The Pennsylvania railroad- its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and (14757761124)

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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d. The reputation and prosperity of the road depend greatly upon the promptnesswith which its business is conducted, andthe manner in which its patrons are treatedby the officers and employes. They mustalways remember that in accepting office orposition in the service of the company theyare bound thereby to obey strictly the rulesand regulations issued from time to time bytheir superior officers. An effort has been made to present, in thisintroductory chapter, such information on thehistory of railroads as seemed essential to aproper understanding of the subject, and tocompile a statement of facts that would givea just comprehension of the PennsylvaniaRailroad in all its ramifications. In thesucceeding portions of the work the history,industries, and statistics of all cities, towns,and stations reached by the road and itsbranches, in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,together with sketches of scenery and otherobjects of interest along its lines, will begiven. NEW JERSEY DIVISIOiN-MAIN LINE.
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NEW YORK BAY, FROM PIER I. New York — the first city in popula-tion, wealth, and commercial importance inAmerica—is built upon Manhattan Island, atthe confluence of the Hudson and Eastrivers, — the latter of which is but littlemore than an inlet of the ocean. Theisland is thirteen and a half miles in length,and about two miles in width at the widestpart. It is all embraced within the cor-porate limits of the city, and before manyyears will be compactly built up. Improve-ment of the upper end of the island hasbeen retarded by the difficulty of establish-ing speedy and certain means of communi-cation with the lower end, where businessis now concentrated; but this obstacle prom-ises to be overcome by the construction ofelevated and underground railways. Thelimited territorial area available for buildingpurposes on the island has driven thou-sands who do business in New York to seekresidences elsewhere, and has materially con-tributed to the building up of numerous large suburbs, su