Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...I00 Bottles of beer 1,866 Buttons 10 Cans of preserved 15 Thermometers goods. 7 Concrete tiles 2i Pairs of shoes 200 Loaves of bread 154 Lenses I Telephone I20 Packages macaroni Roma, in Oneida county has a population of 20,497. It is located in the central part of the State, on the headwaters of the picturesque Mohawk river, on the watershed between the Hudson river and the Great Lake systems, the summit level of the Erie canal, with splendid railroad transportation, and its industrial advantages are unsurpassed. It is the junction point of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad, the New York Ontario and Western railroad, and the main line of the New York Central lines, with over one hundred freight trains and forty passenger trains daily. Extensive improvements now under way on the New York Central line will open up several miles of desirable track frontage to manufacturing industries. It is the terminal of the Utica and Mohawk Valley Electric railway, with lines toall towns in the Mohawk Valley for a distance of thirty-five miles east to Little Falls, and electric railway connections covering a greater part of the State. It is the terminal of the Rome and Osceola railroad, now under construction, opening up the rich timber lands to the north. Is on the line of the New York State Barge canal, the Erie canal and Black railway gives good service to all parts, and has approximately a hundred and fifty miles of track within the city limits. There are seven interurban lines into the city, as well as seven railroads, giving direct service through their connections, to 7,800 centers of distribution in fourteen States. The possibilities presented by water tl'arlspQrt;1_ tion by the great new Barge Canal, will givea water...