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Identifier: pleasantplaceson01phil (find matches)
Title: Pleasant places on the Philadelphia & Reading railway ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co
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Publisher: (Philadelphia)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rings Lake, and is about ten minutes walk from the station.It has a capacity of fifty guests, and the rates for board are $4.50. CARLISLE, PA. One hundred and forty and a half miles. Fare, $3.70; Excursion (good for six days),$4.94. 26-trip Commutation Ticket, $64.14. This handsome town of 10,000 inhabitants is one of the oldest settle-ments in Southern Pennsylvania. It is situated in the far-famed Cumber-land Valley, in one of the most beautiful spots between the North and theSouth Mountains. The United States Indian School occupies the oldGovernment barracks, erected here by the Hessian soldiers captured byWashington at the battle of Trenton in 1777. Dickinson College, founded1793) is located here; also Metzgar College for young women. The high-ways are broad and well paved; an excellent water supply, gas, electriclights, and electric railways to nearby pleasure resorts, are up-to-datefeatures. Contiguous to the town are many fine drives, picturesque viewsand numerous trout streams.
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26 At the Hotel Wellington, G. B. Brandon, one hundred and fifty per-sons can be comfortably entertained at $14.00. One hundred and twenty-five can find accommodations at the Mansion House, Harry Miller, atsame rates. The Thudium House, M. K. Brubaker, proprietor, has acapacity of thirty guests. The rate is $4.00. MT. HOLLY SPRINGS, PA. One hundred and tliirtj-five and a quarter miles. Fare, $3.70; Excursion (good for sixdays), $4.94; Excursion (good until October 31st), $6.00. 26-trip Commutation Ticket,$64.14. Situated at the base of the great South Mountain, and on the vergeof the Cumberland Valley, this is a truly delightful resort. The drivesare pleasant, the boating excellent, good trout, bass and pickerel fishingnearby, excellent hunting among the mountains. The Holly Inn, a noted summer hostelry, conducted by Jos. S. Earley,accommodates two hundred guests, and the rates are $8.00 to $10.00. TheInn contains seventy rooms, and all the conveniences of a first-class mod-ern hotel,

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