. Philadelphia and its environs . ice, on the corner of Third Street,we pass an almost unbroken file ofcoal offices, until we reach FourthStreet, and here we turn the cornerinto Fourth to visit the splendidnew offices of the Pennsylvaniaand the Philadelphia and ReadingRailroad Companies, which standside by side on the east side ofFourth Street, below Walnut. The office of the PennsylvaniaRailroad was built in 1871-2. It isof brick, with an elegant front ofOuincy granite, and of dimensionsadapted to the business of a corpo-ration which owns and controlsmore miles of rail than any otherm the wor
. Philadelphia and its environs . ice, on the corner of Third Street,we pass an almost unbroken file ofcoal offices, until we reach FourthStreet, and here we turn the cornerinto Fourth to visit the splendidnew offices of the Pennsylvaniaand the Philadelphia and ReadingRailroad Companies, which standside by side on the east side ofFourth Street, below Walnut. The office of the PennsylvaniaRailroad was built in 1871-2. It isof brick, with an elegant front ofOuincy granite, and of dimensionsadapted to the business of a corpo-ration which owns and controlsmore miles of rail than any otherm the world. The immense extentof this companys operations is toowell known to need repetition here. The office of the Reading Rail-road was so much enlarged andimproved during the summer andfall of 1871 as to make it, in effect,a new building. This, the secondroad in importance in the State,taps the rich deposits of anthracitecoal in the Southern and MiddleCoal-fields, and carries to market building of the franklin fire iNbURANCE co. the. 4° PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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