. The Southern States. ton annually, and includingthose handled by the compresses thetotal foots up some 60,000 bales an-nually. There are three wholesalegrocery houses, doing a combinedbusiness of about $1,500,000 a year,and covering a territory extendingfrom Americiis in various directionsthirty to 100 miles. Other mercantileestablishments include a large whole-sale and retail hardware house andnumerous well-equipped retail stores. Industrial enterprises are repre-sented by a cottonseed-oil mill, ferti-lizer works, foundry and machineshops, variety works and planingmill, two cotton compresse
. The Southern States. ton annually, and includingthose handled by the compresses thetotal foots up some 60,000 bales an-nually. There are three wholesalegrocery houses, doing a combinedbusiness of about $1,500,000 a year,and covering a territory extendingfrom Americiis in various directionsthirty to 100 miles. Other mercantileestablishments include a large whole-sale and retail hardware house andnumerous well-equipped retail stores. Industrial enterprises are repre-sented by a cottonseed-oil mill, ferti-lizer works, foundry and machineshops, variety works and planingmill, two cotton compresses, ice plant,marble-yard and minor is no cotton mill there at pres-ent, but the abundance of long andshort-staple cotton raised in this vicin-ity suggests the inevitable develop-ment of this industry ultimately. The particularly strong points infavor of Americus are its transporta-tion facilities, its healthfulness, itspleasing physical features and theabundant resources of the countr\-tributary to AMERICUS, GA.:1. Jail. 2. Typical Old-Time Home, now used a& 3. Courthouse. Sanitarium. 4. City Hall and Water Tower. GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY AND ITS TERRITORY. 467 Americus is the junction point ofthe Georgia & Alabama and the Cen-tral of Georgia Railroad systems. Itwas the enterprise of Americus citi-zens that inaugurated the undertak-ing which has since become theGeorgia & Alabama road, and thoughin the receivership and reorganizationwhich followed a great many of theprojectors and promoters lost a gooddeal of money, it is unquestionably tothe building of that road that Ameri-cus owes the impetus which hasdoubled her population. Besides giv-ing the important connections atMontgomery and the ocean outlet atSavannah, the Georgia & Alabamainsures competitive freight rates toand from all points. The Central has two branches atAmericus, one line running betweenAmericus and Columbus and the otherfrom Albany to Atlanta via Americus is in touch with everyr
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