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The Western & Atlantic Kail
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 aboutsome 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 lhe 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
trams are in the long sidetracks, and
the mail tra'ns rush bv 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 theirconnections.
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 & Georgia Railway Co.
rents from the Western & Atlantic
the right to run its trains through
the Western & Atlantic’s yard, thus
connecting its Memphis & Charles
ton division with, the other divisions.
ATLANTA, GA.
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REFERENCES.
1. Union Passenger Depot.
2. —Kimball House.
3. —Artesian Well.
4. — Western Union Telegraph Office,
Southern Express Os fice, 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. I
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 De.pot, 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 Lincs indicated thus -- - -
The Cincinnati Southern Railway
Co. also pays a like rental to the West
ern A 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 that if 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 A Atlantic sidetracks.
At Cartersville the Western A
Atlantic Railroad Co. allows -the East
A West Railroad of Alabama to run
upon its right of way down into the
centerof 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.
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.
21.—East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Passenger Depot.
25. East Tenne 1 see, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Freight Depot.
26. —Georgia Pacific Railway Freight De-
pot.
27. —Governor's Mansion.
I 23.—Richmond X Danville Railroad
Freight Depot.
29, 39, 31. 3—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 dr
Atlantic Railroad Co. the privilege of
running its passenger trains over the
Western A Atlantic Railroad into
the union depot. The East Tennessee,
Virginia A Georgia Railroad Co. has
also arranged with the Western A
Atlantic Railroad Co. to transfer the
freights of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia & Georgia Railway through
the Western A 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
physical advantages in the matter of
handling and delivering freight, and
maintaining the comfort and conven
ence of passengers.
(Traveler’s Record.)
Who Saved the Train?
Two trains came speeding along the track—
(’Twas a bitter cold night in winter time,)
And the switchman nodded over his fire
With never a thought of crime.
’Twas a bitter night, and the snow was thick,
The fire was warm and he nodded long,
His senses benumbed by fatigue and cold,
But never intending wrong.
The trains came rushing, laden with lives—
Alas! for them, with no guard at the
switch !
For the switchman’s lever is mighty to save
Or destroy, and this night it would be—
which?
His Newfoundland dog lay close to his feet,
With silken ears all alert to hear,
And bright eyes steadfastly keeping watch
For possible danger near.
A distant rumbling smote his ear,
And swift as a flash to his feet he sprang,
Eagerly pulling his master’s coat,
And loudly his sharp bark rang.
The switchman rose to his feet in haste,
And saw, through the heavily falling snow,
The howling winds and bitter night,
Two fiery headlights’ glow!
He'sprang to his duty. The trains swept
X by,
\ Laden with precious humanity
Peacefully sleeping, not knowing how near
They had been to eternity !
“What to do About His Cha
reckter.”
When Senator Joseph E. Brown and
Judge Dawson A. Walker were both
young lawyers, practising together dur
ing 1845-50, up in Northwest Geor
gia, young Brown was approached by
Asa Crow, or as he was familiarly call
ed, Ase Crow, who had been a bare
footed country-boy playmate of young
Brown, in the mountainous portion of
Pickens district, South Carolina, who
came to him while he was at Spring
Place, in Murray county, and told him
that he wished to secure his services in
an indictment which had been brought
against him by quite an influential far
mer in Murray county, whom we will
call old Jack Thomas.
It seems that Ase had charged old
Jack with stealing some of his hogs,
and the latter had brought against him
an action for libel and slander.
“Well Ase,” said Brown, “that is a
pretty serious matter. What line of
action do you wish to have adopted?
You have made the charge, it seems,
according to your own representation,
and now do you think you could prove
it?”
“Prove it!” said Crow, “why, yes t I
can prove it.”
“Well, if you can prove it,” said
Brown, “of course his action against
you falls to the ground, and he is left
in a very bad fix himself. But you
know old Jack is pretty influential
here; has a fine farm, owns some ne
groes, and has considerable standing
in the county.”
“Yes, I know all that;” said Crow T ,
“but I can prove that he stole the
hogs.”
“Well,” said Brown, “if that is the
case, then let me hear what proof you
can bring.”
Crow then went over the details,
and soon convinced the young attor
ney that he had a case which could
be sustained, and, accordingly, it was
determined to plead “not guilty and a
justification.”
In the meantime old Jack had re-