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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1901
Page
11
Smith urges city authorities to approve terms with T. He cites benefits for development and public services, urging swift council action and outlining key points for negotiation. The appeal stresses timely decision and steady collaboration with officials.
A heated council meeting centered on street railway franchises and taxation. Hoke Smith led opposition to accepting a railway deal, arguing the city would surrender birthright and endure favored terms for private firms. Luther Rosser and others pressed for a reassessment of franchise value and ad valorem taxes.
Ames R. Gray, owner and former lawyer, will assume full control of The Journal as editor in chief and general manager. He will resign from law practice after 22 years and sever ties with Gray Brown Randolph, with no staff changes planned. Gray, 42, has been a key figure since 1879 and led major Atlanta litigation before joining The Journal’s ownership group.
H M Atkinson has sold his one third controlling stock in The Atlanta Journal to John Cohen and Morton Smith and no longer has any voice in management. Cohen and Smith had planned an independent afternoon paper, but after James R. Gray was made editor in chief, the pair bought Atkinson’s stake. Cohen returns as managing editor next Monday. Smith becomes assistant. They say Gray’s leadership will guide a paper that serves the public.
Work began today as heavy rains delayed rock crushing for the Southern good roads train. Delegates from national and state road groups gathered in Atlanta with experts from Kennett Square and Chicago, as the convention opens tomorrow at the Kimball hall. The Southern railway bears about 1000 per day in train costs, and Georgia officials expect a notable event for the state’s road program.
John Wilheit, a Negro about 60, was jailed in East Point for chicken stealing from Dr. Kennedy of Mest Point. He attacked Officer Wright with a knife, was struck with a pistol, and later escaped the calaboose from a hole in the wall thought to have outside help. Chile to sell cruiser to Colombia and Ecuador.
Ed T. Brown special attorney for the Western and Atlantic railroad distributed his fifty page report in the house. He endorses the Greas depot bill and supports allocating 600000 for a new Atlanta passenger station. He argues state ownership controls terminal development and urges using income from the state road to fund improvements to the terminal, framing the move as sound business policy. The report also discusses Chattanooga and Atlanta terminal property and recent litigation affecting the state.
Shoppers are directed to Condon’s at 233 Whitehall Street corner of Alabama for Christmas photographs and related services.
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