. Book of the Royal blue . f iron ore, limestone, coal and coke. By the main line of the Baltimore &: OhioRailroad east, with its magnificent throughpassenger train service and fast freight trainservice through to Washington, Baltimore,Philadelphia and New York. By the Baltimore & Ohio northeast toWheeling, Pittsburg, Buffalo and WesternNew York. By the Ohio River division of the Balti-more & Ohio south to all local points on theOhio River, to junction with Kanawha &Michigan, at Point Pleasant, Chesapeake &Ohio, at Huntington, and Norfolk k West-ern railroads at Kenova. By the Baltimore & Ohio
. Book of the Royal blue . f iron ore, limestone, coal and coke. By the main line of the Baltimore &: OhioRailroad east, with its magnificent throughpassenger train service and fast freight trainservice through to Washington, Baltimore,Philadelphia and New York. By the Baltimore & Ohio northeast toWheeling, Pittsburg, Buffalo and WesternNew York. By the Ohio River division of the Balti-more & Ohio south to all local points on theOhio River, to junction with Kanawha &Michigan, at Point Pleasant, Chesapeake &Ohio, at Huntington, and Norfolk k West-ern railroads at Kenova. By the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, north-west to Columbus, Cleveland, Sandusky,Chicago and all lake cities. By Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-road southwest to Cincinnati, Louisville andSt. Louis. By the Bahimore & Ohio over R. S. &G. branch and R. & M. C. V. branch toSpencer, Ripley and interior of State. By the O. & L. K. division of the Balti-more & Ohio to Marietta and the Muskin-gum PUBLIC LI1JK.\RY PARKERSBURG, W. VA. By the Little Kanawha Railroaji south-east to interior of West Virginia. The Ohio, Muskingum and Little Kana-wha rivers are all free rivers, their locks anddams being owned by the United StatesGovernment. The completion of dam number 19 belowParkersburg, in the Ohio, will give the citya harbor the year round, with a minimumdepth of nine feet. The mouth of theLittle Kanawha makes the deepest and bestharbor along the Ohio River. Parkersburg has over twenty wholesalestores dealing in all kinds of general supplies,including groceries, dry goods, boots andshoes, notions, liquors, agricultural imple-ments, drugs, produce, hardware, clothing,etc. Over one hundred salesmen repre-sent these houses on the road. It is one ofthe best purchasing points for the countrymerchant in the Ohio Valley. As a shopping point Parkersburg is ex-celled by no city of its size. Its dry goods,clothing, shoe, jewelry and art stores areequal to those of cities having many timesi
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