The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-21
GREAT WELCOME
GIVEN TRAIN BY
ATLANTA PEOPLE
FisE THOUSAND CITIZENS e$ET-
Ed THE SPECIAL WHEN IT
ARRIVED.
re Interesting Addresses Delivered
At the Banquer Held Friday
Nishs-An Atlanta Account
Of lhe Affair.

Tae celebration in Atlanta gaaag
0f sAe arrival of the irst A.. 3. & A.
passenger train Was one of the great
est events in the history OF that city.
wfsen the handsome train rolled into
the unlos depot there We're 25oo0
Atlantans oA hand to greet il.
A full account of the arrival Of tire
train. as sent cur from Atlanta, viii
be- interesting to Brunswicl1ians. Here
is one OF the accounts Of the affair
oyer 25.00a people, lining every
vantage point in the city, witnessed
the arrival this afternoon at about
4.as O'Clock Of the first passenger
tram over the Atlanta. Birmingham
ana Atlantic road Three long blasts
IRON the whistle on the engine Of the
igeonling train turned Atlanta into
Dsdlam Of noise. All the whistles
ana ether noise making instruments
IN The city began operation in web
come to the new road Il was the
greatest ovation ever given any en-.
terprise Of the kind in Georgia
son the train, which was one OF the
handsornest ever seen in the South.
were AIS guests Of the Atlanta cham'
her OF commerce, including the may
ors and members Of the boards Of
eaae Of ali the cities through which
She A., b. & A. passes.
All the way from Thomasyllte TO
Atlanta the train was bombarded with
flowers thrown by hundred Of people
along the route, and the trip was
like q. triumphal procession At ey-
ery little station the train was stop
ped aud, so anxious We're the people
10 show their appreciation of it, it was
m8re tssan As minutes late when It
finally arrived in Atlanta,
The last long stop before reaching
Atlanta was made at Union City At
this point the Atlanta reception eeH-
mittee, headed by President Asa
Candl and ]. Wyre Pope, former
presis at of the chamber of commerce,
nse ng the special The Atlanta
parsy left Atlanta about I o'clock on
the private car Cf President Atkinson
President Atkinson did not accom-
pany the party
When the special reached Union
city the special cars were hooked to
the special train and the rapid run 10
Atlanta began.
After reaching Atlanta and after
the passengers had disembarked, the
lrain was LETT at the Union station for
exhibition purpc ses.
Aside from the welcome given the
train on its entrance, the feature Of
the day was the banquet tonight at
the Kimball House. at which more
than 800 guests were entertained
Over 400 Of this number were from
points outside of the cay. Asa Cand
Ter, president Of the chamber Of com
marce, acted as postmaster at the
banquet The address Of welcome
was made by Robert Maddox, who re-
4erred. in speaking of the entry cf
tie A., B. & A. to the great part play
ed IN the making Of Atlanta by the
railroad achievements Of this city and
telling Of the former entries Of other
reads The response to this speech
was made by President Atkinson, Of
the new road, who told Of the great
work required in the making Of the
A., b. & A., and Of what he thought it
means to both Atlanta and Georgia,
and what he hopes it will accomplish
ia The development Of this part Of the
country. He said he turned the read
oFer to the people Of Georgia. Mr.
Atkinson was given a great ovation
when he entered the dining room,
ana when he rose to speak he was
given one OF the greatest welcomes
ever accorded any man in Atlanta.
AN address was also made by Gov.
Ioke Smith, welcoming the new road,
and declaring that foreign capital
could always look for the fairest OF
treatment in Georgia and from Geor-
gians.
Talks we're made by the mayfrs OF
the different cities. through which the
new road passes, and the event Of
today featured as the real opening Of
Georgias era of new prosperity.
At the banquet former President
b j. K. Orr, Of the chamber Of commerce
announced, on behalf of the whole
sale dealers and manufacturers Of the
city. that the visitors of Atlanta, as
the guests of the chamber Of com
merce, we're invited to spend tomor
row, as the guests Of tfese two bodies
For their enterainmett it has beer
planned that the. 400 quests assem-
Bile in the Equitable building at la
o'clock, take trolley ride out Peach
tree, stop at the rle4mont Driyinl