Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
THREATEN SUITS
FOR BAD STREET
Property Owners on Marietta
to Seek Damages if the City
Doesn't "Wake Up."

Property owners on Marietta street
today threatened to bring suit against
the city unless the present impossible
condition of the street is remedied
quickly
I'VE have stood this just as long as
we cam" said A O. Marriott, president
of the Marriott Thornton Lumber Com
pany. in commenting upon the condi-
ton in front of his lumber yard. !
have notified Shelby Smith that I'M
less this street is improved immediate
" we will institute suit for the dam
age we have sustained The street is
in such a condition that We have been
forced to double up our teams. 1t mas
been this way for sixty days. Where
one horse formerly could pull 100 two
by-four pieces, it now requires four
mules to pull half that much.
This has meant considerable loss to
us. as well as delay to our business
In addition. our stock is run down, and
it will require months to get it in shape
again.
Refuse to Leave Crossing.
crossing when they tore up THIS street
have told Mr.. Smith time and again
that IL they would put in crossing, so
that my teams would not have to pull
through a block of this mud, | would
be satisfied; but they will not do that
and unless something is done very
Quickly l am going to sue the city Tor
damages"
From North avenue to within 200 Feet
Of Jefferson street, Marietta street mas
been paved on one side of the street
The other side is torn up and in bad
condition. but property owners IN TINS
district do not complain seriously, as
the city has provided crossing at each
intersection, and they say they are Will
ing 10 undergo the slight inconvenience
10 which they are subjected MOST Oh
the property owners in this sectioh
have residences or small stores anu
have no heavy drayage.
on the other hand, from Jefferson
street to the junction of Marietta street
and Howell Mill road, a distance OF
three blocks, the street is torn up Oh
both sides. In front of the MARRIOTT
thornton Lumber Company, at the cor
Nor of Marietta and Jefferson stree's'
.ba street is q veritable seat OF mud'
and frequently wagons bog down anu
art,,ars have to ask assistance in get
ting out
Can't Cross Car Tracks,
Where Jefferson street crosses Md
rietta street, the crossing has been torn
ont and the street dug down consider
ablv below the top of the street cal
rails rendering II impossible Tor
heavy wagon to cross. This mas 1orceu
The lumber company to route its teams
out Marietta street for over block IN
til temporary crossing can be reacheo.
In front of the auction stables OF
Shippey Bros. & White, within 81 rect
of the junction, the street Is so oao that
the car tracks have sunk into the muo'
For a distance of 10 feet the tracks run
through a large puddle of mud cars
are forced to run slowly over this space
owing to the give" in the tracks. There
also is a lake of water In front OF the
auction stables nearly fifteen feet In
diameter.
The section from the Howell MIL
road junction to the viaduct when
crosses the railroad tracks, four blocks
has not been touched. While it is a
dirt road. it is in good condition, and
apparently needs but little attention.
Here's a "Fieroe" Two Miles.
Beginning with the far end of the
yiaduct and extending almost two miles
out is the worst part of the road The
teams of the Exposition Cotton Mills
are forced to use this road for nearly a
hundred feet. and it is said to be al
most impossible for even light dray
to pass through without begging down.
There are several ruts in this two-mile
section. filled with slushy mud, in which
a horse will sink to it's body.
Property owners in this section COM
plain bitterly of the city having torn
up the streets. They call attention to
the fact that the city did not leave
crossings by which the street cars could
be reached. and TO get to the cars re-
quires wading in mud ankle deep