. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Western Div. Canal Alle- gheny Portage Eastern Division Cana I Phila. & Columbia Railroad Figure 58.—Map of State of Pennsylvania showing system of canals and railroads from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, 1834. open, it was greatly eased by the steamboat from New York to New Brunswick, and from Trenton to Philadelphia on the Delaware. This was called the Union, or Stevens and Stockton Line. At the time of strong competition between it and the Citizens', or Gibbons', Line—that ran steamboats from New York to South Amboy, stages to Bordentown
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Western Div. Canal Alle- gheny Portage Eastern Division Cana I Phila. & Columbia Railroad Figure 58.—Map of State of Pennsylvania showing system of canals and railroads from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, 1834. open, it was greatly eased by the steamboat from New York to New Brunswick, and from Trenton to Philadelphia on the Delaware. This was called the Union, or Stevens and Stockton Line. At the time of strong competition between it and the Citizens', or Gibbons', Line—that ran steamboats from New York to South Amboy, stages to Bordentown, and boats from there to Philadelphia—the furious driving on the coaching part of the line in clouds of dust was fearful; but the distance from city to city was made by daylight. Now it is made by rail in two hours. From Philadelphia to Baltimore, by steamboat on Delaware to New Castle, from which place stage coaches had given place to four-wheel cars drawn by horses on a light strap rail on wooden stringers to Frenchtown, from there by steamboat to Baltimore, the time being about two hours longer than from New York to Philadelphia; the time from Baltimore to Washington by stage was about 3% hours. This was summer travel; but in the winter, when the rivers were frozen, the entire distance had to be traveled in stage coaches. On one occasion, when this state of affairs existed, I was obliged to go from Philadelphia to Washington, and thought myself very fortunate to be of a party with Mr. Reeside, the proprietor of the line, and at that time one of the largest mail contractors and stage line owners in the United He promised us a quick trip, with relays of his best teams, the hardest stage to be with six instead of four horses. We left Philadelphia an hour before daylight, in an open front coach on sleigh runners. The day was very cold, and before we reached Elkton, Md., a driving, blinding snowstorm set in, steadily increasing in violence. It was long after dar
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