IHE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

line of the Pennsylvania System through the States of Maryland
 and Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, where the main line of
the Pennsylvania System is entered upon.
The intermediate country is fertile, highly cultivated, and
presents many scenes of pastoral beauty.
About forty miles north of Baltimore the State of Pennsylvania
 is entered. The city of York, with a population of
33,708, is the chief city of this region. It is a manufacturing
centre of agricultural implements, many of which are exported.
In a splendid setting of mountain and river scenery lies
Harrisburg, the Capital of the State of Pennsylvania. It has
developed into a city of 50,167 people from a simple ferry on
the Indian trail to the West. Besides its importance as the
seat of the State government, it is largely engaged in
manufacturing, and the smoke pouring from lofty chim
neys is evidence of the iron and steel being made
from the ore extracted from the surrounding hills
Five miles west of Harrisburg the
road crosses the Susquehanna River.
and as the train glides
over the old steel bridge,
the new stone bridge. the
longest and widest
stone viaduct in the

NEW STONE VIADUCT OVER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER