. Book of the Royal blue . II ~i IIOOI, WILLIAM V be lower. The State laws limit the State taxrate to 6 cents on $100, the county rate forall purposes to 30 cents, the city tax to 35cents and the school taxes to 37J cents. Thelevies for Parkersburg, for all purposes, runfrom SI. 00 to SI. 05 on SlOO, covering aperiod of several years, thus making it one ofthe lowest taxed cities in the United the city limits, the manufacturingplants and general property pay taxes onabout 80 cents per hundred of valuation. The city has one of the best electricalstreet car systems in the
. Book of the Royal blue . II ~i IIOOI, WILLIAM V be lower. The State laws limit the State taxrate to 6 cents on $100, the county rate forall purposes to 30 cents, the city tax to 35cents and the school taxes to 37J cents. Thelevies for Parkersburg, for all purposes, runfrom SI. 00 to SI. 05 on SlOO, covering aperiod of several years, thus making it one ofthe lowest taxed cities in the United the city limits, the manufacturingplants and general property pay taxes onabout 80 cents per hundred of valuation. The city has one of the best electricalstreet car systems in the country. It hasfive lines running through the streets of thecity and three rural lines running up theOhio, Little Kanawha and Muskingumvalleys. There are three telephone companiesoperating in the city. Parkersburg draws its gas supply from thegreat West Virginia fields, and its gas com-pany furnishes unlimited quantities at lowrates for manufacturing purposes. Thereare inexhaustible quantities of fine coalclose at hand, wh
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