The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-01-24
Our Pretty Little Neighbor
i'm the Piedmont.
PAPER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,
A Little City That Has Many Thriving
Industries and Prominent Citi.
zenS within Its Borders.
From Augusta Evening News.

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Marietta, Ga, Jan. 9.--Editors
Evening News: Those who have
never visited this beautiful little
city have no idea of the size and im~
portance OF the place. Having lived
near the fair Fountain City for fif,
teen years, I, like most others there,
thought it the garden spot Of the
world. Well, Augusta is dear
place but now that my lot is cast
among the North Georgia Crack
ers," and such good people, / feel
there is some other place besides
Augusta.
There is a great deal Of business
done here in spite Of the prices OF
cotton; the merchants seem to be
in prosperous condition; the city
! is | GIFTED by electricity, and the
Marietta Journal, one of the best
county papers Of Georgia, is printed
here.
A visitor to our city is generally
shown first the National Cemetery
containing $4,000 graves Of Federal
soldiers; this is a beautiful spot.
Washington avenue, leading to this
grand city of the dead, was macade>
missed three or four years ago at a
cost of $4,000. The entrance gate
is OF stone taken from Stone Noun
tan and cost $4,000. One mile
away is Campbells Hill, from this
point OF a clear day can be seen the
dome of the capitol in Atlanta,
twenty miles distant.
Two miles from town is Marietta s
pride old Kennesaw mountain, from
the summit OF which the city seems
nestled in the valley, the W. & A,
Railroad winding near the base can
be seen for miles, as the ballast Of
the road bed IS of scrap marble, FRO
cured from the marble works short
distance away; these works give EN-
ployment to many laboring men.
Then there are the churches, al
nice buildings. The Baptist Church
now in course of erection, is of mar
BILE, costing between ten and twelve
Thousand dollars when finished, and
will be a beautiful structure and an
ornament to the city.
The chair factories arc both sue
cessfully operated, employing 20(
hands. The output is 1900 chair,
dsily-neat, substantial oak chairs
which are shipped to all portions o.
this and all others States.
The best paying industry seems tc
be the manufacture of paper. This
has been successfully carried on for
the past twenty years; seven miles
from the city there are two mills
which were built by Mr.. J. Fl.
Land, Goth county man, and
under his management have paid
the proprietor, Mr.. S. A. Anderson,
handsomely. MIR. Anderson has
now in course OF erection another
mill right in the central portion of
the city. just opposite the depot.
This, when completed some few
weeks hence, will be one of the
largest and best equipped paper
mills in the South.
The planning has all been done
by Mr.. Land, and much of the ma
chinery made to his order; they
have $4,000 square feet of flooring.
The paper machine is 100 feet long
and "a wide, costing sl1, 900; it
will require 200, 900 GALLONS of water
every "a hours to make 5000 pounds
of newspaper, and these gentlemen
propose to run the mill to its full
capacity. The water will be sup.
piled by an artesian we'll now being
bored by Mr.. Perry Andrews, who
after finishing the we'll at Aiken
S. c., came directly here.
On the day the mill is started up,
Mr.. Anderson proposes to give to
his friends and patrons, some of the
leading newspaper men, an old fash
ion Georgia barbecue, and those
who are fortunate enough to be
present will doubtless feel repaid
tor trip to Kennesaw Mills, Ma.
rietta. G. Nj. L.