Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
WHITEHALL MERCHANTS
DIVIDED ON WHETHER To
CONTINUE GRADING FIGHT

Merchants on whitehall street be
tween Mitchell stree, and Trinity
avenue appeared about evenly oiyid-
ed Friday on the advisa ahility OF the
Injunction which has been brought
av w l.. Kelley. manager Of the cash
Grocer, COMPANY. No. IFS Whitehall
stree, 20 prevent The city from going
nu with the regarding watch was
star'e. several days ago by the tear
.ng up of the street.
All o. the merchants. with single
exception. had been hrm.v aligned
sgaius, the grading when the project
was broacaed in Council committees
but some of them now are n the
opinion that 1t will not DO any good
20 fight the city on the proposition
80 long as the counctlnen are deter
mined 90 go ahead with the work.
They therefore regard the injunction
as useless procedure ana think thai
the best way Is 20 let the work con-
'lnue and reach completion as soon
as possible.
Others. however. ard w. l.. KEEL
ley is one of the leaders, are stand
ing by their guns with a confidence
that they can force a delay until ar
ter the holidays II they can not estOp
the work permanently.
Here are the opinions Of some OF
the principal merchants In this block
as given TO The Georgian Friday.
MORRIS COmMlNs, Empire FurnI.
ture Company. No. 129 and 1871
Whitehall street.
The regarding proposition and
tne uncertainty which has ac-
,ompanied it already has been
about as disastrous a thing az
could have happened to MS here
Whatever the final decision
would like 10 see il made at once
As 10 is we have been losing
money daily since the project has
uCeu IN the air We have been
forced TO cancel many OF our or
darS because we know that with
an traffic stopped and with our
building eight feet 10 In the air
AS IL will be while the regrad
ing Is in progress, 10 VIII be pre-
uiuus few sales that We Will
make
In addition TO the loss Of trade
which the other merchants along
the street will suffer, there viii
bc the remodeling OF the build
.ng which will be necessitated by
the new grade Altogether. We
viii be out several thousands OF
dollars. II will hit Is the worst
n the work starts now. !
WALTER J. WOOD, Secretary and |
General Manager Rhodes Wood |
Furniture Company, Whitehall and
Mitchell streets,
So far as it affects us. we prac-
tcally are Indifferent as to the
outcome Of the Injunction. or. in
fact, as to whether the regarding
ever is done We have an en-
trance on Mitchell street and the
work they propose TO do on
Whitehall probably will not both
cr us much, If at all
But ! do sympathiZe with the
other merchants and business men
farther down the street. l ap-
preCiate that 1t will affect them
seriously in many Instances
WILLIAM BAUER, Bauer Grocery
Company, III Whitehall street.
70 was an outrage for the city
GO 80 ahead with the work with
ont consulting the merchants who
pay the rents on Whitehall street
as 10 when would be the best time
to tear up the street, practically
bringing business to a standstill
.b TINS SECTION. IneA nave ChO-
sen time when II ordinarily
would have been the opening Of
the busiest time Of the year for
many of us
The Injunction, | fear. Is a fool
lsh piece OF business. for il looks
Hs though the restraining order
Won't stand UP more than a few
days
Just when business Is getting
lfffla kNEf{ar
Council and gives il a blow.
DAVID MORGAN, harness manufae-
turer, Nos. 139 and 141 whitehall
street:
The injunction is a good thing.
only they should have obtained il
sooner before the street was torn
mp. ! would be greatly pleased II
iN" Injunction were made perma-
uent. The next best thing is to
hold uf the work until after the
busy fan and winter seasons are
over and the slack season comes
on again
The regarding might help the
appearance OF the street some
what and eventually Il might
prove of benefit otherwise. bur it
is grave question with me
whether IL is worth all Of the
expenditure and the loss OF bust
ness it will entail upon the mer-
chants
A. STElNHElMER Dairy and Farm
Supply Company, No. 1877 White
hall street:
We never have opposed the re-
grading, as 1t probably will not
affect us seriously. our attitude
is about the same in respect 20
the injunction-thati is il will not
make much difference to us
whether the injunction Is made
permanent or is dismissed
The diminution OF trade will