West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-09-26
Special cOrrtspondenca " rfx Anus.

tnore especially to the city OF Allan
tn and the State OF Georgia, is tn
Cotton States and Internationa al
Exposition which formally oyened
at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th dav OF
September, and closes on the 3isr
day of December.
That Southern city of about
10000 population should lave the
enterprise and public spirit, not to
say The tenfeflty, to undertake, al.
most single handed, an enterprise
so wide in It's scope, SO mammoth
IN It's proportions and recurring
such sast OUTLAY OF money MS To
richly eniitle it to the designation
OF "lnfernational," IN the face of
universal commercial depression
and financial panic, and that At
lanta, Ga, which was LEFT but little
more than heap of ashes and
sniouliering ruins. with it's popuIa.
ton OF 10000 scattered and home
less by Sherman's army, when it
took itp its famous ''March to the
Sei. should be that city, it is not
surprising that the first sugges-
tons Of such an enterprise were re-
ceived with general misglvings and
that even the Southern States coun
SEIZED against it, and were slow to
come to the assistance Of sister
city in an undertaking which at
such time was regarded as hazard.
Gus In the extreme and too NAM
moth to promise even a measurable
degree OF accomplishment.
A visit to Piedmont Park. how
ever; about two miles north of the
Center Of Alfalfa, Will dispel every
doubt OF the realization of a degree
OF success surprising the most sam
game expectations of the projectors
OF the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition.
From The roof garden of tile new
and modern 'Aragon Hotel"
which occupies the highest hill in
this hill city,. d magnificent PIANO.
ramlc view of the city and its sur.
roundings is afforded. All around
you, spread over hills and valleys,
gust Sufficiently pronounced to af.
ford pleasing variety to the topo.
grsphY, Is the compact, we'll built.
hustling Chicago of the South, Gate
City of the South, Atlanta, with its
wealth of we'll paved streets and
avenues, laid out apparently regard
less OF rule or plan, which Join the
macadamlzed roads that lead
through the picturesque suburbs to
the rich farming lands beyond.
There is an appearance of solidi-
ty, grandeur and beauty in her
public buildings. her hundred
churches, her seminaries, colleges.
numerous public school houses her
Henry Grady Hospital, her stores
and private houses, suggestive of
abundant building material near
by, and looking away to- the east.
fourteen miles across the foothills.
the famous Stone Mountain looms
up, a solid mountain of granite.
where immense quafries are operat-
ed now, bat where, tbirty-one years
ago, grim yisaged war held SWAY
and thousands were slain, and their
blood trickled over the rugged.
granite sides of Stone Mountain.
In looking over these lovely hills
and valleys clad in the gladness OF
Southern verdure and Welding
Abundantly to the hand of the hap
py Eusbandman, it is difficult TO
realize that it was ever the theater
OF war, and that the soil was liter.
ally soaked with fraternal blood.
In such an undertaking the duos
ton OF transportation is one of nat
ural prominence, and every persou
IN any@ise interested IN this expo
stIon, every person proposing to
become an exhibitor or a visitor
has doubtless propounded the in.
curry, whether the Southern rail.
loads are equal 10 the emergency
Of handling the enormous travel
and traffic to aud from Atlanta
during the period Of the Exposition.
This qenstion Of course has long
since been answered 20 their satia.
faction by the Commute On Trans-
portation Of the Atlanta FAR: but
for The benefit Of many who acquir
ed their knowledge Of the railroads
OF the South during q period Of ten
or fifteen years succeeding the close
OF the war, perhaps 1t will be we'll
to say that no comparison can be
well drawn between the miserable
apologies for railroads in the South
during that period, with the really
splendid roadbeds and equipment
and service Of the present.
Atlanta is essentially a railroad
city and great railroad center
having roads, and good ones.
T'diating % every section Of the
country. But without CONSIDERING
as Of the others, there is one sys-
sem fully capable Of handling eE-
pedItlously, comfortably and salts.
factorialiy, all the travel and traffic
20 and from toe exposition from
any and every direction, and ihat
Isl tho great combination. Operafod