Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-16


Senator I'd Bass, Of Chattanooga, au-
thorizing the city commission of Chat
tanooga to condemn railroad property
for street purposes
This is aimed directly at the Broad
street problem. 1t is in the form OF an
amendment to Chattanooga commits
sion government charter.
And this bill has stirred up hor-
nets nest of opposition among the colony
of railroad lobbyists who are spending
the winter at Nashville looking out for
Just such moves.
The opposition centers primarily
around the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railway, lessee from the state
of Georgia Of the Western and At
lantic, and Is backed by the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, which controls
the N, c. and st. L. The N, c. and
st. L. has its headquarters at Nash
vile, and It's always a safe bet that no
legislature can put over railroad bill
up there without the L, and Nm, c.
and St. L. folks butting In to find out
what it all means before it's too late to
Kill 1t, If it is Objectionable from the
railroad viewpoint
The railroad folks showed how they
felt about this Broad street bill when
it came up for hearing before the SEN
ate committee on municipal affairs. 1t
was the only one Of big batch of
municipal measures to which objection
was raised, and the upshot was that
next Tuesday night was set apart in
Chattanooga to give it an airing all by
Itself.
The Chattanooga Chamber OF Com
MERGE promises to send delegation to
Nashville next Tuesday and argue for
the passage of this bill, on the ground
that the railroad yards, by blocking
Broad street, handicap the development
Of business property IN the heart OF
the city's retail district.
Georgia will watch with interest, and
some anxiety, perhaps. the progress OF
this matter in the Tennessee legisla-
ture.
Ell CoSonsl Senior Don Jesse 9. Perry
az that's right is getting sore on for
efgn communications Aired into the e1-
ecutive department ana forwarded tc
him by the governor for translation
and reply.
The other day the governor sent Per
nv in a French billet-deux that got his
goat, and today his exceilsncy forward
ed communication in Spanish, from
some bigwig down in Argentina
How do know what this Don Gaze
ser de BaEan person wants." said Per
nv. when he had made guess at what
the thing meant. He may be ono Of
those South American revolutionists
for all I know, trying to start some
thing and get this ONCE mixed up in II!
IT wish correspondents would con-
fine themselves to United States when
addressing the governor Of Georgia
this foreign lingo is bum language
United States is a bear-but Frencf
and Spanish! Those mollycoddlish Ian
guages were designed to concea
thought, not to express 1t!
The letter was referred to School,
Commissioner Britain, who has al
sorts of languages on the tip of his
tongue, and It proved to be nothing
more harmful or alarming than this:
Governor:
Please send ma COPY of the
constitution of Georgia. a copy of
YOUR civil service regulations, and
a copy of your primary election
laws
The people of Argentina are
deeply Interested in the progress of
the great state Of Georgia
Respectfully,
PEDRO DIAZ GOLDBERG.
Buenog Aires.
Perry was much relieved when ne
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