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Address of Mr. Patrick Calhoun: Delivered at the First Annual Banquet of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, February 13, 1890
Excerpt from Address of Mr. Patrick Calhoun: Delivered at the First Annual Banquet of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, February 13, 1890
Afr. Chairman and Gentlemen - Atlanta is the result q a railroad accident - of a collision between swift-fd'oted progress, the forerunner of railroad development, and that slow moving conservatism which sees danger in the shadow that follows every form of progress. Early in the railroad history of the State, it became apparent. That the most im portant roads then projected, would meet near this spot. The necessity of connecting the South Atlantic sea ports with the Mississippi Valley, commanded the attention of the leading men of the South. A committee of the Legislature, in an able report, urged that this State should build a grand trunk line, from a point on the Tennessee river near Look out Mountain, to a point near the southeastern bank of the Chattahoochee, and branches thence to her important towns, which, like veins of the human body, should lead to a common center. The widespread sentiment in favor of reaching out to the West, resulted in the Act for building the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and in an invitation to the roads projected in the State, to meet the grand 'trunk at its eastern terminus.' At that time Decatur was one of the prosperous towns of Georgia the county seat of a large county, which included the land on which, At lanta is situated, and stretched westward to the Chattahoo chee river. Its citizens w'ere'intelligent, but they failed to.
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Afr. Chairman and Gentlemen - Atlanta is the result q a railroad accident - of a collision between swift-fd'oted progress, the forerunner of railroad development, and that slow moving conservatism which sees danger in the shadow that follows every form of progress. Early in the railroad history of the State, it became apparent. That the most im portant roads then projected, would meet near this spot. The necessity of connecting the South Atlantic sea ports with the Mississippi Valley, commanded the attention of the leading men of the South. A committee of the Legislature, in an able report, urged that this State should build a grand trunk line, from a point on the Tennessee river near Look out Mountain, to a point near the southeastern bank of the Chattahoochee, and branches thence to her important towns, which, like veins of the human body, should lead to a common center. The widespread sentiment in favor of reaching out to the West, resulted in the Act for building the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and in an invitation to the roads projected in the State, to meet the grand 'trunk at its eastern terminus.' At that time Decatur was one of the prosperous towns of Georgia the county seat of a large county, which included the land on which, At lanta is situated, and stretched westward to the Chattahoo chee river. Its citizens w'ere'intelligent, but they failed to.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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First published July 22, 2015
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