Atlanta's hotel accommodations are superior to those of almost any other city in the South. The Piedmont is a fire-proof building of the best class, with steel frame. The Kimball, the Aragon, the Majestic, and the Marion have long enjoyed an enviable reputation with the traveling public. There are numerous smaller hotels and any number of boarding-houses. Atlanta is the stop-over point for the Florida winter travel, both going and coming, and is rapidly becoming a summer resort by reason of its elevation, bracing atmosphere, and cool climate. The Radius of Distribution. Atlanta's advantages as a distributing point are shown by the central location with reference to Southeastern towns. There are seventy-nine towns of exceeding 4,000 population in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The average distances of these towns by States from Atlanta, Savannah and Nashville are as follows: ATLANTA SAVANNAH 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 --------- --------- --------- 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.