. The Street railway journal . city, and contains 236 acres, being a level andwell shaded tract. The barracks and officers quarters areof brick, the latter being large and tasty in design and fin-ish. At present the garrison consists of five companies ofartillery and one of infantry, the latter being composedof Indians; in all about 350 men. In summer the numberis largely increased by the transfer of many of the artil-lery companies from the coast defences to the reserva-tion in order to avoid exposure to yellow fever andcholera. The camp is a popular resort for Atlantas citizens,who visit it
. The Street railway journal . city, and contains 236 acres, being a level andwell shaded tract. The barracks and officers quarters areof brick, the latter being large and tasty in design and fin-ish. At present the garrison consists of five companies ofartillery and one of infantry, the latter being composedof Indians; in all about 350 men. In summer the numberis largely increased by the transfer of many of the artil-lery companies from the coast defences to the reserva-tion in order to avoid exposure to yellow fever andcholera. The camp is a popular resort for Atlantas citizens,who visit it in large numbers on pleasant evenings to wit-ness the dress parades and listen to the music which isprovided by a brass band attached to the post. The camp,or barracks, as it is locally known, is reached by steamcars, which run trains every hour, and by the main line ofthe Atlanta Traction Companys system. WATER WORKS. The water works system of Atlanta, which has re-cently been completed at a cost of $750,000 is said not to be. JOEL HURT, • PRESIDENT ATLANTA CONSOLIDATEDSTREET RAILWAY. 216 9 74 9 >sts Ml ftfrtfor 444 6 Mocks FIG. 10.—PLAN OF MACHINERY HALL—PIEDMONT PARK, ATLANTA. surpassed by that of any city in the country. The Holleysystem is employed, and consists of two pumping stations,a storage reservoir, filters, and the necessary mains andhydrants. The first station is a fine brick building ofample dimensions located beneath a high bluff near the bank of the Chatta-h o o c h e e River,about seven milesfrom the city, andwhich is protectedfrom high waterby a semi-circularembankment abouttwenty feet forty-eight inchsupply pipe extendsfor some distancealong the bank andto the middle ofthe river throughwhich the waterflows into a deepoval well near thestation from whichit is pumped andforced a distance offour miles to thereservoir, which hasan elevation of 250ft. above the river, and a storage capacity of 198,000,000 gals. The equip-ment of the river station
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