The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-06-02
ROSWELL. coRR. COUNTY. GA.

Greek, near its entrance into the Chat
tahoochee River, and about 3 miles
east of Marietta. The hills border
ing the Creek and River are about
200 feet above the water level;
their abrupt and rocky formation,
add wildness and grandeur to the
beautiful scenery. The water cour-
ses run with great rapidity, within
their elevated banks, and fits them
we'll for manufacturing purposes. -
The Chattahoochee at the mouth of
Vickerey's Creek is about 400 feet
wide, and the creek about a fourth
as wide; the fall of water in yicke-
rey's Greek, within straight line of
three miles from its outlet, is nearly
100 feet and being mostly in uni
form rapid dsscents, it affords pow
er with that distance, for establish
ing 4 or ) different cotton factories,
running from 10000 to 1000 spin
dies each, by regular supply OF
water. Its climate pleasant and its
location healthy during the whole
year; its spring water cool and
pleasant; the soil of the surrounding
country capable Of producing good
crops, and well settled by good
population, providing operatives Of
very desirable class, for services in
factories. Within the chartered
limits of Roswell, there is a popula-
ton of about 500 persons, severa
schools, neat Presbyterian Churcl
building with regular pastor, ano
a brick church for the Methodist de.
nomination; the community intelli
gent, orderly and moral.
The water power on Vickerey 1
creek within a distance of two miles
from Roswell is sufficient to propel
machinery for working $4,000 to
10000 spindles and its communi-
cation with Rail Roads at a distance
of / 3 miles to the w. & A. Rail
Road and of 8 miles to the Air Line
Rail Road from Atlanta. With all
of these natural advantages, but a
small portion of those water powers
is employed the most of it running
waste to the Ocean.
The Roswell Manufacturing Com
pany since the close of the war, has
rebuilt one of its factories, and is now
running about 1000 spindles, con
Stunning about 5 bales of CO tton daily.
About mile below it, at the mouth
of the creek, the Empire Manufac-
turing Company is now completing
another cotton factory to run about
! the same number Of spindles a fine
and substantial building of stone and
brick, 10 feet long, 81 feet wide
and 3 stories high is already erected
with the machinery now being plac-
ed in it, to be in full operation with
in two months. Both of these fac
tories are under the control Of eff
ficient and energetic managers
Gen. A. j. Hansell being the Presi-
dent of the first, and j. II. King,
ESQ, President of the latter; and
were they possessed of sufficient
capital to extend their works, soon
would the whole of these valuable
water powers be employed, in yield
ing profit to their proprietors and
wealth to the State. The want Of
capital alone, causes the loss of profit
from such valuable natural resources;
and deprives these two companies of
the ability to extend their opera
tons. The companies offer attract
ing inducements to capitalists to in
vest, to fully employ the portion of
the water power now used by them
and to put into use the other valua-
bio powers afforded by Vickerey's
Creek. aa.E.... Is.
THE POLITICAL FUTURE.
General Grant may not be
statesman, a philosopher or sol
der. But he is not fool ; and it is
the absence of great qualities of
mind which make him most danger
Gus. We do net pretend to say that
the conspiracy of which he is the