Georgia, historical and industrial . reat powder mill that stood there during the war betweenthe States. An electric railway connects the city with the beautiful townof Summerville, where stands the large United States arsenal, one ofthe most conspicuous buildings of which is the armory built by the Con-federate government. Summerville contains in its corporate limits apopulation of 3,245. Another line of electric railway connects the city with Lake Olmstead,a favorite evening resort of the citizens of Augusta. And yet anotherline over a handsome bridge across the Savannah river leads to l^ort
Georgia, historical and industrial . reat powder mill that stood there during the war betweenthe States. An electric railway connects the city with the beautiful townof Summerville, where stands the large United States arsenal, one ofthe most conspicuous buildings of which is the armory built by the Con-federate government. Summerville contains in its corporate limits apopulation of 3,245. Another line of electric railway connects the city with Lake Olmstead,a favorite evening resort of the citizens of Augusta. And yet anotherline over a handsome bridge across the Savannah river leads to l^orth,.Augusta, a beautiful suburb on the Carolina hills. The sanitary condition of the city is unexcelled by reason of its splen-did sewerage and excellent system of water works. There is not a morecharming scene in the State than that of Augusta at night with its my-riad electric lights, as viewed from the Bon Air hotel at Summerville,or from Schultzs Hill and the heights of ISTorth Augusta on the Caro-line side of the Savannah GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 813 In the public school system of Richmond county, which includes theschools of Augusta, there is an average attendance of 4,786 in the 30schools for whites, and 3,499 in the 24 schools for colored pupils. Everycounty district and city ward enjoys the privilege of a nine-monthsschool term. The area of Richmond county is 272 square miles, or 174,080 in 1900, 53,735, an increase of 8,541 since 1890; schoolfund, $36, By the Comptroller-Generals report for 1900 there are: acres of im-proved land, 192,850; average value per acre, $; city property,$10,290,895; shares in bank, $1,014,280; merchandise, $1,276,936; gasand electric light companies, $183,350; invested in shipping, $1,510;stocks and bonds, $483,090; building and loan associations, $474,556;cotton manufactories, $3,093,737; money, etc., $2,071,531; house-hold furniture, $809,110; farm and other animals, $206,172; plan-tation and
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