The Atlanta Carwheel & Manufacturing Company has, on the Southern Railway belt line near the waterworks pumping-station, an extensive plant for the manufacture of steam-railroad and street-car wheels. The site covers ten acres and the main building is 230 by 118 feet, with several annexes. The works employ 100 to 150 men, and this is one of the largest establishments of its kind in the country. Business. Atlanta's Business Grows Four Times as Fast as the Population, and the Population Grows Twice as Fast as the Average of the United States. Posted Receipts on its Newspapers Exceed those of Baltimore, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Omaha, or New Orleans... Atlanta is the business center of the Southeast. Almost all the great concerns of national extent make this city their Southern headquarters, and this has created the phenomenal demand for offices. As a result, Atlanta has more tall fire-proof steel-frame office-buildings than any other Southern City. Atlanta's business is indicated by the bank clearings, which were $145,000,000 for the year 1903. In 1894 they were $56,000,000. This shows more clearly than words the rapid growth of the city as a business center. From the latest available data, the trade of Atlanta is estimated as follows: Wholesale $40,000,000 Retail 20,000,000 Manufactures 27,000,000 Fuel 2,000,000 Horses and Mules 6,250,000 ---------- Total $95,250,000 Atlanta Manufactures in 1904. In April 1904 the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sent letters to most of the manufacturers of the city, asking for a statement of the capital invested, the number of wage earners, the total wages paid, the value of raw material used and the product; also the percentage of increase in each item since June, 1900, when the U. S. Census was taken. The returns show an average increase of 53 1-4 per cent. in capital, 52 1-3 per cent. in wage earners, 55 per cent. in wages paid, 56.7 per cent. in raw material used and 62 per cent. in the value of the product. Applying these percentages of increase to the Census figures of 1900, gives the following for April, 1904 in contrast with 1890 and 1900: Wage Total Raw Value Capital. Earners. Wages. Material. Product. 1890. $9,508,962 7,957 $3,206,285 $5,914,571 $13,074,037 1900. 16,045,156 9,356 3,103,989 8,563,524 16,707,027 1904. 25,309,937 15,267 5,079,385 14,185,935 28,985,476 [Illustration: CANDLER BUILDING.] [Illustration: GRADY HOSPITAL.]