Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
lNSLEY CHARGES
CROSS INABILITY
To CLAYTON
Real Estate Operator Accuses
CITY Construction Chief of
Nepotism in Office.

edwin P Ansley, real estate operator
end promoter of Ansley Park, ad-
crossed today an open letter to r. NJ
.tsy,on. cnIef Of construction, in which
no made charges of slaring incompe-
.orry upon the part Of the construction
forartment of the city. growing out of
,.e work in Ansley Park. He charges
cha. ". A. Hansel, employed as a
.sa,eer expert" and who is a nephew of
contain Clayton, was responsible for
...~- If the inefficient work. and goes
.r-o detail regarding the "misf1t sewer
.,s-cu" laid out by Captain Clayton
ana Rudolph Herring an engineering
.yrs-r engaged by the city several
.=as ago.
Gross Overcharge Claimed.
Part Of Mr. Ansley's ette~ follows:
Your department has rendered me a
ov for $1,000 for laying a sewer from
Sixteenth street TO Peachtree Circle,
(which would be Eighteenth street,.
which is at least twice the reasonable
.5-. for same ] have laid nearly 5000
oas. of trunk and over 25.9o0 feet of
ar.-al sewers il A1slev Park, and this
S move than twice the cost of any sim
na. rige that ] nave laid.
"Tn- reason this pipe vas re-laid was
because q property owner that was
aaH6.ns on his 10. on PCachtree street
..a 81 cornec'ioa with this pipe and
covered His connection up within a
seet Of his .ouse ana before it was
,.rted a hcav, ain washed shay
.s End pieces Of sclar timber Cone
'. rrez, see; iona) INTO ii and
.l.er it 80 become choked up Where
.. connection was made and naturally
\ .su.aj it to break. Another property
u.,.-. put a heavy wall ard large
H-' ha over IL without reinforcing it,
4a Girls also caused it to break.
Ne9hew's Work Criticised.
You and your nephew. the city sewer
e>asn 90. had complained that be-
.ause.tals pine was laid at the natural
4 r.5raec point in this section. and
therefore, had some slight immaterlal
n Mgas ia il. therefore it did not
Meet The city specifications aud should
q Ae ee-'a!d Was the trunk sewer in
d ROY, Of his home cuve5 in order TO
n avoid sewer assessment in that block?
III all the sewers are costing double
8 tua reasonable cost OF same. it Is no
4 wonder that the bond money is nearly
gone and still there are miles Of open
A trunk sewers in the city limits.
. vi IrTf1
Herring. planned the misflt sewer sys-
Il n that YOU have put off on the city
4 4 Atanta. that you now admit will not
q perate successfully until another or
Il doi6le system is laid, I had Civil En-
II gtueer s. 4. Ruff and Major Bolton. the
i Ass slant city engineer of Richmond,
4 a. 10 make 1 survey and plan, show
" ne that the plan made by you and Ru-
loiuh Herring for the extension of the
4 Bytior street sewer was wrong and
NouiG not take care Of the sewage with
in he presene city limits, not to speak
3 Of the watershed Immediately adjoin-
ms It on The east and north that will
DE aiken into the city limits, probably
within me next FIVE years and certainly
Within en-.
Developers Antagonized.
The sooner the engineering depart
ment learns to cooperate with the de
Ne.opcr in place of antagoni2ng every
plan for the improvement and beauufy-
ns OF our city. rs you have done with
every development / have undertaken,
IL" sooner We will have a modern city
and get rid Of the dissatisfaction OF the
laAplyers at the way your department
being run. The property owners, and
4 h". Tie contractors, should he taken
4 care Of.
ne city has paved only two blocks
H u AnsieN Park in three years. and done
mo- repairing, but unless 1t comes in and
leans up the streets and repairs them
hinin the next thirty DAYS | shall be
forced to do so at my own expense.
When | told you | expected to devel-
no zoo acres of land Immediately north
o' Fifteenth street that would likely be
Drought into the city limits within five
ears. did YOU not answer that you only
banned to take care Of the present and
tue future take care of itself? ls
90 this policy Of yours the cause Of
me present condition of our city?
Why has the Jackson street bridge
'eHn down for six years, and why did
'H dump the pile OF refuse paving
tone on the present end Of Jackson
street and cause it to do my property
oousands Of dollars OF damage?
Is the wood block paving material
and by YOU up to the citW specifica-
IONS Tom Wilson says II ia not.
what is the matter with the pavement
2n North Boulevard?
Who are the experts in your office.
ana where did they get their expert
.uve, Is your nephew a sewer expert,
ana where did he get his experience?
doing work for the city, has he
proved to be an expert? Is not your
700 getting a little heavy for you un-
4 'er present conditions?
The above are few questions which
ue citizens of Atlanta would like to
n rave answered.
Yours truly.
- EDWIN P. ANSLFY.'
Deafness Cannot Be Cured