Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
BOULEVARD BELT
PLAN FOR RELIEF
OF TRAFFIC
William J. Davis Works Out
Method of Betting City With
100-Foot Avenues.

A plan for betting the city Of At
lanta with 00-foot-wide north-and
south boulevards to relieve congestion
on Peachtree and bring into promi
nence certain valuable sections of the
city which now lie obscured has been
formulated by William J. Davis, vice
president Of the water board and cash
Ter Of the Atlanta Banking and Saw
ings Company, and Will be formally laid
before the board of county commission
ers in the near future. The plan can
ibe worked out declared Mr.. Davis to
iCounty Commissioner :. +. thurman
this morning, with comparatively little
fcost, and win mean an asset Of $1,000
1000 TO the city and the county.
The idea is to work out Orme street
uorthward to Brookwood and connect
Alilh Hemphill avenue andrun into
PAGES Ferry road, and on the other
ode Of the city start with Piedmont
avenue or Butler street, follow the
Butler street solver swing hack into
Piedmont at a point about Piedmont
park and continue northward out Pied
mont road to the neighborhood of
Buckhead and North Fulton county.
Would Eliminate Negro Settlement.
To make the Orme street improve
ment would necessitate tearing out Il
settlement of negro houses just south
of North avenue. cutting an underpass
under North avenue Just east Of the
Tech school and .underpasses under
Tenth and Fourteenth streets and the
Southern railway at Brookwood This
work pointed out Mr. Davis could be
done at little cost, since the street al
ready lies Well The street follows one
of The large sewer mains as far az
Tenth street, whence the sewer is to
be eNtended soon by the county, Mr..
Davis plan calls for a parkway in the
middle Of this street over the sewer
main and the same arrangement on
the Butler street thoroughfare. Nehi-
cles will go out on the right-hand side
and come in on the opposite side
Orme street ends at Cain street ego
ing SOUTH. from which point people
could take the intersecting streets
Barlow. Luckie. Nasssu-for upper
Marietta street, the Grant and Empire
buildings, the Piedmont hotel. the Cam
dler building and other places where
they might wish TO go. At any point
they could cut into Peachtree on the
east and Marietta street on the west,
Would Follow Natural Contour.
The boulevards suggested would fol-
low the natural contour Of the land
and c6uld be made into driveways such
as Boston and other large cities of the
country possess.
County COMMISSIONS Truman was
enthusiastic over Mr.. Davis scheme.
He said:
"rhe county should go about getting
the necessary land for the project. Both
city and county haye all the work they
can do at present, but the land can be
given now and the work done later.
There are only half a dozen owners be-
tween North avenue and Brookwood,
and the owners from North avenue
southwark would also be glad TO give
enough to widen the street. This looks
like an opportunity TO relieve traffic
congestion on Pcachtree, and the COM
mlssionors will doubtless take adyan-
tage of it,"
From the business center to Brook
wood by way of Orme street is about
two and ouc-haf miles. and by Peach
tree. half a mile farther.