The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-02-04
For the Marietta Journal.
TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS.

TRIP TO TIE MOUNTAINS.
MEssRs. DEMONSTRATING tina
your readers wonld be interested il
what we "saw and heard" in triI
over the proposed line of the Mariet
ia and North Georgia Railroad,
have concluded to write short com
munication for your-no our paper
the JOURNAL.
At Canton we found large as.
semblage of the citizens of Chero
kee who were discussing the open,
ing of the Etowah river, General
Young and General Tilton seemed
to be movers in this matter and
showed the practicability of the
work, and that it was only necessa>
ry for the general government to
give mite of the sum expended on
Northern and Western streams t.
make this stream navigable. May
they succeed in their laudable eff
forts, and may Canton soon hear the
whistle of the LOCOMOTIVES and of the
steamboat.
A visit to Canton demonstrates
the effects of a railroad, The grad
ing has only been completed a few
months and yet Canton has put on a
new dress. We question whether
any village in the State has increas-
ed as rapidly as Canton or where
more taste has been displayed in the
improvements. There is an air of
thrift and gentility that makes one
feel comfortable to be there. If the
prospect of railroad has done so
much for Canton, what may we not
expect when the road is completed 7
Cherokee is certainly one of the, best
counties in Georgia, but can never
rank as she deserves among the
other counties until the road is COM
pleted and then she will be second to
few counties in Georgia. 1t is only
necessary to lay the cross ties and
build Little River bridge and the
road will be running to Canton
When this can be done by SO small
an outlay as the supporting the cons
Wet force while doing the work, |
feel assured it will be done. | was
gratitied to find tina. the citizens of
Canton were as anxious to have the
road carried on to Murphy as we are
in Marietta.
From Caution we followed up the
Etowah and lodged for the night
with our genial, warm hearted friend
Charley Howell near Sharp Noun
tain Creek. The lands on the river
and creek are rich and productive.
with the finest OF timber and yet rof
want of cheap transportation there
are few evidences of improvement.
There is not that stimulus and in
ducement to labor and improvement
that there would be if they had the
advantages of cheap transportation.
|; was on Sharp Mountain Creek,
near Ball Ground, that the Troup
County Company made iron during
the war. | have understood that
this iron was equal to the best made
in the State. l will hear mention
that near Ball Ground our railroad
line strikes the iron and marble lead
and follows it to Murphy, N. G. 1t
is said that this marble and iron lead
caused the break downs in the
ridges and mountains, which has
made our line one of such easy
grades for q mountain country, and
while the line will be cheap, the iron,
marble, kaolin, slate, copper, agat,
tale, etc, will afford freight for a
thousand years, and yet some people
who don't know what they talking
about, ask where the freight is to
come from to support the road.
| have seen the mines which made
England great-one of the first pow>
ers of the world. Now | am an
American citizen by choice and it is
the home of my adoption and of my
children, and it did my heart good
to see and know that we have in
upper Georgia, East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina, mines as
rich as any in the world. These
mines will be blessing to the indus
trial classes and a source of wealth
and power to the State. That which
helps the industrial classes, helps my
class and therefore | give time and
money in aid of road which will
develop these valuable mines.
have been led from a history OF
our travel, and as am accustomed
more to the use of tools than the pen,
| am tired -but if you think worthy
of publication, | will continue next
week. II. A. W.
MAKE THE BEST OF YOURSELF.
Are Won making the best of YOUR