Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-02
CAMPAIGN OPENS
To WIN FAVOR
FOR BONDS
Mayor Still Hopes to Get Council
to Merge Grady and Plaza
Issues,

Campaigners for a Greater Grady
Hospital Thursday entered into their
work with vim and a determination
to win the peoples support. They
will wage a campaign unprecedented
in the history of Atlanta.
Council, at special meeting
Wednesday afternoon, was almost
unanimous in its Endorsement Of a
$3.50. 600 bond issue for Grady i'm
provements, and approved an ordi-
nance fixing the date Of the election
for May 5. only two members OBJ
jected. They were Councilmen or
Vile H. Hall, of the Third Ward, and
Alderman John 5. owens, of the
Eighth Ward Councilmen Shepard.
Reynolds and Kimbrough were absent
from the meeting.
The ordinance was passed on sep
arately by the Councilmen and Al
dermanic Board The former adopted
it by a vote Of 10 tos1. and the latter
3 to J.
Mayor Approves at Once.
Immediately following Councils ac-
ton, Mayor Woodward gave the ordi-
nance his approval by placing his sig
nature on the paper.
W G. Humphrey, chairman Of the
Finance Committee offered a resolu-
ton authorizing the expenditure Of
5000 for advertising the election as
required by law
No mention was made OF Mayor
Woodward's proposal TO issue $4,000
900 in bonds for building the plaza
over Atlantas "eyesore"
Expressing his opposition to the
Grady proposition, Councilman Hall
claimed that $3.50 600 was not needed
for improvements a the present time,
and argued that the scheme was being
pushed through too rapidly. He did
not believe that sufficient informa-
ton concerning the project had been
submitted
Concerning the plaza proposition
Mayor Woodward said he was sti1
hopeful that county elections would
be deferred until May % and that the
two issues would be submitted to the
people at the one time.
May Defer Election.
Judge Eugene Thomas has issued
call for a meeting Of the County
Executive Committee to be held in
the Council chamber al Il o'clock
on Friday, and indications are that
it will sanction the postponement of
the election. The committee will dis
Cuss the matter with the participant
ing candidates. and should they ap-
prove of the change. Mayor Wood
ward will urge Council at its regular
meeting Monday to amend the Grady
Hospital bond ordinance to make the
date correspond with the time to
which the county election is de-
ferred
on the other hand, if the county
committee should decline TO postpone
the election. the hospital bond pro-
gram will be carried through.
Mayor Woodward said he would not
like TO have the plaza bonds submit
ted at an earlier date than May %.
as he wanted to give those interested
in the movement plenty of time to
plan a campaign.
Wants Plaza to Win.
Il want the plaza proposition to be
successful" he declared, because. in
my opinion, it is most important
project and it will mean much for
Atlanta
He did not wish to be understood
as considering the Grady bonds Of
lesser Importance than the other, be-
cause he believed the health and well
fare of the people to be of greater
importance than anything else
Judging from the stand taken by a
number of county candidates inter
viewed by The Georgian Wednesday.
il is not likely that the executive
committee will meet with any oppo-
sition when the time comes for post
poning the election Their sentiment
was unanimous for any scheme that
would mean any benefit to Atlanta,
and they were willing to agree to any
thing suggested by the committee.