Maryland (Rookie Read-About Geography)

Maryland (Rookie Read-About Geography)

Dce of making a comfortable living easily, or where well-directed enterprise is so sure to be rewarded with great success. These opportunities present themselves on every hand in the mountain region of the western counties; in the midland region, of which Baltimore City is the industrial and commercial centre; on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake, where manufactures are growing, and in Southern Maryland which gets a strong impulse from the National Capital and the District of Columbia. The influence of the three great cities, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, is directly exerted in the development of Maryland, and to these may be added the influence also of the flourishing industrial city of Wilmington, Del. A good many manufacturers of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore find it advantageous to locate their industrial establishments in Maryland, where labor is plentiful and living cheap. Such a premium is set upon industrial pursuits that ground is often given free and other inducements liberally offered for the location of manufacturing plants in towns and villages convenient to railway lines or water routes. For desirable business enterprises highly favorable terms may be had in almost any part of the State. In Baltimore Cit5% the plant of manufacturing establishments is exempt from local taxation, and water is abundantly supplied at exceedingly low rates for the service. WATER POWER. Maryland has no small advantages in its water power, which is very great. The streams in eastern and southern counties are sluggish, but in the western, northern and central parts of the State, where the country is hilly and the streams drain extena Welet Yitorial areas, the water power available for manuiael Mim xwo fe immense. From Point of Rocks m Yieex VcJ eo MwX j.
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Country	USA
Manufacturer	Childrens Pr
Binding	Library Binding
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780516252568
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Maryland (Rookie Read-About Geography)

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