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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. MAP SHOWING THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE CITY, ETC. JI IL_JZ_JI II II /A I II II I t i nwLj 11 uOI—IIJUO—II Ip iL— □M J!——ll II _li — 1 I—NOl ILIL—JI JI JM h wwMw □ Til i n§i r- w^hLIULJU U ju ui aLJ winter iJ T Foster —I jJj DT// T 2/ P AIN 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. 5