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4 fircat Benitesnw Itoutf fin;cttt, 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-