. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. erce, to the greatMetropolis of the Middle West (Chi-cago), and even onward to St. Pennsylvania Railroad traversesthe most populous section of theUnited States, and connects in onegreat chain, as it were, the greatestcities of our land, and even some ofthe greatest in the world. The sublim-ity of the mountain passes of Penn-sylvania is unparall2l3d, and the wind-ing courses pursued ly the railroadstracks are indeed noteworthy. But inthese the road-bed is perfect, thetracks set to the proper angles, andthe service, both pass
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. erce, to the greatMetropolis of the Middle West (Chi-cago), and even onward to St. Pennsylvania Railroad traversesthe most populous section of theUnited States, and connects in onegreat chain, as it were, the greatestcities of our land, and even some ofthe greatest in the world. The sublim-ity of the mountain passes of Penn-sylvania is unparall2l3d, and the wind-ing courses pursued ly the railroadstracks are indeed noteworthy. But inthese the road-bed is perfect, thetracks set to the proper angles, andthe service, both passenger andfreight, is unexoelled. A great four-track railway delineating the crookedcourses of rivers, climbing mountainsor going through them, following thestraishtest courses across level landsat the rate of a mile a minute, mov-iu; thouands and thousands of tons offreight daily, transporting millionsupon millions of passengers, employ-ing multitudes of men, and handlingalmost incalculable sums of money—this is characteristic of the Pennsyl- .2 ^ 2 2-9^. 208 vania Railroad. The country needsthe railroad just as much as the rail-road needs the country. We are in-debted to such a corporation as this,and the men at the head who havegiven of their energies and indefatiga-ble labors toward the culmination ofsuch a successful enterprise, areworthy of the publics have spoken previously in thisarticle relative to the old methodsof traveling. The stage-coach and thecovered wagon had their day, andthey were superseded by the canalboat which, when it dawned uponcivilization, was considered a marvel-ous achievement, but what are theseprimitive methods of transportation incomparison with the Steel Girt Wayof the twentieth century? Wherefifty and more years ago it took daysand weeks to travel from one point toanother, in this age, the same spaceis covered in a time. Thereare men living today in Mount Tnionwho remember vividly the first loco-motive that passed thi
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