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The work on this road is done in a superior manner. The 

 arrangements for the comfort of passengers are surpassed by 

 few roads in the United States. 



The conductors, some of whom have been in the service 

 of the Company from its commencement, have acquired 

 an enviable reputation for their courtesy and attention to 

 passengers. 



The first President, William W. Gordon, Esq., is justly en- 

 titled to the gratitude of the citizens of Georgia, for the great 

 interest which he took in this enterprise. With industry 

 which nothing could weary ; with a spirit undaunted by 

 opposition ; and with talents which eminently qualified him 

 for the direction of a work of this character, he devoted his 

 whole time to the duties of his office. 



Richard R. Cuyler, Esq., the present President of the 

 Company, is a gentleman, to whom much credit is due, for 

 his indefatigable attention to the interests of the road. 



We cannot, in justice to another officer of this Company, 

 conclude this brief notice without mentioning the name of 

 L. O. Reynolds, Esq., Chief Engineer, who has faithfully per- 

 formed his duty to the company from its very beginning. 



MiLLEDGEviLLE AND GoRDON Railroad — chartered in 

 1847, and organized the same year. The road is to connect 

 Milledgeville, the capital of the State, with Gordon, on the 

 Central Railroad. From Gordon to Milledgeville, by the line 

 of the Railroad, the distance is 17^ miles, and the direction 

 N. of N. E. The road crosses the north fork of Commission- 

 ers' Creek, Beaver, Camp, and Fishing Creeks. At the time of 

 writing this (l2thof June, 1849,) there was about the third of 

 the grading of the road completed, and the work is still in pro- 

 gress. 



Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. — A charter 

 was granted to this Company in December, 1833, and amended 

 in December, 1835. 



A portion of the road was put in operation on the 1st of 

 November, 1837, and finished to the terminus of the Western 

 and Atlantic Railroad at Atlanta, 171 miles from Augusta, on 

 the 15th of September, 1845. 



The line leaves the depot at Augusta, and pursues nearly a 



