. 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 . fully situated and flourishing borough, owingits origin and growth to the Philadelphiaand Erie Railroad, the mechanical opera-tions of which are centred here, congre-gating a large amount of that peculiarenterprise and ability which is invariablyassociated with American railroads. It isbuilt in an oval-shaped valley, about a m
. 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 . fully situated and flourishing borough, owingits origin and growth to the Philadelphiaand Erie Railroad, the mechanical opera-tions of which are centred here, congre-gating a large amount of that peculiarenterprise and ability which is invariablyassociated with American railroads. It isbuilt in an oval-shaped valley, about a mileand a half in length, formed by a divi-sion of the mountains, and through whichthe river flows in a smooth and transparentcurrent. The mountain on the south sideof the valley rises abruptly to the height ofmore than a thousand feet, while that on thenorth is of nearly equal altitude, both beingdensely wooded to their summits with pineand hemlock, giving them a softness andsombreness of outline peculiar to these per-ennial forests. The valley was first settledin 1825, by a solitary pioneer from JerseyShore, who ascended the river with hisfamily, in a canoe, established a home inits solitudes, and remained in possession ofthe farm he cleared until 1865, when the. WESTPORT—COOKS RUN—KEATING—WISTAR—ROUND ISLAND, ETC. 233 Philadelphia and Erie Land Company pur-chased it and the adjoining tracts, and laidout the present town. This company do-nated fifty acres to the railroad companyfor their shops and ten acres for a hotel,and improvements being rapidly made bythe road, as well as by private enterprise,the town grew apace, being incorporatedas a borough in 1866. A large, well-con-structed, and excellently-conducted hotel,named after the town, has served, with themany other attractions of the place, to drawhere each year a number of summer visitors;and as a resort for health or pleasure fewplaces in Pennsylvania offer greater induce-ments. The shops of the ,
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