. The street railway review . years ago treading the cowpath, now Peach-tree street, little thought that from beneath their footstepswould spring marts of trade and palaces Why do the pampered settlements with eveiy oppor-tunity for growth dwindle and die in spite of the heroic to the Atlantic and west to Gulf, and, where the watersdivide, there is the division station of commerce. Theelevation of the city at the tracks of the Union depot isreckoned at 1,050, although several points in the cityare from 50 to 100 feet higher. With the excep-tion of Denver it is rated as having the greatest elev
. The street railway review . years ago treading the cowpath, now Peach-tree street, little thought that from beneath their footstepswould spring marts of trade and palaces Why do the pampered settlements with eveiy oppor-tunity for growth dwindle and die in spite of the heroic to the Atlantic and west to Gulf, and, where the watersdivide, there is the division station of commerce. Theelevation of the city at the tracks of the Union depot isreckoned at 1,050, although several points in the cityare from 50 to 100 feet higher. With the excep-tion of Denver it is rated as having the greatest eleva-tion of any city of approximate size in the UnitedStates. efforts of their founders? Why has every large citymoved its base of development from the spot designatedby reasoning and learned men and settled along the cow-path or in the marsh? We do not, nor do the real estatemen, know. Atlanta is no exception to this vagary ofgrowth, for it resolutely moved away from Decatur togrow to lusty strength, while Decatur is now satisfied tobe a suburb of it. The city of Atlanta is situated inlatitude 33 45 19 north and in longitude 84-^ 23 10west of Greenwich. Located on a spur of the BlueRidge mountains where the mighty procession of theAlleghanies converge and radiate into ridges of moderateheight, suitable for agriculture or residence, Atlanta hasreared itself to become the gateway city of the south,the eye and ear and nerve center of the empire of thesoutheast. It is seven miles northeast of the Chattahoo-chee river, and on the southernmost crest of the Chatta-hoochee ridge, which divides the waters which flows east With this great natural advanta
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