. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . there the melodies of Peace, That float around the sod,Shall bring back hope and harmony With the sweet voice of God. The Eagle Hotel, (seventeen miles from Philadelphia) is chiefly re-markable as being one of the oldest inns in the State. The turnpike fromPhiladelphia to Lancaster, sixty-two miles in length, was commencedin 1792, and finished two years after, at a cost of nearly $500, is probably the first improvement of the kind ever commenced inthe Unit
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . there the melodies of Peace, That float around the sod,Shall bring back hope and harmony With the sweet voice of God. The Eagle Hotel, (seventeen miles from Philadelphia) is chiefly re-markable as being one of the oldest inns in the State. The turnpike fromPhiladelphia to Lancaster, sixty-two miles in length, was commencedin 1792, and finished two years after, at a cost of nearly $500, is probably the first improvement of the kind ever commenced inthe United States. The system of turnpikes rapidly extended a fewyears after the completion of this enterprise, which was subsequentlyextended to Pittsburg, as well as beyond the State line into Ohio, andalso in the east into New Jersey—thus forming a continuous turn-pike road of nearly four hundred miles. A large number of similarroads, radiating from the main thoroughfare, soon after followed, sothat the State was placed in admirable condition for travelling bystage, as well as for transporting, in Conestoga teams, the merchandize. CONESTOGA TKA5I AND STAGE-COACH. destined for the interior. The extensive travel thus created and con-centrated on this once splendid thoroughfare largely increased thenumber of the inns. Among these, several were particularly notedin their day for the extent of their business and the style with whichthey were conducted, among which were the Eagle, already mentioned,the Paoli, kept by the late Gen. Evans, and the Ship, by the late JohnBowen. These hotels had, and still have, large and splendid farms con- RAILWAY VERSUS TURNPIKE. 19
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