. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . is worked in the vicinity for local town contains two planing-mills, a grist-mill, two saw-mills, two churches, a publichall, and a hotel. Population about 200. Florence, two hundred and eighty-ninemiles, is in the midst of a picturesque coun-try, rich in minerals, and moderately has been entirely bu
. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . is worked in the vicinity for local town contains two planing-mills, a grist-mill, two saw-mills, two churches, a publichall, and a hotel. Population about 200. Florence, two hundred and eighty-ninemiles, is in the midst of a picturesque coun-try, rich in minerals, and moderately has been entirely built up by the , 333. Houstons, two hundred and ninety-onemiles. LocKPORT, two hundred and ninety-fourmiles.—Works are in operation here for themanufacture of fire-brick and gas-retorts,employing about fifty hands. Coal ismined in the vicinity for home consump-tion. At this point the western division ofthe Pennsylvania canal crossed the Cone-maugh on a beautiful cut-stone aqueduct,plainly seen from the railroad, standing asa monument to the enterprise of the past—the canal itself being abandoned. Popula-tion about 150. Bolivar, two hundred and ninety-fivemiles.—The business of this station is themanufacture of fire-brick, about one hundred. BLAIRSVILLE INTERSECTION—HILLSIDE. 153 men being engaged in the work. Twentythousand tons of clay are worked up hereannually, and some two thousand tonsshipped. Coal exists in unlimited quan-tity and of excellent quality. The towncontains several churches, a public hall, twohotels, and a population of 298. Immedi-ately after leaving this station the road entersthe celebrated Pack-saddle Narrows ofthe Conemaugh. The scenery here is un-surpassed. Winding through the mountainranges, with the sparkling river below andthe wooded heights above, the gaze takesin picture after picture of natures the autumn, when the leaves have takenon the bright tints which, like the song ofthe swan, presage their death, the whol
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