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4 The Kennesaw Gazette, PUBLISHED ON THE Ist AND 15th OF EACH MONTH. Devoted to the Material Interests and Attractions for Tourists in the Mountainous Region of Northern and Northwest Georgia, REACHED BY THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE: Western and Atlantic Railroad : Under the auspices of the Passenger Department, BY THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY. A. L. HARRIS, MANAGING EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION: 81 a year; six months, 50 cts. A limited number of acceptable adver tisements will be inserted in The Kennesaw Gazette, which publishes a very large edi tion twice a 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 o's the Western and Atlantic Railroad; and at other points where The Great Kennesaw Route is represented. For space and terms ad dress ®lje genncsaiu ©ajette, Box 57 Atlanta, Ga., and you will receive a prompt response. Atlanta, Oa.,Deo. 15,1888, Holiday Greeting. Although it is customary with the press to write a sort of essay on the subject of the Holidays, the close of the year, etc., yet in this case the Ken nesaw Gazette joins the Western & Atlantic Railroad company in extend ing, as its Christmas good-wishes, the sentiment expressed by the little boy in his prayer : “God, please bless Pa pa; God, please bless Mamma; God, please bless little sister; God, please bless everybody, and make ’em happy.” Twice a Month. During the winter season, while the tide of travel flows southward to the genial clime of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, we will issue The Kennesaw Gazette twice a month, on the first and fifteenth of each month, in stead of monthly, as heretofore. Eight pages, twice a month will afford better opportunity to keep the traveling pub lic posted on time-tables, sleeping car facilities, and the superior attractions of the Great Kennesaw Route, as rep resented by the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Passengers from the Northwest who desire to go to Thomasville, and to Flor ida via Thomasville, should bear in mind that the sleeping cars which run over the Western & Atlantic Railroad, leaving Louisville at 8:30 a. m., arriv ing at Jacksonville at 7:35 the evening of the next day, are the only ones which pass through Thomasville in the day-time. Their arriving time at Thomasville is 12:50 p. m., and, after allowing time for dinner, departure is made from Thomasville at 1:40 p. m., arriving at Jacksonville at 7:35 as above stated. All who desire to go in through pal ace and buffet sleeping cars without change to Thomasville should bear this fact in mind. There is no change of cars between Cincinnati and Marietta, Ga. | The Snow Storm. The greatest snow storm which has fallen in Georgia for years began about dusk, Friday, December 3d. The next morning the ground was white in Atlanta with a thin layer of snow. Early in the day there was some rain ; but this was soon turned into sleet which was followed again by snow, and by nightfall there was over two inches of snow on the ground in Atlanta. It continued to fall moderately dur ing the night, and on Sunday morning at about eleven o’clock the white flakes began to come down very thickly. During the afternoon the air w T as filled with them, and the ground covered to the depth of several inches. On Sunday night there was quite a considerable snow storm, and when the sun-beams endeavored to struggle through the clouds Monday morning the city was covered by a layer of snow which was over six inches deep on a level. There was considerable amuse ment in the way of amateur sleigh-rid ing, and there was some snow-balling by those who were mischievously in clined. The storm extended below Atlanta, and the ground was covered with snow as far down as Hampton, on the pen tral C. R., and over all of North Geor gia there was the heaviest layer of snow which had been seen for many years. At Kingston it was about 20 inches deep on a level; at Calhoun 25 inches; at Dalton 30 inches; at Ringgold 20 inches, and in Chattanooga it was about 10 inches deep. The Western & Atlantic trains which left Atlanta on Sunday night were un able to go through to Chattanooga. When W. & A. passenger train No. 3 started out of the Union Depot at Atlanta Monday morning at. 7:50 o’clock, she scarcely ran twenty yards before she stalled in the snow. The engineer backed the train into the shed and took a running start, but stalled again before he had gotten his train entirely out of the depot. Again he backed into the Union Depot and took the third start, and this time was suc cessful in getting ahead; but it was with a great struggle that he got out of town. On arriving at Big Shanty the snow was so deep that another engine was put ahead of the train, and with this “double-header” the train of only four cars "was scarcely able to make its way through the snow to Dalton. From Kingston to Dalton, 42 miles, the low er steps of the coaches were dragging through the snow every mile. At Dal ton, several freight trains had been stopped the night before by the snow, and there was hard work for the boys to get these into the side-track to let the passenger trains pass. When No. 3 finally with her two engines took the side-track herself to let No. 2 pass, the snow was banked up against her as high as the headlight of the first en gine. It is said, by the way, that as she went up, a magnificent spectacle was presented by the front engine rushing THE’KEN&ESAW GAZETTE. through the snow, throwing it for thir ty feet on each side, and dashing it < high above the smokestack and back against the engineer’s cab. ' As a matter of prudence the night < trains were taken off on Monday night, i the management of the Western & Atlantic considering that it would be i more satifactory for passengers to be in the hotels than to be probably block aded in the w T oods by the snow; but by the next day the track was cleared, all schedules resumed, and now matters are on the same old basis of reliability of schedules and plenty of business for the men to attend to. And this is a good time to go to Thomasville and Florida in the mag nificent palace and buffet sleeping cars which run over the Western & At lantic Railroad. Call for your tickets via the W. & A. R. R., and you will pass “through historic battle-fields” on schedule time. How Does he Stand, Socially ? This is one of the first questions which the Western & Atlantic authorities ask when applications are made for po sitions upon that line. If it be ascer tained that the applicant moves in re spectable circles, whether these be among the wealthier classes of the com munity or the laboring classes, then his request for a position is given re pectful consideration, and in case there be any vacancy to which he can be appointed, he receives it. But no matter how shrewd or how competent otherwise he may be, if his social standing or moral character is known to be decidedly below par he is passed by as being one whose pres ence among the employes is not desired or allowed, so far as a position on the pay-roll and its consequences are con cerned. We think that the Western & At lantic railroad company is entitled to the thanks of the citizens of the sec tion through which it runs for its en deavors to elevate the tone of the pro fession of railroading, and we shall hail the day when all the other rail roads in this state and other states adopt the same policy. We have had brought to our person al attention, a number of times the fact that the management of the West ern & Atlantic Railroad has taken very positive steps towards weeding out all employes whom it finds to be unworthy of positions on its line. For instance, about a couple of years ago it was found that some of the train-men had become too free in the use of intoxicating liquors. These were singled out, and without excep tion discharged, and the discharge in each case was made final —it being considered improper that the lives of passengers and the protection of prop erty should be entrusted to those who were liable at any time to lose the mas tery of their wills by reason of drunk enness. So we might adduce several other instances which have come to our no tice within the past four or five years. Such instances, however, now are rare because the class of men on the West ern & Atlantic is far above the average. In fact, it has frequently been remark ed by citizens of Atlanta and other communities that the social standing and average ability of employes of the Western & Atlantic Railroad company are far above the average of those em ployed by railroads. This is one of the most decided rea sons why the Western <£* Atlantic, al though surrounded by great systems of railroads, is able not only to hold its own, but makes its friendship courted by its powerful neighbors. We do not know of a single one which desires to have a racket with it. We do know of one which has had more than one fight; but which came out worsted each time, and the best information that can be obtained is to the effect that it does not wish this dose repeated any more. The Western & Atlantic men are self-reliant to an unusual degree, and this self-reliance is the result of the discipline which is maintained, not by holding the rod over the men, but by selecting the very best possible, and then acting squarely with them and treating them not only fairly but kind ly, and as gentlemen and friends. The men appreciate this, and, con sequently, use as much zeal in pro tecting the interests of the Western & Atlantic Railroad as if each one had a proprietary interest in it. Conductor Terrell, who has been running W. & A. passenger train No. 19 from Atlanta to Chattanooga for over two years past, has missed but three connections within all that peri od. One of these was caused by the sleeping car leaving the track in cross ing the switch at Dalton, and the oth er two were from circumstances beyond control. We merely mention this in stance because it is about an average one, and it shows how the term, “old reliable” is synonomous with “Western & Atlantic.” The passenger business of the West ern & Atlantic Railroad has shown an increase which is extremely compli mentary to its management within the past three weeks. The business to Ai ken, Thomasville and Florida points, particularly is noticeable. The West ern & Atlantic is booming now, for a fact. All parties in Indiana, Ohio, Mich igan, or States east who are going south; or who expect to ship freight south should call on or write to C. E. Harman, General Western Agent of the Western & Atlantic and Associated Roads at 131 Vine street, Cincinnati, Ohio. All persons in Kansas City, or what is known as Missouri river territory, who expect to go to Florida and the / southeast, or expect to ship freight into that section, will be unhappy if they do not write to or call on Frank E Drake, General Southwestern Agent Western & Atlantic and Associated Roads, Room 4 Northwest corner Fifth and Delaware streets, Kansas City, Mo. The Kennesaw Route is the quickest. *