. 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 . ter, and the resident popu-lation increases rapidly. Pitman, sixteen miles.—A grove of overtwo hundred acres here is devoted to camp-meeting purposes. There are two hundredcottages neatly arranged along shady ave-nues, and the grand pavilion seats nearlyfive thousand persons. Multitudes resort *The West Jersey Railroad, as origi
. 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 . ter, and the resident popu-lation increases rapidly. Pitman, sixteen miles.—A grove of overtwo hundred acres here is devoted to camp-meeting purposes. There are two hundredcottages neatly arranged along shady ave-nues, and the grand pavilion seats nearlyfive thousand persons. Multitudes resort *The West Jersey Railroad, as originally built and openedfor business in 1861, extended from Camden to the Millville and Glassboro Railroad was con-structed, and the Cape May and Millville Railroad was com-pleted in 1S63. These roads were leased by the West Jersey,and constitute the through line between Camden and CapeMay. Ihe Salem and Swedesboro branches, completed in1863, were also leased by the same company, which now oper-ates the entire system under one management. By the leaseof the United Railroads of New Jersey the Pennsylvania Rail-road Company acquired control of this system of roads, buthas not assumed direct management of their operations. f Includes BARNSPX Jk^J—f; LASSIiOkO—CI .A VTON—IR A N K LI N\I ,1-:, I /IC. 193 here during the camping season to engagein religioas exercises, and enjoy, for a time,life in the woods. Barnsboko, thirteen miles. Glasswjro, eighteen miles, in Gloucestercounty, is noted for its manufactories ofglass, such as bottles, window glass, surrounding country is fertile and wellcultivated, and the town possesses an activeand increasing trarJe. It contains a numberof public edifices, such as churches, halLs,and schools. The town was settled about1770. (Junction of branch road to Bridge-ton.) Clayton, twenty-one miles, is a pleasantand growing village, containing, amongother industries, extensive glass-works. FkANKLiNviLLE, t
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