Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-20
IVY PAVING PLAN
IS DELAYED BY 3
COUNC|LMEN
Hall, Guess, and Baker Say
Too Much Money Is Spent
on the North Side.

Although an overwhelming majority
of the council favors the Ivy street
development plan, three councilmen and
possibly that many aldermen will pre-
vent for more than a month the final
passage Of the bill providing that the
work be done There seems to be no
doubt that the council ultimately will
pass the bill, for the property owners
have agreed to advance the 100000 nee
essary to do the work.
BY vote of to 8. the lower branch
of council Yesterday voted for it. Coun-
cilmen Orville Hall, Carl Guess and
Jack" Baker opposing it on the
grounds that|too much money was be-
ing spent for north side improvements.
The aldermen did not have an opportu-
nifty to vote, for Councilmen Hall and
Guess gave notice of a motion to re-
consider the matter at the next regular
meeting of council, which is the first
Monday in September.
Alderman John r, McClelland ex-
pressed himself In a vigorous speech
and let the city fathers know that he
would hold up the matter in the al
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done in council.
Hall and Guess Together.
81 understand that two councilmen
can hold up such a resolution as this
until the next regular meeting of coun-
Gil by giving notice Of motion to re-
consider" said Councilman Hall, after
q lengthy speech giving many figures
and facts.
When informed that he was correct,
he said
81 make the motion. All right, Carl"
Councilman Carl Guess arose and
seconded it.
When Councilman Hall was in the
midst of his attack on the project, Al
derman Maddox arose.
"Mr. Chairman" he said, II move
that we do now adjourn until tomorrow
morning at o'clock in order to give
Mr.. Hall all the time he wants to finish
his speech"
Councilman Hall said that he was
sorry his colleagues did not care to
hear his opinion He said he had stud
led hard on this matter and was sin
cere. When he was about to sit down
a motion was made and carried extend
ing his time ten minutes.
In q few minutes he and Councilman
Harvey Hatcher began a coHoquial
discussion of the amount of work done
this wear on the south side Alderman
Maddox again protested.
IF these gentlemen want to carry on
such discussion as this" he said, Il
suggest that they meet in one or the
Others office tomorrow We have lot
of other matters to attend to here"
That ended Mr.. Halls speech
Councilman Aldine Chambers, candi-
date for mayor, took the floor in favor
of the Ivy street plan. He said the
improvement Of Ivy street would be
one of the greatest possible means to
relieve the congestion on Peachtree
street.
He had not got settled in his seat
before Alderman John F. McCleland,
also candidate for mayor, was on the
floor attacking the Ivy street plan and
declaring that the south side was being
cheated out of it's just proportion Of
improvements.
II was whispered around the cham
Der that II was rank discrimination
against the candidates for mayor who
were not members of council if the
campaign for mayor was to be con-
Quoted on the floor Of council. Council
man Albert Thomson even made mo-
ton that the privileges of the floor be
extended to DR.. George Brown and
Steve r. Johnston, the other candi-
dates.
Debate HowelPs Case.
There was a long debate over wheth-
er council should recommend to next
years council that $1,000 be appro-
nriated to pay Albert Howell for a
ten-foot strip of land at the corner of
Peachtree street and Ponce DeLeon
avenue The resolution finally was
adopted after an amendment had been
attached providing that ii not be paid
until waivers for damage had been
signed by all property owners between
Ellis and Fifteenth streets. The prop
erty owners have agreed to advance
the money to Mr.. Howell because he is
ready to begin the erection of a $500,
600 building, which would make the
widening of Peachtree street impossible
If 1t was not set back ten feet.
The chief of construction was in
structed to prepare profile for a new
grade on Whitehall street, between
Trinity avenue and Cooper street. The
plan is to regrade and repave this
street.
In view of the approval Of Governor
Brown of the city charter amendment
bill, giving council authority to close
the Forsyth street underpaSS and to
completely reorganize the street i'm
provement system, a special committee
was appointed to take up the Forsyth
street underpass matter, with Claude G.
Mason chairman. Council was adj
journed until next Monday when thu
reorganization of the street improve
ment system will be taken up
As a first step a committee win be ap-
pointed to make "a sweeping inyostiga-
ton of the chief of constructions Office
J. J. Brown has adopted
The Albany Herald's slogan,
Hog, hominy and hay" as