. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . —thus uniting the Schuylkillwith the Susquehanna at that place. It is proposed, we believe, toascend the mountain by inclined planes, constructed in the usualmanner, or upon the plan of those at Mauch Chunk, hereafter de-scribed. This route will afford an outlet for the great and prolificMahonoy coal region, and the road will probably prove as profitable, MOUNT CARBON. 101 at no distant day, as the main line, with its numerous projectingbranches, now is. Thjee m
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . —thus uniting the Schuylkillwith the Susquehanna at that place. It is proposed, we believe, toascend the mountain by inclined planes, constructed in the usualmanner, or upon the plan of those at Mauch Chunk, hereafter de-scribed. This route will afford an outlet for the great and prolificMahonoy coal region, and the road will probably prove as profitable, MOUNT CARBON. 101 at no distant day, as the main line, with its numerous projectingbranches, now is. Thjee miles above Schuylkill Haven we reach Mount Carbon,which was formerly the terminus of the Reading Railroad. A largequantity of coal is also shipped from this place, from which severallateral railroads extend to the coal mines in the vicinity of Pottsvillc,Port Carbon, St. Clair, Tuscarora, and other mining districts. Thehandsome cottage on the slope of the hill on the opposite side of theriver, is the residence of Mr. Walker, superintendent of this section. MANSION HOUSE NEAR POTTSVILLE. of the railroad. The stone octagonal building in front of it, is hisoffice. On the left, and near the railroad, is the Mansion Hotel, nowconducted by Mr. Head, one of the most distinguished caterers onthe American continent. His reputation, in connection with hotels,is so well established, and so preeminently superior to what is ordi-narily associated with country inns, that no remark of ours could addone jot to its value. VVliile proprietor of the Mansion House inThird street, Philadelphia, his guests—always few in number—com-prised some of the most distinguished and opulent citizens which thecountry could boast. His wines were recognized as indisputablysuperior to those of any public or private gentleman in the city,while his table dhote literally groaned beneath the sumptuous dishesspread out upon it. This hotel has recently been materially enlarged and * 102 OFF-HAND SKETCHES
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