. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . ^5,329,296; value of products, §9,-081,406. Number of bituminouscoal mines, i; hands employed, 30;wages paid, $2200; tonsmined,2ooo;value, ^4000. Number of iron-mines, i; hands employed, 4; wagespaid, giooo; capital invested, giooo;tons mined, 800; value, ^2000. Williamsport is, with a single ex-ception, the most important bus
. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . ^5,329,296; value of products, §9,-081,406. Number of bituminouscoal mines, i; hands employed, 30;wages paid, $2200; tonsmined,2ooo;value, ^4000. Number of iron-mines, i; hands employed, 4; wagespaid, giooo; capital invested, giooo;tons mined, 800; value, ^2000. Williamsport is, with a single ex-ception, the most important businessplace on the Susquehanna river, andjustly takes rank among the first in-land cities of Pennsylvania. It waslaid out, in 1795, ^X Michael Ross,a German, who owned the land uponwhich the original town was built,and was adopted as the county seatat the time of the organization ofLycoming county. The plan of thetown was well designed, embracingwide, straight streets, and generousdonations of land were made by for public purposes. This liber-ality contributed materially to itsearly prosperity, and has caused itto develop into a city of unsurpassedattractiveness. From time to timeadditions have been made to theoriginal plan, until the;, space surve)-ed by
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