KE Plant Project Plans Near Term Start
A proposed project outlines a start in thirty days with an estimated six months to complete, indicating phased work and deployment schedule.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1899
Page
5
A proposed project outlines a start in thirty days with an estimated six months to complete, indicating phased work and deployment schedule.
Br McCoy of Denver announced a new Atlanta area smelter on the Southern Railway eight miles west of Atlanta by the Chattahoochee. The plant will start in thirty days and operate by next fall with a 20 ton daily capacity. Cherokee and Lumpkin counties, Dahlonega and surrounding Georgia districts anticipate large shipments, with Alabama and Carolinas also expected to supply ore. Smelting charges, freight, and mining costs vary by ore quality, but high grade ore could yield profits, and workers will be paid after assays.
Dorathy Morton and small company leave the city with Mr. Wilke. A benefit performance at the Columbia will raise funds for stranded singers binding to return to New York. The program features operatic scenes, solos by Fannie Frankel and Marion Roe plus Ben Lodge and George Miller. The Grand hosts further shows including Lady of Quality with Eugenie Blair and a Primrose and Dockstader Minstrels engagement.
A storm night fatality occurs when Scott Lewis, a 20 year old extra hand at the Elmball house, is electrocuted by a downed Western Union wire touching an electric light line near Pryor street. A crowd gathers as flashs illuminate the ghastly scene and Coroner Stamps weighs an inquest.
The state supreme court met Saturday ending the October term and adjourning to begin the March term. It ruled that receivers may sue stockholders in a bank failure case and discussed absences due to military duty in other matters. Owing to continued plaintiff absence, the Watts case was moved to March term. Additional notes mention Champigne and G H Munro’s Extra Dry with import totals.
The Fadeettes an all Indian women orchestra present a concert at the Grand tonight drawing a large audience. They perform Spirit of Liberty and The Merry Wives of Windsor with a strong musical program including ballet, solo dances, and ensemble numbers amid varied items and a lecture.
Dr. George Brown leads a push to build a major museum at Grant Park in Atlanta. The plan envisions a state collection as a nucleus with wings for Confederate relics and fine art, supported by state and city funding, private subscriptions, and exhibits from the October state fair. A committee will meet with authorities to arrange materialization. action postponed to next board meeting.
The Eighth Regiment will be mustered out today in Lytle amid pay and local tensions. Northern companies to be discharged first to prevent clashes with Tennessee Washington Newark units. Regular troops guard Chickamauga property as Governor Center reports no further danger and no immediate trouble expected.
A large modern three story hotel with 10 rooms will be built at Tallulah Falls by a Atlanta syndicate. Fred Wagener of this city is the contractor with a $35,000 contract to begin work immediately. The hotel aims to be ready for occupancy by mid June and will include steam heat electric lights private baths and fireplaces. Plans by Bleckley and Tyler emphasize a resort suitable for summer and winter seasons near the grand chasm and Tallulah Falls railroad.
The Bouthem Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in this city faces back taxes assessed by Tax Collector Stewart. Fines and back taxes for several years are being prepared as a writ soon served. A compromise is hoped to settle without litigation, with County Attorney Rosser and the finance committee overseeing. Atlanta Home Insurance Company has also been served, with negotiations continuing at a special finance committee meeting. The outcome rests on an aut cable settlement in the near term.
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Davie were held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the reguence of her sitio.
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