. Book of the Royal blue . in the world are at these, to say nothing of the immense PITTSBURG. 3 steel rail rolling mills, electrical appa-ratus manufactories, locomotive works,armor plate mills, tin plate works, ironpipe and sheet iron works, steel pro-jectile manufactories, etc., etc. Thesetremendous industries keep Pittsburgapparently in an everlasting state ofoccupation But all work and no play, wouldmake Jack a dull boy, and the populousare thoroughly educated up to This is fully demonstrated inthe educational institutions, public build- negie Library in .Mleghen
. Book of the Royal blue . in the world are at these, to say nothing of the immense PITTSBURG. 3 steel rail rolling mills, electrical appa-ratus manufactories, locomotive works,armor plate mills, tin plate works, ironpipe and sheet iron works, steel pro-jectile manufactories, etc., etc. Thesetremendous industries keep Pittsburgapparently in an everlasting state ofoccupation But all work and no play, wouldmake Jack a dull boy, and the populousare thoroughly educated up to This is fully demonstrated inthe educational institutions, public build- negie Library in .MleghenN, CarnegieLibrar), Music Hall and Museum inPittsburg, and the new Phipps Con-servatory, the largest and most beauti-ful in the L^nited States. The officebuildings and church edifices are ashandsome as can be found in any of theprosperous cities of the waning nine-teenth century. There are two swellclubs, The Duquesne and Pittsburg, theatres, gymnasiums and a rid-ing academy. ()f the eight parks m the city. Schen-. fniNT i:iiiiiin ings, clubs, beautiful parks and homes of Iittsburg. .Among the educational institutionsare the Western University, the Pennsylvania College for Women, the Theo-logical seminaries, the Western Penn-sylvania Medical College, the Collegeof the Holy Cihost, the School of Phar-macy, the Allegheny Observatory andthe splendid public schools. Amongthe public buildings and those of promi-nence as to costliness, are : The CourtHouse. Government Building, Car- le)- Park is the most beautiful. It isblessed with natural scenery which noamount of money nor landscape garden-ing could supply. The beautiful residence ])ortion ofPittsburg lies on a plateau of easy ac-cess, between the rivers and about twohundred feet above them in what isknown as the East Liberty Valley. Inthis district there are nearly one hun-dred miles of asphalt streets, borderedwith shade trees and the dwellings areas beautiful as can be found anywhere. PITTSBURG.
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