. Book of the Royal blue . the world are at these, to say nothing of the immense PITTSBURG. steel rail rolling mills, electrical appa-ratus manufactories, locomotive works,armor plate mills, tin plate works, ironpipe and sheet iron works, steel pro-jectile manufactories, etc., etc. Thesetremendous industries keep Pittsburgapparently in an everlasting state ofoccupation. But all work and no play, wouldmake Jack a dull boy, and the populousare thoroughly educated up to thismaxim. This is fully demonstrated inthe educational institutions,public build- fL^ negie Library in Allegheny,
. Book of the Royal blue . the world are at these, to say nothing of the immense PITTSBURG. steel rail rolling mills, electrical appa-ratus manufactories, locomotive works,armor plate mills, tin plate works, ironpipe and sheet iron works, steel pro-jectile manufactories, etc., etc. Thesetremendous industries keep Pittsburgapparently in an everlasting state ofoccupation. But all work and no play, wouldmake Jack a dull boy, and the populousare thoroughly educated up to thismaxim. This is fully demonstrated inthe educational institutions,public build- fL^ negie Library in Allegheny, Carnegie-Library, Music Hall and Museum inPittsburg, and the new Phipps Con-servatory, the largest and most beauti-ful in the United States. The officebuildings and church edifices are ashandsome as can be found in any of theprosperous cities of the waning nine-teenth century. There are two swellclubs, The Duquesne and Pittsburg:six theatres, six gymnasiums and a riding academy. I >f the eight parks in the city, Schen-. IOIST 11K1DGK ings, clubs, beautiful parks and exqui-site homes of Pittsburg. Among the educational institutionsare the Western University, the Penn-sylvania College for Women, the Theo-logical seminaries, the Western Penn-sylvania Medical College, the Collegeof the Holy Ghost, the School of Phar-macy, the Allegheny Observatory andthe splendid public schools. Amongthe public buildings and those of promi-nence as to costliness, are : The CourtHouse. Government Building, Car- le} Park is the most beautiful. It isblessed with natural scenery which noamount of money nor landscape garden-ing could supply. The beautiful residence portion ofPittsburg lies on a plateau of easy ac-cess, between the rivers and about twohundred feet above them in what isknown as the East Liberty Valley. Inthis district there are nearly one hun-dred miles of asphalt streets, borderedwith shade trees and the dwellings areas beautiful as can be found anywhere. PITTSBURG.
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