New Centralized Dispatch Moves to Macon
The railroad shifts main stem headquarters to Macon for dispatchers, telegraph operators, and clerks, centralizing control between Savannah and Atlanta. Office moves include a new telegraph setup in the Central railroad cotton yard. changes aim to speed business and improve service.
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Gabbett
Macon
Thn
Ma‘con
Hege
Tyler
Whitehead
Pastoger
Chariton
Jones
Atlan End
Eden
Central Railroad
Uptown
Bupt
Hoe
Savannah
Central
Atlanta
Griffin
Carrollton
Norman
Americus
Gossett
Love and Stokes
The
Ard
Abe
The Advancing South and Its Industrial Rise
The South has moved from vague guesses to precise data on iron coal lumber and cotton production costs and exports. Northern papers concede Southern iron is cheaper, mills expand, and lumber from newly acquired lands signals the region’s rise as a key national producer with capital flowing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanny Booth
South
Pennsylvania
New England
Buchigan
Illinois
Union
Barrel Factory Opens Operations in Macon
The Macon barrel factory has begun operations, marking a new industrial development for the city. Local officials expect job creation and increased manufacturing activity as production ramps up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Painting The Town Red and Public Works Intrigue
A mix of historical ads and notices discusses a feigned red blood metaphor and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for liver and blood disorders. It also reports Augusta and West Florida Company seeking $50,000 for a rail link to Thomasville, with routes through pine timber and fertile land. Also includes maternal care advice touting Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhea priced at twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Augusta and West Florida Company
Thomasville
Augusta
Mas
Winslow
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