, and these three openings under the levee have been closed The sewer which heretofore has gone into the river hack of the Riverside Mills has been relayed to empty into the Eleventh street sewer. The amounts ex pended on these items are. T. O. Brown—Brick sewer on Reynolds, connecting Thir teenth and Fourteenth streets $5,180.00 Advertising for bids ~, , ’ 16.20 T. O. Brown- Taking out Thirteenth street sewer 583.30 Relaying brick pavement on Thirteenth street 213.63—$ 5.993.13 T. G. Brittingham—Relaying pipe sewer on Tenth, Macartan and Ninth streets 1.38(1.20 Repaving streets ’ * ... .*. lIM7 1,497.37 McKenzie Construction Co.—Making oonnectlon between Beaver Dam Ditch and Twiggs street 1.057.26 1,057.26 Hnllahan C0.—24-inch sewer on Ore eric street connecting Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets sewer 1,006.40 1,006.1i0 McKenzie Construction Co.—Connecting sewer at Ellis and *d»’*‘ctß 190.00 190.00 T. (7. McAuliffe—Laying pipe sewer back of Riverside Mill, between Twelfth and Eleventh streets 450.63 450.63 $10,194.79 ENGINEERING. This item includes the salaries of all engineers and inspectors engaged on the work from its beginning In 1912 up to April 30, 1914; also amounts paid consulting engineer, and is as follows: Consulting engineer | 2 262.35 Fayroll of local engineers and inspectors 12,936.38 Transportation of men on street railroad 29*0.00 Drawing instruments, etc 29.58 $15,563.0] OFFICE FIXTURES AND EXPENSES As It was impractical to find an office suited lo our needs it was neces sary to rent a large hall in the rear of the Dickey building. 717 Broad street Partitions and railing were put up and the windows were so arranged as to give proper light. The eost of refitting tile offire nnd office expenses op to Aprd 30, 1914. are as follows: H. H. Morrison,—Carpenter work refitting office building partition and railing $ 201.52 J. N. Bat*wick, painting .. . t> .’’ ’ ~2? 70 Whitney-Ingram Co., wiring for electric lights ....... I. 42.25 El:,'* triC . fa V, s 115.25 $ 381.83 Office furniture 145.05 Ty-pewriter 95 75 sipn ! ..*.* ;;;;;;; L’on Bent 26n.n0 "on no lights j) gg Telephone $.,. * [ j 25 53 Ice and Coal /’ *** # .*.’..*** 21.55 Subscription to paper* *.. .******* 20.50 192.56 Office supplies, drawing paper, stationery and stamps 7*04.15 704.15 T)loe prints 138 31 138.31 relegrnms g 7 g 7 g 7 Insurance... 12.50 12.50 Payroll—salary of bookkeeper, stenographer and eletk.... 1 462 30 1 4G2 Street ear tickets ' m nO Getting up data ISOB flood so tie submitted to congress. . . 52.00 52.00 $3,554.81 THE COST OF VALIDATING THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR BONOS IS AS FOLLOWS: Advertising sale of bonds | 2 268.05 T.egal services and opinions of Boston attorneys 1*548 79 Certifying and recording 1,010.00 Engraving Ronds, printing notices, eto 1,564 60 Expenses two trips to New York in re fiTenee tn bond sales 230.00 - $6,621.44 During a temporary depression of the bond market. It was thought advisable to not offer the bonds for Hale and for a short period money to carry on the work was borrowed from local banks and Interest charged on temporary loans, this amounts to ...,,, .... ~,,,,, ... ... ... . 3 957 64 3 er— ~ This makes a total expenditure for all purposes to Aprli 30, _lL_ 1914 $930,765.50 There seems to he an erroneous op Inlon thnt the properties on Meartan nnd Tenth streets where the new terminals are located, were paid for by the A . B o rnß,, " r r °f f " r k al, „ of thlß property was bought and paid for by the Charleston * Western Carolina Railroad, title, however was taken In the name of the city of Augusta until such time as the Charleston ft Western Carolina Railroad should turn over to the eltv the right-of-way along the riv er front which had been purehaaed and nald for bv the eltv The following Is a list of the properties paid for by the Charleston ft Western. Carolina Rail road, with exception of the O’Dowd property which Is now In court: Relic Pollard Stuart | •> (y-0 on Carrie I. Horaey ..*.’ ijiOfl.no Anna Jv Jessup , no Mary D. Hollingsworth ' 8 000 00 Wm. F. law, guardian 4 ’ w . Thus. G. Rail- 'it/nUn Isabella V. Franklin J»" » white ;; ;;; ;;;;; V.soooo J ann t 7?, , ? amn ‘ 3 son no Sue Daw Real ... I" V.’. 1 ' Jesslf D. Hollingsworth 6 000 00 Doulsp M. Raker Mary R. Martin and R C. Martin .* n o 0 Jessie R. Hollingsworth ;*/. ,g 000 00 Jacob Phlnizy, Tr. Isabella Franklin 7 00000 w J L*. I*.*. *.:*.;;;;; Kate c ea r>flnforth*"7..;*;:..*T.;;;;; ;;;; «22050 Ohed A. Rom bard ;; »; »;;; r ’^ 99 99 Isaac Simmons „ Mrs Julia Hicks .W* .W .W"; ,*K Commission 1% per cent, Goodwin *. Duval 1,860 00- ceed'; « *P?o"ecU„ V ,ZZ'\Z IXSti amount^. y * ,r *<*~ Barret,. Jr„ out" of nw-»f-way and cost of oonstrucctlon of Reaver Dam DltCn •.. •• •• ■•••••(* ~, ... 144 877 81 Right-of-way along the river front, from Hawks “bully to Davison street and moving houses e rr , Raising the canal bank, froqri the Pumping Station* to "the * Making s total of * SO.-.2-03— ■■■■■ ■ Respectfully submitted, /'* 6144,255,4 T F. R, POPE, T S GRAY. NISBET WINGFTERD, Aurlltlnjf Commltt*f». A FLORAL REQUIEM. "Papa, you rfimombar thfi pretty llttl** plant I Tiael In my wlntlow?” "Yah dear,” replied the parent. "You know, I imed to sing to It every morning.” "Yen.** "Well, It's dead.” “Then I don’t wonder."—New York Sun. A PROMPT ANBWER. Pedestrian- Madam, a boy, who I am told In . our non, has juat thrown a stone at me, <aiiHlnK a wound that Ja vary isinful What ur (! you ao- Intr to do about It? Hoy’* Mother Do? I'm aolriK to recommend arnica You'll find a dm* store Juat around the corner Boston Transcript. Sugar Is Advancing In Price It is “between seasons” in sugar, as some say, and the price is on the advance. The price of 25 pounds two days ago was SI.OB. Today it is $1.15. If we did not buy such a quantity to protect you, next week it would be much more. This date last year was $1.20. But there is the secret of White’s prices. The quantities in which we buy insures you prices (hat smaller dealers could not afford. Ihiv now. Warner’s finest granulated sugar is $1.15. We give Surety Coupons with sugar. GOLDEN HARVEST FLOUR, 24 pound hags, . OUC SELF RISING “JERSEY CREAM” _ FLOUR 24 pound hags, xr Jr HAMS, Orange |Wl_ r brand, pound .. ■ 111 TTER, Surety Brand, pure and TOr sweet, at OLlt Full cream cheese, pound 22^ Fancy lemons, doz 14^ Fancy head rice, 10 pounds 68^ Breakfast Bacon, pound 23^ Dessert Peaches, in heavy syrup, 3 cans Maekrel, eight-pound kits 98^ PURE LARI) Size 5, 80^ Size 10, $1.50 Size 20, $2.80 COFFEE Rio, pound 19^ E. C. I)., pound .. Surety, pound .. Fourth Avenue lb. 38^ FOR ICED TEA USE J. B. White Special Blend lias no equal. It is a regular 60c a pound tea which we a O _ have priced fit . "OV* MEATS Sliced boiled ham, pound .. . 38^ Veal loaf, cooked, pound 20^ Weinnies and Bolognas Sausage, pound Pig Feet, dozen . Sausage, German im ported, pound . ..35^ Pickled Souce meat, pound 18^ Sliced Breakfast Bacon, in pound cartons . .38^ Catsup, Bull Head, 3 bottles 25^ Ginger Ale, quart bottles 18^ Weather: FAIR Greater Georgia’s HAVE YOU READ “WANTS” AT BIJOU TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE KNICKERBOCKER GIRLS Present : f : THE SWINDLERS With a Beauty Chorus, One Big Laugh from Start to Finish With the DENS MO RE SISTERS SUMMER PRICES: Matinee.. 5c and 10c Night .. ..10c and 20c The holder of a 20c ticket will be admitted to any part of the house. THREE EGOS, fresh country laid, doz . Canned Vegetables Tomatoes, No. 3 cans, 6 for 54^ Sifted Peas, 6 cans Lima Beans, (J cans Succotash, (! cans. String Beans, 6 cans 45^ Corn, 6 cans .. Asparagus Tips, 3 cans 57^ Pork and Beans, 6 cans 54^ Tomatoes and Peppers, 2 cans 35^ Kidney Beans, 2 cans 25^ Whole Okra, 2 cans Grated Pineapple, 2 cans 35^ FISH Salmon, Pink Alaska, 3 cans 27^ Irish Roe, Old Virginia, 3 cans 25^ Shad Roe, 2 cans . Shad, 2 cans .. . Mackerel, (J for Smoked Sardines, in butter; 6 cans .. Salmon, Argo Red, 2 cans 35^ Kippered Herring, 3 cans 25^ LOOSE PICKLES Chow-Chow, Quart Sweet Mixed, Quart 30^ Jelly, Bull Head, 3 glasses 25^ Jam, any kind, 3 glasses.. . 25^ Olives, Stuffed; 3 bottles 25^ Olive Oil, pure; bottle .