The I. D. & W. Railway Industrial Guide. Containing A Brief Review Of The Resources Of The Line And Some Account Of The Opportunities Offered For Investment, Also Lists Of Shippers Handling Staple Commodities For The Information Of Those Contemplating Location And Investment Along The Line Of This Road

GRIFFIN, SAMUEL [COMPILED BY]

Publication: Press of Indiana Printing & Manufacturing Co, 1900, Indianapolis

First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" printed wrappers, 88 pp., frontispiece [map], illustrated, portraits, maps, advertisements, Brief descriptions of towns in Indiana and Illinois which this railway company serves such as Westfield, IL, Russellville, IN, Garland Dells, Marshall, Bloomingdale Glens, Bloomingdale, Dana, IN; Hume, IL, Murdock, IL, Tuscola, IL, Kansas, IL, Casey, IL, etc. The advertisements are especially detailed and list a variety of merchants and companies along with their products. Westfield College in Westfield is discussed along with pictures of faculty members and their field of specialty. Former owner's bookplate on inside front cover, covers are stained and worn, the interior is used and moderately worn but intact, else a fair to good copy of an important and informative booklet of a very scarce item.

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