. Suburban stations and rural homes on the Pennsylvania Railroad . erty upon which it stands, aswell as much of that adjacent. This property has neverbeen sold, but remains in possession of one of hisdescendants at the present time. Thomas Wynne isdescribed by Proud as ^^one of the people calledQuakers, a preacher among them, and came from NorthWales,—a person of note and good character. He wasthe author of some pieces written in defense of theQuakers in his native country. There are many beau-tiful building-sites convenient to the road in this locality,and the tide of improvement must soon br
. Suburban stations and rural homes on the Pennsylvania Railroad . erty upon which it stands, aswell as much of that adjacent. This property has neverbeen sold, but remains in possession of one of hisdescendants at the present time. Thomas Wynne isdescribed by Proud as ^^one of the people calledQuakers, a preacher among them, and came from NorthWales,—a person of note and good character. He wasthe author of some pieces written in defense of theQuakers in his native country. There are many beau-tiful building-sites convenient to the road in this locality,and the tide of improvement must soon bring them intorequisition. ARDMORE, Seven and a half miles from the city. Here the rail-road reaches the summit dividing the waters of theSchuylkill from those flowing directly into the Dela-ware, having attained an altitude of three hundred andfifty-one feet above tide; and a branch of Mill creek,flowing in a rapid and tortuous channel into the Schuyl-kill, interlocks with tributaries of Indian creek, whichfinds its outlet, after meandering through an extended. RURAL HOMES. 19 and rich pasture and agricultural region, in the Delaware,a short distance below Philadelphia. This station wasformerly known as Athensville, and has for many yearsbeen the business centre of a thickly-populated neigh-borhood. There are some extensive manufactorieslocated in the vicinity, and the various branches ofdomestic merchandising, the ordinary mechanical trades,and the professions, are represented among its industriesand inhabitants. It contains several churches, publicand private schools, a Masonic hall, and a public advantages presented by this locality have causedthe erection of a number of elegant residences in thevicinity recently, and the demand for building-sites isactive. Probably no station in the neighborhood ofPhiladelphia has greater promise than this, and it wasto encourage its growth, and accommodate its travel,that the railroad company erected here one of the mostbeaut
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