. 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 . rsey, and tothe immense anthracite coal deposits ofPennsylvania. It is built upon high ground,and from certain points within its limitsextended and beautiful views are substantial bridges connect it withEaston, and so closely are its interestsblended with those of its Pennsylvanianeighbor that the two may almost be
. 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 . rsey, and tothe immense anthracite coal deposits ofPennsylvania. It is built upon high ground,and from certain points within its limitsextended and beautiful views are substantial bridges connect it withEaston, and so closely are its interestsblended with those of its Pennsylvanianeighbor that the two may almost be con-sidered as one community. Phillipsburg is an old town,—older, even,than Easton,—although it is only within thelast thirty years that it has shown any con-siderable degree of enterprise and improve-ment. The site it occupies was that of anIndian town, called Chinktewunk, which isshown upon a map made by Von der Donk,a Dutch engineer, in 1654. Its name ap-pears to have been given it in honor of anIndian chief, named Philip, a friend of thegreat Tedyuscung who figures so prominentlyin the early colonial history of opening of the Morris canal, in 1832,infused some life into it, but not enough tolift it out of the stagnation of a straggling.
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