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Rosa Lee or Don’t Be Foolish,
Joe.
When I lived in Tennessee,
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There lived, too, sweet Rosa Lee,
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Eyes as dark as winter night,
Lips as red as berry bright.
When first I did her wooing go,
She said, Now don’t be foolish, Joe!
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Happy then in Tennessee,
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’Neath the wild Banana tree,
My story yet is to be told,
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Rosa one day caught a cold,
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Sent for doctor, sent for nurse,
Doctor came, and she grew worse.
I tried to make her smile, but no,
She said, Now don’t be foolish, Joe!
U-li, a-li, o-la, ee,
Sad was I in Tennessee,
U-li, a-li, o-la, ee,
’Neath the wild Banana tree.
They save her up, no power could save,
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She whispered, Follow to the grave,
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1 took her hand, ’twas cold as death,
So wold, I scarce could draw.my breath,
She saw my tears in sorrow How,
Then said, Farewell, my dearest Joe!
U-li, a-li, o-la, ee,
Rosa sleeps in Tennessee,
U-li, a-li, o-la, ee,
Neath the wild Banana tree.
The Effect of Opening the Ten-
nessee.
We printed a notable interview with
Jos. M. Brown, traffic manager of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, in Mon
day’s Times, the subject discussed
being the effect on Southern freight
rates on opening the Muscle Shoals
canal, and thus making the Tennessee
navigable throughout its length. Mr.
brown is an experienced railroader.
It goes without saying that he is an
a Me and shrewd man, or he would not
hold the place he does. The chief
point of interest attaching to his views
18 found in his statement that the
opening of the river will inevitably
reduce freights on all lines of goods
bom and to Ohio and Mississippi river
points from 40 to 60 per cent. This
re dnction, says Mr. Brown, will in
oyitably be chiefly advantageous to
Chattanooga, this city being the one
Jreat railway distributing point on the
riVe f and at the head of deep water
“avigation. Grain that now pays
“’ueteen cents freight a hundred
founds will then be brought here from
Louis, St. Paul, Evansville and
, ,Q cinnati for eight or ten cents a
undred pounds; first-class goods from
Louis, now paying 51.04 per hun
,red will be charged forty cents a hun
by the water routes The covered
A humorous dare-devil—the very man to suit my purpose. Bvi-wkk.
barges that take from Chattanooga
cargoes of stoves, plows, bar iron, steel,
heavy cotton goods, etc., will come
back with loads of sugar from New
Orleans, lead, white lead, flour, grain,
and higher class goods from St. Louis.
The rough, open barges that carry
pig iron, coal, marble, granite and
such like to Mississippi and Ohio river
points will return laden with hematite
ores from the West Tennessee mines
for our furnaces. Not less than 90
per cent, of all this traffic will start
from and arrive at Chattanooga, this
being the only available distributing
and collecting point.
Mr. Brown says the opening of the
shoals will “shiver Southern rates,”
which is certain to prove true; and
it will be a wreck in which Chatta
nooga will come in for the lion’s share
of salvage. In ten years from to-day
Chattanooga will be more favorably
located as to water transportation to
her most profitable markets than Pitts
burg now is, and with superior advan
tages in getting cheap rates from the
east and northeast by rail.
These are the views of a railroad
man whose personal interests are cen-
OUR"SATISFACTORY 1 11' 1 NUMBER
ATLANTA, CA., AUCUST I, 1889.
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tered in Atlanta, and may, therefore,
be taken as wholly impartial, so far as
they relate to Chattanooga. — Chatta
nooga Times.
Tennessee River Navigation.
A Line of Boats between Chattanooga and
Louisville, and between Chattanooga and
New Orleans.
A distinguished party of gentlemen,
consisting of Wm. A. Donaldson, of
Glasgow; W. Isaacson, of Cincinnati;
Chas. Stead, of Saltaire, England;
Geo. D. McLellan, of Philadelphia,
and B. Jenne, of Dayton, Tenn., re
cently visited Chattanooga.
They visited the Chamber of Com
merce, their purpose being to gain
information upon the subject of river
transportation. They went from the
Chamber of Commerce rooms to the
office of the Tennessee River Trans
portation company, where they held
an important conference.
These gentlemen while in this sec
tion will examine into the iron and
coal interests pretty generally.
It is understood that the party will
make some further investments in this
section, but nothing definite is known
concerning their intentions.
The conference as to river transpor
tation was a private business matter,
but the result, it is understood, was
satisfactory. It is the intention to
establish a line of boats upon the open
ing of the Muscle Shoals canal, which
will run from this city to Louisville
and also from this city to New Orleans,
and possibly higher up on the Tennes
see river than Chattanooga. This
will result in the development of the
iron and coal banks of the Tennessee
river, and not only furnish cheap
transportation for the furnaces, but
will enable them to compete success
fully with the Pittsburg mines and
the Kanawha coal fields. — Chattanooga
Times.
River Convention.
An Important Meeting to be Held in Cin
cinnati Next September.
A call has been issued for a conven
tion of all persons interested in the
improvement of the Ohio and Missis
sippi rivers and their tributaries, to be
held in Cincinnati, September 4th and
sth.
Governors of states, mayors of cities
and conmercial organizations are in
vited to send delegates without any
restriction upon number to be sent.
The object of the convention is to
take steps to urge upon congress the
importance of appropriations for river
improvements already in progress, the
failure of the last congress to pass any
appropriation badly crippling all of
the improvements now being made.
The call is made by the river associ
ation, embracing fourteen states. —
Chattanooga Times.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad
has three through freight schedules per
day from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and
four throught freight schedules per
day from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
Each of these trains has close connec
tion at Chattanooga for the northwest,
or with the roads bringing freight
from the northwest.
The Western & Atlantic freight de
pot is within 250 yards of the Union
Depot and Kimball House in Atlanta.
Its sidetracks are immediately behind
the wholesale provision and grocery
houses of Atlanta. Its freight depot
in Chattanooga is at the corner of
Market and Ninth streets, only about
60 yards from the Union Passenger
Depot. Its facilities for the prompt
forwarding and handling of freight,
therefore, are unrivalled by those of
any other road entering Atlanta or
NO. 15.