Railroads Ignite South’s Growth Across States and Counties
The article notes widespread railroad fever in 1870s Georgia and neighboring states, detailing lines planned or progressing from Newnan to Rome, LaGrange to Decatur Alabama, and westward to intersect key routes. It discusses northern capital, southern credit, and the broader economic hopes tied to鉄road construction, asserting railways as engines of production, wealth, and national power amid postwar upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georia
Avill
Hola
Georgia
Newnan
Merriwether
Talbot
Gulf
Atlanta
Atlantic Coast
Macon
Griffin
North Alabama
Great Granaries
Northwest
Alabama
LaGrange
Heard
Carroll
Harralson
Polk
Rome
Decatur
Cobb, Paulding
Polk Slate Quarry
Selma, Rome
Dalton
Ander
Hulburt
Brunswick and Albany, Vicksburg
Eufaula
Albany
Crewes
Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus
South
New York
Boston
Atlantic
Railroads as vital lifeblood of growth not rivals
The piece argues that rail lines strengthen each other like arteries feeding a nation’s economy. It urges embracing capital and expansion, noting railroads spur town and merchant prosperity when networks cross and multiply. It also references social equality laws and miner disagreements described humorously.
Supreme Court Proceedings and Railroad Case Notes
The June 15 Supreme Court proceedings cover motions for new trials and legal standards for determining if an award is illegal on its face. Also reported is a Randolph county case involving the Southwesterns Railroad Company and issues of damages, jury verdicts, and survivors in homicide-related suits. The column notes a Bryans case upholding a $2000 breach verdict and discusses railroad prospects in Bainbridge with praise for progress toward Columbus, plus Florida legislative actions and omissions affecting funding, governance, and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Spreme Court
L. Cobb
B. Morris
Randolph
B. S. Worrill
Wimberly
H. Fielder
H. David
South-westerns Railroad Company
McCay
E. L. Douglass
A. Hood
Lyon
DeGraffenreid & Ir
Vin
Bryans
Southwestern Railroad
Col. H. Fielder
Bainbridge Sun
Bainbridge
Cuthbert
Columbus
Political realignments and market signals under Grant regime
A visitor notes a Democratic surge in Connecticut and Oregon reshaping federal power, with Emery’s Washington mayoral win signaling Republican weakness. A New York dispatch reports flour and wheat market frenzy, large US wheat sales, and rising demand while lake-port receipts fall. Georgia’s Tift returns from Washington, predicting a gradual shift in Congress as Bullock loses support.
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Wee
York
Sorewell
Rene
Wees
Jewell
Connecticut
Grant
Republican
Ciy
Oregon
Williame
Tf P
Slope
Williams
Emery
Washington
Bowen
Jesult
White House
Wen
New York
Great Britain
United States
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Sawtell & Jones
Ff. H. Jones
Enron
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Times
Hox
Nelson Tirr
Inrton
Augura Chronicle & Sentinel
Gen
Young
Mr. Tift
Committee On Elections
Tit
Albany News
Arregan
Tift
Jeter
Asssault
Nelson Tier
Dinah Paschal
Hector Jones
Dougherty
Kimball
Georgia Hotel
Mro
J.C. Mathews
Au Ee Ee Ad
Croup
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Big Horn
Congress
Castle Garden
Liverpool
North Germany
Glasgow
London
Illinois
Pensylvania
Wisconsin
Ohio
California
New Jersey
New England
Southern
Nashville Republican
Tennessee
Cotton
Tennes
Rad
Supreme Court
Florida
Treasury
Agricultural College
Reed
New York City
the Tribune
Roumana
Johnson
G.C. Hudson
Cosaness
Bullock
Ca. Tutt’s
DR. Tutt
Zlsiver and Hidneys
WM. H. Tutt & Land
Augusta
Jocié Jy
Scott & Smith
A. B. Hendry
Jas. S. Corby
John. D. Turner
Cyntha A. Hendry
Dancing Academy
Mir
Allen V. Robison
Cuthbert and Vicinity
Powell’s Hall
Smith & Tackett
Powell's
T. S. Powell
Crurgist, Bookseller
American Knitting Machine Co
Mass
St.Louis, Mo
Far Vl
Octagon Bewing Machine CO
R. le Voxcott
Chatham Square
N.Y
Wheeler & Wilson
Grover & Baker and
Singer * Co
JO Inson
Clark
Gunn
Ra. J. McK. Gunn
Spe
W. Fioor
Phila
Chicago
Lily _ cine
TS. Powell
Sadies
Dean
Izaac Easley
J. McK. Gunn
Wheeler
Firkry A. Stupss, J. P
Phoofa
Powells
T Sefet
A. Stationer
Emall
WM. H. Tutt
WM. H. Tcutt & Land
Jovel
Ly Augusta
Ly Gilli
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