PILE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Leaving Pittsburg the route takes a southwesterly turn to
Cincinnati. About thirty miles west of Pittsburg the train leaves
‘he State of Pennsylvania and enters Ohio, whence the route
bisects the heart of this great Commonwealth, passing by the
owns of Steubenville, Coshocton, Newark, and other lesser
laces to Columbus, the State Capital, a handsome city of
123,560 people. Here the line to Cincinnati makes a decided dip
‘0 the south, and traversing a fine agricultural region and passng
 through a number of thriving towns, of which Xenia is the
shief, finally ends at Cincinnati, on the northern bank of the
Ohio River.
Cincinnati, containing 325,902 inhabitants, is the principal
sity of the State of Ohio. It is located in the lowlands and
on the terraced hills overlooking the sullen waters of the Ohio
River. The trade of the city is in grain, cattle (alive and dead),
and a number of miscellaneous manufactures. It is also a
great distributing point for the South and West, both on account
 of its fine rail facilities and the boats on the river. The
-esidential section of the city is handsome and the suburbs
seautiful. Among its people are many Germans, and under their
nfluence there is much encouragement of art. music, and liberal
culture.

A Dasa SOUTHWARD.

Almost due south stretches the route from Cincinnati to
Chattanooga. The Ohio River is crossed on a fine bridge, the
middle of which marks the boundary line between the States
»f Ohio and Kentucky. A short distance from Cincinnati the
ine enters the famous Blue Grass region of Kentucky—worldrenowned
 for the breeding of splendid running horses. Great
breeding farms meet the eye on every hand, and beautiful
scenes of turf-carpeted hills and valleys are spread in every
lirection. Lexington, a treec-embowered town famed as the
yurial place of Henry Clay, is the metropolis of the Blue Grass
kingdom, and its annual horse sales attract international attention.
 A few miles south of Lexington the road crosses the
Kentucky River on one of the highest bridges in the country.
One hundred and forty miles from Chattanooga the line passes