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Fitzgerald M, Decatur nr city limits Goldsmith W, cor Peachtree and Alexander.
Harden W. P, 42 e Alabama.
Heal E. 8: whitehall. See p 96. Holliday J S. c Forest Avenue and Calhoun.
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OYSTER AND FISH DEPOTS. Atlanta Ice House, R R nr white'll Cook Lewis, 84 whitehall. See p 120 Pease and his wife, 2 e Alabama st. Pee. John, 25 Marietta. See p 182
PHYSICIANS.
GEO. SHARP JR., LIVE JEWELER, WHITEHALL ST See Front Cove
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Fox, Wm K, c Marietta & Broad. See p 82. +
Johnson, J L, c Mitchell and Broad. Rogers, G C, 13 Decatur.
PHILLIPS & CREW, SELL BLANK BOOKS FLAT & RULED PAPER.
W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82.
LAWSHE & HAYNES, JEWELERS, 50 WHITEHALL ST. Page 200
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McNally, M, basement Kimball SADLERY HARDWARE. PLAINING MILLS. House. Andrews E & Co, 71 whitehall. See p 120. Rogers, G C, 13 Decatur st. Meister, P A B, Peters nr Forsyth. Muhlinbrink, H, 20 whitehall. Oelrich, Peter, basement 15 white- · hall. Cook, Pitts & Co, W & AR R, nr Johnson J T, 55 whitehall. Judson Win N, Decatur c Collins Law J .H, Powell's bl'k, Peachtree. Logan J P, 55 whitehall. Love & Ingraham, Powell's block, Peachtree. Foundry. SASH AND BLINDS. PKX 10 U 8, Marietta nr Broad. B See p 182. Longley & Robinson, c Gilmer and Butler. Phillips & Crew, c Marietta and Peachtree. Law J H, McDonough nr Fair. MoFall J W, Harris nr Butler. Miller & Johnson, cor Broad and Marietta. Peck, J C & Co, Decatur near E Longley & Robinson, c. Gilmer and Butler. Yonge. See p. 138. Planters' Saloon, Peachtree c Grubb. See p 144. Moore W C, c Marietta and Spring Neely R F, c Crew and Fair. O'Keefe D C, 55 whitehall. PLUMBERS. Orme F H, Capitol building. [ See Gas Fitters.] PRODUCE DEALERS. [ See Grocers.] RESTAURANTS. Orine L H, c Broad and Marietta. Parker A M, Thompson nr Garnett Pegg W G, Hunter nr. Butler. Ale Vault, basement Kimball House, Wall st. Ballard, W J, Passenger Depot. Bender, Wm, Hunter nr Forsyth. Berron, P, Forsyth b Marietta and Walton. Clark & Chisolm, 15 Marietta. Spencer & Livsey, Granite Block n Broad st. Pinckney Chas, Calhoun nr. Gilmer Pomeroy R S, c Marietta & Broad Powell F T, 34 Peachtree. Powell T S, Pryor nr Hunter. Price .J W, Kimball House. Raushenberger Charles, 60 whitehall. See p 107. Ray ES, 28 whitehall. Roach E J, c whitehall & Peters. Salter S F, empire block, white- hall. See p 74. Daly, Martin, c Whitehall and M & WRR. Simmons J. N, granite bl'k, Broad. Slaughter J T, Trebursey nr Race- DeSmit, F & Co, Peters st. track. Sterling W L, Cain nr Luckie. Stout S H, 50 whitehall. Stovall O, Broad st. Peck, J C & Co, Decatur near Yonge. See p 138. Queen & Reed, Marietta st. Richter, Otto, Mitchell nr Broad. Schultz & Baxter, 61 Peachtree. Smith, John M, c Peters and M & WRR. Pitts, Cook & Co, W & A R R.nr Foundry. Rice & Mitchell, c Grubb and Cone. SALOONS. Steadman & Kries, rear of. 9 Ala- bama st. Wallace, D, e Hunter nr Ala- bama. See p 132. Ballard, W .J, Passenger Depot. Capron, H L, Mitchell nr whitehall. Cook, Lewis, 84 Whitehall. See page 120. Broad, John, c Broad and Hunter. Webb, Jim P, Decatur opp. Park. Turf Exchange, 6 Decatur. See page 178. Coughlin, John, 13 w Alabama. See p 206. Coughlin, John, 13 Alabama o Broad. See index. Exchange, 11 w Alabama. Shackelford & Co, Campbell House. See p 106. Oelrich, Peter, 15 whitehall. Pease and his Wife, 2 e Alabama. Peel, John, 25 Marietta c Broad. See p 182. Doonan, Francis, Marietta c Bartow. See p 146. SEED STORES. Rosser's, Decatur nr Ivy. Spencer & Livsey, 11 n Broad. [ See also Druggists.] Exchange, 11, w. Alabama. See page 104. Fechter, E, 35 Whitehall. See Thomas G W, Ivy nr Pine. SACK FACTORY. Echols, Sam'ı A, 1 and 3 s Broad. Goidtsnoven E Van, page 13 6 15 Peachtre St. Thompson Joseph; c Pryor & Jones Johnson Mark W, Broad near Mitchell, W A, 115 whitehall. Alabama. Thompson W R D, Decatur st. Vance J W, 33 whitehall st. Vason J M, cor Washington and SADDLES, HARNESS, &c. SEWING MACHINES. · Alabama. Fleck, Dan, 5 e Alabama. Forest Saloon, Decatur opp City Park. See page 170. Folsom, L B, 4 Decatur st. page 100." R Wells W N, 28 whitehall st. Andrews, E & Co, 71 whitehall. [See Agents.] See p 120. Westmoreland J G, 424 e Alabama Westmoreland W F, Marietta opp Browning, T N, c Walton and Broad. Capitol. Wilson J Stainback, Kimball house SHOE AND BOOT MAKERS. Withers E D, Grant Building cor Broad and Marietta. Haverty, M, Marietta st. Grady, TF, 22 e Alabama. Griffin, J L, 94 whitehall. I Hentschel, G, 52 e Alabama. Globe Saloon, 11 Decatur opp. Kimball House. See p 142. Davis, S H, 30 Peachtree. Albright A, under James' bank. Dopson S & Co, Foundry corner Woodbury J F, Ivy nr Harris. Ford, J J, Mitchell nr Whitehall. Dorsett John, Marietta nr Bartow. PICTURE FRAMES. Hayden, G H, c Forsyth and Peters Eisenhut & Klassett, under James' bank. See p 90. W &ARR. Finney, A T, 7 n Broad. See page 154. Hill, Jno, c Marietta and Peachtree Kenney's Ale Depot, Pryor nr Mabry, Miles, Decatur st. Maher, ME, 2 w Mitchell. Alabama. See p 121. JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL, WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE, See Page 92. BUY FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FROM BRUMBY & McPHERSON, 18 WHITEHALL STREET. Page 66.
McGuire's Ale Depot, 6 under Kimball House. See p 302.
Flipper Festus, (col) Decatur. Flynn Mathew, Marietta st.
J. H. GAVAN, Cincinnati Ale and Beer Depot, 11 Alabama Street Page 104
GEO. SHARP JR., LIVE JEWELER, WHITEHALL ST. See Front Cover
18 HANLEITER'S ATLANTA CITY DIRECTORY. Hillsman, Burt & Co, 67 whitehall. CHANTS. Jordan, Howard & Harralson 83 whitehall. See p 74. Maddox Robt F, 2 Peachtree. Meador & Bro, 35 whitehall. See page 114. Gaines & Jenkins, Powell's block, TOBACCO COMMISSION MER- Peachtree st. Gleason Wm, e Hunter. Holmes & Perry, (col) e Alabama. Holmes Wm, (col) Broad nr Hunter Hughes Chas & Son, Pryor b Alabama & Hunter. See p 136. Jenkins G W, 61 Peachtree. Keircher A, Alabama nr Pryor. Keltner & Rakestraw, 117 whiteball st. See p 68. Long Saml, 13 Marietta st. See TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS. page 134. [ See also Cigar Manufacturers.] Dunn R H & Co, Broad nr Hunter Hall G W, Marietta st. See p 88 Hatcher E N, c Ivy and Cedar. Richmond J L & Co, Forsyth near Alabama. Minor J, (col) Mitchell.st. Murdock Y A, whitehall st. Tolbert & Hilton, cor Walton and Broad. Sharp, Boroughs & Co, 84 whiteh'l Winter J L, 22 e Alabama. Vogelsberger Louis, 63 white- hall. See p 130. SILVER WARE. UNDERTAKERS. T SLATE ROOFERS. Bohnefeld H, 68 whitehall. City Coffin works, Peters st. Shroeter John H, 9 Marietta st. See p 304. UPHOLSTERERS. SOAP MANUFACTURERS. Hitchcock & Co, Houston nr Fort. Brannon R C, & Peters & Forsyth. Erginzinger S E, Hunter near whitehall. See p 76. STENCIL CUTTER. Logue, 78 whitehall. Dutton Benj Z, 51 whitehall. VARIETY STORES. STOVES, TIN WARE, &c. Beaverson & Culverson, west End. Hagan John T, 14 whitehall. See p 92. Buice J D, 63 Peachtree. Franklin H, 28 Peachtree. See page 70. Hall & Hart, Peters nr McDaniel See p 122. Jacob S, 46 Peachtree. Rosenstrauss M, 52 whitehall. 90 cents store, 5 Peachtree. Huestis & Hope, 73 whitehall. Hunnicutt & Bellingrath, 9 WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES. Marietta st. See p 146. Langford L B, 81 whitehall. See | Kendrick S S & Son, 16 Marietta. page 94. Richardson F M, 4 e Hunter. Warlick J W, 15 Marietta. Lynch & Co, 6 whitehall. See page 84. Phillips & Crew, Marietta cor TIN SHOPS. Peachtree. Richards J J & S P, 6 east Ala- [See Stoves and Tin Ware.] bama. See p 162. JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL, WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE, See Page 92. W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82.
PHILLIPS & CREW, BOOK SELLERS, Corner Marietta and Peachtree Sts
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WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS. | WILLOW & WOODEN WARE.
Ballman Wm, 10 whitehall st. Se p 234.
[See House Furnishing Goods.] WINES AND LIQUORS. WHOLESALE.
Bookout J M, cor Marietta and Broad. See p 142.
Freeman J W, 13 Marietta.
Cahn Bros, 90 whitehall. Cohen & Co, 43 whitehall.
Guilmarin T J, corner Walton and Peachtree.
Clayton & Webb, 72 whitehall. See p 126. .
Griffin Wm, 32 Peachtree.
Gerbie Charles, 45 Peachtree.
Herman B, c Marietta & Peachtree
Cox & Hill, 31. Peachtree. Hili John M. 13 Marietta. See page 138.
Lawshe & Haynes, 50 white- hall. See p 200.
Jones Paul, Broad nr Hunter. Kenny's Ale Depot, 9 Pryor. See p 121.
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Solomonson S L, 14 whitehall. See page 132.
Philadelphia & Atlanta Wine and Liquor Co, 5 north Broad. See p 202.
WINDOW GLASS. [See Druggists.]
Wallace D, Hunter nr whitehall. See p 321.
Winter J L, 22 e Alabama.
Mrs. S. E. McFAIL,
Fashionable Dress Maker,
UP STAIRS, 31 WHITEHALL ST.,
ATLANTA,
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Respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of her friends and the public generally.
WM. H. HULSEY.
W. A. TIGNER.
HULSEY & TIGNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATLANTA, GA.,
Office up first stairway below James' Bank, Huge building, WHITEHALL STREET.
Will attend to all business entrusted to them in the Circuit, and will also practice in the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
J. H.GAVAN, Cincinnati Beer and Ale Depot, 11 Alabama Street. Page 104
BUY FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FROM BRUMBY & McPHERSON, 13 WHITEHALL STREET. Page 66.
Plummer E T, 9 Peachtree. Sharp & Floyd, 33 whitehall. See first page cover.
Maddox R F, 2 Peachtree.
JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLEAGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL, WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE. See Page 92. 's.toog
GEO. SHARP JR., LIVE JEWELER, WHITEHALL ST. See Front Cover.
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The Dollar Savings Bank,
NO. 2, KIMBALL HOUSE, WALL STREET. Chartered Sept 22, 1870.
Capital . $50,000 INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS AS PER AGREEMENT. ADVANCES MADE ON GOOD COLLATERALS. Valuables Received for Safe Keeping.
W. L. GORDON, J. M. WILLIS,
President. Cashier. .
DIRECTORS:
E. W. HOLLAND,
W. M. LOWRY,
JOHN NEAL. JR.,
J. M. WILLIS, '
WM. L. CORDON.
HENRY BANKS.
HENRY BANKS JR.
HENRY BANKS & SON,
DEALERS IN
SHOES,
LEATHER AND SHOEMAKERS' Tools, Lasts, Pegs, Calf Skins, &c. 39 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
"Wholesale Stock the largest in the city.
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PHILLIPS & CREW, BOOK SELLERS, Corner Marietta and Peachtree Sts,
W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82.
F. E. Grillenden. - Late of St.James Hotd. New York:
Late of Milledgeville.G.
Crittenden & Co.
- Lat purchasat hy M. Kunball. Manh 26" INTO. Grund Broken Nanh 28 M0.
Opened
- Front on Prver Simt. 210 fat. - Raitrond Stred 163 .. Decatur Stret. 163 - 3/7 Rooms crdusive of Stores &-Mas:
Band Drafts Check Inquiana Polimex CO.
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Still merits the honor of being unrivalled by any other in the Southern States, and is fast approximating that position which will entitle her at an early day, to the proud fame of being the metrop- olis of the South. Her rapidity of growth, and expanding com- S merce, is only equalled by the famed cities of the West; and we U are happy to chronicle the fact that the past twelve months have borne ample evidence of its continued prosperity.
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This magnificent structure is a "parallogram, fronting 210 feet on Pryor street, the sides being 160 feet each on Decatur street, and Railroad Avenue," or Wall street, as it is more appropriately called. It is a vast, elegant, and substantial structure of stone, brick and iron, the whole including seven stories of the extent de- scribed above, divided into sixteen large and commodious stores, spacious dining and ball rooms, billiard hall arcade, and three hun- dred and seventeen parlors and sleeping rooms, besides offices, pan- tries, kitchens, laundries, etc." Elegantly furnished and supplied with all the appliances of a first class hotel. It is an ornament and valuable adjunct to our city, and a lasting monument of the enterprise, ability and tact of its projector. It is under the man- agement of S. E. Critendon & Co., who conduct it with all the grandeur, convenience and luxuriance characteristic of any hotel in the country.
J. H, GAYAN. Cinci pati Beer and Ale Depot, 11 Alabama Street. Page 104.
BUY FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FROM BRUMBY & McPHERSON, 18 WHITEHALL STREET. Page 66.
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We can boast of men in almost every branch of science, art and mechanism, who would do honor to any city in the world, and to whose skill and labor Atlanta is greatly indebted for much of her MEN. prosperity and reputation abroad. Her merchants, though young in the race, are the peers of any in the country. Their enterprise and sagacity being readily acknowledged throughout the Union. TRADE, During this spring, has been at least fifty per cent. greater than any preceeding year, and for the past twelve months amounted to fully $25,000,000. The number of dwelling houses built during the month of January, 1871, was not less than double that of the same month heretofore. Houses for business purposes have scarcely kept pace with the growth of the population, though they have been numerous and extensive. REAL ESTATE Sales have amounted, during the past year, to over half a million dollars, one house alone having transacted sales not much short of $100,000. According to the assessments, so far as completed, we esti- mate that the value of real estate will reach about $13,000,000. In the 5th Ward alone, the increased value, over last year, has been 33 per cent. though nearly, if not quite, half a million dollars is now exempt from tax by becoming the property of the State. We have been to some trouble to ascertain the amount of goods sold in our city during the past 12 months, and by personal visits to some thirty of our leading merchants, have obtained the follow- ing items : GROCERIES. Seventeen grocery and produce merchants have sold in the past twelve months goods to amount of .. $5,000,000 There are one hundred and fifty others, with sales rang- ing from five to seventy-five thousand dollars per an- num, and it is a low estimate to say their sales amount to about. 4,000,000 Total groceries. 9,000,000 DRY GOODS. Twelve dry goods merchants have sold during the past twelve months .. $2,550,000 Twenty-two others, probably 1,000,000 JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL. WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE, See Page 92. W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82. Total dry goods. 3,550,000
PHILLIPS & CREW BOOK SELLERS, Corner Marietta and Peachtree Sts.
NOTE .- The paragraph opposite this slip, which refers to real estate, should read: "Sales have amounted during the past year to over one and a half million dollars, one house alone having transacted sales not much short of $1,000,000."
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Candy manufacturers.
$250,000
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Furniture
100,000
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Clothing
500,000
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Jewelry 175,000
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B Books and Stationery .
200,000
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1,000,000
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Hardware and Iron .
500,000
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Drugs, Medicines, etc
375,000
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Shoes and Boots.
700,000
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Foundries
150,000
Carriages and Harness
160,000
Total.
$5,860,000
Total Groceries and Produce
9,000,000
Total Dry Goods.
3,550,000
Aggregate. $18,410,000
Add to this sum that produced by the small manufacturers, trades, etc., and the amount cannot fall short of $25,000,000, but having given the above facts, which can be relied upon, we leave to intelligent financiers the interesting task of forming their own estimate which can be readily done by those versed in such matters, after a glance at our Business Directory, and consultation of the foregoing figures. Our object is to give to the intelligent reader, abroad as well as at home, some idea of the total financial transac- tions of our city, and a basis upon which to form an estimate of of business done in the various branches of trade. If we have done this we shall feel amply repaid for the labor bestowed, and gratified that a benefit has been conferred upon our city, our patrons, and, we might add, upon posterity.
Having yielded so much space to the proceedings of the recently organized Pioneer and Historic Society, and the important letters contained within this number, we have only to add that since the issuing of our last volume there have been great accessions to our population, 'and the material interests of our city, have steadily ad- vanced. Many of the enterprises spoken of in our last, as then projected, have been fully accomplished, while others are nearly 80. Among the institutions of our city we are proud to number the
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OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY.
"This institution, incorporated in 1835, was first opened at Mid- way, near Millegeville, Georgia, when it ran a career of great use- fulness, graduating, in the space of twenty-five years, nearly three
J il, G4VAN, Cincinnati Beer and Ale Depot. 11 Alabama Street. Page 140,
BUY FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FROM BRUMBY & McPHERSON, 18 WHITEHALL STREET. Page 66.
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Tobacco and Cigars
1,750,000
P Crockery
GEO. SHARP JR., LIVE JEWELER, WHITEHALL ST. See Front Cover.
LAWSHE & HAYNES, JEWELERS, 50 WHITEHALL ST. Page 200
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Bleckley, John Thrasher, Dr. W. C. Moore, E. T. Hunnicutt, W. M. Bray, D. N. Poore, and Wm. R. Hanleiter.
hundred of its matriculates. Large numbers of these have devoted The main portion of the evening's conversation, as phonetically taken at the time, is recorded below, and contains some interesting facts and incidents not heretofore published. The meeting was pleasant and social, and composed of gentlemen who represent the foremost ranks of society. themselves to the Christian ministry and to the great work of teaching, while many others have taken prominent rank in profes- sional life and other useful pursuits. The friends of the institution look to the record of the past with mingled feelings of gratitude and pride. In 1870, after a suspension of some years caused by the late war, the site was changed to Atlanta. With a location pro- Before adjournment, the gentlemen present, on motion of the E L writer, organized themselves into the " Atlanta Pioneer and His- L toric Society," and unanimously elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows : Wm. Ezzard, President, Jonathan Norcross, Vice-President, and Wm. R. Hanleiter, Secretary. verbial for healthfulness, in the midst of a population filled with energy, activity and the spirit of progress, with enlarged privileges granted in an amended charter, and with a corps of instructors well known to the Southern public, it is hardly too much to say Messrs. L. E. Bleckley, J. Norcross and W. M. Bray, were ap- pointed a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws. After which, the Society adjourned, to meet on the 3d Monday evening, in May following. that a higher degree of usefulness in the future may be considered a certainty. It is the purpose of its friends to make the institu- tion a University in fact, and not merely in name. The academic department is now in successful operation with a constantly in- creasing patronage. An able law Faculty has been chosen, and it is hoped other professional schools will soon be established. While the institution is under the care of the Presbyterian Church, noth- PROCEEDINGS. ing sectarian is admitted into the course of instruction. Candidates for the Christian ministry of every denomination receive tuition free of charge. Persons desiring further information, will address the President, Rev. David Wills, D. D." MR. JOHN THRASHER .- When I arrived in this place, in 1839, the country was entirely covered by forest. There was but one house here at that time and that stood where the old postoffice was G Our new and magnificent UNION PASSENGER DEPOT H formerly located ; it was built of logs and was occupied by an old wo- man and her daughter about 16 years of age. I found a man also, named Thurman, living in the country near by. I went to work building and fixing up, and built a store. First one moved in from the country and is nearly completed, and fully realizes the expectations of all, being one of the most extensive, complete, and elegant in the country. Several manufactories have been added to our city, among which we may mention those for furniture, soap, brcom, and fancy candy, &c. The wholesale then another until we had a right smart little town. The people around here were very poor. There were a great many of the women wore no shoes at all. We had dirt floors to our houses. There was a man named Johnson with me in the store, and the firm was Johnson & Thrasher. That was the only store in the place at that time. As the place grew up the present site of Whitehall street was the CANDY MANUFACTORY, place for drinking and fighting. After a while I sold out and went to Griffin, and there is a period of a few years that I do not know much about. I came back in 1844 and went into business on Marietta street. At that time Mr. Norcross had a horse saw mill which was regarded as a great curiosity. People came from the country on purpose to look at it. E R The next event of importance is the attempted incorporation of the town. There was a charter procured, but a few of us declared that we would not have such laws as they had made. A lawyer said that he I could break up the whole thing for $50 and we paid it, and went on without a charter until the next meeting of the Legislature. : This was THE ATLANTA PIONEER AND HISTORIC SOCIETY. D in 1846, and in the year 1847 they got another. Marthasville was in- corporated in 1842, I believe. of Mr. F. E. Block, on Broad street, though but recently estab- lished, is turning out fancy and stick candy equal to any in the country in quality or price. It is the only establishment in the South which manufactures all kinds of French as well as the plainer varieties of candy. This manufactory already ships goods to six different States, and the proprietor will soon make extensive improvements to meet his largely increasing trade. At one time while I was absent from town, my brother-in-law who was associated with me in the store bought a piece of land 30 feet front running back 200 feet between Mitchell and Hunter streets, next to Jones' building for $60. I was very much provoked when I heard of it, for I had previously refused to give $5 an acre for the same land, . and he had given at the rate of $2 a foot for it. I told him if he made any more such trades as that I would dissolve partnership with him JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL, WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE, See Page 92. BUY FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FROM BRUMBY & McPHERSON, 18 WHITEHALL STREET. Page 66.
In compliance with a request made by the publisher of this Di- rectory, the following named gentlemen assembled within the par- lors of the H. I. Kimball House, on the evening of the 24th of April last, for the purpose of lending their aid in perpetuating the incidents connected with the early history of Atlanta, viz: Win. Ezzard, J. Norcross, J. A. Hayden, H. C. Holcombe, David Mayer, John H. Flynn, John Glenn, Thos. Kile, M. J. Ivy, John Silvey, L. E.
PHILIPS & CREW BOOK SELLERS, Corner Marietta and Peacrehtree,
W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82.
J. H. GAVAN, Cincinnati Beer and Ale Depot, 11 Alabama Street. Page 104
GEO. SHARP JR., LIVE JEWELER, WHITEHALL ST. See Front Cover.
26 HANLEITER'S ATLANTA CITY DIRECTORY. Decatur street was called Murrill Row, and was a great place for cock fighting. The first engine that came here was called the Florida. It was brought up from Madison drawn by 16 mules. The people were sure. A little while after he sold the same piece of property for $90, and I told him the fools were not all dead yet, and never to buy another piece of property in Atlanta by the foot again. nearly wild. They came from the country for miles to see it. I recol- lect that when they started the engineer got the people to push it. There was one particular piece of property that I wanted, after the town got settled and was named Atlanta, and that was called Lloyd's corner. I tried for 15 years to buy that property. The first time he asked me $3,000, and I offered him $2,500. After a while I concluded to give him his price and then he asked me $4,000. I concluded to give him $4,000, and he asked me 85,000, and he went on in that way until he got up to $25,000, and I ftually took it at that price. It went up from $3,000 to $25,000 before the trade was made. This property around here (Kimball House) was at one time put up at auction and was bought for $250. HON. WILLIAM EZZARD .- The name of the "Gate City" was given to Atlanta in Charleston in 1856, and it came about in this way : When the road was completed connecting Charleston with Memphis, the peo- ple of Charleston put a hogshead of water from the bay on the car, and their fire engine and went on with them to Memphis and carried the water there for the purpose of mingling the waters of the Atlantic with the Mississippi. In the year 1857, in May or June, the Mayor of Mem- phis and a large number of gentlemen and ladies came here on their way to Charleston, carrying water from the Mississippi, and they had their fire engine with them also for the purpose of mingling the waters of the Mississippi with the waters of the Atlantic. They arrived here about 12 o'clock. I was then Mayor of the city and we gave them a reception and prepared a handsome collation for them. They seemed to be very much pleased with the treatment they received. The next morning they left for Charleston, and with them myself and a large number of ladies and gentlemen from this city. We arrived in Charles- ton and had a grand time there. We paraded there and marched down to the bay and there went through the ceremony of pumping this wa- ter from the Mississippi into the ocean. . There was on this occasion a great many people present from all portions of the State of Georgia, and from all parts of South Carolina. There was a grand banquet given by the people of Charleston. Everything was well arranged. There was a committe appointed to prepare toasts for the occasion. There was a toast drafted for Savannah, one for Macon, one for Augusta, one for Atlanta, etc. The toast prepared and given for Atlanta was: "The Gate City, the only tribute which she requires of those who pass through her boundries is that they stop long enough to partake of the hospitality of her citizens." That was the substance of the toast although I do not remember the exact language. After that Atlanta was always called the "Gate City," and it never was known as that before. I responded to this toast for Atlanta. It was given I suppose from the fact that this railroad had just been constructed through the mountains for the purpose of connecting the West with the Atlantic JOHN T. HAGAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PETRO OIL. WHICH IS WARRANTED NOT TO EXPLODE, See Page 92. W. K. FOX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FURNITURE, cor. Marietta and Broad Sts. Page 82.
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