. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . MADE TD DRDER. 1 SYLVAN AND RKADIMJ DEFi 11 AT READINli, PA. \ 71 JHILE the major portion of the residents of this section of ^ the country are familiar with the name of the Philadelphiaand Reading Railroad, yet very few fully realize the magnitudeor importance of that Company. The position it occupies as themeans of transportation can partially be appreciated, when it isstated that the system comprises two thousand and eighty-sevenmiles of track, penetrating the richest mineral and agricultural
. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . MADE TD DRDER. 1 SYLVAN AND RKADIMJ DEFi 11 AT READINli, PA. \ 71 JHILE the major portion of the residents of this section of ^ the country are familiar with the name of the Philadelphiaand Reading Railroad, yet very few fully realize the magnitudeor importance of that Company. The position it occupies as themeans of transportation can partially be appreciated, when it isstated that the system comprises two thousand and eighty-sevenmiles of track, penetrating the richest mineral and agriculturalregion on the continent; that the Company runs six hundred andforty-six passenger trains daily, in addition to the innumerablecoal and freight trains, and transports annually upwards of16,000,000 passengers and 25,000,000 tons of freiL,ht. Originally constructed with a view to the transportation ofcoal from the great anthracite fields of Pennsylvania to tide-water,this road has developed into one of the most complete, powerfuland efficient railway systems in the United States. The Company was incorporate
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