The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-05-05
Simmer Travel.

Pleasure travel, which has beceme so
common with all classes of Americans dur
ing the summer months, is anticipated by
many as the most enjoyable event Of the
entire year. 1t carries them to new scenes,
familiarizes them with strange people,
breaks the monotony of their lives, relieves
them for time from mental and bodily
strain, and reinvigorates them for life's
cares and duties. 1t, therefore, becomes a
momentous question how this recreation,
often limited by considerations of economy
both of time and means, can most profita-
bly, and pleasantly be enjoyed. Many of our
transportation lines have arranged routes
and rates to meet the requirements of the
people, and from season to season these fa-
cilities are improved and extended. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has gained
high reputation for the facilities it an
nually presents this class of travellers, and
the popularity its lines enjoy is well merit
ed. They extend into the most interesting
portions of the Middle States, and excur-
sionists can be carried over them for long
distances at low rates, without annoying
changes or transfers. Its roadway and
rolling stock are probably the most perfect
in America, and its management is COM
plete, careful, and courteous. AS conse-
quence the comfort of travellers is assured
and their safety guaranteed. Every reader
of current news is aware of the fact that a
"terrible accident" is rarely chronicled on
any portion of this great railroad system.
So far as scenery goes, no lines of railroad
on the continent can surpass those running
through Pennsylvania. Magnificent agri-
cultural panoramas, beautiful river views,
splendid mountain pictures, picturesque
hills and valleys, lovely villages, and flour
ishing towns and cities are seen in quick
succession. A ride of twelve hours between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg shows more in
teresting variety than can be seen in the
same time and distance anywhere else in
the United States, and from this main
channel score of branches run, leading
to localities and resorts of unsurpassed at
tractiveness and worldwide popularity.
The State of Pennsylvania is in itself an
interesting study. Its bosom holds all the
anthracite and much of the btuminous coal
found on the continent. Its hidden foun-
tains produce the larger portion of the oil
now so essential to the comfort and indus
try of the world. Many of its hills are de-
positories of iron and other ores, which are
utilized in immense manufactures seen in
every valley. Its forests supply the prin-
cipal part of the lumber used in the great
cities of the Atlantic seaboard. Its soil
varies from the richest to the poorest. Its
territory is washed by the tides of the At
lantic and the waters of Lake Erie, and is
drained into the Gulf of Mexico by rivers
navigable more than two Thousand miles,
| Its boundries completely separate New
England and New York from the Missis-
sippi valley; and its entire area is dotted
by scenes of more than ordinary historical
interest. All these combinations add to
the charm and interest of travel, and ev-
cry American can find something in it in.
structive and gratifying.
The accommodations provided for sum.
mer tourists on the line of the Pennsylvan.
ia Railroad are unsurpassed. Good hotels
in all the towns reached by it are the rule,
not the exception, and many of them are
elegantin all their appointments. 1t would
be difficult to select any highway of trave
anywhere that can compare, in the essen
tials of comfort, safety, expedition, and in
terest, with the magnificent system of rail
roads managed by this company.