. 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 . similarschool for girls is located at Trenton. Ad-joining the school buildings, on the right,is an old frame farm-house, well preserved,which was built during the French war of1754-6, and used at that time for the deten-tion of French prisoners. Population about1000. Prospect Plains, forty-six miles.—Thecountry adjacent to this
. 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 . similarschool for girls is located at Trenton. Ad-joining the school buildings, on the right,is an old frame farm-house, well preserved,which was built during the French war of1754-6, and used at that time for the deten-tion of French prisoners. Population about1000. Prospect Plains, forty-six miles.—Thecountry adjacent to this station, as well asgenerally along the line of railroad, is fertileand well cultivated, producing the cerealsand small fruits in great abundance. Someminor manufactories are located here, andthe village contains two churches, goodschools, hotels, and a population of about300. Cranbury, forty-eight miles, in Middle-sex county, is a thriving town, containingan academy, two churches, several hotels,and various manufacturing industries. Popu-lation about 2000. Stage lines run dailybetween Cranbury and New Brunswick, andCranbury and Plainsboro. HiGHTSTOWN, fifty-one miles, on theheadwaters of Millstone river, in Mercercounty, contains two academies, six churches,. OLD HOUSE AT JAMESBURG. I two banks, four hotels, two public halls, andI a number of shops and stores. Accommo-i dation trains run twice each way per daybetween this point and New York. Popu-lation, 1347. (Eastern terminus of Pem-berton and Hightstown Railroad.) Windsor, fifty-five miles.—Populationabout 225. Newtown, fifty-eight miles.—Populationabout 200. Yardville, sixty-one miles.—Among theindustries in operation here are a manufactoryof cotton yarns, and flour and saw town contains two churches, privateand public schools, two hotels, and a popu-lation of about 800. BoRDENTOWN, sixty-four miles,—a city inBurlington county,—is built on the Delawareriver, at the mouth of Crosswicks creek,six miles s
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