The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-10-25
AN ACT
AN ACT
To authorize the Hwassee Railroad Com
pany OF the State of Tennessee TO eX'eho
their Railroad from the Tennessee Iine &c

| pany of the Stale of Tennessee to eH'ehu
their Railroad from the Tennessee line 10
some point on the Western and AllanlIc
Railroad of the State of Georgia.
SECTION |. BE IL enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of The Sl"e
Of Georgia IN General assembly met Nc :,
That The Hiwnssee Railroad Company OF
the Stale OF Tennessee, shall BE- all'we"
the privilege of making every n'c1SSaFV
reconnaissance and survey Cor the pnrpoSe
Of ascer.ainins the most eligible route for
the extension of the Hlwassee Rallroau'
| from the Tennessee line to some point on
the Western and Atlantic Railroad OF Inc
State of Georgia at or above Dalton.
Sec 2 .An6 be IL further enacted, &c.
That as soon as said route shall be ascer
tanned, the SAID Hiwassee Railroad Cons
pany shall be allowed the right Of way
over SAID route to said point on the West
ern and Atlantic Reilroad. and shall be en-
'illed TO all the rights. privileges ana I'm
muniles, and be subject to the same re-
striclions as are gaan'ed to the Western
and Atlantic Railroad o. the State Of Geor-
gia in the State of Tennessee. by an Act OF
the State of Tennessee, passed on the 2l'h
day OF January. 1898. entitled "An Act TO
authorize the State of Georgia TO extend
her Western and Atlantic Railroad from
the Georgia line to some point on the hasl'
ern margin of the Tennessee river"
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
Speaker of the House Of Reps.
ANDREW J. MILLER.
President ofthe Senate.
Approved 23l December, lS47.
GEO. w. TOWNS, Governor.
Under the provisions OF the above act
and in the fullest faith and confidence TINT
these provisions would be scrupuously oh
served and adhered to by the party granting
them, the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad Company proceeded to survey. To-
cate and construct that portion Of their road
within the limits Of The State of Georgia,
interesting the Western and Atlantic Road
at Dalton. and will commence laying down
tho iron as soon as it cores to hand.
AT the last session OF the Georgla Legls-
lature certain persons succeeded in getting
on oct through that body, repeating the Oh
and tenth sections Of the oct of 1910, not
wi:hs,anding they had, in our estimation,
under the provisions of those sections clear
ly forfeited whatever rights they may have
had at any tire, by failing to "commcnce'
in good faith, active operations on said road
within twelve months from the passage oil
the act" granting the charter. And recent
ly they have been organizing and moving in
the mater, for the purpose, MS we under
stand It. of embarrassing !he Company ii
the compilation Of their road; and repor
says, with view to get possession of the
work below the State line.
We do not know how much importnnc,
the President pnd Directors Of the Compn
nv may attach to this mnvo, or how 'nr j
is calculated to retard the Company in ,hei
efforts to complete the work; but "a there
are many reports in circulation touchin.
the subject, some of which nigh, Operate
prcjudclalIy, VIC have deemed it our du,
to make the above statement. We certain
" do not attach as much weight TO it q
some we have heard conversing on The sub
iect, and our individual opinion is that i
contcmpla'es as pretty piece OF injustice
aud wrong rs has recently been attempt
cd to be played oil.ond is quite chornc'cr's-
tic of the genius of the distinguished gen
tlemun who got 1t up. We are very conf
dent that the proper authorities of Georgia
will sustain no association Of men in theil
attempts to interfere with the rights guar.
aniecd to our Railroad Company by her owr
act of Assembly, and il they did. we are
equally as confident those rights will bt
protected under all circumstances.