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The Western & Atlantic Rail
road’s Terminals, Sidetracks,
Etc.
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 A Georgia Railway Co.
rents from the Western & Atlantic
the right to run its trains through
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,
Southern Express Office, Wholesale
Dry-Goods, Drug and Hardware
Houses.
5. —Markham House.
6. —Georgia Railroad Freight Depot.
7.8, 9. —Wholesale Grain, Hay, Meat,
Flour, etc., Houses.
10. —Newspaper and Job Printing Offices.
11, 12, 13.—Six State and National Banks,
wholesale Grocery Houses, and South
ern Telegraph Office.
14. —Fulton County Court House.
15. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
16. 17. —Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal and
Presbyterian Churches.
18. —New Georgia State Capitol (being
erected).
19. —DeGive’s Opera House, Telephone Ex-
change.
20. —Post-office, Custom House, U. S.
Circuit Court, and Hotel Weinmeister.
21. —Present Georgia State Capitol.
The following are the Railroads centering in the Union Passenger Depot, viz.: Western
& Atlantic, Central of Georgia, Atlanta & West Point, Georgia, Richmond & Dan
ville, and Georgia Pacific.
There is no omnibus transfer between these roads, all changes being made in Union
Depot. •
All 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.
Scale 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.
At Dalton, the Western & Atlan
tic passenger trains stop at the union
depot immediately by the hotels, and
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-
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
REFERENCES.
22. Western & Atlantic Railroad Gen-
eral Offices, Freight Depot, Round
house 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.
24. —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.
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 A*
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
I physical advantages in the matter of
handling and delivering freight, and
maintaining the comfort and conven
ience of passengers.
Fairly Earned Appointments.
We take pleasure in inserting the fol
lowing circular:
Western a Atlantic Railroad Co.
General Freight Department
Atlanta, (Ja., Octobers, 1886.
To Agents and Connections:
Taking effect this day, the following ap
pointments are announced: Mr. AV. 11. Tre
zevant is promoted from the position of
Southeastern Agent, and becomes General
Southern Agent of this Company, with
headquarters at Atlanta.
Mr. George M. Brown is promoted
from the position of Soliciting Agent
in Florida, and becomes Southeastern
Agent, for the territory extending from
Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C., Charleston,
S. Savannah, Ga., and Macon, Ga., in
clusive. His headquarters, till further
notice, will also be in Atlanta.
Joseph M. Brown,
Approved : General Freight Agent.
R. A. Anderson,
(leneral Superintendent.
We do not know when two promo
tions have been made which have been
more merited than the above. Mr.
Trezevant has achieved a reputation
which is enviable, and the manage
ment of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company has reflected credit
upon itself as well as upon him in his
promotion.
Mr. George M. Brown received his
appointment on his twenty-first birth
day, —it being a graceful birthday pres
ent from the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company to him. He has,
for three years past, been in the solicit
ing business for the Western and At
lantic Railroad Company in Florida,
to which position, by the way, he was
promoted from a minor clerkship in
the Atlanta offices.
Mr. Brown, like his brother, the
General Freight and Passenger Agent
of the Company, began literally at the
bottom. The rule on the Western and
Atlantic is that no matter from what
station in life its employes come they
have to learn the rudiments before
they are put to handling the big words
and big figures. On the Western and
; Atlantic,
; “It is not wealth, nor rank, nor state,
But ‘git up and git’ that makes men great.”
Chuck Anderson’s livery stable, at
Marietta, is one of the finest in the
South. Chuck has a weakness for
iron greys, and nearly all the horses in
his stables are of that color. They
are kept in fine condition, and he can
set you up behind a spanking team for
a ride on the beautiful drives around
Marietta at any time, that is, unless
you get there after all of them have
been engaged, which is a very frequent
occurrence, inasmuch as Marietta is so
full of tourists who are fond of riding,
and Chuck’s teams are nearly always
in demand.
One of the best eating houses in all
the southeast is that which is kept by
Judge Carrie, at historic Big Shanty,
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The Judge always satisfies those who
are so fortunate as to be on the train
which takes supper at his house.
There is no change of cars between
Cincinnati and Marietta, Ga.
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