| An Esposition of the Property of the Etowah
Manufacturing & Mining Co., at Etowah, Cass County, Georgia, and
Testimonials of its Value |
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Published in New York, 1860 {From the dates of
various letters printed in the document, it must have been printed
in the Fall of 1860) |
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| Seventhly -- The "Etowah Railroad" -- This
railroad was built under a charter from the Legislature of Georgia,
during the years 1858 and '9, and runs from Etowah Depot, on the Western
& Atlantic Railroad, to the rolling mill, a distance of four miles. It
sia substantially built railroad, laid with heavy iron. The trains,
drawn by a locomotive engine, run twice daily, and it is in good working
order. It is the outlet for all finished products of the rolling mill,
furnaces and flour mill, and furnishes very great facilities for the
transportation of the ore, iron products, stone coal, goods, wares and
merchandise, &c. This road is the exclusive property of the Etowah
Manufacturing and Mining Company, who are organized as stockholders
under the charter of the Etowah Railroad. |
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