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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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,the daily mileage of transit on the thirty-five miles oftrack is equal to the distance from Springfield to SanFrancisco and half-way back. During the fiscal yearclosing October first, 1892, 7,500,000 fares were taken. The stores of Springfield are remarkably large andtasteful. Haynes & Company have the largest clothinghouse in Massachusetts, out of Boston. In 1875 Meakins & Packard started in businesswith only one boy to help them. Now their buildingis one hundred feet square, and seven stories high,while they now have over one hundred employees. Springfield has three great manufactories. Smith& Wesson Pistol Works; R. F. Hawkins IronWorks ; and the Wesson Car Manufactory. Smith &Wesson employ about 500 men, with an annual outputof 80,000 weapons. They ship goods to Russia andother countries. The Wesson Car Company in 1860sent $300,000 worth of goods to the Egyj)tian govern-ment. They have also done considerable work forSouth America. They have done $150,000 worth for
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feSM -fw .■* ■* M^^ BOSTON TO ALBANY. 105 the Now Jersey Central Railroad, and $1,700,000worth lor the Central Facilie Raihoad. The City Library was built at a eost of $100,000,and contains 80,000 books. A()joinini^ the library isthe beautiful new art building, containing a rare andcostly collection of curiosities. The City Hall is a building in the Romanesque style.It contains a public hall with a seating capacity of2,700. The Court House is an imposing structure, is builtof granite, and cost $200,000. The city has many a lovely spot in which torecreate. Imagine four hundred acres, woodland al-ternating with highly cultivated lawns, and stretchesof blooming plants. Imagine in the midst of this adeep ravine, with a brawling little brook through it.Imagine five lakelets covered by Egyptian lotus, andthe different varieties of water-lilies. Through allthis loveliness, think of seven miles of charmingdrives, winding in and out like a ribbon, and youhave in your mind a picture of Spri

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