NASHVILLE
Alabama 195 miles 419 miles 269 miles
North Carolina 400 miles 352 miles 629 miles
South Carolina 239 miles 193 miles 526 miles
Georgia 147 miles 233 miles 386 miles
Mississippi 423 miles 606 miles 440 miles
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1,404 miles 1,803 miles 2,250 miles

Average distance
of towns in five
States 280.8 miles 360.6 miles 450 miles

[Illustration: COURT HOUSE--FROM THE SOUTH.]

Street Railways.

Atlanta has a fine system of street railways, with one hundred and
forty-two miles of track radiating from the heart of the city to the
residence portion and thence to the suburbs. In some directions they reach
out for eight miles, as in the case of College Park, Decatur and the
Chattahoochee River.

The service is excellent, and there are one hundred miles of tracks within
the city limits. The uniform fare is five cents, but there are transfers
from incoming lines to any part of the city. Almost any spot on a car
line, within the city limits, can be reached from any other point inside
the city for one fare.

There is ample service to all the parks and resorts, and an electric line
to Marietta is nearly completed.

Light and Power.

Atlanta is well supplied with gas at a low figure--$1.00 per thousand
cubic feet. It is so economical that gas stoves are very largely used for
cooking purposes and not a few for heating.

[Illustration: LAKE ABANA--GRANT PARK.]

[Illustration: NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.]

The Georgia Railway and Electric Company has two large plants for the
generation of electric current for light and power. The city is well
illuminated by arc lights and electricity is largely used by business
offices and residences.

The same company has a steam-heating plant, and pipes have been laid in
the principal streets for this service.

Great Power Plant.

The Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company has erected on a massive
masonry dam across the Chattahoochee River, at Bull Sluice shoals, fifteen
miles from Atlanta, and in a few months the plant will be completed and
equipped to deliver 11,000 horse-power of electric current in the city.
The total investment will be $2,000,000. The power plant will give a
tremendous stimulus to manufacturing.

As the steam and electric powers already in existence furnish 45,000
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