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(Cartersville (Ga.) American.)
CARTERSVILLE.
A Glance at Some of Her Prom
inent Advantages.
Improvement is the order of the age,
and no modern improvement is more
noticeable than that pertaining to rail
roads. Ten, or a dozen years ago al
most all railroads in the United States
used the iron rail, mostly imported
from Wales, at a cost of fifty or sixty
dollars a ton, and while this rail did
well for a few years, it became evident
that something better must be had, as
the wear was very great, the face soon
becoming so thin as to weaken the rail,
and rendering it unsafe for heavy en
gines and heavily loaded cars, and a
high rate of speed was dangerous, and
mail and passenger trains therefore
were restricted to twenty miles an hour.
And even at this low rate of speed,
the jolting and jumping were disagree
able and unsafe, because the surface
of the rail was worn unevenly away.
It is a notable fact in the world’s his
tory that when a great invention is
necessary, Providence raises up the
man for the occasion. Fulton applied
steam to boats, Morse, electricity to
the wires, and just at the period of
need, Bessemer, a German scientist,
invented an amalgam of metals, iron,
steel and manganese, and the result was
the Bessemer steel railroad bars. This
amalgam of metals hardens the face of
the rail so it is impossible to wear it.
Hence it remains smooth as a ribbon
for years, and the end of the rail can
not be beaten by lamination, but the
wheels pass over the ends as smoothly
as over the middle of the rails. The
W. & A. R. R. laid several miles of
these rails seven years ago as a trial,
and to-day they are as even, smooth
and level as when first laid down, and
now this road has its entire track laid
down with Bessemer steel rails, and is
one of the best and safest roads in the
United States.
The advantages of the steel rail are
so great that the days of the old iron
rail are numbered. Hence a univer
sal demand for steel rails will be the
order of the day. This fact being set
tled, the most vital question will be,
“where can the steel rail be manufac
tured at the least cost?” And the an
swer can truthfully be made at Car
tersville, Bartow county, Georgia.
Why? Because here we have the
largest manganese beds perhaps in the
world. In sight of our city are hills
and mountains of it We also have
hills and plains idled with the best
iron ore, and the E. & W. R. R. oi
Ala. can deliver coal at $2.00 per ton.
Hence having these three necessary
elements at exceedingly low prices, the
Bessemer steel rail can, we honestly
believe, be manufactured heie cheaper
than at any other point in the world,
for nature has with a lavish hand giv
en us inexhaustible supplies, side by
side —of iron ore ami manganese —
while the best of coal can be bought
and laid down at two dollars a ton.
We have no doubt that steel rails
can be profitably turned out at S2O
per ton. We call the attention of
manufacturers in Europe and Ameri
ca to these plain facts, and ask them
to come to our city and see if these
things are not true. We do not state
these facts to produce a sensation, but an
nounce in a plain 4 ‘unvarnished” man
ner, and invite all persons interested
to come and see for themselves. Our
city is located in a most charming and
delightful country, healthy, free from
miasma, pure water and most excellent
society, good schools and churches,
and all the advantages of the moral
and religious society. Our climate is
pure and bracing, healthful to children,
and secures for them a sound, physi
cal growth and development of strength
and energy.
Parties in Florida, desiring informa
tion in all matters regarding railroad
transportation, etc., will find it to their
interest to write to or call on J. P.
Beckwith, Florida Agent of Western
& Atlantic Railroad and Central Rail
road of Georgia, at 58 West Bay St.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Persons in the Northwest who desire
information about passenger rates,
schedules, etc., to Atlanta, Florida,
and other points in the southeast, should
call on or write to J. T. Hosford, Gen
eral Traveling Passenger Agent, West
ern & Atlantic and Associated Roads,
at 79 Clark St., Chicago, 111.
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At Henry Durand’s restaurant, in
the Union Depot, Atlanta, they set
you a good square meal. Passengers
from the northwest, reaching Atlanta
via the Western and Atlantic trains,
take supper and dinner, respectively,
at this restaurant before passing on to
Florida, or before changing cars to go
via the Georgia Railroad to Augusta,
Aiken and other Carolina points.
Only via the Western and Atlantic
railroad can you go to Elizabeth, “the
marble city of Georgia,” where there
is the most wonderful marble cutting
machinery in the world. Tourists
will miss it if they do not stop at Ma
rietta and go up to Elizabeth, only
two miles distant, immediately at the
foot of the famous Kennesaw Moun
tain.
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.
There is no change of cars between
Cincinnati and Marietta, Ga.
The Kennesaw Route is the quickest,
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
HOTEL ROSLAND,
Among The Pines,
GROVETOWN, GA.
Thirty minutes ride from Augusta, on
the Georgia Bailroad.
Accommodations Unexcelled. Elegant
rooms, with wood-fires and gas. Table
unsurpassed. Climate and water, the finest
in America.
Tourists and Invalids will find more real
restand quiet here, at the Rosland, than at
any place in the South. Terms moderate.
Address,
C. W. BRUNNER,
Manager Hotel Rosland,
Grovetown, Ga.
Sixty-eight different kinds of miner
als and ores found on the line of the
Western and Atlantic railroad.
Confederate Stamps for Sale.
The managing editor of this paper
has a few sheets of Confederate 10-
cent postage stamps, with head of Jef
ferson Davis, imprint of “Archer, Bank
Note Engraver, Richmond, Va.,”
which came into his possession while in
the military postal service during the
war.
I will send them by mail, postage
paid, for 10 cents each, or a sheet of
100 stamps for SB.OO. Address
A. L. Harris, Box 57.
Atlanta, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1888.
KELLY & DAVENPORT,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WHISKIES TOBACCOS & CIGARS,
833 Market and 13 & 15 W. Ninth Streets,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
OUR SPECIALTY:
200 Barrels Four-year-old
Sour ’lash Corn Whisky,
AT $2 PER GALLON.
Write for prices on our pure old
“Liquors, etc.
KELLY & DAVENPORT,
Chattanooga, Tenn»
To The Following
NOTED WINTER RESORTS:
Grovetown, Augusta,
The IFamous
SJLTVD HILLS.
( Three miles above Augusta, Georgia. )
AIKEN, BEAUFORT
Charleston, S. C.,
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STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE
(GEORGIA R. R.)
IS THE
SHORTEST &JUICKEST LINE.
Tickets Must Read
TO ATLANTA;
Thence Via
Georgia R. R. To Augusta.
Passengers for GROVETOWN, Ga., can
purchase tickets to Augusta, and get off at
GROVETOWN, which is 15 miles west of
Augusta.
THE SAJXTID HILLS
Are reached via Hor.-e Cars from Augusta.
AReu, Beaufort and Charleston, S. C.,
Are regular Coupon Ticket Stations. All
Ticket Agents, who sell Through Tickets,
can furnish you with Tickets and Schedules.
On another page of this paper you will
find Condense I Time Table to all of the
above named points.
Joe W. White, | E. R. Dorsey,
Traveling General
Passenger Agent. Passenger Agent.
AUGUSTA. Ga.
WHITLOCK HOUSE,
A Favorite Winter Resort for Northern Health
Seekers. Climate unsurpassed for Pulmonary
affections. Elegant aecoinrnodition for 150 guests.
Heated by furnace and open fires, lighted by gas,
electric bells, Billiards, Bowling alley and Lawn
tennis for entertainment of guests. Open all the
year. Terms more moderate than at other first
class houses. M. G. WHITLOCK,
Owner and Proprietor.
CLIMATE.
Send for pamphlet mi the climatic advantagee
of North Georgia. Letters of inquiry will be
cheerfully responded to bv
HR. H. P. GATCHELL,
(110) Marietta. Ga.
A Perfect Gentleman
—IS—
ALWAYS WELL DRESSED,
And he Gets his Clothing
—EROM—
KEJOTY A JONES,
The Celebrated
MERCHANT TAILORS,
—AT—
NO. II WHITEHALL ST.,
ATLANTA, GA.
The Finest and most Fashionable Assort
ment of Suitings and Cloths, with appro
priate Trimmings, in the city of Atlanta,
can be found at the Elegant Merchant Tai
loring Establishment,
No. 11 Whitehall Street,
Don’t forget the number.
KENNY & JONES.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, lives oq
the Kennesaw Route,
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