. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. scenes were witnessed asmade sore the hearts of all observers. Men maimed by shot and shell were hurried tothis open space, where many tables liad beenerected, and here busy surgeons carried on theirwork amid the groans of the sutfering. Whenthis frightful tragedy was succeeded by the trag-edy of Atlantas destruction, the park was prac-tically obliterated by the force of the Shermanwar machine, and it was never restored. Theproperty had been given to the State road bySamuel Mitchell for railroad purposes, but thatportion of it which was used as a park
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. scenes were witnessed asmade sore the hearts of all observers. Men maimed by shot and shell were hurried tothis open space, where many tables liad beenerected, and here busy surgeons carried on theirwork amid the groans of the sutfering. Whenthis frightful tragedy was succeeded by the trag-edy of Atlantas destruction, the park was prac-tically obliterated by the force of the Shermanwar machine, and it was never restored. Theproperty had been given to the State road bySamuel Mitchell for railroad purposes, but thatportion of it which was used as a park not beingrequired for the purposes set forth in the deed oftransfer, his heirs made a prolonged fight for itsrecovery. This fight culminated in the passageof an act by the Legislature under which the landwas restored to the heirs upon pa^nnent of $35,-000. The land was then sold at public auctionand soon thereafter began to be covered with bus- INCIDENTS OF LONG AGO 101 iness structures. Thus passed Atlantas firstand only down town ENTRANCE LOWRY NATIONALBANK CHAPTEK Move Swiftly THE inherient strength and vitality of At-lanta was never more clearly demon-strated than in those days inmiediatelyfollowing the war. Its people driven intoexile, and the City destroyed in the Fall of 1864,the City is found two years later a veritable hiveof industry. This year, 1866, the total incomeof the City government reached $294,, anamazing sum even when the proceeds of a bondsale, aggregating $130,, and a loan of $46,-000, are deducted. Receipts from licenses aloneamounted to $23,, while tax receiptsmounted to $41, Stores of every kind had sprung into existence;the market of the wholesale and retail merchantshad been extended in every direction, building hadgone forward upon an unprecedented scale, andsundry places of amusement and entertainmenthad come into being. Moreover, the prosperitywhich had attended certain manufacturing enter-prises prior to
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