. Philadelphia and its environs . nce it has given us thisfine and convenient building. Two other market-houses, similarlyconstructed, are situated farther weston this street. Extensive gas works are situated at Twenty-Third and Market. The Market Street Bridge, a commodious but unsightly structure, does good service in trans-porting goods and passengers to the western division of the city. All the merchandise andnearly all the passengers for the Pennsylvania Railroad and its numerous branches must crossthis bridge; having done which, they speedily arrive at the companys two depots, occupymgth
. Philadelphia and its environs . nce it has given us thisfine and convenient building. Two other market-houses, similarlyconstructed, are situated farther weston this street. Extensive gas works are situated at Twenty-Third and Market. The Market Street Bridge, a commodious but unsightly structure, does good service in trans-porting goods and passengers to the western division of the city. All the merchandise andnearly all the passengers for the Pennsylvania Railroad and its numerous branches must crossthis bridge; having done which, they speedily arrive at the companys two depots, occupymgthe square on the north side of Market, between Thirty-first and Thirty-second. Market Street is fast pushing its way westward. Already its line of horse-cars runs to Forty-first Street, while a branch extends to Haddington, on the western verge of the city. This line of cars runs to the celebrated Kirkbride Lunatic Asylum, more properly knownas the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, the oldest institution of the kind m America,. HOOD, BONBRIGHT & DRY-GOODS HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 17
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