Scranton, being an Illustrated and Descriptive Booklet of the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, . The figures contained in the above talile are so enornions that it is difficult for theordinary person to understand their true meaning. By a little calculation, we may moreeasily grasp their true significance, and will find that: If all the coal mined under the city of Scranton in one month were loaded into coal cars,it would make a continuous train which would reach from Scranton to New York. And, the monthly output of the Lackawanna valley would fill a coal train long enoughto cover the who
Scranton, being an Illustrated and Descriptive Booklet of the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, . The figures contained in the above talile are so enornions that it is difficult for theordinary person to understand their true meaning. By a little calculation, we may moreeasily grasp their true significance, and will find that: If all the coal mined under the city of Scranton in one month were loaded into coal cars,it would make a continuous train which would reach from Scranton to New York. And, the monthly output of the Lackawanna valley would fill a coal train long enoughto cover the whole Lackawanna system from New York to Buffalo. Also, if all the coal mined in Scranton in one year were hauled to New York and dumpedinto Broadway, it would fill such a street to the tops of the third story windows for twenty-six miles. And, the total annual production of the Lackawanna valley would siuiilarly fill eightymiles of the citv Scranton has one of the best Fire and Police Alarm systems in the World
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