, 1873-05-31
PHILADELPHIA,
~ ! i. ,..
What the Burghers Are Doing
---Reawakening Of
the City.
New Railways, Ships, and Arohiteo-
,tures---Suburban spleudors,
The Centennial Exposition n---R leading
Railroad vs.. Pennsylvania
g.: Railroad.

Mlllf0aQ Vs. IcIlnSylFallla
~: Railroad IT.
The Constitutional Convention.
From Our 0mn Correspondents
pu11ADELru1A, May 20 1673.:
Every city Of noto In tho. country is rehabilt-
tating ltsolt, Philadelphia not Tic least. The
changes here are surprising, and those in aboy-
ance arc really glitteribg. Lot me tako up In
order uomo Of tho matters haga observed In
my trip hithar from Washington, and while
spending soao quiet days among tho Quakcrs.
THE LOWER DELAWARE
Nothing Ia quoprer than thn reyivn1 Of the
country south Of Philadelphia,- region but re-
cont1y al ppent and hopeloss,-whilo tho
banks Of the Delaware northward from tho city
hnvo relatively doo1inod.
Chester, q mere hRmlet,' robbed twenty-five
years ago oven Of its Courthouse, fl now
place Of colleges, mills, and ship-yardB; and tho
Philadelphia d Baltimore Railroad has just OK
ponded 9150o 900 to lay four rails to it, instead
Of two, as heretofore. Tho second pair OF rails
quita Tho rivor-meadowH and runs inland through
a rich knoll country, In which is planted tho
mer-hauut yot contriyed in tho country. Tho
railroad-managemont hna mado tho purchase Of
tho land md erected at frequent intervals ata-
tion-housos, tho like Of which. for beauty and
quaintness, arc not to DO seen in Europe. The
main station at Ridley Park is serioua and elo-
CANT piece Of architecture, cla1nbering up
tho Bky and spanning tho rai1wAy-gorge.
To settle this tract, tho Company gives
= free ticket for one year for oaola
$1,000 expended In homestead; and
thus householder who lays out $1,000 r1des
five years, paying nothing, and his building ma
terial and effects arc hauled at nominal rates.
Tho ponnsy1vanih Company has made similar
settlement at tho Wolch-namod station Of Bryn
A1awr. Thus 1t Hooms to be tho genius Of Phila-
dolphia to dlfuBe, and sprawl, and realizo Penn's
intent, that oyery house should have bower
end garden.
BTuDY OF GRADES.
Tho Philadelphia j. Baltimore Railroad Is
Homowhat Of an anomaly In Pennsylvania. It ia
Boston corporation, operated by New England
born men, aud 1t has not ouly withstood, hut has
somewhat contemptuously refused to bo ''guar-
anteed" by, the Penneylvania Company.
awe don't think much of their guarantee p
exclaimed the grim, observing Boston man to
one wLo asked him. Mr.. h1icawber could
guarantee also. He had tho soul of expansion
Us we'll as thoy, ind paid OF ono noto with an
otherl"
The P, ". l. B. 'Railroad would indeed bo
foolish to surrender an individual existence AZ
assured Of prosperity aH its own for It has the
whole head Of tho two tidewaters, Delaware and
Chesapeake, and tho probability Of m almost
continuous city along It's line from G1ay's Ferry
to the head Of Elk and to Delaware City. At
Wilmington, rents and roal ostato are nearly at
phtIadoIntin f3o7,rca and Nowona+1o a., rttor1,,
da,a ,,oca +booa ~ nv, ,,o... ,'.~.,! s-..s ~
;sa ~, s,,r,,sao,-,S" w.. a4ousoo ~
~ ~ 1"uo-uoSo' D1A,Sa'a ,"ty. canal
xl1ago on aana-spi.' mas Deem CHOSEN oy i'ao
irnni grant port, and, although 10 miles below
phflade1phja. IL in nearar thu mint 81 tnnction
with tho main stem Of Tho road tn tho wost than
Philadelphia itsolf. This road from Pomeroy
running. 49, 1' ~0'''f f'''''0 ''l4'A
T1n ccneo NJ all +h;a oct;v;+v mn tho r,,sor ro1-
aware is the enormousiT- Increased demands m
on tho anthracite ooal-tfeid, ali the GRADES from
Now York overland from the anthracite. .neHS IN
to climb mo11ntain botI, ,yaya md ia asrna n ;a
tho cago tn cn to I3at;moro Nv tha .Tast hanl ~ ~
the susqueiauna, as tho stockhoiders' Commit
ported. They say: ''' - '0~'''SN ''"' '0'' ~"
orcat dtfcnltv n tba ro,f1 sa co,.ro,d !. IN IA
nh arsea owaTds 10 bn 1s is N s
caly making tho expense of movement three meS a.
great petHeGn balttnorG 1uu lRTr1gburG between
Hunbury aud Harrisburg. Another drawbsck ia tho
taet hat return freight falls far below paying for tho
aesna expense In returning cars to tho sonrcc OF
Bassuply. ara ns."py Inc eh .esmna! 1aces ot baltimore
h.odnna " sho rse ne and expeditions
Tho Dolawnro river is doriyinr ali tho 1,onot,t NJ
deecondnD crafoa from tho caai.f,niJs nv tha
etreama If fha nnthraoite .Tao;tn an,Ntr ,n9o .ho
Dolawa1o and It ia the nenFest a;pninr'noint so
to tie colIieries by SCORES Of ;los Xxx ~ aaais
cut by huudrols Of tons Of stcam Tha nreaamt
poetfon of The eA''0'''
onEAT HEADING nA,1noAn co,,p.nv
whose stock nt tbo phi1ndoInhin r1S Raard s:1. a.
s. Or POI cent above par md por cont @ BIZ sher @
monopolv Of cariaoa # ~ trn,'s sne
tie feld to tho Delaware. Controilinr both .1 t%a
E,1sauehannn and The sc1nv Ta,aiS outn o,5 liz ~
the whoo notwork of ra5 and ts'earan,' u9 u VII ~
mIning-rocions snbadiarv tn ;ta msiTp to tho
RcaJpc's Citadel isnot vst niorcai hu thn pnn ano
ByIyania Rond. o1thourh thnf dav IL ~ ,.amd Mbo
little liuo OF rail from Wilmington to nasdinr NO.
having sur1nounted Legal md nhysicai roa;sSf,,
ance, 7H adyancinr to tla, heart of tha onor;oa
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