. Book of the Royal blue . t wasthen re-captured by the British andnamed Fort Pitt, after the distin-guished statesman of the times. Thename eventually evolved into Pittshur<;.Concluding, a word as to the railwayinterests of the cities. It is the greatestrailway shipping point in the world,which is proven from the fii;ures of theNational Association of Car Scr\iceManagers in i^igj, in which year1,504,13(1 car loads of freight, werereceived or shipped, and tliese figuresdo not include the tremendous river tonnage, which in the same year wasj(j,7S4,723 tons. The Baltimore kV Ohio Railroad in-
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