In a ‘naked transfer of wealth’, Georgia railroad company plans to build through a low-income community

Sandersville Railroad Company wants to build a new line whose construction would rip though Sparta, one of Georgia’s poorest areas.

A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas.

After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia Public Service Commission granted Sandersville Railroad Co.’s request to legally condemn nine properties in Sparta, Georgia. The commission’s decision to adopt...