. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . tsburghrailway system reaches the Lakes at Cleveland, and by the steam boat routes onthem, with which this road forms close connections, the rail roads of Chicagoand Detroit, and thence westwardly. As a northern route this one is extremelyvaluable to Pittsburgh; affording an outlet to a vast expanse of country for hercoal and her manufactured products. Nor will the facilities thus had be over-looked, to receive from the regions of Lake Superior and Cauada their copperand iron ores, which Pittsburgh uses so largely. By the Pittsburgh and PjIuk
. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . tsburghrailway system reaches the Lakes at Cleveland, and by the steam boat routes onthem, with which this road forms close connections, the rail roads of Chicagoand Detroit, and thence westwardly. As a northern route this one is extremelyvaluable to Pittsburgh; affording an outlet to a vast expanse of country for hercoal and her manufactured products. Nor will the facilities thus had be over-looked, to receive from the regions of Lake Superior and Cauada their copperand iron ores, which Pittsburgh uses so largely. By the Pittsburgh and PjIuk Railroad another direct Northern route is had,as well as a second connection with the great East and West Lake lines of railroad, giving yet another facility for reaching the East, as well as the West andNorth. Of the Western Trunk lines, the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago is theoldest completed route of the system. In its course it runs through and into theterritory of four .States, and gives by its own direct line transportation to twenty-. .^^/ir/r^if/ufA-^ jyh 2t£/u^ LIBRABY HALL, PITTSBURQH.
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