Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .. . she stands pre-eminentas the mistress of the situation, over which she ruleswith undisputed sway, challenging all her competi-tors to meet or undersell her in any line of commerce. Pittsburgh enjoys the advantage of five of thegreat trunk line railroads centering here, whoserails reach out to every point of the compass andset down passengers, freight and express from thegreat cities to the practically unknown cross-roadsstations that dot the great galaxy of States lyingto the east, northeast and southeast, where rollsthe Atlantic -f
Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .. . she stands pre-eminentas the mistress of the situation, over which she ruleswith undisputed sway, challenging all her competi-tors to meet or undersell her in any line of commerce. Pittsburgh enjoys the advantage of five of thegreat trunk line railroads centering here, whoserails reach out to every point of the compass andset down passengers, freight and express from thegreat cities to the practically unknown cross-roadsstations that dot the great galaxy of States lyingto the east, northeast and southeast, where rollsthe Atlantic -first kissed by the shimmering rays ofthe morning sun, to the great stretch of territory Inthe West, Northwest and Southwest bordered by theFather of Rivers, the great Mississippi, and be-yond, oer rolling plains, peaks and crags of theRocky Mountains, on to the golden shores of thePacific, where the fading light of the departing dayturned into a golden tint sees the sun dip beneaththe mighty ocean to cast its light for another dayupon the Antipodes. i %. I.
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