The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . and Ohio Railroad companiesrunning to their own terminal piers, the loug, symmetrical,unbroken curve of the main water front is served by thePhiladelphia Belt Line Railroad Company, a quasipublic cor-poration, by means of whose facilities, occupants of any privateor public wharf in this section of the city can obtain directrailroad service from or to any one of the above named rail-roads. This is a valuable privilege not enjoyed bj^ any othernorth Atlantic port. Obstacles of natural topography makeit impossible for aiw other such port t
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . and Ohio Railroad companiesrunning to their own terminal piers, the loug, symmetrical,unbroken curve of the main water front is served by thePhiladelphia Belt Line Railroad Company, a quasipublic cor-poration, by means of whose facilities, occupants of any privateor public wharf in this section of the city can obtain directrailroad service from or to any one of the above named rail-roads. This is a valuable privilege not enjoyed bj^ any othernorth Atlantic port. Obstacles of natural topography makeit impossible for aiw other such port to construct a continuousbelt line railroad covering its entire waterfront, and the im-portance of this privilege to ship owners and operators and tolarge shipj^ers cannot be ove: estimated. Practically all of thesteamship whaives aie provided with railroad tracks runningfor nearly their entire length, usually in sunken pits whichbring the car floors level with the pier deck, and greatly facili-tate the easy, economical haiisrci- of freight. ^^^^^jaga^^. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station.
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