The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-02-04

or, ter, dollars OF, 10 days in Jail; Thomas
q Griffin, colored, shooting at another, fifty
dollars or s months; William Walpert
g white, of Atlanta, selling beer at picnic
at Vinisgs, $50 co.; G. P johnson, white,
!. selling beer, not guilty; Henry. John and
: Babe Baldwin, JEFF Wright, Tom Little.
John, all colored, riot not guilty ~. F.
SIMS white, assault and battery, not
yuilt'. Silvey Burton VS. w. & A. R. R..
5, damages. verdict for defendant
-, yurtcn represented by Messrs. Ros>
| $500 illips and Faw; the railroad repre-.
49, by Col Tye, Clay 4 Blair. Mrs.
1870 Barlow and Mr.. Joseph E. Bar.
ss ,uthern Railroad, suit FOR dam.
- Mo 4 off train at Austell during the
Exposition because ticket was not
--verdict for Mrs Barlow $1,000
M Mr.. Barlow 1922 20. Plaintiffs
Il - Ssted by w. R Hammond and L.
49, m, ofAtlauta, aud Judge W. nj.
- Of Marietta road represented
ers Mcdaniel and J T. Foster.
gkforesa s.--Death has shrouded another
i ed the home in gloom in Marietta. Mrs.
marked Northcutt the beloved wife OF
came tlsley S, Northcutt died on last
1 spioneer, apm. Mthis place OF pneumonia,
II cation an& eeShe had been sick hut
turnpike. Twe1death came and stilled
railroad was psl: She was the daughter
generalropte. yes, prosperous farmey
wagons and6 She leaves a husband
locomotive caa Misses Lena, Era and>
ridge an eas1 sqas, Mace and Charley;
Itiyea NJ A. Mayes, five sis,
/ From ! little ST Morris, Mrs. M. PJ
4 rvs, for a sconsa Ms j. T. Mathis
J, terminus Of the rors. Robert Cha IN
4 doned, to the to1bsdf and two b a
distance of three mile Charley Msair
: line. BY rail it isynine pfilYe,, : pm
the Round Knob hot9, two miles
| beyond. the site of Hfenrys, TO a
| point just above Mud dut is short
three-quarters OF. a milb1by a noun
: tain trail. BY rail it IL five miles.
, The difference in elevat lon between
/ Henrys and the top Of fhe gap is
III, zoo Feet, or rSther MORE than 500
I feet tothe milo. The old.tsrnpiko |
l road between the two pointsfo flows
t a fairly direct line, with an average
l rise of about one foot in five. y'he |
ascent at that grade, though p9ssi-
l BILE for man and beast, is impossible
+ for locomotive without gearing.
: When the line was pushed through |
, the mountains, 90 years ago, the
t construction work was carried on
/ at both ends, from Old Fort west
i ward upon the eastern side and be- !
tween the gap and Asheville upon
: the western side AS thework pro
: crossed, an engine upon the western
I side became a necessity, and the |
e line upon the eastern side had only |
, reached Henrys. To suspend the
+ work meant long delay. An engine
/ must go out, and the problem arose,
/ how to get it there over the noun,
Q tain. One Of the lghtest engines
l on the line was sent in as far as
. HenTys. From there to the rails on
+ the other side Of the gap it was 81
miles, and all the way up hill 500
9 feet to the mile. The track to the
k top was but roughly graded. There
9 were bridges and culverts to build
D 1t was decided to use the turnpike
r road By means of short sections
J. OF track, the sections being taken
S up after the engine had passed them
1 and carried forward to be replaced
d for further progress, it was regard
G ed as possible to effect the ascent.
: AS it was manifestly impossible
% for any friction wheeled engine to
d carry itself up so sharp grade, it
It would have to be dragged up by
o other means. A long line of oxen
It was tried, but the plan failed through
II inability to obtain uniform pull
p from the team. There was plenty
@ of power, but it could not be made
r to harmonize Finally the large
l. crew of convicts by whom the road
it was being built was set at work.
@ Ropes were run forward, upon which
e some 200 men in striped clothes
e were set to pulling. Others worked
y at the wheels with pinch bars, while
g others stood ready with blocks of
wood TO serve as wedges behind the
[ Wheels, to hold every inch of ground
T that was gained. Almost inch by
inch, with q long pull and a strong
pull and a pull together, " this DO
. tons of dead engine was dragged up
= the mountain at the rate Of mile
d week.
L Trains have been showed in, bro
/ ken down and delayed, so that prog
&C ress was slow, but it is doubtful if a
o complete engine was ever kept in
t motion day after day for three
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