THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

neries, pork packing, and varied manufactures. The city is
attractively laid out on the banks of the Ohio River, and presents
 many striking public and private buildings. The city
was founded in 1778.
Passing over the Ohio River Bridge, the train moves on
the soil of the State of Indiana, of which Indianapolis, with a
population of 160,164, is the Capital and the largest city. It
is a singularly well-planned and well-built city, adorned by many
fine public and private buildings. It is a great railroad centre,
and consequently a great shipping mart for the products of the
rich soil surrounding it. Pork packing and manufacturing are
its principal industries. The next town of importance in Indiana
 is Terre Haute. with a population of over 36,000, and
about ten miles west of this place the road crosses the boundary
into the State of Illinois, The level stretches of country, which
were originally prairies, continue to the lowlands of the Mississippi
 River, and present pictures of one of the great corn
producing sections of America.
When the Mississippi River is reached the train crosses into
the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, by the great
Merchants’ Bridge, constructed of steel to the length of 2420
{eet, and stops in one of the most imposing railroad stations

[INTON STATION, ST. LOUIS