The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-08-31
McAdoo May Be Here Next Week

McAdoo May Be Here Next Week
1t is probable that within the next
few days Marietta will have the plea
sure of entertaining man who was
born in a house still standing on the
Powder Springs road, and who, to-
day is one of the worlds most illus
rious figures. William G. McAdoo,
who conceived and built the Hudson
river Tunnels, one of the greatest
engineering feats in history.
1t is pleasing thought that the
little boy, whose life began five miles
from the city has so stamped his per-
Sonality upon the times that his
name is linked with the immortals and
that too, in association with and
achievement of such vast benefit to
his fellow men.
Modest and unassuming, he begs
the news papers to call it the "Hud-
the ages they will call it the McAdoo
Tunnel.
Hudson sailed up the river; Fulton
Experimental with his first steam boat
Just where the ferries cross, but it
was William G. McAdoo, who stood
on the bluff of the Jersey side and
pointed across the mile of blue water
to the heart of New York and said
that trains should run under the
great river and that passengers
should alight at Herald Square.
When Napolean was reminded of
the Alps, he said, "There shall be no
Alps" McAdoo said there should be
no river so far as passengers were
concerned, and he had made good.
Mr. McAdoo is coming to Georgia
next week. He is coming with the
party of President Taft, Governor
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey; G.
Westinghouse, the noted inventor
and others who are to attend the
Southern Commercial Congress which
is to meet in Atlanta no March 9Th,
9th and 10th. Many speeches are to
be made, and the motto of the gath
ering is to be GA Greater Nation
Thru a Greater South"
Mr.. McAdoo is to address the Con-
ventions on Corporations and the
Public"
In several publications that have
been made there have been conflict
ing statements in regard to the Geor-
gia residence of Mr.. McAdoo, some
statements being that he was born at
Marietta and others that he was born
at Milledgeville.
The editor of the Journal and Cou-
ner, to be sure, wrote to Mr.. McAdoo
few days ago, and asked for the
facts and other information in regard
TO himself. His reply is exceedingly
interesting and we take the liberty
OF publishing it below.
He writes as follows:
New York, Feb. II, 1911.
Dear Mr.. Carter have your
KIND Letter of the 18th inst. My moth
ef tells me that my father, in 1868,
SSought a place about five miles out
from Marietta, on the Powder
springs road, from a Mr.. Springer
Wy 1ather named it "Melosa".
Inc house had eleven rooms, with
E T4 and fronting the public road.
me nrst story was brick and the
upper stories frame. Whether the
mouse IS still standing do not know.
MY mother tells me that shortly
aiVer we left there was a sharp fight
at this place land the house was
Smuch damaged. 1t was in the path of
SHefman's march to Atlanta, and, as
ne approached we fell back and To-
S %!S at Midway, Ca, a suburb of
Mllledgeville.
l.. l was born in the house / have
IIeeSocarlDed, on the 31st of October,
1905; but the family moved to Mid
way SIX weeks after l was born. You
AL therefore, realize that ] konw
very little about Marietta. j have
n lever visited the place, and if
Iinouid have time on my trip to At
santa, should be very glad to do
do not know whether it would
possible to locate the house or the
stounds by the description have
gwen you, but, doubtless, it can be
dnd. from the description of the
ueed from Stringer to McAdoo if the
retords in the registers office were
"0 S.,I destroyed during the war.
l., we lived at Midway and at Mil,
ftesugeVllle, until 1876 or 1871 have
rorgotten which, when my father
move move back to Knoxville, Tenn. where
Az AZ accepted a professorship in his
anna Mater, the University of Ten
FfesSee. My father was a lawyer anc
a ~ atm, a time judge in one of the courts
- MllIedgeville. l attended the Uni