Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . Reading in 1840 From an old print Twentieth Centur}- owes much to his wise forethought and gen-erous provision in lading out thoroughfares of ample width. Ofthe institutions founded by him and by his successors there canbe no mention in this place, yet in the city to-day there is muchwdiich reflects the men and the times in which the proprietor gov-erned the town. It cannot be inferred from this that the cityis in any sense non-progressive, for its scheme of government, itsinstitutions of every kind, and its commercial interests are i
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . Reading in 1840 From an old print Twentieth Centur}- owes much to his wise forethought and gen-erous provision in lading out thoroughfares of ample width. Ofthe institutions founded by him and by his successors there canbe no mention in this place, yet in the city to-day there is muchwdiich reflects the men and the times in which the proprietor gov-erned the town. It cannot be inferred from this that the cityis in any sense non-progressive, for its scheme of government, itsinstitutions of every kind, and its commercial interests are inquality and kind equal to those of any city in the world. At the confluence of Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, onthe rich alluvial bottom lands which almost a century and a halfago attracted the attention of a mixed po])ulation of Englishmen. Planting of the Cities Germans and Scotch-Irish, now stands the great indnstrial cityof Pittsburg, a city of three hundred and fifty thousand inhabit-ants whose energies are devoted to manufacturing enterprisesand
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