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.>•••' ~ - —1 —’ __ _ _ ■- ■ ■ ■ --■ ■■- ' - 1 1 —'- - Zg&?iAWWi<uii' 1111 uniiii n urnhS'.'?& / I ' s ■ c .. v Sj 'i fer ; AZETTFj ' * \ <S VIEW OF KEHMESAW ZAOVNTAIN• <s\o) <SJ i:===: L Vol. I. SUMMER and WINTER In Georgia, By H. T. GATCHELL, M. 1)., Atlanta, Ga. [ Oopyrigtited, 1886.: Atlanta has been written of, in a\ general way, as a health resort for dwel lers in the low lands of the South. It is the intention of the writer to present some data to show that it is among the best of the low altitude re sorts for invalids from both north and south of it. The city is built on the Chattahoo chee ridge, at an elevati n of 1,085 feet ab )ve sea-level. The ridge runs from the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the northeastern county of the State of Georgia, with an extreme elevation of 1,610 feet, and an average width of fifteen miles, to a point twenty five miles southwest of Atlanta, where it -dips into the general level of the coun try at an elevation of 500 feet. Northwest of the city the country descends to the Chattahoochee riv r, six miles distant, where it rises again, until 20 miles up the W estern & Atlantic • Railroad, near Kennesaw Mountain, at Marietta, it is at an elevation of over 1,100 feet. The country in and about Atlanta is seamed and* scarred by the erosive forces of nature, leaving the Chatta hoochee ridge to mark the firmer southern limit of the Blue Ridge Moun tains in Georgia. The geological formation is arch jean, or mother rocks disintegrated to form a soil not at all detrimental to health, and responding to fertilizers as quickly as any other soil in the South, and when properly tilled, rewarding the husbandman liberally. Atlanta is a city of progressive ideas; a city of money, brains and culture; a ■city of energy, liberality and thrift. It has been built since 1865, from blackened walls and lone standing chimneys, with many a Rachel mourn ing tor her children, and many a man with all of his capital in his head and hands; it has grown to be a thriving place of nearly 60,000 inhabitants, with costly public and private buildings of modern architectural design. Its streets are well lighted with gas and electric- A. humorous dare-devil—the very man to su.it my purpose. Bulwer. THE ATLANTA IST TJ JiZL BE R. ity; the principal ones are paved with granite blocks, the sewerage system is good, as the mortality reprrt will show, and being constantly bettered. The water supply is adequate and being increased by the boring of artesian ATLANTA. CA., DECEMBER, 1886 " x -’. I pv*: JfWT IM If jut ZB iI7AS it woii loii 1 3 il : t wl Whw Bl i1 iH -a c wljsj H BIhM Whss « W HwllwW ■ Qsffi b lifers' ■ ~ ~ i i 5 L w*&& W. &. A. R. R. BRIDGE OVER THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, NEAR ATLANTA. i • -i-ii:; ES Efl BBEv I HIW I™pH w B ’ NEW STATE CAPITOL, ATLANTA. wells, one of which now yields 200,000 gallons a day. Atlanta is supplied with all of the public buildings usually found in a city of its size. The Kimball House stands at the front of Southern hotels and the peer of those anywhere. The building and furnishings cost over 8700,000. The Markham House stands near it as a popular first-class hotel, Among others of less prominence is the home-like National Hotel, which has a patronage among the solid men of the country. There are others of lesser proportions, of eminent respect ability. Among them may be men tioned the Metropolitan, Grant House, Hotel Weinmeister, Adams, Arling ton, Talmage and others. Through out the city are many comfortable fam ily boarding houses. Among the best known are the Leyden and Mrs. C. D. Smith’s. DeGive’s Opera House is frequently used by gatherings of representative bodies from all sections of the country, the ample hotel accommodations mak ing Atlanta a favorite place for such. Right here may be mentioned a rea son for those seeking to escape the rig orsof a northern winter, or the extreme heat of a lower latitude, visiting a city-or its suburbs, all other things be ing equal, instead of a crowded and fashionable health resort of small pop ulation, e. g. one can always suit his accommodations to his purse. The millionaire may have rooms en suite, the person of limited means can procure good substantial board at from $5 to 810 per week. In the city, one may isolate himself from persons who are diseased, the association with whom is depressing, ami, if the theory of the contagiousness of consumption is well founded, he would not be so likely to have a ground already sown with the seeds of disease from being still further inoculated as he would at a crowded health resort. Among the numerous suburban re sorts near Atlanta no place ranks high er for salubrity than the pleasant town of Marietta, twenty miles up the Western A Atlantic R. R. This place is at the foot of Kennesaw Mountain, where Sherman and Johnston brought their hosts together in a series of the most sanguinary battles of the age. Time has not effaced the marks of those dark days; it has only softened them. Marietta is at an elevation of over 1,100 feet above tide-water. Its sum mers are pleasant and its winters in vigorating —yet, still warm enough for out-door sports, recreation and exer cise. The town is amply supplied with pleasant hotels and boarding houses. The Whitlock House, owned and conducted by Mr. M. G. Whitlock, is one of the best family hotels in the South. The Kennesaw House, Glen- NO. 12.