The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914, April 11, 1909, Image 16

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR THIS YEAR A BANNER ONE IN BUILDING OPERATIONS Work Aggregating Mil lions Now Under Way or in Prospect in ant! About the City. A retrospect of building and con struction contracts issued within the last few weeks easily Justified the prediction that the close of 1909 will mark a banner year in point of pro-i gross and general upbuilding In Au gusta. Real Kstate was never more active. Within the last week a deal was clos ed for Summerville property that In volved the largt at sum of money ever paid for a single residence, the trans fer of the home of the late Hon. Frank H. Miller being Ibo case in point. There never was a truer saving thim "where so much smoke In visible there must be some fire." and the old adage lends color to the many ru mors that have been current recently regarding the erection of two splen did new hotels in Augusta, one a com roercial hostelry in the heart of Ihe business district, and the oilier a tour ist resort. Augusta Is assured a new theatre, and lhero is reason to believe that tbe next twelve months will find an other amusement place of high-class attractions In full swing The an nouncement of Mr, Jake Wells' lease of the Miller-Walker hull was the cul mination of u business transaction whereby he acquired control of tlie. place for five years to remodel the entire interior and lit out a beautiful vaudeville theatre. And for a long time It has been whispered that tie goUotlonsc are underway that will result, if carried through, In the es tabllsliment of still another splendid vaudeville play house In the elty. The construction of a levee by tier city, and consequent elevation of the canal banks, will mean tbe turning Into circulation of several hundred dollars The Twin City Power Com pany will In the development of the Price's island shells employ several hundred men for at least a year. The Center street bridge will be built this summer. The development of the Oeorgla-Carollna rower Co., will ill so mean employment for many men, for good wages, most of which will he spent In Augusta. Two new bank buildings arc* now in course of construction, nnd another bank will soon change its abode, ne cessitating a liberal expenditure. Handsome new houses are going up tu Summerville and other suburbs, lltilldlng in the city has taken on marked activity. There is not tin Idle contractor In the city. Collectively tho operations repre sent an expenditure that will run In to the millions, and point a sure In dex to unparalleled prosperity. CHEEK STBEET FROPERTY SOLD Among tin* deeds recorded at the court house Saturday wan that of Mr. J T. Arnold to Mr*. M W. Arnold, both of Now York. city. The halo w«, a house nod lot at No. 1219 Greene Rtreet. The sale la shown to have been made December 24th. The price of the property was sf>,2oo. The house la one of the prettiest on upper Greene street. Mr. H. H. Cummings has sold a house and lot on Campbell street, near South Houndary to A. W. Him burly for |GSO. HARRIM AN'6 YACHT AT TAMPA. TAMPA, Kl«. The yacht sultana, owned try K, H. Harrlman, arrived here this afternoon from New' Orleans and will sail tomorrow for Pensacola. A parly of ten guests of Mr. Harrl man are on hoard, headed by Gen eral Manager Young, of the Southern Pacific. Mr. llarflman may Join the yachting party at Pensacola ► > the weather. > WASH! \ TON. D. C—Foro » rail: > South Carolina uud > Fair Sunday and Monday, with > slowly rising temperature mod > crate variable wluds, becoming > *outh. FOR SALE HOMES ON GREENE, TELFAIR, REYNOLDS AND ELLIS STS. \ ======= APPLY ======= T.D. Carey Irish-Americ&n Bank Building, Telephone 918 Augusta, Ga. MEDICAL COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT MAY FIRST Rev. E. F. Dempsey Will Deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the Court House. The regular meeting of the Medical College faculty was held Saturday night. Routine business occupied the attention of the assemblage for a brief period, after which the details of commencement were taken up and discussed. Final examinations begin tomorrow, and last until April 30. The fresh man, sophomore and Junior classes will be examined first. Then come the seniors, for n ten-day grind. They are required to stand about VI ex aminations. Commencement exercises will be held on the evening of May 1, at the ItichmomJ. county court house. It ha:< irvFetofore been the custom to hold iho commencement at the Grand but for the date sot this year the house has already been engaged. Rev. E. F. Dempsey, pastor of the Hroadway Methodist church will de liver the baccalaureate address. Chan cellor Harrow of the University of Georgia will make an address and ten der the riplomas. Judge James R. Hamar, president of the board of trustees of tile Medical College will preside. Rev. George K. Guille, pas tor of Greene street Presbyterian church will offer a prayer. Appro priate musical selections will Inter sperse the program. The graduallng class of TO num bers 22 students. Their work had been well done. They will go away horn the Medical College with tho very best wishes and tbe congratula tions of the faculty for their thorough preparation, and *t bright future is In store for them. The in mila-rs of the clttsß are as follows: Walter Bonner King, George Causing Carpenter, Charles .Oscar Hates, Everett James Stothart, Ben jamin Arastus Deal, Calmua Hinton, Ralph Freeman, Franklin Cullen llnrp, John Rundolpt, Gum port Henry Htoffel Gehrkcn, llerber Jones Nortou Quimiey Arnold Mulkey, Joseph Ham ilton McCleskey, William Wycllff 1 Hills, Walter Elliott Simmons, Jas, Carlton Holliday, Thomas Rufus Ay cock, Cleveland Thompson, Sheddlo Usher, Edward Payson White, Cha White Churchill, Robert Irvine Ury- 01 SLASHED BECK SCALP John Murray Worsted In Fifjht With Anoth e r Darkey, Who Has Not Been Captured, and is at Lamar Hospital. An tho result of what appears to have boon u drunken fight between •wo negroes. John Murray aud an other whose name has not been learn oil. on May avenue, a while after midnight Saturday night, the former Is at the I.amar hospital with sev eral dirk cuts, and his assailant Is wanted by the police. Murray was slashed across the top of the head, the dirk laying open his scalp In a silt five inches long, as deep as the pericranium, has fourth linger of the left hand was cut off, and the thumb decorated with a complete ring He suffered from loss of blood and was revived from a comatose condition soon after being taken to the hospital He was drink ing and refused to give the Internes particulars of his difficulty. He has a fair chance of recovery. JAY GOULD IS CHAMPION. BOSTON.—Jay Gould, the Interna tional court tennis champion, suc cessfully defended his title 0 f Amer ican champion In a hard fought con test with Joshua Crane today, The scores were f,-S; R-G; 63; 6-3. Mr. 1 Vane has won the Chatuplonsbfp several years. Until the entry of Mr Gould upon the sport, he was one of the best experts In this country WANT TO RETAIN : THE H IBS i Representatives Make Fight on Closing of the Yards at Pensacola and New Orleans. WASHINGTON, D.C.- —Within a few days Secretary of the Navy M**yer la j expected to take up for active consider- j ation the question of the continuation in operation of the navy yard* at Pensa- j . cola, KJm., and New Orleans, La., which j Mr. Newberry, juet before he refS’ed ; from office, *av« orders should be closed, i A settlement of the Issue is of import- j fine* to the cities in which these yards j are located for more then one reason, j Before Mr. Newberry’s order had been I officially served on the commandants of ! those yards tne congressional delegation* from the respective states In which they are situated took up the matter with Secretary Meyer and presented argu ments to show why they should be con tinued in operation. Mr. Meyer felt that •liieir protests against closing should re ceive thorough consideration and con cluded to call for data from the com manding officers showing the amoifnt of ] work that was being done and reasous, If any, for or against the closing of the yards. The character of the data which he asked for was so elaborate and com prised so much detail that the com mandants have not yet been able to fur nish It. The secretary Is determined to bo fully advised of every feature of the case before reaching any decision. The fact that appropriations nave been made for a continuation of work during the fiscal year is tne least argument ad vanced why the stations should be main tained In all their efficiency. But this Ik not the only proposition put forward along thin line. It is admitted that the work done at these places is not very material at this time, but the contention is made that the future should be taken into consideration. Yards Important. For tactical and for strategic purposes if for no otner, It Is declared these yards should be maintained at a high state of efficiency In order that the gov ernment mny be prepared for repairing and equipping war vessels for any ser vices which might be required of them in that section of the world. The point is made that the amount of money actually required for this purpose Is not very great by comparison nnd that tho yards ready for business in case of emergency are a valuable asset for the navy to always have at hand. The plast at both these stations is said to be in good shape. Both are equipped with floating dry docks, thut at Pensacola having a ca pacity of 12,000 tons and that at New Orleans a capacity of 16,000 tons. Mr. Meyers’ derision Is awaited with a great deal of interest and the hope in ex pressed that he will rsvoko Mr. New berry's order for it is generally felt that the relatively small amount of money required to keep the yards in operation is insignificant hi comparison with the value they may be to ths navy in the event of the developments of any war like operations. It Is the best kind of economy, say the advocates of the yard, to keep them In a state where they may render effective service to the govern ment should the necessity therefore arise. Naval Appropriation Large. Vast sums were carried by ths naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1910. While considerable of the various amounts appropriated for specific pur poses were for the pay of officers and men, for maintenance purposes of all sorts, and for repairs to battleships, both building and completed, yet the measure also contemplates great activity in pub -11 c works under the various bureaus. A study of the Itemized features of the bill snpws specific appropriations for work In the south at the various yards and stations as follows: Norfolk Yard. Yards and docks: Navy yard, Norfolk, j railroad tracks, extensions $10,000; elec ' trie plant, extensions $20,000. Charleston. Navy yard. Charleston: Paving and i grading $20,000; underground conduit sys tern $6,000; intercepting drain S3O, pneumatic system, extension, $6,000; dreding $25,000; increasing and improv ing torpedo bont slips $60,000. Pensacola. Navy yard, Pensacola: Remodeling, building No. 29. $16,000; to repair rifle | range ami wluirf $5,000. Key West. Naval station, Key West: Latrines sot -000; concrete cistern $26,000; to com j plot® marine railway $16,000. New Orleans, Naval station, New Orleans: im provements and grading $45,000. For Publio Works. Under the head of public works there Is an appropriation of $6,600 for the pur chase of land adjoining the Charleston navy yard to be used as a reservation for tho marine corps. Under the head of the bureau of con struction and repair these appropriations are made: Norfolk. Vu.. $12,000; Char leston $20,000; Pensacola $12,000 to be expended for repairs nnd Improvements of the plants at those yards. Under the bureau of steam engineer ing an appropriation of $26,000 Is nuvdo to obtain additional machine tools to equip the nmchtnd, boiler and copper smith shops at Norfolk. Appropriations aggregating SIOO,OOO for repairs of barracks occupied by the marine corps, among the places men tioned In the bill being Norfolk, Vu.. Port Royal and Charleston. 4». C.. Pen sooal and Dry Tortugna, Fla., nnd New Orleans. I*. VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS. LYNCHBURG. Va—Tho state re publican committer in session here I tonight selected Newport News for I the place and July ?Bth as the time i for hiding the state convention this year fr the purpose of nominating : candidates for governor and other | state offices. rJL£ AbccJiSTA jwC&JLZrU. Augusta Dirt Will Be Worth From 20% To 100% More In 1910 Than it Is in 1909 . Don’t wait until the prices are out of your reach! Don’t wait until the best in vestments are picked up by someone else! Don’t wait until the percentage of pro fit you would make has been decreased by the rapidly growing prices of prop erty. These three things you will do, unless you INVEST NOW! And these follow ing thirteen offerings of Augusta Deal EstateV present some of the very best Real Estate Investments you will ever have a chance,tot ake advantage of. instead of 4%, or 8% or even 8% on your money, you can just as easily clean up 20% to 100%. Think About If! Look Us Up! l And Before It's Too Late!!! Just a Short Description Of Each Property. 12% Rental On This Stores, with living apartments above, on south side of Broad St. Part Cash , Balance Monthly»«Residence Per arrangements under which we are now handling this property, w© can sell to right party, for part cash, balance on monthly payments, 7 rooms and bath, on corner lot, frontage of 1 17 feet, with house only occupying about 40 feet, leaving fine frontage for other buildings. Only $2,000 for this property. House and Lot For Less Than House Would Cost To Build Now Fine residence property, conveniently and desirably located, splendid brick residence, with stable and servants’ quarters on the lot. Present rental means high rate of interest on investment. Greene Street Cottage Very attractive little home of six rooms on Greene street, a' -most reasonable price. For a small home you couldn’t do better than this. 8 Room Home on Greene Street Eight room home, and bath, on 700 block of Greene street—a bargain. City Residence Lot On upper Broad street, in new residence section, large lot, price $1,200. Worth every dollar asked for it. Walker Street Residence Very nice brick residence on large lot, with 40-foot lot adjoining. You could n’t ask for a more reasonable price.' Small Investment Property < Think of 80 feet on Greene street at $2,000! Besides there are two small houses on it, paying good rate of interest. * Rapidly Growing Section -- Lot 80x180 feet, the 180 feet fronting on Estes St., and lot has six houses on it, all in good condition. Half dozen new residences have been erected directly across the street, costing from $3,000 to $4,500 each. This piece of property will be sold right away for $52,700. The houses alone are worth price asked. Good Rental Property " Six-room house, 4-room house and two 3-room houses on a very large lot. Good rental property, price asked $1,400. Summerville Property —■** ~ — Splendid modern horn e of 9 rooms, with every convenience, and on a lot 350x217 feet. Stable, coal and chicken houses on the lot. The S. W. comer of Glenn Ave. and Helen St. Most attractive price is placed ou this property. Lot In Summerville On Milledge street, fronting 100 feet, aud running back 175 feet. Lot faces east, nnd is very cheap at price asked for it. Glad to Show Any or all of these Properties to Anyone Interested. Out-of-Augusta Investors will do well to write for further Information. Corner Property On lower Broad, new tenement 8 rooms each side. This property thoroughly modern and up-to-date, 2-storv barn, lot 45x145. * MARTIN A GARRETT ” 137 BTH ST. AUGUSTA. GA. 3 »JI» JJA i , iirjQn ii.