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PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH,
IN THE INTERESTS OE
THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE:
Western and Atlantic Railroad:
Under the auspices of the Passenger Department,
BY
THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
A. L. HARRIS, EDITOR.
Atlanta, Ga., April, 1888,
SUBSCRIPTION : 50 cents a year ; six ino’s, 25 c.
A limited number of acceptable adver
tisements will be inserted in The Great Ken
ne-saw Route Gazette, which has an immense
edition every month, and it is safe to say
that it is read by more people than any
other paper in the South. Great numbers
are distributed in Atlanta, to citizens and
travelers, by the publishers and officials of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad; and at
other points where The Great Kennesaw Route \
is represented. For space and terms ad
dress the
GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE GAZETTE,
Box 57 Atlanta, Ga.
And you will receive a prompt response.
Advertising rates very low.
Battles Along the W. & A.
Each number of The Great
Kennesaw Route Gazette fur the
next few months, will have upon the
first page a description of some of the
famous battles which occurred along
the line of the Western and Atlantic
railroad. These articles will be illus
trated.
The January number was entitled,
“ The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Number.”
The February issue was “ The Battle
of Chickamauga Number.”
That of March was “The Battle of
Ringgold Number.”
And then follows “ The Battle
of Resaca Number,” “ The Battle of
Allatoona Number,” etc., in regular
succession.
All who desire to secure illustrated
descriptions of the renowned struggles
between Chattanooga and Atlanta will
do well to note this fact, and doubt
less all will find it very much to their
interest to preserve the successive
numbers as they come out.
The Western and Atlantic railroad
is richer in historic memories than any
other railroad in America, and all
subscribers to, or readers of The
Great Kennesaw Route Gazette
will have an opportunity to secure a
rich treasury of knowledge on this
subject.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company has a special “ theater-goer’s
rate,” from Marietta to Atlanta, of 50
cents for the round trip. Numbers of
people come down from Marietta to At
lanta on the evening train, attend the
theatre, leave Atlanta at 11 and reach
Marietta before 12 o’clock midnight.
Whenever necessary, the Western and
Atlantic railroad holds the 11 o’clock
train until 11:15 p. m., for the accom
dation of theatre-goers.
The highest mountain in America
—Popocateptel. The historic mountain
of America —Kennesaw.
THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE GAZETTE.
THE GREAT FRESHET.
The great freshet which began with
the immense rainfall on Sunday
night, March 28th, and continued for
a couple of days, will stand as high
water mark in northwest Georgia and
the adjacent states, it is to be hoped,
for many years to come.
All the railroads running through
this general region were washed out,
and some of them at this writing have-’
hardly been restored to their former
condition so far as being open for
traffic is concerned.
The Chattahoochee river, the
Etowah river and the Oostanaula
river, and especially the latter, were
higher than have ever been known.
At Resaca the waters were five feet
above the previous highest water mark.
The river south of the Western and
Atlantic railroad was about a half a
mile wide, and north of it, owing to
the Western and Atlantic railroad’s
embankment across the level river
bottom throwing back the waters and
making a huge dam, and also owing to
the back-waters reaching up into and
behind the town of Resaca, had a total
width of over one mile.
The river here afforded a scene of im
posing grandeur, very fascinating ev
en in its terror and destructiveness.
Several hundred feet of the Western
and Atlantic track was washed out of
line and the embankment broken in
several places; but in general the dam
age was very slight.
The Western and Atlantic railroad
bridge across the river was not damaged
although the water came up to the
top of the piers. Too much praise
cannot be given to Mr. J. A. Fite, the
agent of the road, who, finding him
self cut off from all telegraphic and
other communication with the officers
of the road, acted upon his own judge
ment, and adopted such measures as
saved the bridge.
The C oosawattee river is said to
have been unprecedentedly high. The
Connasauga river, which flows directly
parallel to the Western and Atlantic
railroad from Tilton down to its junc
tion with the Coosawattee opposite
Reseca, was out of its banks at all
points. The back-water reached over
the road in several places between
Tilton at Resaca, and at Tilton was
six feet ovei the track.
The waters of the historic Mill
Creek, immediately northwest of Dal
ton, were swollen to a tremendous ex
tent, and the bridge at Willow Dale
was severely tested; but stood the
pressure and came out all right.
The Chickamauga Valley was about
in the center of the rain area, and the
Chickamauga creek spread out over
the valley to an almost alarming width.
It also came above the track on two or
three of the bridges and completely
submerged them. Bridge No. 9, in
fact was ten feet under the level of the
| water when the Tennessee river rose
and forced its back-water up into the
Chickamauga valley; but almost
strange to say the bridge was not at all
■ damaged.
In fact, the damage to the road-bed
of the Western and Atlantic railroad
was astonishingly small. The total
amount of damage is estimated at cer
tainly less than two thousand dollars.
Two small culverts, but none of its
bridges were washed away, and it is a
flattering compliment to this great
iron highway that almost the only loss
or annoyance it suffered by reason of
the flood was the suspension of traffic
for several days. Inasmuch, however,
as the road was opened before any of
its competitors, and as the tide of
: travel and of freight business was
thereby turned over its rails and has
continued thus, the Western and At
lantic railroad came out positively the
gainer by the big freshet.
We are informed that its freight and
passenger receipts show an almost phe
-1 nomenal increase since the flood, and
j this can only be accounted for by the
I fact that being first opened it secured
the privilege of transporting passen
gers who were congregated near its ter
mini and were anxious to go home by
the first route which would be open,
[ and that during the week that traffic
was suspended over all the roads,
the supplies in this section were get
ting somewhat exhausted, and, conse
quently, every merchant or broker was
desirous of getting his business through
over the first line which could trans
port it for him, and this was the a/ways
successful — always to be relied upon,
never deceive you by false promises,—
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The wonderful Georgia marble quar
ries, which are well worth a trip of
three hundred miles to see, can only
! be reached via the Western and Atlan
■ tic railroad and Marietta.
I
Kennesaw Mountain, the only moun
tain by that name in the United
States, is 22 miles north of Atlanta,
and on the Western and Atlantic rail
road.
It is seldom that a railroad line is
so highly complimented by a rival line
as the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
or Great Kennesaw Route. The
attempt to crib its route title by nam
ing a little mountain up in East Ten
nessee, “Kennesaw Mountain,” and
the insertion of the name on its rival’s
maps and office signs have committed
the rival in the eyes of the public to
the confession that it cannot equal the
Western and Atlantic’s advantages and
hence has resorted to what it thought
an easier, but what has been univer
sally considered a somewhat disrepu
table means of inducing over its line
travel which prefers the Western and
Atlantic R. R., or Great Kennesaw
Route.
Marietta, the little “Gem City,” is
the choicest health resort of Georgia,
and is on the Western and Atlantic
railroad, near the foot of the historic
Kennesaw Mountain.
Seventy-one varieties of wood found
on the line of the Western and Atlan
i tic railroad.
Go to No. 4 Kimball House for tick
ets and you won’t get left.
PSALM CXXI.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.,
from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved..
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper: The Lord is
thy ( hade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor
the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil: He shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.
Grand Excursion to London and
Paris, June 22, 1886.
The “World Travel Co,”
In conjuction with the undersigned,
take pleasure in announcing that
they will organize a select party of’
fifty ladies and gentlemen for a special
trip of thirty-five days from New
York to London and Paris.
The party wil 1 goon the magnificent
steamship “Alaska,” of the Guion
Line, to Liverpool, and will return on
the new and elegant steamship, “La
Champagne,” of the French Line P
leaving Havre on the 17th of July.
The party throughout will be con
ducted, personally, by an American
gentleman of extensive traveling ex
perience, who has madeaspecial study
of London and Paris.
The trip will consume thirty-five
days from New York City and back
to New York.
The price of the tickets from New
York and back will be $275, which
includes all traveling expenses, hotel
bills, carriages and entrance fees to all
places of interest visited.
The party will be limited strictly to
fifty.
The tickets for the trip must be pur
chased and paid for by 22d May.
Address all communications to R.
D. Mann & Co., General S. 8. Agent
Atlanta, Ga.
No tourist should pass through
Chattanooga without stopping and tak
ing a trip over the Western and At
lantic, down through the beautiful and
historic Chickamauga Valley.
The Western and Atlantic railroad
runs 11 passenger trains per day be
tween Atlanta and Marietta. Tourists
who stop at Marietta not only get the
advantages of pure air and beautiful
scenery, but are also within one hour’s
ride of Atlanta.
The Kenesaw Route is the only first
class and reliable route to Chattanooga
from this place. Only line running
through cars to Memphis, Little Rock
connecting closely with trains for Ar
kansas and Texas points. Only Line
running sleeping cars from Atlanta to-
Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago.
Capitalists and Investors.
A number of unusually good and really
profitable openings for investment are of
fered on page 3 of this issue. Notice them
and then correspond with us.
FRIERSON & SCOTT,
Atlanta, Ga-
