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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
13
The Constitution auctions nine Overland Model 59-T four wheel cars as district prizes at 232 Peachtree Street. Coupons grant ten votes each. women may compete if of good character. No Constitution staff or relatives may enter. cars feature mohair top Surass windshield Prest-O-Lite and tools.
The Atlanta council debated a light and power consolidation involving multiple Georgia utilities. An ordinance set maximum rates for residential and commercial electric current, including a seven cent per kilowatt hour limit for lighting and four and a half cents for exclusive power, with monthly minimum charges proposed to drop from two dollars to one dollar.
Georgia Railway and Electric Company rates set to 1 dollar per month for motors up to two horsepower and 50 cents per horsepower beyond two. Effective by January 1, 1913, or earlier if Tata Tullulah Falls project supplies Atlanta sooner. Overhead lines extended at company cost up to 200 feet to customers outside underground district. City to contribute paving costs for streets with double tracks. single track areas to cost paving 11 feet. Water supply from Chattahoochee to remain unaffected. City withdraws requests for rate and fare investigations. Local officials note concessions and debate timing and fairness, citing municipal plants in other cities.
Aldermanic debate rages over a Georgia Railway and Electric Company deal. Critics accuse officials of haste and hiding the people’s voice while public power goals face obstacles. The Georgia Railway and Power merger finalizes, placing Atlanta under a new corporate structure with Preston S. Arkwright as president and a 14-member board.
Atlanta reporters note a warm Monday with a 76 degree afternoon, comparing it to Sunday and the January 73 degree day. Forecasters expect continued warmth through the week, with a possible cold wave Friday or Saturday after a damp spell, and Tuesday forecast as warm and fair.
Tickets for a cooking school to benefit the Home for Incurables go on sale this morning at Rich's department store Bauer's grocery 117 Whitehall Street and in the tea room of the Chamberlin Johnson DuBose store. The event is next Monday at the old Capital City Club building with a season ticket price of 1 and single features at 60 cents.
The Atlanta market shows growing deals for permanent property ownership from $1,000 to $35,000, with numerous transfers and deeds recorded. Transactions include improvements on Whitehall Street and Marietta Luckie corridors, plus multiple parcels on Ashby and Chestnut streets.
Miss Estelle Whelan of Atlanta was unanimously elected to honorary life membership in the Piedmont Continental chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at their Piedmont hotel meeting. She served as first treasurer when the chapter organized in 1897 and has long been a devoted worker for the organization.
Advert says KETTERER'S KLENZOR stirs the organ to natural activity and cures liver troubles. Drugstore guarantee refund if no help. Encourages relief from biliousness and worn out feeling. Available from F W Ketterer Medicine Co Jacksonville Fla or local druggist.
Markets report mixed metal prices in New York and London with copper firm but quiet at $14.24 spot and various futures. tin around $42 spot with weekly movements. lead and spelter steady to weak. Country produce sections list dairy, eggs, poultry, butter. Chicago and Kansas City notes show steady to firm conditions, with potatoes weak and meat items mixed.
Speciala 31 factory current make and packing stork current make report prevailing prices and outputs. Quotation committee of the Elgin butter board declares weekly butter output at 2 cents per pound. Naval Stores and rosin and turpentine prices shown with shipments, receipts, and stock levels. Groceries, flour, and cotton market notes from Charleston Chicago New York and Liverpool reflect steady to mildly firm conditions amid Easter holidays.
White Proriston County reports weekly beef cattle quotes for various weights from good to inferior grades with specific figures. Hog and pig prices are listed, followed by market observations noting steady to stronger trends, but with limited supply. Regional quotes cover Chicago Kansas City St Louis and Louisville markets with cattle hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges.
Corrected by Ogienby Grocery Company the list shows prices for various items including Azle Gregse Diamond $1.75 No 1 Mica $3.25 No 2 Mitea Pas Red Rook Ginger Ale-Quarta $9.00 plats $20.00 Red Hooks baytag $1.50 per gallon Cheese Alderney 21 Cand stickh etc total appears as a jagged OCR of grocery prices with several garbled terms and missing context.
A dense compilation of commodity prices and brands across foods, staples, and provisions. Items include Monogram and Carnation products, Blue Ribbon and Red Star brands, starches, canned goods, meats, lard, spices, and beverages with varied per unit costs and crate or case quantities, reflecting a sprawling mid century market ledger.
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