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westerly direction to Camak, 47 miles. At this point a 

 branch extends towards Milledgeville to Warrenton, 3f miles. 

 From Camak the course is northwest to Union Point, when 

 a branch commences to Athens, 3d miles. From Union Point 

 to Madison the line passes through the northern portion of 

 Greensborough, and crosses the Oconee at its junction with 

 the Appallachee, at an elevation of 426 feet above tide water. 

 After leaving Madison, it follows the ridge separating the wa- 

 ters of the Appallachee and Little Rivers to the Social Circle, 

 whence it descends to the Alcovy at Colley's Bridge, crossing 

 it at an elevation of 70 feet, and then takes nearly a direct 

 course to Covington, where it bends N. W., and intersecting 

 Yellow river a short distance above the Decatur road, it 

 gradually rises to the ridge parting Yellow and Ocmulgee riv- 

 ers, which it follows, leaving the Stone Mountain Ij miles to 

 the right, until it joins the high grounds dividing the latter 

 river from the Chattahoochee. Along these it is continued to 

 the Western and Atlantic Railroad, touching the S. E. angle 

 of the village of Decatur. 



The whole cost of this road and its equipments, up to 

 April 1st, 1849, has been $3,551,975. This road, with all the 

 arrangements connected with it, does great credit to the Com- 

 pany. Every effort is made to insure the safety and comfort 

 of passengers. 



Macon and Western Railroad. — This road was charter- 

 ed in December, 1833, under the name and style of the Mon- 

 roe Railroad and Banking Company. The Company was or- 

 ganized, and the road commenced, in 1835. The bank con- 

 nected with the road, called the Monroe Railroad Bank, com- 

 menced its operations at Macon, on the 25th day of January, 

 1837. General L. L. Griffin was President, and James Land, 

 Esq., was Cashier, who was soon, however, succeeded by 

 Peter Solomon, Esq. The road was first chartered from Ma- 

 con to the town of Forsyth, in Monroe county. In 1836 the 

 charter was amended, authorizing the extension of the road in 

 a northwesterly direction to some point on or near the Chatta- 

 hoochee to be thereafter determined. The bank continued its 

 operations, and the road was pressed onward with great ra- 

 pidity, until it reached the place now occupied by the town of 



