Joint gas testing station urged by city officials
Howard L. Stillwell, city mechanical engineer, will urge establishing a joint gas testing station to measure city gas quality. He will present to the mechanical engineering commission next Tuesday after the Bureau of Standards found the city’s testing machinery inaccurate. President Arkwright of the gas company claimed average gas quality above 575 BTU as required by the railroad commission, while the city’s calorimeter readings fell short.
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Howard L. Stillwell
Mechanical Engineering Commission
Government Bureau of Standards
Arkwright
Gas Company
State Railroad Commission
Stillwell
Oppose Southern PLEA to unload coal in Decatur
Zade Smith and Atlanta firm representatives oppose the Southern Railway request to unload coal at South Decatur yard rather than John's Street yard. The opposition cites about 3 cents extra per ton in costs and lists Atlantic Steel, R O Campbell Coal, Randall Brothers, Frank E Block, Georgia Railway and Power, Atlanta Gas Light, and others. Hearing in federal building before a magistrate of the ICC.
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Zade Smith
Atlanta
Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
South Decatur Yard
John’s Street
Southern Railway
South Decatur Yards
Atlantic Sterle Company
R O Campbell Coal Company
Randall Brothers
Frank E Block
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Federal
Befora A Sane Celal
Court Shackle Negro Given Ten Years for Escape
In a federal court hearing two convicts Patton and Henson were arraigned for charges stemming from a 19ly escape from the penitentiary. A jury found both guilty of robbing a guard and assault with intent to murder. Judge Grubb sentenced each to ten years to run after their current terms. Patton wore shackles and prison blue as warnings were issued.
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Federal Penitentiary
Wie Patton
Wuham Henson
W . Grubb
Patton
Henson
Escape Plot Involving Convicts Admitted
In 1919, convicts confessed to planning an escape and faced assault with intent to murder charges. They denied murder intent. Patton and Henson sharpened a spoon handle and forged two sandbags. Using a ruse, they overpowered a guard, stabbed him, and stole valuables before fleeing for about three hours before re arrest.
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Patton
Henson
Jule
Auto Driver Held After Crash Injures Child
Newt Collins 33 East Fair Street was arrested by local officers following a crash on Peters Street from Humphreys. He faced drunkenness and reckless driving charges after striking Mrs. Paxton Williamson’s car at 1075 North Boulevard. A three year old child sustained non serious injuries. A second vehicle in Collins’s party slammed into a telephone post before Collins talked to the other occupant and the unnamed driver attempted to move the car. Collins held on $200 bond.
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Newt Collins
East Fair Street
Cail
Goode and
Evang
Sonins
Peters Street
Humphreys
Paxton Willamson
North Boulevard
Jurme
Collins
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Oeainet
Warry Neimar
Gate City Dairy and Yee Cream Company
Fulton
Alonzo Davis
S P Colting
Simpson Street
Woodward Avenue
Pulltan Street
Grady ~Capital
South
Unaless
Gingham
Batiste
Whitehall
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