. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . aSO POPULAR RESOKTS, AJUD UOW TO REACU THEM. The Branch to the Peninsula diverges from the main line atDelaware Junction, thirty miles from the City of Philadelphia. This road, commenced in 1832 from Baltimore to Port Deposit, wasconsolidated as the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore, andfinished to Philadelphia in 1838, since which time it has steadily im-proved in its character and equipments, and advanced in popular f
. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . aSO POPULAR RESOKTS, AJUD UOW TO REACU THEM. The Branch to the Peninsula diverges from the main line atDelaware Junction, thirty miles from the City of Philadelphia. This road, commenced in 1832 from Baltimore to Port Deposit, wasconsolidated as the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore, andfinished to Philadelphia in 1838, since which time it has steadily im-proved in its character and equipments, and advanced in popular favor. The cars leave Philadelphia from the Companys depot, corner ofBroad Street and Washington Avenue, and also at^its New Yoik connec-. RIDLEY STATION tion, corner of Thirty-first and ]\Iarket Streets. Within the last decadethe suburbs along this line have been remarkably improved. The stations along the road are a noticeable feature. These are notonly placed at convenient intervals, but great artistic taste has been dis-played in their design and decoration. The result is obvious. Peisonsof like tastes — wealthy citizens of Philadelphia, seeking suburbanhomes — choose localities of which they can speak with pleasure ; and theemphasis with which they allude to our depot is always interesting. As a result of this liberal movement on the part of the Company,many elegant villas and countiy residences have been erected along the POPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 237 line of the road. That of Mr. F. O. C. Darley, the celebrated artistdelineator of American life and scenery, whose illustrations have glad-dened so many hearts, is subjoined as a sami:)le of the picturesquecharacter of these structures. The scenery a
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