. Book of the Royal blue . - market in many districts, it ly in the cities in the East th n the Northwest. ca the summer munths the L; lire facilities to carry the coal witheater dispatch, and the very fact thate rate of increase in the output ofis region was so rapid made theoblem If handling the hea\v trafficDm the C larkslmrg reginn a mostrious I ine. Ill order tn increase its facilities inest \irginia territory, the BaltimoreOhio planned, in the early ])art ofe year, a series of improvements tore for this growing business to NEW r,urD(;K .\ei:i M(1M)N(\ KIVER, XKAIi ( LA
. Book of the Royal blue . - market in many districts, it ly in the cities in the East th n the Northwest. ca the summer munths the L; lire facilities to carry the coal witheater dispatch, and the very fact thate rate of increase in the output ofis region was so rapid made theoblem If handling the hea\v trafficDm the C larkslmrg reginn a mostrious I ine. Ill order tn increase its facilities inest \irginia territory, the BaltimoreOhio planned, in the early ])art ofe year, a series of improvements tore for this growing business to NEW r,urD(;K .\ei:i M(1M)N(\ KIVER, XKAIi ( LAEKSlSCHc largest percentage of this coal goes tothe Northwest and is carried o\-er theBaltimore & Ohio Railroad to itsports on the Great I,akes. Eroni theseports it is shi]iped to Dulnth andNorthwestern ports for storage anduse during the winter months by oreboats returning to those points afterdelivering their load of ore at eitherCle\-eland. Lorain, Eairport or San-dusky. In view of the ra|)id de\elopment ofthis busiue-s destined to the Lakes,the management of the Baltimore i\:Ohio Railroad realized the necessity of These improvements included abridge across the West Fork River tocarr\- trains westward to the Lakesover the \\est \irginia Short Linethrough New Martinsville, thus practi-calh establishing a double track linefrom Clarksburg to the Ohio River. The liridge connected the Mononga-hela Ri\er Railroad near Haywoodwith the A\est \irginia Short Line atLumberport. The Monongahela River Railroadfollows the east side of the
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