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P* • SC’MMAKY RECArrt ILATtON
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V BriJgc across die I.iouali ail lliing.-* in
f E $70,000 00 I
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jPUCOMlloisince a s lite most < li/mlo t.,r our .ip
pro.ieli Io the limestone valleys of th': west.
' O.tr ,'ii.t i.bjeet with this view, 'vie. u, tip.
prjpvi.ae the chain of' summits dividing; il,e ,
ChiKaiioochiut and its tributary, Vi<km - .’s
creek, ftr it ridoe rad of six milts, extctid
ing to the point at which it wax ahsolntt lv
necessary M bridge the Vickory water's, a line
K __pf 'evelssurveyed'by Mr.'.Whit well, of Bi igside
K M , ?, having proven the impracticability of a
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descent to that cree l ' Irmn tiny other point east, |
.■ti:l its western tisrent calling for our utmost I
grades to the main rid ;e septtraling the < 3:;:t
--lal.oe.chee front the Etowah river. Limiting,
ottr sections of <lescri|itioti to six miles each,;
the fust terminating a \ ickory’s creek, will i
include the following ditliculties:
Ist. In passing the \ ickory creek ridge, |
with a view toadopting i s western slopes for ,
the line of toad. This summit will require a !
cut of thirty feet, and render the constiaction
of a bridge ninety five feet in height across
the Chattohooch.ee necessary, ti e elevation of '
the ridge being two hundred and twenty feet I
above the* surface of that liver. The second |
will boa bridge from eight hundred to one |
thousand feet in length, and at the height of ,
sixty feet across the \ ickory creek itself, the
western abutment tcrm'iraiing the section at a
p"ini from whence the appropriate loadgrades
could be made available.
The 2d section e.f six miles, ending at
Young’s store, which is situated upon the stim
! mit of' the main dividing ridge of the < hat
talmochee and Etowah livers, (virtually the
Blue Ridge) piesents the following obstaek-s.
At Esq. Martin’s, a cut of thirty lei t was en
' countered to r<ach the lowest tributary of
\ ickerv’s creek, upon which the line was
j forced. An unsuccessful attempt was made
i at this point to keep the* higher kinds to the
right of this creek, as seen by the red dotted
line on the nwp herewidi. A second cut of
twenty feet presents itself in passing from the
levels of the above tributaiy of \ ickoiy creek,
to those of Willeyo creek, along which water
course the line vs is found to ascend tin* main
dividing ridge, so gradually, as to admit the
use of its summit, if found necessary.
The bench mark of this smnmtl !« 225 feet
above the Chattahoochee level, fit a distance
'of 12 miles; 176 feet above the waters ot
Vickory creek, at a distance of six miles; and
five feet above the summit of Vickory creek
•idee, clearly establishing the eligibility of
' this degression for t? ,lr passage of the main di
viding ridge.
At this point the commencement of the 3d
! section, our attention was divided between
! two objects, the one a descent to the waters of
j Little river, a branch of the Etowah, and the
other a connexion of main ridges by the ad
| option of high bridges across the intervening
: streams. Our tests on the level country water
ed by Little river, confirmed the common re
port, as to the depression of these lands below
the surface of the ('hatt.ilicochee. Every
: exertion having failed to approach Little ri
ver with our maximum grades, which may be
discovered by our lists in red dotted lines on
the map, extending in that direction, and ter
' ruinated by crosses, we were necessarily
thrown back upon the main Ridge at Young’s
store. Recommencing the 3d section at
Young’s, we adopted a line coursed by the 3d
Brigade, under the command of Air. Stock
' ton, and continued some two miles to its in
tersection with Bush mountain, the greatest
elevation of the main ridge in this vicinity.
I At this point, we deflected to the north, the
3d Brigade essaying the south side of the
j mountain and running along the mountain
slopes, terminated our 3d section at its most
prominent spur in the direction of Allatoona.
The 4th section encountered the depres
sions of Rhenb’s and Noonday creeks, and a
tributary of the latter, all flowing into Little
river. The surface of Rhenb’s cieek was
found 18 feet, and Noon lay 1-5 feet below the
level of the Chattabouchie river; and the
respective summits between these streams, 88
■ and 129 feet above the Chattahoochee sur
s face. These were serious difficulties, de-
I pressing us even below our base line, and
thereby threatening to double the elevation to
:bo surmounted by our grades. Continuing
the 4th section to the sum nit traversed by’ the
Little river and Bell’s ferry roads, we found
the first 188 and the last 192 feet above the
i Chattahoochee. The first ridge required a
cut of 70 feet, and the last, one of 40 feet.
[ \ revision of this portion of the 4th section
by Mr. Stockton, he will present tl.c first cut
■ of 70 fret bring pa»*Ut4lv rwhlcml by a consi
' durable detour to the north, passing the Gold
! region, usually known as the Rose Mines.]
W’e had not yet completed our ascent. The
liJge dividing the Allatoona and Noonday
creeks, was still to be encountered. Its sum
mit gave an elevation of 20 ) feet above the
neighboring levels of Noonday and Rhenb’s
creeks. Consequently, if to this height the
height of the main ridge at Young’s store,22s
feet, be added, we have tut aggregate of 425
feet to be overcome by our road. Making a
; liberal allowance for the difference of ridge
level within the limits of our survey, I felt
' assured that at the junction of the ridge we
were here forced to overcome in detail, a
more favorable route could be effected, both
as to actual and equated distance. Abandon
ing this line, I returned to Montgomery’s fer- i
ry, »n the Chattahoochee, the point selected
' as the lowest terminus of the road.
ADOPTED LINE.
On our examination of the neighborhood
of Montgomery’s ferry, a bluff of 12 or 15 0
I feet below Fort Gilmer, was found to present
i the most eligible point for crossing the Chat
talioochie, as it would enable the adoption of
-siirh-rr bridge level as would best suit cur as- I
cent to the main ridge cast of that river. A i
test level crossing the summit of this ridge to 1
the head walers of South river, gave an elc
vation of 285 feet at a distance of eight miles, ■
affording an available grade in the direction of I
the different road branches radiating from the j
main trunk. Our general direction wist was I
as formerly towards the Allatoona heights. i
To assume divisions conforming 11 the na- 1
‘ tural features of the country, the first section
of this line will contain a distance of seven
' miles, ending near the point designated on the i
accompanyin» map as Camp I’oweis. Cn a .
! strict compaiison of the plan and profile of
this section, it will be discovered that the cost
' of grade, at .$16,000 per mile is reconciled
by the necessity of establishing a fixed ascent
■ upon an abrupt and rugged district. The
' elevation of the point at which the line of rail
road represented by’ a full red tint, intersects
. the highway at the termination of the 7tb
mile, is 304 feet above the Chattaiioochic, at
the point assumed for crossing it,,and 349 feet
above the Etowah, these rivers differing bv 45
fee’. Allowing a height of 75 feet to the
bridge level, the Ist section was necessarily
graded at the maximum of 30 feet to the
mile, but in no case were we obliged to intro
duce curvatures less than from 1,5' 0 to 2,000
feet. In passing the rims noted in the map,
two bridges are required, but their expense
has been included in the grand estimate of
$ 16,000 per mile.
'l’lie 2d section passing the village of Mari
etui, is 81, miles in length, and terniimtes at
the point where the Kennesaw mountain in
tersects the ridge upon which its whole dis
tance is coursed. By examining the profile,
this will be found to be the most elevated
summit between the Chattahoocheeand Etow
ah rivers. 437 feet above the former, and 482
feet above the latter. Referring back to the
Mi n of heights of the abandoned line (425
feet) a slight preference is gaitrid by the adopt
ed line, for a cut of 20 feet tetpiircd by the
road grade, rcducei this summit to 417 feet.
But it is to the character of our ascent to this
ridge, that I would more patticidarly refer.
'l’he average cost per mile for this section is
$7,700, which, compounded wi It the first,
gives a cost per mile of $1 1,000 for the win le
ascent to the summit level.
Tl:*‘ 31 section is limited Io 3 5-6 of a mile,
ax it includes the detour i cctisioncd bv the
spurs from the Kenrte*t>w mountain, intersect
ed by tlx: head springs <>f Noonday crick, the
main southern bram li nf Little river. The
• verago cost of this di.tancc, $23,01.0 per
mile, is increased by the spurs referred to,
and a bridge across the main branch of the
Noonday.
Ihe 4tb section of miles, commences
with a fair brow of Pino mountain, ami as
cending by a grade of >0 feet, overcomes the
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summit by a cut of 30 feet, mid ti ru inates I
upon the head waters ot' I c Allatoona creek, |
which stream flows into the Etowah, above
the Allatoona hei.hts. The average cost per;
mile is $13,500. The curvatures are limited ■
to 1,8 ! 'O feet, and the grades 30 fe< t contimi- j
I ous ascent.
The sth section contains 2} miles, a dis- i
: lance comprising the ruggid Itend lands of
; Proctor’s creek, ti branch of the Allutoona. A
btidge across the mainstream, together with ,
■ deep cuttings and fillings, which were neces- i
I s irv in order to keep within the limits pre-
I scribed for the grades and curvatures i t the
j road, conti ilmted to enhance the cost of this
section to $23,000 per mile. An example
i was here afforded to show that the cost oi the
road formation was enhanced tlirec-feld by
crossing ridges and ravines in tapid sncces-I
sion. In the present case, it was very de-.ira- j
hie to arrive at the ridge surface, white a dis- !
: tance of 5A miles was presented, averaging
! but $15,(100 per mile, inclusive of a bridge ;
} across the main tributary of Allatoona creek, |
and the necessary increase of expense in de- .
pressing the line to the bridge level. ihe
curves are here limited to radii of 3,000 feet,
and the grades vary from 20 to 30 feel per :
mile.
The 6th and last section presents the most j
remarkable features ; the necessity ot passing
the Altitcona heights, among their numerous !
summits ; ibis was rendered unavoidable bv j
the singular depresstons ot the streams traver
sin'!; ti e Blue Ridge in this vicinity. Repea
ted attempts were made to effect a descent to
ti e margin of the Pumpkin Vine, the stream
flowing parallel to tl.c Alatoona, but in every '
I instance the formidable depression oi 2< 0 feel ’
below the neighborhood ridges presented an
impassable barrier, these difficulties, li< wever,;
were regarded as favoi able to the road: for
approaching the height as we do, by the 1 igl:-
est possible summit 1< vels, a distance of 1A
' miles, although of heavy cutting, clears us o! :
the mountain difficulties. Upon this section
the adoptienof our extreme limits with res-j
pect to "tai!? 4 a!, fi curvatures, has been una- ■
voidable; grades of 20 fee t pCf niile, having
been established upon curves of 1,000 to 1,200
' feet radius. But in no case has the location of'
the road bed varied from its firm, dry and elc
' vated character. A contrast of the route re
ported by Mr. Stockton, may be best ttnder-
■ stood by the accompanying estimates, wherein j
’ the average cost per mile of road formation,
bridgi s and culverts, is $13,865. These esti
mates, based upon tl.c excavation of earth a-■
' lone, it may be worthy cf note, that having Io- |
1 cated some 14 miles of the most unfavorable j
sections, no sensible difference lias been ob
served in our approximate and true estimates, i
The entire distance from the Chattahoochee
1 to the Etowah liver is necessarily 3,8 miles, the
I ordinary travelled road being roughly estima
ted at 33 miles. It may be added that the red :
■ dotted lines on the map, indicate the numerous j
; experimental surveys to which we have sub-
I jected ilte region intrusted to our carp, the 38 !
: miles occupied by the locution having been se- ;
i lected from 150 miles of instrumental survey.
! The accompanying map and profile represent;
■ the relative bearings 'of the different routes.!
I have the honor to be, your ob’t. serv’t.
A. 11. BRISBANE.
Estimate, of the probab<n tjpnu'C of read formation, in
-1 cludino bridat s and ent rests. Jar the route Intirecn
the ChtiHuhoGchec and Eloirah rire.rs, sun eyed by Hs i- ’
gadc No I, uadi r the dine ion of .1. !l. Brisbane. ‘
Section No. I.—Lctigili 7 miles.
5 11,1-13 ccbic yards of Exc. and I.mb. at 15 cents
per yard. 81,171 16
; 8,907 pc-r« hr* of’mnsonry for
; bridges and culverts,
’ at 150 13.360 50
I 919 feet of wooden britlges
j at S2O per foot, 18.800 00
Frobaldc cost <>f mad f’linntion. $113,331 9v
Section No. 2. — Length 8 mdcs,2,64of< ut.
> 384.803 13 cubic yards cf Exe. and
Embank at 15
rents per yard. 57,720 47
■ 432 p'ltdns of masonry
j for culverts, $1 50 per
! perch, 648 CO
Probablt. cos* of road formation, $58,368 n
Section No. 3—Length 3 mih s, 4,4t : 0 fief.
250.257 53 cubic yards of Exc. ami
I Etnbt. nt 15 cents
j per yard, 37,538 63
5,312 9 pen hrs of masonry
j for bridges and culv< ris,
I $1 50 7,909 35
1.000 fret of wooden bridges,
at S2O per foot, 20,000 00
Probable cost of road formation, $67,507 98 ;
Section No. 4/ —L< i»glh2 mi1e5,3,200 feet.
98,720 cubic yaids of Exc.
and Enib. at 15 cis. pci-
yard, 14,808 00
707 04 perches of masonrv
’ furculveits, $1 50 1.060 56
Probable cost <»f road ibrmalioo, $15.8 >3 5b
Section N<>.s. Length 3 miles, 1,320 leet.
250.861 4< ul.ic yaids <>f F.xc.
& ihitb. ai 15 cts, pr. yd. 37,629 21
3,303 86 p« i < hes <»f iiias'onrv
for culverts $! 50 ' 4,955 80
510 feet of wooden bridges at
S2O per foot, 10,200 00
Probable cost of mad formation, $7>2,755 01
SECTiON No. 6.—Length 5 miles,2,loo feet.
201,305 I cubic yard* of Lxc.
and Einb. at 15 cents per
yard, 31,697 97
2/JOB 02 perches « fmasoi ry
i for tid verts, $1 50 3,462 32
| 430 feet of wooden bi id-
1 ges S2O per foot 8,600 00
Probable cost of road formation, $43,760 29
Section No. 7.—length 7 mi1e5,2,910 fc< t.
1,064,435 Bcubic vardsof E.xc.
j ami Emb. al 15 cents per
| vard, 159 665 22
' 14.400 perches of masonry
I for culvnds, SI .'() ',900 00
l 600 fie! of wooden bi iJges S7O
j |.cr fia.t, ' 12,000 00
Probable road for i ation, $177,265 22
; -U's“*gate cost fro o' f ru atlo i st>2B 88 > 49
I liail'og tor a sinjl.' track 38 tilth s,
760 feet, al $7,000 pi r mile, £67.007 57
Aggregate cost of road complete, $795,81)5 06
.Average cost per mile of road
formation, bridges &c. inclusive, $13,865 00
Average cost per mile of road com
plete, $20,865 00
(Signed) A. 11. BRISBANE,
Chief Engineer.
C.
A i t.atoon'a, Cass co. Oct. 25, 1837.
Col. S. 11. Long,
Chief Engineer of the. Western and
Atlantic Rail Road as Georgia :
Sir —l have the honor of submitting the rc
p >rt and cdimates, in reference to the survey
of t'l t portion of the Western and Atlantic
Rail Road of Georgia, comprised between the
Chattahoochee river, and the village of Alla
toona, Wass county, committed lo my charge,
by your instructions of tb.e 27th June last, with
mapsand profiles of the same.
In May las’, in company with Gen. Bris
bane, I made a rcconnoissance of the countrv
between the above points, to ascertain the
piacticability ofa connexion, by means of Rafi
Road, of tho Chattahoocheeand Etowah riv
ers
Several po’n's on the Cha'taliooclioe river,
selected as eligible sites for biidging, wore
examined with a view, not only of obtaining
a route ol'etisy gradations from the west to the
rivet, but al o point-favorable t i a cotitmua
'ion of the route, in an eastwaidly direction
towards the Hog mountain ridge, by means of
wliicha connexion with the central partsofthe
State might be effected.
Leaving the Chattahoochee region, wo di
rected our examination to a ridge of conside
rable elevation, running parallel to, and di
viding the waters of the above river from j
those of the Etowah. Numerous depression.’, ;
formed by the tributaries of the Chattalioo I
choc, presented, however, summits over which [
a grade of 3'i feet per mile, would readily ear I
ry us; and from this ridge, a spur making to- I
wards the point at which the Warsaw road :
crosses Vickery’s creek, a branch of the .
Ch.attaboochee, offers a route of easy grada-j
tian to the above creek.
Crossing Vi< l.<;i v cn < k,the summit of the ridge dividing this i rfek I
tinni Lillie river, miiy be sm inounted bv a grad:- of 30 leet per mile; , !
from il.enci* to Little iii er, the ground tails oil rapidly, and to it ach j I
the valk-v of t’lisstri am, even w ith the above grade, appeared ex- |
ircmely doubtful. | I
1 nder the impression, however, that it might become necessary , i
to use the valley of this water course, it being the only stream of :
any size flowing in a direction favorable to out purpose; the adjacent I i
ground was closely examined, Im! the bends of the river were found
to be so abiupt, and th" lowest grounds contiguous to it so broken, j ■
and withal so thickly iii'ei*persed with ledges of rock, gray-wacke, j
micaceous slate ami quartz, that this route was deemed altogether' im- i
patcticalilc, and was therefore abandoned.
We thAi telt trued to \ ickory creek, and continued our examina
tion in a direction towards Allatoona ; no obstacles of moment were j
encaunti icd, until within ti short distance of the latter place, where j
a spur of the Blue mountain ridge, passing round the head of Gohl
Miner’s creek, a small branch of Allatoona creek, opposed a barri- ;
: er, to surmount w hich a tunnel or two inclined planes, appeared im- I
j avoidable.
A pa s was, however, found, leading through the above ridge, anil [
striking the Allatoona road near the point where it crosses Allatoo |
i na cri ck, opened to us a route to the village, and within the prcscri
-1 bed limits of gradation and curvature.
i he coup d’oetl ol this route was not as satisfactory as was desi
red, but sufficiently so to assure us that it was the most eligible one
from the Chattahoochee to the Etowah river, via Allatoona, and
passing north ol' Busti mountain.
Two routes presented themselves from Allatoona to the Etowah
river; ino by a descent to, and alorrg the valley of Pumpkin Vine
creel., a tributary of the Etowah, and the other by a line directly
through the Allatoona hills, striking the river near May’s ferry.
The descent to the river by the valley route, was found to be so
rapid, particularly near the point at which it would be necessary to en
ter the immediate valley of Pumpkin Vine creek, and ilie interve
ningdistance ten limited to admit the use of even our extreme grades
: and c.'i vatnres, that we abandoned this route, and proceeded to an
j examination of the several passes leading directly through the Alla
toona hills, in the vicinity of the main road, to May’s ferry, on the
Etowah, river.
' The most serious obstacle presenting itself on this route, is the
■ eastern ridge, running nearly due north and south, within a few hun
dredyards es lie village Allaloi na—-a cut of 7!i feet was here assu
med, as sufficient to enable us to surmount the ridge ; whence to the
river, the ground though extremely broken and rugged, gradually
descends, and opposing no obstacle of seri us moment, was selected
as ike most suitable fur the continuation of the proposed Rail
: Road.
On (ItC* 4th July, 1837, instrumental survey’s were commenced by
Brigade No. 3, under my direction, on the eastern bank of the Chat
tahoochee river, to test the elevations of several spurs of the Hog
mountain ridge putting down to the river, in tl.c vicinity of Pittman’s
ferry, and to ascertain the most favorable grades by which to reach
that ridge. It was soon perceived that a maximum grade of 30 feet
per mile, would enable us to reach the summit of the above ridge,
with a bridge over the Chattahoochee, elevated from 90 to 100 feet
above the surface level of the water, having made several tests of
the above import, I crossed the river, and ran numerous experimen- I
tai lines, starling from the most eligible points for bridge sites, (on
the western bank of the river) north and South of Pittman's feny, |
and following several tributaries of the Chattahoochee to their sour
ces, endeavored to sin mount the Chattahoochee ridge with the max
imum grade.
Such, however, was the elevation of this ridge, 264 feet above
the water table of the river, that but one line, (M. N.) commencing
■ at the moutbof Wolf creek, a small branch ol the Chattahoochee,
i was found by which the ridge could be passed, without exceeding the
! limits of gradation and curvat tie, prescribed in your letter of in
' struciions of the 27th June.
Assuming a bridge 59 feet high, and s'oo feet in length, the above
line marked (M, N,) on the map, skirts along the northeastern crest
of a i idge of land, bordering on 'Volt crock, with the maximum as- ■
! cent per mile, to the XVolf creek summit,22o loot above the C!*.at- I
. tahoochee rive:, and distant from it about three miles ; in this dis- '
tamo, several valley s, varying from 60 to 80 feet in depth, must ne
cessarily he crossed ; at this summit the line intersects a line sur
veyed by Brigade No. 2, under the direction of Mr. Whitwell, and a
; cut of 35 feet becomes unavoidable ; thence the lino descends to
wards Vickory creek, at a maximum inclination, to within a shoit
distance of the creek, when it runs into a maximum ascent, to avoid I
a cut of considerable depth and extent, directly at the creek, near |
Howell’s mill. Over this creek a bridge 86 feet high, and 500 feet
: in length, is required.
From Vickery creek, the line marked (N, F,) on the map, winds
along up the crest of a small spur of Martin’s ridge, crossing the
main Warsaw ferry road near Marlin's tavern, and thence passes to
the Lead walers of Willeyo creek, a branch of the Chattahoochee,
and terminates at a bench mark, near Young’s store, on a line run by
Brigade No. 1, under the direction of Gen. Brisbane—this point,
i marked (F,) is 133 feet above the water surface of the Etowah river,
at May’s ferry, and is situated on the main ridge dividing the waters
of the Chattahoochee and Little rivers. The approach to it ascends
! with a maximum grade to within about 1A miles, when it changes into
one of 10 feet per mile, which carries us to the summit, distant from
j V ickory creek 5 miles, 3,5' 0 feet.
Fre.nl Young’s store, the line marked fF, Y.) continues along the
main Ailafcona roil.'! to 74r. Dial’s, north of Bush mountain, a dis- |
tance of 31 miles, with a view of d'-seending to the vicinity of Little i
river,and crossingßht'tib and Noonday creeks near their junction with ;
this river, to avoid encountei ing the dividing ridges of these ere?/’ ■
and Crocker’s crock, a branch of Allatoona creek. This route, in
dicated on the map by a blue dotted line, I was compelled to aban
don, in consequence of the very rapid descent in approaching Dial’s
creek ; the entire descent takes place within the last three-fourths of
a mile, and gives the depression of this creek 180 feet below the
summit at Young’s store.
Two other surveys were attempted, to effect the same object,
which are denote.! on the map by bluedotted lines, but were attend
ed with no better success.
j I tl.en returned to station No. 29 of my original lino, and ran a
' line (marked F. O.) in a southwestern diieclion, to test the country
south of Bush mountain, and traversing the whole extent of ground
I lying between the base of the n ountain and the Shallowford road, to
, ascertain whether the ridge connecting Bush and Kennesaw moitn-
I tains cotil l bo jiassed with more easy gradations than Dial’s creek ;
this ridge, however, was found lo be so elevated above the ground,
directly at its western base, par.icukirly in the vicinity of Dunn’s
house, which is near th:: most eligible paint for passing it, that an in
clined piano would be requisite. The line (O. D.) as indicated on
I the map, was continued to a point near McAfee’s store, on tire Ma
i rie.ta road, and closed on a bench mark of a line run by Brigade
I .No. 1, under the direction of General Brisbane, 308 feet above the
: water table of the Etowah river, near Mary’s ferry.
During the time 1 was engaged in the* above examinations, Bri
gade No. 1 bad found an available route along the northern base of
Bush moan am, about one-fourth of a mil? south of Dial’s house,
i After making a more minute inspection of the ground immediately
! adjacent to this route, it was found to be the only one along which
i the railroad could be continued, keeping up the elevation of Y otmg’s
: summit, without encountering difficulties of a nature similar to, and
I somewhat more serious, than those south of the mountain. I there
fore adopted this route from station No. 38, of my first line, and
! marked (E. D.) on the maji, and pursued it towards McAfee’s store;
] ctossing the Allatoona road near Griffin’s, it runs nearly parallel to
I this road, to Winn’s, near which a deflection *is made to tb.e north-
I we t, following a ridge of laud, striking Rhenb’s creek a short dis
tance north of tho road, at the most favorable paint for crossing it.
This section comprises a distance of seven miles, 1,200 feet, and is
decidedly one of the most expensive parts of the whole route, re
quiring alternative excavation and embankments, varying from 40
to 50 feet in depth, and of considerable extent, and with strong indi
cations of encountering rock within a few feet of the surface. The
elevation near Bush mountain, on this section, is 454 feet above the
water surface of the Etowah, near May’s ferry, and 149 feet above
the summit marked I), near McAfee’s store; a bridge of 35 feel long
and 80 feet in height, carries the line over Rheub’s creek.
From McAfee’s, the line marked (D. I’.) descends with a maxi
mum grade towards .Noonday creek, crossing it a short distance
south of lite Allatoona road, with a bridge 50 feet high, and 200 feet
long; thence winding along the borders of Clear creek, a branch of
Noon lay, it asiends with a mai imum grade to the summit of the
Blue mountain ridge, crossing it at an elevation of 439 feet above
the Etowah, and one and a quarter miles south cf the main road
above referred to- Two modes of passing this ridge present them
selves—an open cut averaging about 50feetin depth, and 2,400 feet
in length, and a tunnel of the same length, by which a materia] sav
ing may be effected in the graduation of the line directly west of it,
'i’he cost of a tunnel at this point has been assumed at $115,000,
and would no doubt be less expensive than an open cut.
From this ridge the line descends towards tb.e valley of Crocker’s
creek, one of the main branches of Allatoona crock, with a view of
following that vtdley to the point at which Crocker’s creek debouch
es into the Allatoona ; but the ground falling off too rapidly in that
direction, compelled a detour to tb.e north, and the line crosses the
Al'atooiia road near Smith’s store. This section conqnises a dis
tance of 7 miles 561) fee , and the cost of construction on it is great
ly cnlianced, independent of the passage of the Blue mountain
t idge, by deep tavines and elevated .spurs, over which the line neces
sarily passes.
From Smith’s, the line marked [P. IL] on the map, follows tlie
above ridge about two miles, generally ut a maximum grade, where
from th : rapid ascent of the ground to a summit [V.] to surmount
which, agrtrlo of 50 feet was requisite, a deflection to the southwest
is made, and the line descends to the valley of the Allatoona cn ek,
crossing the creek mar the mouth of Crocker’s creek, and about
thirty yards smith ot the ALatoona road—over this creek the line
: passes at an elevation of 60 feet, u heie a bridge 5t () feet long is ren
l deled unavoidable—nt a (mint near wliicli the above deflection is
: made, spurs ol the Blue Ridge radiate to the southwest and nortli
j west, and extending towards the mouth of Allatoona creek, oppose
I almost iii«m in(nintn';!(* obstacles to any other connexion with the vil
! lago of Allatoona from the creek north of the main road.
I' i out Allatoona crock to tin village, the line skirts along the main
. road at a maximum gtni'e, and terminates at a Bench mark tic tri
! Dawson’s tavern, 179 feet above the Etowah, and 29 feet above the
Cl:a' alioocb.ee liver.
' > • - « • - r.-i.:?i-V. . - k,’ ■ ; _2 ._ L_ -
From this point to the Etowah, the line was surveyed by Brigade
No. 1, under the direction of Gen. Brisbane, for the details of which I
1 respectfully refer you to his report. ’
Several experimental romos indicated on the map by blue dotted j
lines, were towards the valley of Pumpkin '>'me cred., from points I
in the vicinity of Allatoona, all of which made the depri ssion oi this]
stream 2CO feet below the bench mark near Dawson’s in Allatoona —a |
direct descent to this creek being impracticable, a detour through the ■
Allatoona hills must be resorted to, requiring heavy cuttings and se
veral bridges.
Expcrimenttil lines were also surveyed in the vicinity of Warsaw
and (tollies’ ferry on the Clritiahoochee river, with a view to reach j
the ridge of land on whir h Y’uiing’s summit is situated on the Alla- |
toona road. The elevation of the Chattahoochee ridge, over which |
it was nei essary to carry these lines, proved to be so elevated, how
ever, 26 f feet above the water level of the river, that a tunnel or in- ■
; clined planes become unavoidable—they wore therefore abandoned, j
An instrumental survey was also made from the main line near I
! McAfee’s store, along both sides of Noonday creek to Little River, I
I and thence towards Brewster’s ferry on the Etowah, to ascertain the I
practicability of a connexion, via Wot lord’s tiaii, leading towards
■ New Echota, with a line traced in that neighborhood to the Tennes
see line bv Brigade No. 2, under Mr. Whitwell. But finding the de
scent to Little liver could only be attained by gradations of 55 or 60
feet per mile, that between the Etowah and Little rivers, one or more ;
jilanes of considerable inclination, or excavations and embankments j
from 60 to 70 feet in depth, and 800 to 1000 feet in extent would lA* I
unavoidable, and that the ascent frem the river to the Pine Log sum- '
mit would be attended with excavations and i mbankments, varying ;
but little from those between the rivers above mentioned, 1 deemed
it unnecessary to make any further surveys on this route, and there- !
fore abandoned it-
The several blue dotted lines traced on the accompanying map, ex- !
hibit the instrumemal tests, to*wliicli the most favorable features of
the ground adjacent to that occupied by the full blue line, were sub- |
jected.
The full blueline indicates the route on which the annexed esti
mate is based—this route makes the total distance between the Chat
tahoochee and Etowah rivers 38 miles 2.230 feet, the common trav
elled road is roughly estimated at 40 miles.
The estimated probable cost of this line, exclusive of railing,
is $1,246,230 65, making the average cost per mile for the same
$32,435 30.
Had sufficient time been allowed to have made a definite location
of this route, many improvements would unquestionably have been
effected,’distinguishing the cost of excavation and embankment, and
possibly would have lessened the total distance; but I feel confident
in the assertion (hat no other route with the same limits of gradation j
and curvature can be found between the eastern and western termi
nus of this line, the cost of which will not materially exceed the esti
mated probable cost of this.
Having completed the several duties assigned to my Brigade be
tween the Chattahoochee and Etowah rivers, I was directed to re
pair to the western bank as the Etowah river, and make a definitive
location of the first ten miles of the route, leading thence to the Ten
nessee line, surveyed under the direction of Mr. Whitwell.
On tb.e 10th September, 1837, the line (S • 'l'.) h dilated enthe
: map by a full blue line, was commenced at a point on one of the spurs
| of the Blue Ridge mountains, on the next bank of tho Etowah river,
' 70 feet above the surface of the water near the Fish Trap Rapids, north
of May’s ferry.
From this point the line descends, with maximum inclination, to
wards I’ucket’s bill, on the Cassville road, and keeping in the vicinity
of this road, crosses the dividing ridge of tho Etowah and Pettis’ creek
waters, thence over Pettis’ creek, a short distance north of the road,
thence to and along Nancy’screck, a blanch of Pettis’ creek, to its head.
From the head waters of this ceek, the line is carried over the Hamil
ton summit, 97 feet above the water level of the Etowah, thence it de
scends into the valley of Two Run creek, a branch of the Etowah, and
crossing it at three points, terminates at Two Rung ip, 38 feet above,
and 11 miles northwest of the Etowah river.
cut of 31 feet is necessarily incurred through the Blue ridge spur at
the commencement of the location, and the valley intervening between
j this ridge and Pocket’s hill, another spur of the same general ridge, re- !
; quires an embankment averaging about 16 feet in depth and 2000 feet j
in length. This embankment terminates at Pocket’s hill, through ■
which an excavation of ten feet for a short distance is unavoidable ;
thence the line ascends to the summit of the ridge between Pocket’s hill
and Pettis’ creek, which is surmounted by a grade of 2,435 feet psi* mile
with an average cut of six feet, for a distance of 1,800 feet-—a descent
from this summit of 23 feet per mile, carries us to Pettis’creek, over
! which a bridge of 24 feet high, and 200 feet long, is necessary.
The n"cessity of an elevated bridge over tlic Etowah river, calling
: for our extreme grades, renders tho first mils of this line the only ex
pensive one of the whole number located. After passing Pettis’ creek
the line conforms generally to the natural surface of the ground, with
gradations of gentle ascent and descent, and with curvatures in no in- j
stance of radii less than 1,600 feet
In passing Two Kun gap, the valley’ of the creek becomes so con
tracted, as to render the erection of three bridges over the creek, or a cut
eight feet deep, and of considerable extent, through rock, indispensa
ble. From an estimate of the probable cost of passing tho gap by both
modes, the foimer was found to be the least expensive, and was there
fore adopted.
In conclusion, it may lie proper to state, that, the amount of excava
tion is 143,690 cubic.yards, andl the amount of embankment is 186,212
cubic yards, amounting to 329,902 cubic yards.
'i’he accompanying estimate Will furnish data, by which a comparison
of the probable cost of construction of the proposed road on both sides
of the Etowah river, maybe made-—and is respectfully submitted by
your obedient servant,
THOMAS STOCKTON, Assistant Engineer.
I The following estimate exhibits txeprobable cost of road fc: n.alien
cn the route from the Chattahoochee river to Allatoona, as indicated on
the map by the full blue line, ami by the full red line; thence to the Eto
wah river, for which an estimate has been given by Gen. Brisbane, no
allowance having been made for difficult, excavations m rock.
Section I.—Length 6 miles, 1.970 feet.
2,095,097 cubic yards of excavation and embankment,
at 15 cents per cubic yard, $‘311,251 05
23,112 perches of masonry for bridges and culverts at
at $1 50 per perch, 34,663 00
1,000 feet of wooden bridges at S2O 20.000 00
Probable cost of road formation, $363,919 05
Section 2.—Length 5 miles, 3,500 feet.
320,430 cubic* yards of excavation and embankment,
15 cents per cubic yard. $123,061 50 I
, 731 perches of masonry fur culverts, $1 50 pet perch, 1,09(5 50 ;
Probable cost of road formation, $121,161 00
Section 3.—Length 7 miles, 1,200 feet.
1,219,016 cubic yards of excavation and embankment,
15 cents per yard, $137,352 40:
5,480 perches of masonry for bridges and culverts, $i 53
per perch, 8 220 00 ■
40 feet of wooden bri Iges S2O 800, 00
Probable cost of road formation, .$196,372 46 i
Section 4.—Length 7 miles, 560 feet.
951,061 cubic yards of excavation and embankment,
15 cents per cubic yard, $142,659 60;
5,202 [Kielies of masonry lor bridges and culverts t;-l 59
per perch, 7,803 00 :
200 feet of wooden bridges S2O 4,000 00 ■
A Tun ml 2,100 feel long through the t idge dividing
the waters of Allatoona and Noonday creeks, 115.000 0!)
Probable cost of road formation, $269,462 60 I
Section s—Length 7 miles, 280 feet.
I 994,804 cubie yards of excavation am! embankment,
15 cents per cubic yard, 149,220 69 '
! 6,612, perches masonry for bridges and culverts $1 59
per peteb, 9.918 00 j
500 feet of wooden bridges S2O 19,000 CO j
i
Probable cost of road formation, $169,133 CO
Section 6—Length 5 miles.
Probable cost of road foimatiou, according to Gen.
Brisbane's estimate, $118,177 GO
Aggregate cost of road formation, 1,246,239 65
Railing for a single track, 33 miles 422 feet, $7,000
per mile, 263,954 00
Aggregate cost of road complete, $1,515,184 65
A veragt: cost per mile for road formation, bridges, &c.
included, $32,435 31
Averagecost per mile of road complete, 39,435 31
Estimate »f the probable cost cf road formation, on the route from the
Etowah river to Two-Run gap. embracing a distance of 11 miles.
329,902 3 cubic yards of excavation and embankment at
15 cents per cttliic yard, $49,485 34
409 feet wooden bridges nt $lO, abutments & pins included, 16,000 00
Probable cost of road formation, $65,485 34
Average cost per mile for road formation, bridges, &c in-
clusive, $5,953 21
Average cost per mile of road complete, $12,953 21
THOMAS STOCKTON, Assistant Engineer.
REPORT
Os the Committee on the Stale of the Republic.
The Joint Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom
was refetred, so much of the Governor’s Message, as relates
to his correspondence with the Governor of Maine, which cor
respondence was occasioned by the secret and felonious alidiic
lion, from the City ofSavanmih, ofa negro slave, named Atti
cus, the property of James and Henry Sagttrs, by Daniel Phil
brook tin.l Edward Kellernn, citizens of' the Stale of Maine,
and fugitives from justice; together with the accompanying do
cuments, (to wit, the affidavit of'James Sagttrs, one ol’ the own- i
ers ol'said slave, the warrant of'the magistrate, and the return :
jol the officer thereon; the consequent demand of the Exei ntive | |
' of Georgia, upo t ti e Executive of Maim*, for the delivery of (
said fugitives, to the ajimt ofthe State of Georgia, in ordi r that 1 <
thev mig'lit l><* m ule amenable t > (lie violated laws ol the St . t *,.
!tn ,i (|,e ndbsa! of the Governor of Maine, to comply with said
demmrl) REl’Oll I :
Tlml said Committee have fully reviewed all the circiimstan •
; -es atxmdin" *mi i demand ami refusal—that in the opinion ol
1 said Commiuec, the Goiernor of Maine has signally laded tt>
show nnv ''ood and -nfiicient cause to justily him in n Rising to
comply with thei'l-.t a id reasonable demand of the Executive
(if (I. (H-i.i, but,‘that on (he contrary, the reph/ oi the Govern
or <>! G or-ia, to the letter of refusal of tl.e Governor oi Marne,
I -ontains argument.’, unanswerable ar-uments, winch shoo (I
j nt once Imve caused that officer, if at all disposed to comply
with the requi-itions of the Constitution of the United States,
by iiei formiu j: the saend duties w hii b it imposed upon linn,
I or to pies, rve that C’.iiiflfsij which should ever subsist b< tween
the sister States of this Union, upon any and every subject, liow
; over triilim' it might be, in its nature, but more particularly
i upon questions of such grave import, as the one now under
censideratioi■, to have caused said fugitives to be arrested, and
the necessary notice of such arrest given to the Governor of
Georgia, so that they might be made to answer the charges
pn ll rred agaiuM them—anti if innocent,to vindicate their inno
i ..ern e ; if guilty, to endure the just pin i liinent oi their crimes.
The nfusai of Governor Dunlap, occurring at a period
when the minds of the people oi the South are justly < Xi.Hcd,
and their feelings most wmitimly outraged by (lie machina
tion* of certain fanatics < fthe North, who seem determined, in
defiance oi sound polii v, and the dictates ol honest patriotism,
and of every principle oi natural and Constitutional Law, to
! ki". p tip an excitement in relation lo a certain species oi pro
perty, with w liii h no inierfi rcnce from any quarter uhatsoerer
w ill be permitted —a proju rly , guarantei (I to them by the Con
stitution of the United States, and without which guarantee this
Union never would have been formed —appears, in the opinion
cf your Committee, if woZ like a disposition on the part of lite
Gov< rtior of Maim*, to fo-tvr ami encourage said fanatics in
their unholy crusade against Southern rights, and which, if
persisted in, must i:>‘'rita!>h/ lea I to a speedy dissolution nf the
Union, at I'nst like an inclmation to wink at their proceedings,
l;v screening th- if miserable agents, who alone carry their doc
trines into practical effect by wanton depredations upon our
property, from the justice of our Laws.
The reasoning of his Excellency of Maim*, in his letter of
refusal, to the demand of the Governor of Georgia, is, in the
opinion of your Committee, entirely fidavions.and evasive of the
true question at issue. The affidavit of the owner of the sto
len slave, directly charges that the fugitives did, “ on or about
the fourth day of May, eii'hteen hundred and thirty-seven,/t,'-
loniously cnceUfe, steal, tahe and carry away, without the limits
of the Stale of Georgia, a certain negro slave named Atticus,
the property of deponent and his brother;” and further states,
that lite offence is, as deponent is informed and believes, a felony
under the Law sos Georgia; but Governor Dunlap affects to
consider that the belief of the deponent, that the act committed
was a felony under the Laws of Georgia, was not sufficient to
authorize him to deliver the fugitives to the agent of the State.
Upon this part of his Excellency’s most sophistical letter, your
committee cannot fail to speak in terms other than those of
the most unqualified reprobation. The fugitives were directly
an I positively charged w ith \\nvtn" feloniouslyenveiglcd, stolen,
taken, and, carried away a negro slave; with having, after the
commission of said felony, fed from the State’, and that they
were believed at the lime to be w ithin the limits of the Slate of
Maine. Is it for one moment to be presumed that the Govern
-1 or of the State of Maine was not aware that larceny is made,
I by the Law sos every Stale in the Union, felony; unless, indeed,
it may not so be by those of Maine? That State, indeed, may
have, in tender mercy, to thieves and incendiaries, declared it
otherwise ; but this your Committee does not, and cannot be
lieve. Whether, however, felony or not, by the Laws of Maine,
is it not a crime ? It is so declared by the penal code of the Slate
of Georgia, which fact was communicated to the Governor of
Maine, by the Governor of Georgia. lias, then, the Governor
of Maine done that, which not only common court: sy, I.ut jus
tice, policy, patriotism, an ■ imperative duty, required him to
■ perform? Has he complied vv’th the stern requisitions of the
Constitution of the United States, w hich he was sworn lo sup
port and defend ? No ! hut lie has disregarded and violated all.
The A< t of Congress, passed February I2t’-', 1793, “respect
ing fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the servi
ces oftheir masters”—an Act passed in furtherance of the se
cond section of the fourth article of the Constitution, which
says, “ a person charged in any State with treason, felony, or
other crime, who shall (Ice from justice, and be found in anoth
er State, shall, or. demand ol' the Executive authority of the
Slate from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the
State ha*, ing jurisdiction of the crime”—expressly and peremp
torily declares, “ that w henever the Executive authority of any
State in tb.e Union, or of either of the Territories Northwest
or South of the rivi r Ohio, shall demand any person as a fugi
tive from justice, ol the Executive authority of any such State
or Territory, to which such person shall have fled, and shall
moreover produce the copy oi - an indictment found, or an affi
davit ma le before a magistrate of any State *>r Territory, as
aforesaid, charging the person so demanded, with having com
mitted treason, jelony, or other crime, certified as authentic by
the Governor or Chief Jdagistrate of the State or Territory
from whence the person so charged, fled, it shall he the duh/ of
the Executive authority of the State or Tenitory, to which
such person shall have fled, to cause him or her, to be arrested
and secured, and notice ol the arrest io be given to the Execu
tive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such au
thority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugi
tive to be delivered to such agent, when he shall appear;” and
further provides that if “ no such agent shall appear within six
months I'rem the time of such arrest, the prisoner maybe dis
charged,’’ &.c. Now by rek'rring to the documents hereunto
annexed, it will appear that every requisition of the above recit
ed Act, was strictly complied with by the Executive of Georgia.
But the Governor of Maine, in his anxious desire to find an ex
cuse for not doing his duty says, so far as he has “received
any information relative to Philbrook and’Kelli ran,” their visit
to Georgia, “ was in the course of their ordinary business, as
I mariners; their vessel being at the South, they navigated it
homeward by the usual route, and in the usual time. They
had stated homes to w hich they openly returned; at those homes
they took up their resat '.is ami conducted their affairs there
without eoncealment, ami in all respects conformably to the
usages of innocent and unsuspecting citizens. Whether such
a course ot conduct is to be a fleeing from justice, within the
meaning oi the Actol Congress, and whether men so conduct
ing ate to be viewed as ‘fugitives,’ may present a question of
some importance,” w hich he does not deem it necessary for
him to decide. Truly a most w ise conclusion ! but the Govern
or ol Maine seems to claim it as a matter of tight, for him to
depend upon injvrniatioii which he rtceived for refusing to de
liver the fugitives; information, perhaps false, against a posi
tive oath, btirely then, your Committee, speaking in behalf
of the people of Georgia, if not of the entire South, may’ be per
mitted also, to rely upon information which they have received,
for reasons, (independent of those already’ given,) why they
should have been delivered The vessel of the fugitives left, it
appears, tne port of Savannah, in tho usual manner; she pursued
the usual track, that of the broad ocean, (the only one she could
possibly pursue,) to reach her port of destination ; she arrived
in the usual time, and, as the Governor of Maine would have us
believe, “they took up their residence” at th it* usual homes.
On the other hand, yor.r Committee is informed upon good au
thority, that when the owner, who went in pursuit of the stolen
slave, arrived at the port to which the fugitives fled, to wit, their
hoiees, they themselves could not bo found, although their ves
sel was lying in tho port; the slave they did find concealed in a
barn, and that when the party who arres’ti d him, were about leav
ing with the recovered property, they were pelted by the popu
lace, ami the ow ner with difficulty escaped from the fury of the
mob.
But it is unnecessary to dilate further. All the faits of the
ease show conclusively that the Governor of Maine, if not dis
posed at the lime of the demand to comply with it, for want of
information, that he should have done so on the reception of
Gov. Schh y’s second letter. To that letter, no reply—so ft r
as your Committee is informed, has ever been received. Com
pelled, therefore, from all these circumstances, to believe that
tm ((instituted authorities of Maine, do not mean to comply
with tin* Laws ami Constitution of the country', but in total dis
regard of both, to treat with contempt the’just demands of
iiem gi.i, a.l that remains (or your Committee to perform, is,
to suggest the remedy. This is indeed a delicate, and difficult
task. We cammt close out* ports against the vessels of Maine.
e cannot declare a non-intereourse w ith her citizens. Either
< ouise w o*ild be clearly unconstitutional. To seize upon the
per.-onsi I her citizens as hostages, or to levy iqion their proper
ty found in oui* State, byway of reprisal, would also be uncon
stitutional : but it not, it would be unjust, because it would he
punishing the innocent for thegtiiltv. W hat then, ought to be
done? R.’smt to the ultima ratio .’ This, in the language of
Governor Schley, “cannot be resorted to, without a vi I'atiotl