. The Southern States. age of increase incapital, materials and products, but was second 12 PEN SKETCHES OF GEORGIA CITIES. to Augusta in number of industries, employesand wages. Macon put more money intomanufacturing and bought more material, withbut little less products than came from Augus-tas more numerous establishments with morehands and more wages. Macon left behindall but Augusta, and led that city in increaseof capital and materials used and nearlyequalled that city in products. Macons largest industrial interest is tex-tiles; four establishments, representing $i,- employes, |95,390 i
. The Southern States. age of increase incapital, materials and products, but was second 12 PEN SKETCHES OF GEORGIA CITIES. to Augusta in number of industries, employesand wages. Macon put more money intomanufacturing and bought more material, withbut little less products than came from Augus-tas more numerous establishments with morehands and more wages. Macon left behindall but Augusta, and led that city in increaseof capital and materials used and nearlyequalled that city in products. Macons largest industrial interest is tex-tiles; four establishments, representing $i,- employes, |95,390 in wages, |40,436 of mate-rials and 1231,600 of products. The liquor industry, with three establish-ments, represents of capital, employ-ing 48 hands, paying $27,531 in wages, using1:35,193 of materials and turning out a productvalued at |i86,6oo. Five furniture factories show |i28,oi5 ofcapital, 122 hands, 142,687 of wages, $44,175of material and |ii8,6io of products. Five carriage and wagon shops have 165,050. WESLEVAN FEMALE COLLEGE, MACON, GA. 430,390 of capital, employing 103S hands towhom wages amounting to $219,135 were paid,consuming $722,356 worlli of materials andproducing goods valued at $1,115,366. Five planing mills, with only $152,500 of capi-tal, employed 202 hands, paid $95,030 inwages, used materials costing $446,400 andturned out a product of $669,780. Nine brick and tile works, with $253,150 ofcapital, employed 448 hands, paid $142,199 inwages, consumed materials to the value of$75,722, and yielded $594,500 of products. Foundries and machine shops, five in num-ber, come nejft, with $344,200 of capital, 173 of capital, employ 73 hands, with $32,243 ofwages, $37,657 of materials and $100,585 ofproducts. In the contest between Macon and Atlantafor the Technological Institute it was shownthat Macon could be reached by the greatestnumber of people in less time and at less ex-pense than Atlanta, and that a line equi-distant from both at any point had fifty-
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