. 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 . lroad,there was but one house in them for a distanceof ten miles. The mountains rise abruptlyfrom the river to the height, in manyplaces, of more than a thousand feet, andtheir sides are covered generally with a denseforest growth, giving an appearance of deepgloom to the gorge. Here and there thechain is partly broken, or its s
. 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 . lroad,there was but one house in them for a distanceof ten miles. The mountains rise abruptlyfrom the river to the height, in manyplaces, of more than a thousand feet, andtheir sides are covered generally with a denseforest growth, giving an appearance of deepgloom to the gorge. Here and there thechain is partly broken, or its sides indentedby ravines, and the rocks stand out in nakedgrandeur; but as a rule, the walls of natureare intact, and the foliage covers all. Thewater flows peacefully through the channelit has carved, reflecting in its bosom theshadows of the giants it conquered in form-ing a passage. The scene is awe-inspiring;and the most impassive traveler cannot gazeupon it for the first time without beingimpressed with the grandeur of nature ashere exhibited. Lewistown contains two furnaces, two tan-neries, boiler-works, three flour-mills, twocarriage factories, and many minor has six churches, an academy, several finehotels, three banks, and extensive county. ANDERSONS—McVEYTOWN—NEWTON HAMILTON. 127 buildings. Iron oreis extensively minedin the vicinity, andsand is quarried forthe manufacture ofglass. Population,2737. (Junction ofSunbury and Lewis-town Railroad, run-ning to Selinsgrove,on the NorthernCentral Railway;and of the Mifflinand Centre CountyRailroad, to Milroy,in Mifflin county.) Andersons, onehundred and sev-enty-one and one-half miles. — Ironmines are workednear this station,—the shipment of orefrom them amount-ing to about onethousand tons annu-ally. McVeytown, onehundred and seven-ty-eight miles, is aflourishing borougha short distance fromthe railroad. It issurrounded by a pic-turesque and well-cultivated town containstwo flour-mills, twost
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