. Philadelphia and its environs . SCHUYLKILL BLUFFS, BELOW EDGELY. VIEW ABOVE SWEET BRIER. being constructed. Continuingup this side of the river, we comefinally to Laurel Hill Cemetery, andthen to the massive stone bridgeover which the coal-trains of theReading Railroad pass on theirway to Richmond. We shall, however, find moremarks of improvement by crossingthe Girard Avenue Bridge into theWest Park. Below the Bridge, on the westside, is a tract called Solitude,and in it stands an ancient housebuilt by John Penn, son of ThomasPenn and grandson of William,and owned by his descendants un-til i
. Philadelphia and its environs . SCHUYLKILL BLUFFS, BELOW EDGELY. VIEW ABOVE SWEET BRIER. being constructed. Continuingup this side of the river, we comefinally to Laurel Hill Cemetery, andthen to the massive stone bridgeover which the coal-trains of theReading Railroad pass on theirway to Richmond. We shall, however, find moremarks of improvement by crossingthe Girard Avenue Bridge into theWest Park. Below the Bridge, on the westside, is a tract called Solitude,and in it stands an ancient housebuilt by John Penn, son of ThomasPenn and grandson of William,and owned by his descendants un-til its purchase by the Park Com-missioners. Just beyond this, thetall stand-pipe of the West Phila-delphia Water-Works forms a con-spicuous feature. This tract, containing thirty-threeacres, has been leased by the ParkCommissioners to the ZoologicalSociety of Philadelphia, which has 72 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS THE ELEPHANT HOUSE. been managed so successfully that, although but a few years old, its collection is the finest inthis country. No expense has been spared to perfect the Gai^en in every particular, and it is
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