. Book of the Royal blue . OR 1^0 P.\SSENGERS First mile or fraction thereof * -50 Each quarter mUe thereafter J Waiting, each six minutes ^ Extras Trunks or packages carried outside (each) ■■■:■ ^ •?? For ordering a cab, each mUe or fraction thereof from station or .20 All ferriage and bridge tolls, both going and returning, must bepaid by the passenger. Book of the Royal Blue SEPTEMBER, 1909 CONTENTS PageJames Rumsey, Inventor of the Steamboat—By Hattie Reynolds t-5 ** In Town —By Blanche Damall Smith 6 Old Georgetown, D. C —By R J. Young 7-11 Pittsburg:, the Iron City 12, 13 *Autumn
. Book of the Royal blue . OR 1^0 P.\SSENGERS First mile or fraction thereof * -50 Each quarter mUe thereafter J Waiting, each six minutes ^ Extras Trunks or packages carried outside (each) ■■■:■ ^ •?? For ordering a cab, each mUe or fraction thereof from station or .20 All ferriage and bridge tolls, both going and returning, must bepaid by the passenger. Book of the Royal Blue SEPTEMBER, 1909 CONTENTS PageJames Rumsey, Inventor of the Steamboat—By Hattie Reynolds t-5 ** In Town —By Blanche Damall Smith 6 Old Georgetown, D. C —By R J. Young 7-11 Pittsburg:, the Iron City 12, 13 *Autumn in the Blue Ridge—By Esther Jackson Wirgman J5 The Martyr Spy—Capt. Nathan Hale —By Charles L. Shipley 16-20 Stub Ends of Thought—By Arthur G. Lewis 21 ILLUSTRATIONS Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Frontispiece James Rumsey f Old Georgetown, D. C—Washingtons Head-quarters 7 The Key Mansion S Southworth House 9 Skyline of Pittsburg J2, 13 Autumn in the Blue Ridge J4 PRICE, 5 CENTS. 50 CENTS PER YEAR,. Book of the Royal Blue Published MonthlyCopyright, 1909, by the Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (All rights reserved) William Elliott Loaves, Editor Vol. XII BALTIMORE, SEPTEMBER, 1909 No. 12 James Rumsey, Inventor of the Steamboat By HATTIE REYNOLDS HII^E the centennial anni-versary of Fultons firstnavigation of the HudsonRiver in a boat propelledby steam is the leadingevent occupying the atten-tion of New York thismonth, and much honor will righteously be
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