. 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 . JUNCTION—VOORHEES—CLYDE, ETC. 177 elevated above the tide some fortyor fifty feet, and is undulating inits surface. From its agreeable po-sition, vicinity to the ocean, andsea-water baths, Perth Amboy is apleasant residence during the sum-mer months, and is much visitedfor recreation by the citizens ofNew York. The hotel accom
. 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 . JUNCTION—VOORHEES—CLYDE, ETC. 177 elevated above the tide some fortyor fifty feet, and is undulating inits surface. From its agreeable po-sition, vicinity to the ocean, andsea-water baths, Perth Amboy is apleasant residence during the sum-mer months, and is much visitedfor recreation by the citizens ofNew York. The hotel accommo-dations are good and contains manufactories of pot-tery, paper, corks, and fire-brick,employing in the aggregate fullythree hundred men, and the oysterbusiness constitutes an active are abundant, including aseminary for young ladies, and thetown contains seven churches, twopublic halls, and two banking insti-tutions. During 1872 fifteen ves-sels entered the port from foreigncountries, and five cleared from vessels engaged in the coastwise tradeand fisheries at the port numbered, in thesame year, seventy-seven. The number ofvessels enrolled and licensed at the port onthe 30th of June, 1872, was , MILLSTONE AND NEW BRUNSWICKAND MERCER AND SOMERSETBRANCHES. New Brunswick.—Terminus of road. Junction, two miles. VooRHEES, three miles. Clyde, four miles. MiDDLEBUSH, five miles. East Millstone, eight miles, is a villageon the Delaware and Raritan canal, whereconnection is made with the Mercer andSomerset Railroad. It contains severalhotels, two public schools, four churches,two public halls, and is a place of consider-able business. Population about 1000. West Millstone, nine miles. HiLLSBORO, eleven miles. Harlingen, fourteen miles.—A manufac-tory of rubber goods is near this station,and several mills are located in the surrounding country is highly village contains good schools, a chu
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