The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-28

ergy. have defled the very "fates," SO
| maSically and rapidly has the great
| transformation been wrought.
Atlanta, the city itself, was almost
| destroyed and ner people were scatter
| ed to the four points of the compass.
| When General Sherman marched away,
there was left less than three hundred
| houses out of nearly four thousand,
and in the business center, hardly one
stone was left upon the other. But
| upon the conclusion of hostilties, the
| true era of Atlanta's greatness was i'll
augurated, the temporary reverse has
proved a blessing and the world has
looked on in wonder and amazement at
| the development of the so called Gate
city,"
This city, Atlanta, whose name has
been so indelibly written on the his
| torical and commercial pages of the life
of this nation. needs no extended intro
duction to the reader, but aside from
these exciting ana romantic loints of
interest, an account of the rise of At
lanta from her ashes and her social.
educational, political. commercial and
| industrial development, should be of
! interest to every student of political
economy, every bushes man, and
patriotic citizen, north or south.
1t is not claiming too mucn to say
as the leading representative city of
the New South No place in the
South is more thoroughly American. 1t
is justly claimed that here, all sections
meet, fraternize, and unite in one har-
I .Lfln ;,, l.,
is there to be found a greater I, gree
of liberation in thought, speech and
conduct. All shades of religion and po-
ltical opinion exist here and sectional
prejudices are virtually unknown.
while in the days of slavery, Atlanta
was naturally ana aggressively identi-
fled with the "old South" The idea
that slavery was right" and that SCOT
ton was king" controlled the popular
mind.
The new city. built upon the site of
the old Atlanta, was largely built by
new men, with new ideas, new hopes
new aims and new ambitions. Honest
difference Of opinion We're respected,
geographical lines We're ignored and
diversified industries encouraged. Peo-
pie from all parts of the Union were
welcomed, and gradually all We're fused
together in one solid body, knowing no
north, no south. east or west, and all
pulling together as Atlantians for the
common good. and today Atlanta stands
in the majesty of her own strength,
typical American city. full of energy,
enterprise and patriotism.
ENTERING THE CITY.
The appearance of the streets Of At
lanta is like those of Boston. In the
cosmopolitan character OF its popula-
tion and variety of its business inter-
ests, Atlanta is like New York In the
business activity of its people, Atlanta
is like Chicago A drone in progressive
Atlanta will be run over and slow,
conservative business man is consid-
cred back number.
Atlanta. the capital of Georgia and
the coming metropolis of the South, lies
at the foot of the Allegheny range of
mountains, on an elevated plateau 1850
feet above the level of the sea--a higher
elevation, with one exception Denver,
Colorado). than that of any other city
of equal population east of the Rocky
mountains, There are several points
within the city limits that are of con-
siderable higher altitude. This eleya-
ton, with the pure atmosphere and the
pure water supply, gives Atlanta pre-
eminence as IL healthful place It's
population is 10000. There are 225
miles of streets in Atlanta. Many are
wide, handsome avenues. paved with
either granite, Belgian block on con-
crete, asphalt, vitriiied brick, macadam,
ETC.; also 2l0 miles of sidewalks and So
miles of trunk sewers. The favorable
incline of all the most important thor
oughfares from the center of the city in
all directions (for Atlanta, like Rome,
rests on seven hills) affords unsur-
passed natural drainage. The sanitary
condition of the city is uneXcelled. The
climate is an ideal one, healthful and
pleasant. The winters are short and
rarely severe, while the summers are
not hot and debilitating. The tempera-
ture rarely reaches 100 degrees and sell
dom falls to zero. Real winter Is not
experienced until January. and fires are
often unnecessary till about Christmas.
Fevers are extremely rare, and epidem-
les have never prevailed. The absence
of fogs and humidity is noticeable. In
word, no city enjoys more equable
winter climate, and any traveller going
south for the season, should spend a
portion of the time at the Gate City.
WATER SUPPLY.
Atlanta has never suffered for water,
pure and abundant. The city enjoys
onefof the most complete waterworks in
the country. No city in the Union has
a larger supply Of the purest water,
coming. az III dneg dirpnf from tb.,
mountains, fed by many pure springs.
1t is drawn from the upper Chatta-
hoocha river and pumped by two TO-
O0,0o0 gallon pumps into a reservoir
having capacity Of lSOo00,o0O gallons.