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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Il make the point that council has
adjourned and can not be reconvened,
except by a formal call by the mayor"
said Councilman Albert Thomson.
There was much confusion and
sounds Of approval of the point
Then l call a special meeting of
council for tomorrow morning. at 10
o'clock declared Mayor Woodward
But the objection was withdrawn and
Mr.. Hammond's appointment approved.
Humphrey Still For Crematory.
Councilman w. G. Humphrey named
chairman OF the finance committee by
Mayor Woodward. said today that he
still thought 1t 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 1925. 900
as the 1913 payment on the $4,000
crematory. The amount includes 500
600 of bond money.
However the new finance committee.
literally new, with the exception of
Councilman Humphrey and Alderman /
\. Ragsdale. is made UP of the strong
est possible support that Mayor Wood
ward could get in council. The other
members HarWell McCleHand. 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
to 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 new members of council NAV
change the vote somewhat, but it is
hardly probable that they will change
council to Woodward majority.
Mayor Woodward will veto the Gre
matory 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 message 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 accumuat-
! ing debts for future administrations to
pay) amounting to $494.11773.
| u desire to state here that I propose
to save the city of Atlanta more than
100000 Of that illegal business by re-
fusing 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
Destructor Company. the compant
| which has the contract to build At.
lanta's plant. He said the plan to at
j 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
| would reveal the fact that DR.. Rudolpg
/ 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 Forsyth crematory.
He favored a Forsyth. crematory.
which can he built by an Atlanta COM
! pany for $4,000. as a temporary soiu-
! ton of the 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 a new po-.
! lice and fire alarm system with the
Okonite company for $1O6.317.73. He
said that he understood that this svs-
| TEN had proved failure in other cities.
81 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
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
allowed some contractors to exert too
much influence over him. believe he
has too many incompetent men around
him-men who have more capacity for
vote getting than they have ability ia
do good work"
He advocated a fair grounds at Lake
wood park, with the city paying a sum
equal TO a fund raised by the mer-
chants 81 the city.
The old administration. he pointed
out had neglected its duty by not PRO
vidins better buildings for the Girls
high school He characterized the pres
ent quarters as menace to health
He compIimented the Grady hospital