File:Summer excursion routes and rates. Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. 1893 (1893) (14757624634).jpg

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Title: Summer excursion routes and rates. Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. 1893 ..
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. (from old catalog) Johnson, William Henry, (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: (New York, Printed by Livingston Middleditch co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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from New York ; Single ticket, $2.15 ; Special ticket, $1.95 ;Excursion ticket, $3.35. Just across the little Pequest River, on the three-arch stone viaductbridge, is this quiet town. The attraction here is fishing, and the watersthat furnish it are the Pequest River, Beaver Brook, and several smallponds. Among the natural attractions is Jenny Jump Mountain, closeby. The region hereabouts is one of delightful simplicity, and profit-able farming is largely conducted. MANUNKA CHUNK. Altitude, 511ft. 77 miles from New York ; Single ticket, $2.20 ; Special ticket, $2.00 ;Excursion ticket, #3.40. At this point the road connects with the Belvidere Division of thePennsylvania Railroad for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and allpoints south and southwest. The place is small, and agricultural pur-suits are the principal industry. DELAWARE. Altitude, 290 ft. 80 miles from New York ; Single ticket, $2.25 ; Special ticket, $2.05 ;Excursion ticket, $3.45. SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES AND RATES. 47
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Manunka Chunk, N. J. PORTLAND, PA. Altitude, 292ft. 83 miles from New York ; Single ticket, $2.35 ; Special ticket, $2.15 ;Excursion ticket, $3.60. This pretty little village is reached by crossing the Delaware Riveron a 1,200-foot bridge. The river view afforded from trains at this pointis very fine. Portland has several commercial industries and is an im-portant town in this region. DELAWARE WATER GAP. Altitude, 316 ft. 88 miles from New York ; Single ticket, $2.55 ; Special ticket, $2.35 ;Excursion ticket, $3.80. Of all the resorts along the line of the Lackawanna, none is morestrikingly beautiful than this great handiwork of Nature. Its praiseshave been sung for generations, and one never wearies of them. Fromthe time that the Redskin ruled the domain the popularity of this grandchasm through the mountains was established, and each year the demandfor hotel accommodation continues to increase. There is a peculiarrugged picturesqueness about the scenery that attracts the attention o

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