. Book of the Royal blue . right herewithin the city limits everything from asulphur match to a glass of beer. Wheel-ings railroad facilities are unlimited, beingbelted on all sides by car tracks. TheBaltimore & Ohio Railroad has directthrough lines eastward from Wheeling toWashington, Baltimore, Philadelphia andNew York; northward to Pittsburg andCleveland; westward to Columbus,Sandusky,Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis;and southward cris-crossing the state of there being fourteen well managed banks.The churches number something overthirty and include the principal religiousdenomi
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. Book of the Royal blue . right herewithin the city limits everything from asulphur match to a glass of beer. Wheel-ings railroad facilities are unlimited, beingbelted on all sides by car tracks. TheBaltimore & Ohio Railroad has directthrough lines eastward from Wheeling toWashington, Baltimore, Philadelphia andNew York; northward to Pittsburg andCleveland; westward to Columbus, Sandusky, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis;and southward cris-crossing the state of there being fourteen well managed banks.The churches number something overthirty and include the principal religiousdenominations. There are four daily andtwo Sunday papers, with a number ofweekly issues, all of which reflect credit onthe intelligence of the people. The cityboasts of a thorough system of publicschools, some eight or ten commodiousbuildings with the special advantage of ahigh school of exceptional standard.There are also a number of private andparochial schools. The Cathedral HighSchool and Linsley Institute where boys are. LINc;. WEST VIRGINIA. West Virginia. The best modern trolleylines connect Wheeling with the manysuburban towns of Ohio and West Virginia, giving the city a floating population of150, 000. Probably not known to many, but a factnevertheless, the Suspension Bridge whichspans the Ohio and connects WheelingIsland was the first bridge of its kind builtin the United States (1847), and was thework of Engineer Ellet of Philadelphia. The wholesale trade of Wheeling is oneof its mammoth interests and supplies thiswhole surrounding country. Her bankingfacilities are such as few cities can equal, prepared for college, and two miles east ofthe city is the magnificent school for girls, Mt. de Chantal, under the direction of theSisters of the Visitation, renowned for itssplendid musical course. The city supports a free public libraryof 15, 000 volumes, and there is also acounty law library. There are about fortymiles of well paved streets which arelighted by electric lights. The na