. Homes on the Central railroad of New Jersey for New York business men .. . dvance the view seems to present some new and morebeautiful aspect. Now we are at Upper Mauch i what is that ? a railroad track ? and see, there comes acar whizzing along with nobody in it. That is an excursioncar returning by itself from Summit Hill to the foot of theplane. Just here we turn off at a zig-zag to the right, driv6along the summit of the hill, pass the old cemetery, situatedon a shaded bluff overlooking town, valley and river, andpresently behold us at the foot of Mount Pisgah. The view even her
. Homes on the Central railroad of New Jersey for New York business men .. . dvance the view seems to present some new and morebeautiful aspect. Now we are at Upper Mauch i what is that ? a railroad track ? and see, there comes acar whizzing along with nobody in it. That is an excursioncar returning by itself from Summit Hill to the foot of theplane. Just here we turn off at a zig-zag to the right, driv6along the summit of the hill, pass the old cemetery, situatedon a shaded bluff overlooking town, valley and river, andpresently behold us at the foot of Mount Pisgah. The view even here is fine enough to satisfy any reason-able sight-seer. But above us, rising at the rate of about onefoot in three, is the plane, double tracked, and 2322 feetlong, and when we shall have reached its summit we shall be864 feet higher than we now are. So we v/ill take our seatsin the car, and start on our upward journey. The safety cartakes its place behind us, the great heavy iron bands whichextend from end to end of the plane, and form the medium HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 77. MT. PISGAH AND PLANE. of our motive power, commence to move, and off we go, up,up, np. What a novel sensation it is ; how ste^p the descentlooks behind us; how far off the summit seems to be. Thismust be much the experience of a balloonist, when he first castsloose from his anchorage. Now we look over the tree tops,and every second the vista widens and widens below were mountains a moment ago have dwindled now 7 8 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. into mounds, or seem level with the landscape around then^Now, we pass the downward bound car which meets us mid-way. Now, we really begin to realize our immense foot of the plane looks far, oh how far, below us. And,as we wonder and gaze in admiration, we are carried into-the engine house at the summit, and the ascent of MountPisgah is achieved. We are now 1500 feet above us is a trestle bridge spanning a wild ravine, andpassmg over this
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