Resources and industries of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., with some account of its historical . ndisville, andanother tends to Lancaster through Petersburg and Mechanicsville;this line enters the city on the north, and its freight depot is thecentre of coal and lumber yards, tobacco warehouses and variousmanufactures. It crosses the P. R. R. within the city limits, abovegrade and runs the whole length of the city, north and south, most-ly in the middle of Water Street and on grade. Switches lead tocoal yards, warehouses and other shipping and storage places; thepas
Resources and industries of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., with some account of its historical . ndisville, andanother tends to Lancaster through Petersburg and Mechanicsville;this line enters the city on the north, and its freight depot is thecentre of coal and lumber yards, tobacco warehouses and variousmanufactures. It crosses the P. R. R. within the city limits, abovegrade and runs the whole length of the city, north and south, most-ly in the middle of Water Street and on grade. Switches lead tocoal yards, warehouses and other shipping and storage places; thepassenger station is in the Stevens House, the largest hotel of thecity and near the business centre. The Pennsylvania station is amagnificent iron structure, unequaled along the main line, exceptat the terminal points, and in the most convenient part of the city,adjoining hotels and business houses ; its freight depot is near athand and easily accessible for business men and manufecturers. Built as an independent line, but operated in connection with theP. & R. system, the Quarryville branch runs south fourteen miles. OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, PA. \f to the rapidly-increasing business town, which gives it its new Hne brings the city and lower end of the county intoclose communication by six trains daily, and on its route lie a num-ber of flourishing villages, with diversified mercantile and manufac-turing interests. These immediate connections with the two great railroad sys-tems of Pennsylvania, and (through the Reading) with the north-ern trunk lines* give Lancaster easy communication with every in-dustrial and commercial centre of the country; and the competi-tion of rival lines affords assurance of fair freight rates. On themain thoroughfare of the P. R. R. Lancaster is distant from Pitts-burgh 284miles; from Altoona 168; Harrisburg, 36; Williamsport,129; Philadelphia, 69; New York, 159. On the Philadelphia andReading system it is distant from Reading 43 miles, and
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