. Book of the Royal blue . triumphs of mod-ern engineering. The view from thebridge, in either direction, is indescrib-ably grand. Being now within the bor-ders of the Keystone State, the first sta-tion reached is Yardlev, a handsome lit-tle town on the west bank of the Dela-ware, pervaded by a general air of thriftyactivity. Succeeding it are Makefield, through ancient forest aisles, hundredsof persons spend the hot weather monthsin sylvan simplicity. Neshaminy Falls derives its namefrom the romantic Neshaminy Creekwhich, coming down through a broadand wooded gorge, falls over a dam justabove


. Book of the Royal blue . triumphs of mod-ern engineering. The view from thebridge, in either direction, is indescrib-ably grand. Being now within the bor-ders of the Keystone State, the first sta-tion reached is Yardlev, a handsome lit-tle town on the west bank of the Dela-ware, pervaded by a general air of thriftyactivity. Succeeding it are Makefield, through ancient forest aisles, hundredsof persons spend the hot weather monthsin sylvan simplicity. Neshaminy Falls derives its namefrom the romantic Neshaminy Creekwhich, coming down through a broadand wooded gorge, falls over a dam justabove the high railroad bridge, forminga pretty cascade. This is a favorite re-sort for large picnic parties from Phila-delphia. At Trevose is located Simp-son Grove where a great Methodistcamp-meeting is annually held. Somer-ton is a handsome town of suburbanhomes which has recently taken on anew impetus of growth, and the favor-able conditions by which it is surroundedbid fair to make it one of the most pop-ulous on the


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