Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-10
THE GAZE CITY OF THE SOUTH.
Tho Long Needed vIaducts to be BuiIt--The
City Improving and Hustllng.

City Improving and Hustllng.
Atlanta, Ca, April .-Editorai Keo-
wee Courier: Georgia is good State and
Atlanta, her capitol, is an exceeding
great city of almost 100000 people. The
city is on the qui vive all the time, and,
her wide-awake oitizens seom to be put
ting the best foot foremost. Every day
the principal thoroughfares are thronged
appear to be busy, busting city in
decd.
In a fow weeks tho Empire Building,
which is being erected on tho corner of
Marietta and North Broad streets, will
DO completed. This building would DO
credit to much larger city than At
lanta. 1t is fourteen stories high and
cxtonds from Marietta street back to
Walton, and might DO styled "sky-
scrapor." 1t is built of stool and brick
at q cost of nearly s500,OO0. Atlanta
has already ono eleven.story building,
ono ton-story and several nine stories
high.
Tho Carnegie Library, which is being
built on tho cornor of Church and North
Forsyth streets, will bo ready to open to
the public about May 1st. 1t is worry
pretty building, being built Of marble
and white compressed brick A COM
p..te list of books has already been
donated to the library. Tho largo gifts
which tho generous hearted Carnegie is
presenting for the establishment of free
Libraries and other charitable institu-
tions show that he docs not care to die
q rich man.
1t is said that two viaducts will he
constructed across tho railroads in the
near future. Tho whitehall stroot via
duct will serve long felt want, as trains
on nine different roads uso tho tracks
that cross this street, and many narrow
escapes occur there almost daily Tho
vaduct will oxtond from Marietta street
on tho north to Alabama street on the
south, and many business houses on two
blocks will have to bo torn down.
The water supply of Atlanta was found
to be inadequate, so on tho 2Oth of March
an election was held to increase tho wator
bonds 100000, and tho majority of tho
voters voted in favor of il. Tho watcr
used by tho city canes from tho Chatta-
hooche river, some ten miles away. They
succeed in clarifying it, but as to purify
ing 1t there is some doubt.
Recently tho Electric Light Company
put in now street lamps burning ono
hundred hours. This saves great deal
of labor. Tho lamps formerly used
burned only one night aud had to be
rcttcd with new carbons every day.
Eastcrtide was joyous season for
Atlantians. Last Saturday tho annual
egg hunt came of at Grants Park, and
probably $4,000 people took it in. We
are informed that $4,000 eggs wore hid
den in the park that morning. The
"hunt was given by the cizens and all
tho children were permitted to go and
take part in it, We never before saw so
many happy children in one place. When
tho hunt began there was great scram-
blc and tumble for about fifteen minutes,
when every egg was found. Tho Gcor-
gia State Band furnished good music for
the occasion.
Grants Park consists of 800 acres of
land, donated to the city by man named
Grant It is lovely place in spring and
summer, and Atlanta could not we'll got
along without it. 1t is a great place for
sightseeing and real enjoyment.
On Easter Sunday tho churches we're
appropriately decorated, and Easter hats,
bonncts and dresses were much in owl
dcncc.
Atlanta has II churches. Aside from
the good sermons delivered by the min
listers, many Of the churches have excel
lent music and friendly societies.
DR.. a. r. Holdcrby, pastor of tho
Moore Memorial Presbyterian church, is
the leader in tho establishment of a
PRESBYTERIAN hospital in the city The
sixteen churches of that demon ination
have united in tho work. The plan is to
open and equip free hospital for tho
treatment of those who are not abc to
pay for proper medical attention. Be
sides the charity features of the hospital
there will be fitted up number Of rooms
for private use, whore patients who arc
able to pay may be accommodated No
distinctions will be made in tho benefac-
tions Of the hospital and no dcnomina-
tional lines will DC drawn.
The Grady monument, which stands
in Marietta street, is a fitting tribute
erected by the citizens of Atlanta to
Gcorgia'S great editor and orator. There
are some beautiful sentences on the
monuments "Whcn he died ho was lit
orally loving nation into peace"
We have been around to $50 Courtland
avenue to visit Mrs. William King, known
to the Constitution readers, as "Aunt
Susie" Having read her letters with
interest and profit in tho Weekly Con
>Iiintion for more than fifteen years, we
were eager to form an acquaintance with
her. "Aunt Susie" is a loyal Methodist,
and is in many respects remarkable
woman. She is very busy as she receives
as high as six hundred letters some days
for the ch,ldrrns dcpartm mt of her
paper.
Last January Il million dollar hotel was
started on Peachtrcc street, but for some
cause the work ceased after the excava
tions were made and namc had been
gwen the hotel. a. l.. GOssctt