Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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tion to the natural advantages of Fairport as ashipping point to and from the great Northwest. In view of this a communica-tion from Mr. George E. Paine, setting forth the present condition of affairs, witha prediction for the future, will be of interest: Before December, 1889, over 8,000 feetof new docks will be completed at Fairportand Richmond, equal to the best on the lakes,and equipped with the very best machineryfor handling ore and coal; and elevators forhandling Duluth^ wheat, with warehouses forthe rapidly growing Northwestern trade, willsoon be built, to be used by the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad, the distance by rail from Fairport via Pittsburg to Baltimore being lessthan the distance by rail from Buffalo to NewYork. k Grand river, with its old river bed ex-tending westward five miles, affords in allsixteen miles of water front, with flats andbayous, into which slips can be cut to anydesired extent, making hundreds of acres ofland accessible alike to vessels and cxrs, avail-
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