. History of the city of Altoona and Blair county : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad co. . Mr. Sneeringer started in general mer-chandising and retired but a year or two since. In 1852 the firstschool-house and the Methodist B. church were added to the manynew buildings previously erected, and in the following year the ^byterian and United Brethren churches were built. * Commencing its career as a town in 1849, Tyi-one was created, a borough ; East Tyrone in 1873. The name was. derived frojii tlie Tyrone. Iron jworkg,about one mile of Tyrone. 238 I
. History of the city of Altoona and Blair county : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad co. . Mr. Sneeringer started in general mer-chandising and retired but a year or two since. In 1852 the firstschool-house and the Methodist B. church were added to the manynew buildings previously erected, and in the following year the ^byterian and United Brethren churches were built. * Commencing its career as a town in 1849, Tyi-one was created, a borough ; East Tyrone in 1873. The name was. derived frojii tlie Tyrone. Iron jworkg,about one mile of Tyrone. 238 IirSTORY OP ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTV. RAILKOAD FACILITIES. Tlie railroad facilities of T^vrone are second lo no town of likepopulation in the State, and the early completion of the Tyrone andLewisburg railroad (soon to be effected) makes Tyrone la realitya railroad centre and a point which will be soutrht after by personswhose inclinations and means would lead them into the manufactur-ing business- Throug-h the courtesy of Capt. C. S. W- Jones, editor of the•Herald, we are able to present a diagram (3f T\rone :. fcc S HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUXTT. 239 TYRONE ANT) CI,BARFIT,T) RATTJROAD. In 1853 the Bellefoiite Plank road was couiiilctcd. and in 18ri(;the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad was coninieaeed. liy David , but owing to some difficulties the was in an inconijiletecondition until 1860, when the Pennsylvania railroad took (Iia[\Le ofit and soon laid the rails over what is said to be the steepest gradientin the State, and Clearfield countv poured its coal and lumber intothe already flourishing borough. NEW DIVISION OF PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. In 18C2the Bald Eagle Talley railroad the old plankroad, and a new division of the Pennsylvania railroad was organizedwith Mr. Samuel G. Black as superintendent, and D. D. Wood, awell-known and tried railroad man, as train-master. From this timethe town grew rapidlv. SLTERINTENDENTS AND CLERKS. Superinte
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