Atlanta Water Works Urges Expanded Mains and Modernization
Park Woodward the superintendent presents the 1899 waterworks report calling for twenty-five miles more mains, larger lines, and increased boiler and filtering capacity. He notes receipts of 116,306.02 from rents, warns current fire protection is inadequate, and urges bond issuance and higher appropriations to fund pipe, hydrants, meters, and a new shop at the pine yard, highlighting the city’s revenue gains from improved mains.
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City Water Department Seeks Add'l Clerk and Upgrades
Board notes continued work load in the water department billing office and recommends adding one clerk. Chief clerk M. B. Torbatt praised for systematizing accounts, suggesting his salary rise to at least $100 monthly. Also outlines improvements at Chattahoochee and Hemphill avenues, and reports on Chattahoochee Station and Hemphill Station conditions, upgrades, and proposed capital projects for reliability and safety.
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Waterworks Capacity Upgrade Urged to Prevent Shortfalls
Local officials warn that the city must install additional boiler capacity and strengthen the waterworks to avoid handicapped supply next summer. Report details include coal costs, filtering expenses, pumpage data, station pressures, and projected daily and annual water delivery figures.
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Water Department Superintendent Urges Fair Pay
Park Woodward, superintendent, argues that department heads deserve salaries commensurate with duties and responsibilities. He does not seek an increase for himself but urges raising pay for waterworks staff to support their families, thanking the board for support.
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Tax Committee Reports Regular Annual Findings
The city tax committee submitted its dormant report noting a decrease in real estate assessed value from 1898 to 1899 and small increases in personal property and sanitary tax. Revenue from licenses rose across all categories, with total collections around 1.247 million dollars. The report commends city officials and notes policy aims to collect due revenue without oppressing taxpayers, with ongoing real estate assessment reductions as finances allow. A separate item reports a fatal train accident near Elmore station, Montgomery, where a white man named Mitchell was struck and killed by a Louisville and Nashville fast mail train while attempting to cross the tracks.
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A New Use for Cod Liver Oil Vinol Promises Tasteless Benefit
Dr. Jacobs and a Boston partner introduce Vinol Wine of Cod Liver Oil a concentrated extract of cod liver oil in a tasteless wine form. The claim is to preserve medicinal benefits while removing taste and odor formerly associated with cod liver oil. The spokesman says the product will become one of the best known medicines worldwide.
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