. Book of the Royal blue . etter his condition, or whointends to establish a new plant, and whois looking for the most advantageous pointat which to locate his plant, should addressa communication to the Parkersburg Boardof Commerce, and information in refer-ence to the resources and facilities of thecity, its advantages and inducements, willbe furnished him promptly. The officers of the board are: B. White, president; Joseph Sternf^rst vice president; Frank S. Smith, secondvice president and acting secretary; H. , treasurer. The board of directors iscomposed of the following
. Book of the Royal blue . etter his condition, or whointends to establish a new plant, and whois looking for the most advantageous pointat which to locate his plant, should addressa communication to the Parkersburg Boardof Commerce, and information in refer-ence to the resources and facilities of thecity, its advantages and inducements, willbe furnished him promptly. The officers of the board are: B. White, president; Joseph Sternf^rst vice president; Frank S. Smith, secondvice president and acting secretary; H. , treasurer. The board of directors iscomposed of the following members, eachof whom is chairman of a committee: Hersch, M. J. Rathbone, W. H. Ger-wig H. H. Dils, C. B. Chancellor, , Joseph Stern, J. B. Finley, J. Men-tor Caldwell, Jas. T. Callanan, E. , R. V. Taft, Thos. E. Graham,W. C. McConaughey, C. F. Niemann,Frank S. Smith, Reese Blizzard. Parkersburg is located on high, rollingground at the junction of the Ohio andLittle Kanawha rivers. The location is the. ANN STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM IOtH STREET PARKERSBURG, W. VA. most beautiful in the Ohio Valley for a is enough well-drained, nearly levelground for a city of ten times its presentpopulation. The last estimates of the census officeshow that Parkersburg is increasing in popu-lation as fast as any of the larger cities inthe State. The last estimates made by localofficials ascertain the population within threemiles of the center of the city as over .^0, the city limits the population is about22,000. The climate is temperate and average temperature for the spring is53 degrees, for the summer 73 degrees, forthe fall 51 degrees and for the winter 40degrees. The city proper covers about four squaremiles. It has about fifty miles of streets, ofwhich about twentj- miles are paved. Thestreets as a rule are beautifully shaded andare well supplied with sidewalks, sewers,water and natural gas mains and are lightedby electric lights. Th
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