. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Pi i mil \|n\ i m . i , i inPassenger Departmeni s Baltimore & Ohio Rah i Vol. i. KAKTIMORE, JUNK, 1898. No. PITTSBURG. THE twenty-seventh Tri-ennial Con--*- clave Knights Templar will beheld in Pittsburg in September, [ august assembly always takes withit a representative gathering of the mostinfluential men of the Inited States,and the city which has been luckyenough to get the convention, looksforward months in advance to their the Smoky City,will interest othersas well as those-con-templating a visitin September. Pittsburg is n


. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Pi i mil \|n\ i m . i , i inPassenger Departmeni s Baltimore & Ohio Rah i Vol. i. KAKTIMORE, JUNK, 1898. No. PITTSBURG. THE twenty-seventh Tri-ennial Con--*- clave Knights Templar will beheld in Pittsburg in September, [ august assembly always takes withit a representative gathering of the mostinfluential men of the Inited States,and the city which has been luckyenough to get the convention, looksforward months in advance to their the Smoky City,will interest othersas well as those-con-templating a visitin September. Pittsburg is notat all like it wassome fifteen yearsago. Devoted to. PITTSBURG SHtiWINu B SO H I; PASSHNUER STATION IN FOREGROUND. coming and great preparations are madefor the entertainment of guests. Indeed, any city may well be proudof being chosen for a convention whichis held but once in three years. Conse-quently Pittsburg has put her best stepforward in the preparation at this earlydate. A glimpse at the resources of theIron City, or as it used to be called, extensive iron and coal industries, it isnaturally smoky, but nothing to be com-pared to former times, since the use ofnatural gas for fuel has superseded coalfor general use. It is one of the mostthriving business cities, as well as oneof the most beautiful residence cities, ofthe United States. Many people who travel and whoseonly knowledge of a town is passing PITTSBURG. through it on a train, often form imper-fect impressions from the car windowwhich they adopt as a standard of meas-urement for the rest of the town. Es-pecially so of Pittsburg, as the railwaysentering it pass through the


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