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

Merchants on whitehall street be
tween Mitchell street and Trinity
avenue appeared about evenly divid-
ed Friday on the sdvisability OF the
injunction which has beer brougu'
o.. W. Kelley. manager Of the 'as.
Ero,orr COMPANY 40. 1iS Whitcaa.
street .o prevent The city from goiu.
au with the regarding which wsa
started several days ago by the tear
Ing up Of the street.
All Of the merchants, with q single
exception. had been firmly aligned
against the grading when the project
was preached IN Council committees.
bat some Of them nov are of the
opinion that il win no: DO any good
10 fight tire city on the proposition
so long a s the councilnen are deter
mined 70 go ahead with the work
They therefore regard the Injunction
as useless procedure and think thai
the bo-' way is to let the work con
'inuc and reach completion as soon
as possible.
Others. however. and w l. Kel-
ley is one Of the leaders are stand
ing by their guns with a confidence
that they can force delay until af-
ter Iho holidays If they can not esfop
the work permanently.
Here are the opinions OF some OF
the principal merchants In this block
as given To The Georgian Friday.
MORRIS CoMMINs, Empire FurnI.
ture Company. No. 129 and t3f
Whitehall street,
The regarding proposition and
the uncertainty which has ac-
rompauicd It already has been
about as disastrous thing as
could have happened 10 us here
Whatever the mai decision.
would like to see ID made at once
As 70 Is. we have been losing
money daily since the project has
been In the air We have been
forced 20 cancel many of our or
Jors because we know that with
EI tram stopped aud with our
building eight feet IN In the air
as 10 WIN be While the regrad-
ing 10 progress, IT viii be pre-
uiuH~ few sales that We Uill
make
lu addition 10 tho loss of trade
which the other merchants along
the street will suffer, there viii
he the remodeling Of the build
ing which win be necessitated by
the new gradc Altogether. We
will be ont several thousands Of
dollars. It win hit "a the worst
II the work starts now
WALTER J, WOOD. Secretary and
General Manager Rhodes Wood
Furniture Company, whitehall and
Mitchell streets.
So far as IL affects us, we prac-
ICallN 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
II MS much, II at all
But ! do sympathize with the
other merchants and business men
farther down the street / ap-
prcCiate that IL will affect them
seriously in many instances.
WILLIAM BAUER, Bauer Grocery
Company, III Whitehall street.
II was an outrage for the city
to go ahead with the work with
out consulting the merchants who
pay the rents on Whitehall street
as to when would be the best time
to tear up the street, practically
bringing business to standstin
in this section They have cho-
sen time when it ordinarily
would have been the opening of
the busiest time of the year for
many of us
The Injunction fear, is fool
ish piece of business, for it looks
as though the restraining order
won't stand up more than a few
days
Just when business is getting
little iiNelier, along comes
Council and gives il a blow
DAVID MORGAN. harness manuFae.
turer, Nos. 139 and t41 Whitehall
street:
The Injunction is good thing.
only they should have obtained il
sooner before the street was torn
up. ! would be greatly pleased II
the INJUNCTION We're made perma-
nent The next best thing is TO
hold III the work until after the
busy fall 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 II might
prove of benefit otherwise, but it
is a grave question with me
whether II is worth all OF the
expenditure and the loss of bust
ness II will entail upon the mer-
chants
A. STElNHEIMER Dairy and Farm
Supply Company, No. 1877 White
hall street:
We never have opposed the NE
grading. as II probably will not
affect us seriously. our attitude
is about the same in respect 10
the injunction-that is. il will not
make much difference 10 us
whether the injunction Is made
permanent or is dismissed
The diminution Of trade viii