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Title: 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
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Sipes, William B., d. 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad. Passenger Dept
Subjects: Pennsylvania Railroad
Publisher: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Railroad Co.) Passenger Dept.
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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preceding this, churcheswere erected and a bank established. In1855 a newspaper was published, and onthe 15th of December, 1859, gas and waterwere introduced. Thus progressing, thetown threw off its uncomfortable aspect ofnewness, and became in reality a city. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has,from the first, displayed a commendablespirit of liberality toward this city of itscreation. Its management has been unre-mitting in endeavors to make the work-men comfortable and contented, knowingthat the best skilled labor can only inthis way be secured and held. It main-tains a school for children, which is keptopen at all times. It purchased the firststeam fire-engine for the town. It took theinitiative in introducing a supply of water,and it largely contributed to the establish-ment of the mechanics library and reading-room,—some of its officers making liberaldonations of books, and the company fur-nishing, free of charge, a handsomely-ap-pointed room for the use of the association.
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KITTANNING POINT. 141 Immediately in front of the Logan Houseis an open station, built entirely of iron,elaborately ornamented, and paved with slateflagging, under which all passenger trainsover the road stop. From the veranda ofthe hotel a view is had of this entire sta-tion, and probably at no other place inAmerica can such an immense amount ofrailroad travel and traffic be seen. Atalmost every hour of the day and nighttrains are arriving and departing, carryingpassengers from all parts of the country,and thousands of tons of freight go rushingby to the marts of trade and commerce.The clang of the engine-bell never ceases;and, to the man unfamiliar with the scienceof railroading, inextricable confusion wouldseem to exist. But so far from this beingthe case, the most perfect system prevails,and the immense business of the road istransacted with precision and regularity. The scenery in the vicinity partakes ofthe ruggedness of the mountains, and insome instances approaches to grandeur

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