Identifier: array1875sipe (find matches)
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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spring upalong the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers,and these soon developed into places of con-siderable importance. From time to timethose on the Monongahela and the east bankof the Allegheny have been absorbed byPittsburg, and now constitute one corpora-tion; while Allegheny City, on the westbank of the river of that name, continuesto preserve a separate municipal existence,having grown to a magnitude which ranksit as the twenty-third city in population inthe LTnited States. In all essentials of busi-ness Allegheny City is a part of Pittsburg,with which it is connected by three magnifi-cent bridges, making the principal streets ofthe two corporations continuous, and com-pletely blending their travel and traffic. Reference has already been made to thepicturesque character of the scenery sur-rounding the metropolis of Western Penn-sylvania. These natural beauties have beenenhanced by public and private improve-ments, and if they are marred by the smoke 174 THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
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UNION DEPOT, riTTSBURG. which rises from a thousand manufacturingindustries, their attractiveness is by no meansobhterated or destroyed. No more lieahh-ful city can be found in America; and insome of the essentials of comfort it has norival. Gas is cheaper, better, and moreabundant here than anywhere else, and thesupply of pure water is without stint. Thissupply is secured from the Allegheny river,and is pumped by steam-power into an im-mense reservoir three hundred and ninety-one feet above the level of the Ohio. Provision has been made, in the mostliberal manner, for the care and relief ofsuffering humanity, and the institutionsestablished for these purposes rank amongthe best in the land. The Western Penn-sylvania Hospital, under State patronage, isdesigned for the reception of the insane andafflicted, as well as the sick, helpless, and infirm. The insane department of thishospital is eight miles from the city, atDixmont. Among other similar institutionsthe following deserve specia

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