The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-16


per day between Atlanta and Ma
rietta, thus making it almost as
convenient as a street car line in
the number of the trips, and more
so in the rapidity of transit. These
trains leave Atlanta at 1850 a. m,
lido d. m., 1;35 p. M, 3:45, p. H.,
4:40 p. M, 5:55 p M, and Ills p,
M, and arrive at Atlanta at $3.50 a.
NJ, 8;35 a. M, 11:05 a. m., las p.
M, 2:58 p. M, 5:37 p. NJ, 1890 p.
m. There are also eight passenger
trains per day between Marietta
and Chattanooga.
Residents of Savannah can leave
home after supper one night and
take breakfast in Marietta the next
morning. The same can be said
of people in Charleston and Mont
gomery. People in Florida are only
about twenty hours distance on an
average from Marietta. Cincinnati
people can leave home after break
fast and be in Marietta at 9:45 that
night, and residents of Nashville
can leave that city after breakfast
land reach Marietta before sunset.
There is no other summer or winter
resort in the south which is so easy
of access and which has so many
trains per day to all points.
The Western and Atlantic rail
road gives you your choice of trip
tickets or Communication tickets.
They sell single trip tickets, round
trip tickets and book tickets with
twelve, twenty-four and fifty-four
trips respectively, These range
from so centst or single trip ticket
to $1,000 for ffty-four trip tickets,
and are good on all trains on the
road.
THE MAN THAT MADE 1T FAMOUS.
Speaking to Mr.. Joseph NJ.
Brown about Marietta and Kenne-
saw Mountain, he remarked:
''Kennesaw mountain, of course,
is the great object Of attraction to
tourist by reason of the fact that its
two peaks rise about seven hundred
feet above Marietta and are less
than two miles distance from the
city. The mountain, as seen from
the city, is one Of the most beauti-
full in America, and from its summit
you can see Atlanta on the south
east and Allatoona, Pine and Lost
4 Mountains and all the historic coun-
try which was fought over by John
1ston's and Sherman's armies in
1864. You can also see Marietta
spread out below you, and on the
summit and on the north side Of the
mountain you can still plainly see
the old lines of breastworks which
were occupied by the confederate
infantry in June, 1864, and the en-
brasures for the cannon which were
planted on the slopes and SUBMITS
of the mountain. These present, in
some cases, a very picturesque APP
| pearance as they pass among the
huge boulders or around the cliffs
on the north side Of the mountain.
The confederates certainly saw the
most imposing panorama which the
war exhibited, and it must have
been an inspiring sight to them
as, from day to day, they could per-
ceiye below them the movements of
federal armies as well as of their
own, and in the mean time were
frequently engaged in terrible ar
tillery duels with the federal bat
teries, which were located on the
hills 700 feet below their position.
"But Kennesaw mountain is not
nearly so valuable to Marietta in its
scenic attractions to tourists as it is
in its protection to her in winter,
and III its giving direction to the
climatic influences which surround
her during the summer.
GAS we well know, the billiards
which we get from yankee land come
sweeping down from the northwest.
Marietta lies southeast of the noun
tain, consequently every cold wind
which sweeps down from the lake
region strikes this barrier which ma
ture has erected right above the site
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