Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-07
New Executive Opens
Battle to Upset Gre
matory Contract, but
Is Opposed by Some
of His Own Support
ers---Naming of Col
cord Means Collapse
of Fight on Beavers.
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the session. Council must approve
the appointment Of my executive secre-
tary He is Frank Hammond" And he
called Mr.. Hammond to the rostrum.
Il make the point that council has
adjourned and can not be reconvened,
except by formal call by the mayor"
said Councilman Albert Thomson.
There was much confusion. and
sounds of approval of the point.
Then l call special meeting Of
council for tomorrow morning, at 10
o'clock" declared Mayor Woodward.
But the objection was withdrawn and
Mr.. Hammonds appointment approved.
Humphrey Still For Crenstory.
Councilman W. G. Humphrey, named
chairman Of the finance committee by
Mayor Woodward. said today that he
still thought it was the duty of council
to carry out the crematory contract,
and it would be his effort to place in
the budget an Appropriation of $4,000
as the 1918 payment on the s276,000
crematory. The amount includes $780,
600 of bond money.
However the new finance committee.
literally new, with the exception of
Councilman Humphrey and Alderman l.
n Ragsdale, is made up Of the strong
est possible support that Mayor Wood
ward could get in council. The other
members, Harwell, McClelland, Warren,
Everett, Sisson, Wood, Colcord White
and Ragsdale, have been either favor
ably inclined to Mayor Woodward or
his warm supporters. He had to ap-
point one member from each ward.
If the finance committee should fail
20 include this years payment on the
crematory in the budget, there is no
doubt that council would amend the
budget and add the amount.
Real Fight After Veto.
The rev members Of council may
change the vote somewhat, but it is
hardly probable that they will change
council to Woodward majority.
Mayor Woodward will veto the Gre
matoly appropriation when it comes to
him and the real fight will be in the
effort to override his veto.
If council succeeds in that. he has
given them to understand that he will
refuse to sign the check in payment OF
the fund. Court action, seeking to
mandamus the mayor, would follow
such a situation.
Mayor Woodward devoted the great
er part of his inaugural MESA e to the
crematory subject last night. He de-
clared:
Proposes to Save City 100000.
According to figures furnished me
by the city comptroller, the general
council of 1912 has passed over to flu
ture councils contracts of this illegal
nature Zone administration accumulat-
! ing debts for future administrations ia
pay) amounting to s494.117.73.
1 desire to state here that I propose
to save the city of Atlanta more than
100000 of that Illegal business By re-
fus!ng to further allow the carrying
out Of that crematory deal
He reviewed the detailed history Of
the crematory transactions and of his
investigation trip through the East
when he saw the plants built by the
which has the contract to build Al.
lanta's plant. He said the plan to at
tach an electric light plant at an addi-
tional cost of 100000 was impractical
He said from what he understood OF
the letting of the contract no other
company had any chance of competing.
He urged that proper investigation
n
Herring, who prepared Atlanta's crema-
tory specifications, had been consulting
engineer in every city in the country
where a patent plant similar to At
lanta's had been built.
FaVors Fersyth cremktory.
He favored a Forsyth crematory,
which can be built by an Atlanta con-.
pany for $4,000, as a temporary solu-
ton of tine garbage problem.
He urged garbage reduction, by
which the valuable parts Of garbage
can be separated and sold, as the ulti-
mate solution of the problem.
Next, the mayor took up the city.
moral obligation contract for new po-
lice and fl.e alarm system With the
Okonite company for $1O6.317.TS. He
said that he understood that this sys-
TEN had proved failure in other cities.
Il wish to state here and now that
this loose way OF doing business will
not be tolerated during my administra.
ton"
He also attacked this contract as 4
violation of the state law and the city
charter
Raps Streets Department.
He criticised the construction depart.
ment as follows:
while l have the utmost confidence
IN the honesty and integrity of the
chief of construction, I believe he has
allOMed some cnrltractnrS 70 ernr4 -.