92 RAILROADS. 



passing through the southwestern counties of Georgia to some 

 point on the Chattahoochee river, and also to be connected 

 with a contenaplated raih'oad to be constructed by the Pensa- 

 cola Raih^oad Company, from that city to some point on the 

 above mentioned river. A charter was granted by the ensu- 

 ing Legislature, an experienced engineer employed, and an ac- 

 curate survey made. The Central Railroad Company, and 

 the City Council of Savannah, each subscribed $250,000 to 

 the stock of this Company, payable as soon as the completion 

 of the road was placed beyond contingency. The commission- 

 ers petitioned the Legislature of 1847 to amend the charter, so 

 as to allow them to organize the Company as soon as a sub- 

 scription of $200,000 could be obtained. This amendment 

 was granted, and the commissioners succeeded in obtaining a 

 sufficient amount of subscriptions to authorize them to call a 

 meeting of the subscribers. A meeting was held, and on the 

 10th day of February, 1847, the Company was organized. 

 Shortly afterwards, the whole building of twenty-five miles of 

 the road, and the grading of ten miles more were put under 

 contract. There have been subscribed to the stock of this 

 Company, to 7th December 1848, $512,200, or 5122 shares. 

 From the report of the engineer we learn, that " the extent of 

 line now under contract is thirty-five miles," and the contract- 

 ors are making very commendable progress. 



Western and Atlantic Railroad. — This road com- 

 mences at Atlanta, in De Kalb county; passes through Cobb, 

 Cass, Walker, and Murray counties, and will terminate at 

 Chattanooga, in Tennessee. It is destined to connect with the 

 railroads of Tennessee, and when finished will be of immense 

 advantage to Georgia. It is expected that the road will be com- 

 pleted in the course of the present year. The tunnel of 

 this road is 1477 feet in length, height 18 feet, width in the 

 clear 12 feet. It is cut, in a great measure, through solid rock. 

 The lateral walls are of rock, six feet thick at the base, and 

 five feet at the top. The approaches to the tunnel are pro- 

 tected on both sides by massive masonry. The chief engineer, 

 in his report for 1848, says : — 



"The Etowah mills, and others erected, or in process of 

 erection, for the manufacture of flour, are stimulating the 



