. Book of the Royal blue . ufficient to take careiif the accumulations from that borough. These are some of the things wdiichmake Washington a good home town. During the year 1909 the banks ofWashington County reached the , in the aggregate, in their history,t hi l)eceml)er 31, 1901, the total amountiif deposits in all the baidcs of Wash-ingtiin (./iiunt\ was $6,537,580. On De-cember 3r, IQ09, the total amount was.^-•, In eight years the amountiif deposits more than trebled, the in-ciease being $13,807, The greatmaterial prosperity of the peojile of thisciiuiUy
. Book of the Royal blue . ufficient to take careiif the accumulations from that borough. These are some of the things wdiichmake Washington a good home town. During the year 1909 the banks ofWashington County reached the , in the aggregate, in their history,t hi l)eceml)er 31, 1901, the total amountiif deposits in all the baidcs of Wash-ingtiin (./iiunt\ was $6,537,580. On De-cember 3r, IQ09, the total amount was.^-•, In eight years the amountiif deposits more than trebled, the in-ciease being $13,807, The greatmaterial prosperity of the peojile of thisciiuiUy is rellected in these impressiveligures. While the above statement applies tolooi), the bank statements for 1910 willshiiw an even greater proportionate in-crease I)ecause of continued prosperity. The prosperous .growth of the towi;I if was largely due to thenil and gas development, which attainedits height during the \ear 1886. Menwhii were mature at that time and arestill miuhl; can remember the excitement. WASHINGTON, PA. by tlic lindin^ i>f oil. tin. mkIcUiiwealth that descended on many, and thecnsuinsj invasion of oil workers andspecnlati Ts which changed the cum-nnniitx nver night from a (|iiiet collegi;tiiwn 111 a hmstling- nindern city. \\a>hington is the center nf threatnatnral resources. Xo sectinn tates ha-- lieen greater hlc-^sedwith rich minerals than WashingtonCountv. Counties- millions of rich de-posits of coal. oil. gas and limestone havelieen taken from the hills and valleys ofthis and many millions of dollar-of deposits still lie beneath the The Washington County bituminouscoal field is not surpassed by any in theUnited States. Vet the possibilities ofthis rich field have hardly yet dawnedupon its citizens. For twent\ t^ thirty^■ears its pei:iple were so bus_\- drilling foroil and gas that the abundant veins ofc(ial remained lieneath the surface un-touched until within a comparativelyshort period. The past ten
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