. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . nd accommodates not onlv the municipalofiices, but the chambers of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania. The tower, whichrises from the middle of its northern side,\ill when completed, reach a height of fivehundred and thirty-seven feet,terminating in a colossal stat-i ue of William Penn, thefounder of the Street, onor near which theprincipal hotels aresituated, is a blockand a half to vour rightas you make your exitIrom the station, and a Penn-sylvania Railroad hansom, anumber ()f \\ hich are always in wait-mg in the court to you
. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . nd accommodates not onlv the municipalofiices, but the chambers of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania. The tower, whichrises from the middle of its northern side,\ill when completed, reach a height of fivehundred and thirty-seven feet,terminating in a colossal stat-i ue of William Penn, thefounder of the Street, onor near which theprincipal hotels aresituated, is a blockand a half to vour rightas you make your exitIrom the station, and a Penn-sylvania Railroad hansom, anumber ()f \\ hich are always in wait-mg in the court to your left as youdescend to the street. Avill for fiftv centstake you to any hotel within a mile thatyou may select, all of which are noted onthe map of the city. The points of interest in Philadelphia-froma purely historical standpoint are nearly all to be found betweenthe new City Hall and the Delaware River, which bounds thecity on the east, but Philadelphia is geographically the largestcity in the Union, as well as the third city in population, with. ClTV HALL, PHILADHLPHLA. 47 its one million forty-six thousand of inhabitants, and its land-marks, public institutions, and other objects of interest to thevisitor are of necessity somcAvhat widely scat-tered. Historically, Philadelphia is the mostimportant of American cities. Here it wasthat the first gathering of representativesfrom the American Colonies was held, in1774 ; here it was that the Sec-ond Continental Congress de-clared the Colonies indepen-dence, and here it was thatthe original seat of govern-ment of the United ^ ^States Mas estab-lished. A walk ofa few blocks down /Chestnut Street ^from your hotel,past the principalshops, newspaperoffices, and mone-tar}^ institutions ofthe city, will bringyou to the old StateHouse, now called In-dependence Hall, where- ^.in the Declaration of Inde-pendence was signed. Thebuilding occupies the middle ofthe block between Fifth and SixthStreets, and it is flanked on eithersides by sma
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