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The Western & Atlantic Rail
road’s Terminals, Sidetracks,
Etc. j
There is not, probably, in all Amer
ica, a railroad which has such magnifi
cent terminals and such an abundance
of sidetracks, at all necessary points
along its line, as the Western & At
lantic.
The main line of the Western &
Atlantic, from Atlanta to Chattanooga,'
is 138 miles long; but it has 42 miles
of sidetracks in Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Dalton and at other points along its
line, making a total mileage, of main
line and sidetracks, of 180 miles.
By reason of this profusion of side
tracks, between Chattanooga and At
lanta, there is practically no difficulty
in changing freight and passenger
schedules and making different meet
ing points for the various trains.
One trouble about some railroad lines
is that they have such a scarcity of
sidetracks between their terminals,
that when they are handling a pretty
fair amount of business their freight
trains are unable to get into the scant
supply of sidetracks at meeting points,
and the result is that passenger trains
have to take the sidetracks to allow
freights to pass, or else the passenger
and freight trains get mixed up and
have to “see-saw,” thus killing some
times many minutes, and, probably,
an hour, before they can go forward
on an unobstructed track.
Herein is a great strength of the
Western & Atlantic. Although there
are, in the busy season, frequent instan
ces of where it runs from six to eight
trains on a schedule, yet passenger
trains are never put to any inconve
nience from this cause. When they
arrive at meeting points the freight
trains are in the long sidetracks, and
the mail trains rush by as if there was
not a freight train within a hundred
miles of them.
Passengers going over the Western
& Atlantic, therefore, have reason
able assurance that there will be none
of those petty annoyances in the matter
of delays which sometimes, and on
some lines, frequently cause the miss
ing of schedules with their connections.
The perfect system with which the
Western & Atlantic Railroad is
worked ; the thorough understanding
and almost brotherly feeling that ex
ists between its officers and employes,
make it the strongest road for its size
in the country, or as it has been said,
“The biggest thing for its size in Amer
iky.”
The terminals of the Western &
Atlantic are especially and notably su
perior. In Chattanooga, for instance,
its passenger trains run into the union
depot, and its freight depot and yards
are immediately alongside Market
street, the business thoroughfare of
the city.
In addition to this, the East Ten
nessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co.
rents from the Western & Atlantic
the right to run its trains through
the Western & Atlantic’s yard, thus
connecting its Memphis & Charles
ton division with the other divisions.
ATLANTA, GA.
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1. Union Passenger Depot.
2. Kimball House.
3. Artesian Well.
4. —Western Union Telegraph Office,
S<h ihf.rn Express Office, Wholesale
Dry-Goods, Drug and Hardware
Houses.
5. Markham House.
6. Georgia R ailroad Freight Depot.
7. N, SI. Wholesale Grain, Hay, Meat,
Flour, etc., Houses.
Id.—-Newspaper and Job Printing Offices.
11. 12, 13. Six State and National Banks,
wholesale Grocery Houses, and South
ern Telegraph Office.
11. Fulton County Court House.
15. ATi.anta Chamber of Commerce.
16. 17. Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal -and
Presbyterian Churches.
IS. New Georgia State Capitol (being
erected I.
19. DeGive's Opera House, Telephone Ex-
change.
20. Posr-OFFICE. Ct STOM Hol SE, U. S.
Circuit Court, and Hotel Weinmeister.
21. Prosent Georgia State Capitol.
The following are the Railroads centering in the Union Passenger Depot, viz.: Western
& Atlantic. Cen i ral of Georgia, Atlanta West Point, Georgia, Richmond & Dan
vn i e, and Georgia Pacific.
There is no omnibus tkxnsfer between these roads, ill changes being made in Union
Depot. •
Ail. Street-car Lines in Atlanta either start from, or pass within, one square of Union
Passenger Depot.
The accompanying map shows the business portion of Atlanta. The Union Passenger
Depot is in the exact center of the city, the city limits being one mile and a half distant.
.S’, <//<■ of distance, one-fourth of a mile to one inch. Street-car Lines indicated thus -- - -
The Cincinnati Southern Railway
Co. also pays a like rental to the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad Co., for
privileges in Chattanooga.
The East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railway Co. has also rented
from the Western & Atlantic Rail
road Co. the privilege of running its
freight and passenger trains over the
Western & Atlantic Railroad be
tween Chattanooga and East Tennessee
Junction, on the Western & Atlantic
railroad, eight miles southeast of Chat
tanooga. This arrangement will con
tinue until the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia & Georgia Railway’s tunnel
under Missionary Ridge is repaired,
which, it is presumed, will be within a
few days. The trains of the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rail
way, while on this portion of the
Western <fe Atlantic Railroad, are
under the exclusive control of the Train
Dispatcher of the Western & At
lantic, and when behind time wait un
til the arrival of opposing W. & A.
trains.
At Dalton, the Western & Atlan
tic passenger trains stop at the union
depot immediately by the hotels, and
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
REISER ENCES.
22. Western & Atlantic Railroad Gen-
eral Offices. Freight Depot, Round
hoi se and Car Shops.
The vacant space here shown is oc
cupied by railroad tracks, etc., and no
vehicles can go across. A ravine di
vides the southwest side.
23. —Central Railroad of Ga., and At-
lanta & West Point Railroad
Freight Depot.
21. —East Tennessee. Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Passenger Depot.
25. —East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Freight Depot.
26. —Georgia Pacific Railway Freight De-
pot.
27. -Governor's Mansion.
28. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Freight Depot.
29. 30. 31. 32. Manufacturing Establish-
mentsand Grain Elevator.
33. Capitol City Club.
34. Southern R’y and Steamship Associa-
tion Offices, Cannon House, National
Hotel.
its freight depot is within thirty steps
of the union passenger depot.
The East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railway Co. also rents from
the Western & Atlantic Railroad Co.
the use of nearly 1,400 feet of the
Western & Atlantic track in Dalton,
and runs its trains over this portion
of the Western A Atlantic Railroad,
with the proviso thatjf its trains are
behind time they are not to proceed
over this track against W. & A. R. R.
trains which are due.
Some of the leading business estab
lishments in Dalton are also along the
Western & Atlantic sidetracks.
At Cartersville the Western &
Atlantic Railroad Co. allows the East
& West Railroad of Alabama to run
upon its right of way down into the
center of the little city. It also allows
the same privileges to the Marietta &
North Georgia Railroad, at Marietta.
In Atlanta the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad passenger trains enter the
union depot, being the only transpor
tation line from the west which enjoys
this privelige.
Its freight depot and general offices
are within a couple of hundred yards
of the geographical center of the city,
and its sidetracks run behind the great
wholesale houses directly across the
street from the Kimball and Markham
houses and other hotels. A majority
of the leading manufacturing estab
lishments of Atlanta are also located
on the line of the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad.
In Atlanta, the Georgia Pacific Rail
way Co. rents from the Western &
Atlantic Railroad Co. the privilege of
running its passenger trains over the
Western & Atlantic Railroad into
the union depot. The East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia Railroad Co. has
also arranged with the Western &
Atlantic Railroad Co. to transfer the
freights of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia & Georgia Railway through
the Western & Atlantic yard to
connecting lines in Atlanta.
Thus it will be seen, that the West
ern and Atlantic is master of the sit
uation in Georgia so far as concerns
physical advantages in the matter of
handling and delivering freight, and
maintaining the comfort and conven
ience of passengers.
Beautiful Route and Noted
Health Resorts.
Now that tourists and invalids are
about getting ready to go south to
spend the fall and winter, it will be
well for them to bear in mind that
there is no better place in the south
east than Aiken, S. C.
There is at this point one of the
most magnificent hotels in the south,
and it is kept “jam up.”
There is only one change of cars
between Cincinnati and Aiken. Pas
sengers coming from Cincinnati to At
lanta in the through sleeping cars
which run over the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, transfer in the Union Passen
ger Depot, at Atlanta, into the sleep
ing cars which run over the Georgia
Railroad and South Carolina Railroad
to Aiken, and arrive there that night
about comfortable bed-time.
This route is through the most his
toric and beautiful part of Georgia.
The schedules are reliable, and the
train service is all that could possibly
be desired. Added to this is the fact,
as before stated, that Aiken has one of
| the largest and most superb hotels in
| the South.
From Aiken, one can take short
trips to Augusta, and can visit the fa
mous “Sand-hills,” so noted as a sani
tarium, or can run down to Charles
ton and see Forts Sumter and Moultrie
and other famous points of interest in
I the “city by the sea,” which has just
i acquired additional national promi
nence from being the earthquake cen
tre, which great calamity it is now
happily presumed is over so far as the
danger is concerned.
“ The Hedges,” Marietta, is a fine
house, under the management of Mr.
James A. Lafitte, just opened for
boarders. Fine rooms, lovely grounds,
free livery for guests. See card on
page 15.
The scenery on the Western & At
| lantic, at historic Mill Creek Gap, and
along Rocky Face Ridge, is unexcelled
in beauty.
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