Population:

6,141

River:

Ohio, navigable

Railroads:

Louisville and Nashville; Chesapeake & Ohio

General description of surrounding country, character of soil, and principal crops of locality:

Rolling; rich fertile soil; center of Burley tobacco territory, wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, hay.

Price of Improved farms, per acre:

$150.00

Price of Unimproved farms, per acre:

$80.00 - $100.00

Water and Lighting:

Private water works, gas and electric light plants

Banks:

Three national, four state

Hotels:

Kentucky, Montgomery, New Central, Whitehall

Schools:

Five public

Churches:

All leading denominations are well represented

Newspapers:

Daily Bulletin, Public Ledger, Daily Independent

Industrial openings and inducements offered:

Openings in all lines.  Exempt from taxation for five years and free rectory sites are offered to legitimate enterprises locating here; exceptional shipping facilities, low freight rates, natural gas, lowest rates for manufacturing and domestic purposes; cheap electric power; center of Burley tobacco industry.

Manufacturing plants and principal industries:

Implement manufacturers, broom manufacturers, bottling works, brick manufacturers, cotton mills, distilleries, flour and feed mills, ice manufacturers, iron works, machine shops, shoe factories, planning mills, woodworking plants, fixture manufacturers, sash, door and blind factories, saw mills, wooden pulley manufacturers, tobacco warehouses, syrup manufacturers; wholesale dealers in groceries, hardware, etc.; sand, hay, straw, hide, pellet, wool, horse, mineral water, fruit, produce, egg, poultry, vegetable seed, live stock, etc.; shipping.

Maysville, Kentucky

A town of rare natural charms and business advantages holds out unique attractions for the industrial location and residence.  Thriving, expanding, ambitious, it is confident that it will add steadily to its commercial importance.  Nature has given it full flavor.  Its streets and homes spread over a broad tract of slightly varied [!] level land with ample room for growth.  It is on the great highways of trade and travel – the L. & N. and C. & O. Railroads, and the Ohio River, giving shippers an outlet to the four points of the compass.  The capital and commercial center of Mason County, it commands the trade and is served by the prosperity of a numerous group of thriving farming towns on both sides of the famous stream that forms the boundary line of several great states.

Maysville, by Ohio River, is sixty-five miles east of Cincinnati; one hundred and ninety three miles east of Louisville, and four hundred and five miles west of Pittsburgh. Exceptional shipping facilities are consequently afforded for the products of manufacturer and farmer at very low freight rates.