Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-29

reason for being there This has method her
capitol Afew worthy and also magma
gentlemen took into their heads that the capitol ought to be
their midst Then secondary matter they cast about Tor
pretex which justify this remarkable ambition Had
they looked before they leaped they would doubtless have
turned their energy purpose useful at home and more
. commendable for the state at
is however the jealous advocates OF this
project scraped together only oaed arguments on
which One of these to the effect that Macon
the of transportation in Georgia. and the other is that
the population On these two propositions alone
people If they unfounded then
evidently there nothing behind this movement except
purely ambition and the state being asked to uproot its
scat and incur upendous debt simply to
crafty the whm of a single community
ago Journal showed by reference to authentic
figures that the claims utterly unsupported The
present of capitol has twenty-five local passenger trains
and fortyhree through day. while Macon has only
eighteen through trains As regards tranpor
tation facilities therefore wise the states center
situated to the needs and convent
of the commonwealth a whole
At the same tme showed that respect to the state
voting population far from being the central point
North of GAINESVILLE hundred and fox thousand
hundred and foyhree registered voters while south OF
only hundred and twenour thousand
five hundred and ffy-eight
We now purpose to prove that addition this the center
of the total population irrespective of the registered vote
north of Macon and that therefore the one remaining
preext moving the capitol to that city without shadow OF
foundation in reason fact
Our 6eures are from the recent If
straight line running through Macon drawn the map Of
Georgia. win found according the records county
by county that to the north of such line there million
four hundred rne thousand hundred and ninety
three people, and that this line there million
hundred thousand three hundred and
people,
Thus it seen falls short of the center of popu
ton by some three hundred be exact two
hundred and seventy hundred and sxtfve
In the light of this clear insurmountabe evidence what
of the claim that the capitol should be transferred to
his
hinges upon the population and only such point the
logical site for capitol they compelled by their own
argument that Macon ruled out and that some town
much farther north must be considered
The important fact however, this Macons claim TO the
capo has rested solely upon assertion that she is practically
the states center populations the that she no
where near the center only preext for urging revo
luton in the affairs Georgia dissoves into hinnest ar
If this claim is basees have shown that is, on
what other ground can an removing the capitol be
prdcatedi Wherein would the people of Georgia profit from
this proposed swapping Of sitesf
would bring the capitol the center OF the voting
population no nearer center of transportation facilities and
just shown the center OF the state ac
population On the contrary would take the capioi larne
from each and every Of these
IT, then there nothing be gained in convenience or profit
people, this entire proposition crumbles so far as logic ana
sense are Even the suggested transfer could
be made without dollars TO the taxpayer there wou
How unreasonable and unjust would therefore be to take
this step when would burden the people with pub
debit of millions of for comet q,
1t eonseryavey estimated that the present capitoi building
be duplicated today for less than two million dollars
The total providing building and It's accessories
would amount to three millions if considerably
Would for the state to expend vast sum
on project the rank and file OF citizens no
better off than they today?
Would it be great body of merchants and farmers
and working who have no investments or special
Macon to saddle added burdens simply in order to
crafty the ambition of a single ciy9
These questions carry their The truth u.s. as we
stated in the outset enthusiastic gentlemen the city by
the Omuge eaped by impulse into this local enterprise before
considering its WHY'S from standpoint of the
state at large the sole claims they advance when
amned in light found to be groundless When
tested by the arguments OF its own advocates the whoe pop
to naught
The sober thinking people of Georgia will not believe
bite a such a bait. Qs4Hrl