. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . serviLt It ranks as ont, of the fint-st lines of railway in the world. At its New York terminus, connections are made with the rail and boat lines for all points in the New England States. The Reading Railroad thus occupies a position of commandingimportance in its relations to the trunk lines ; and its influence,in questions eftecting through traffic, is correspondingly while its through business is of considerable volume, theunvarying policy of the Company has been to foster and promote SUMMER SYLVAN SCENE
. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . serviLt It ranks as ont, of the fint-st lines of railway in the world. At its New York terminus, connections are made with the rail and boat lines for all points in the New England States. The Reading Railroad thus occupies a position of commandingimportance in its relations to the trunk lines ; and its influence,in questions eftecting through traffic, is correspondingly while its through business is of considerable volume, theunvarying policy of the Company has been to foster and promote SUMMER SYLVAN SCENES its local business; and the wisdom of such policy, persistently enforced, is demonstrated by the enviable condition of its local business on the Germantown and Norristown Branch, Bethlehem Branch and New York Branch. Philadelphia is not oiiK till scat oi enormous ^ ^fe manufactunn^j industries, but __ ^ is also the commercial centre of a \ ast and highly productive. tnbutary territory,and is also pecu-liarly blest in Itssu r rou ml 1 ) thousandsof the persons t nyagedin \ari()us pursuits in the citymake their homes m tlu beau-tiful suburbs that lie to thenorthward of Philadelphia ; and thedaily transportation of this class constitutes a highly importantand remunerative feature of the Readings business. One of thedivisions which has occupied considerable attention of the Company BROOKSIDE, PA. SUMMER SYLVAN SCENES recently has been the New Jersey Division, which connects Phila-delphia with Atlantic City, the largest and most celebrated sea-sideresort in America. The main line of this division is frequentlydesignated The Atlantic City Short Line, on account of being the
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