Identifier: guidebookofcentr00harp (find matches)
Title: Guide-book of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and its connections through the coal-fields of Pennsylvania
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Harper, firm, publishers, New York. (1864. Harper & brothers) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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it transcends any thingin Massachusetts. The borough occupies an elevatedsituation, sloping down gently to the river. The countybuildings have a prominent location on a public squarein the centre of the town. A court-house of more thanordinary pretensions has lately been built; and, in orderto complete what has been so well begun toward mak-ing this portion of the town attractive, it is only neces-sary that the grounds should be tastefully laid out ingardens and promenades. Our villages are too seriousand glum even in their ornamentation; they ought toshow some lighter phases, some likings for flowers andmusic. This place was first settled under the SusquehannaLand Company of Connecticut, and was laid out in 1773.So great are the natural attractions of the town and itscommercial interests, that the increase in population isremarkably rapid. In 1840 it was 1718 ; in 1850 it hadincreased to 2723; and at the present time it is said tohave a population of 6000. This sum includes also the
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. 65 inhabitants of South Wilkesbarre, which is situated far-ther to the south, along the mountain. Wilkesbarre is in the midst of a productive region ofanthracite coal. Above the town there are three col-lieries, viz., one belonging to the Baltimore Coal Com-pany, one the Black Diamond Colliery, and another call-ed the Hollenback. The Baltimore Colliery has this ad-vantage to the visitor, that he has to descend no shaft,but only to enter a tunnel, through which the mine iseasily accessible. Below the town there is the EmpireColliery, and a little lower down, one or two miles southof Wilkesbarre, are Stanton and Co.s, Blackmans, andthe Hartford Collieries. Below these, and nearer theriver, are the Consolidated Mines. The Wyoming, or North Branch Canal, which, as wehave said before, extends from Pittston down to tide-water, passes through the borough, and is the importantavenue of coal transportation for the mines above-men-tioned. The town contains an ant

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