. The hand-book of the Pennsylvania lines . THE PENNSYLVANIA S,. £M OF RAILWAYS, The Purpose ^F this Hand-Book is to give information that may beof use to travelers and to present some facts regarding the Pennsylvania System of Railways that may possessan intrinsic interest be3ond any effect as an propensity for advertising that found means for extensiveindulgence in the use of paper and printers ink has, in recentyears, given rise to an exuberance of form and statementsthat lack dignity and often exceed the truth. This distortionhas affected the announcements of railway comp


. The hand-book of the Pennsylvania lines . THE PENNSYLVANIA S,. £M OF RAILWAYS, The Purpose ^F this Hand-Book is to give information that may beof use to travelers and to present some facts regarding the Pennsylvania System of Railways that may possessan intrinsic interest be3ond any effect as an propensity for advertising that found means for extensiveindulgence in the use of paper and printers ink has, in recentyears, given rise to an exuberance of form and statementsthat lack dignity and often exceed the truth. This distortionhas affected the announcements of railway companies, and ithas happened that railroads deficient in structure and equip-ment and forming circuitous routes have been most lavish inuse of the printers art and most extravagant in superlativeassertion. In this Hand-Book there is not a statementthat has not been carefully verified and the truth of whichcannot be ascertained by the observation or investigation ofany passenger over the Pennsylvania Lines. INDEX. GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS, THt PtNNSYLVA


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