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called the Mount Carbon Railroad, it was decided to 

 extend the road to Mount Carbon and connect there- 

 with. The Mount Carbon Railroad was leased, and on 

 May 13th, 1872, was merged into and became part of 

 the main line of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail- 

 road. 



" The first through trains between Philadelphia and 

 Pottsville, 93 miles, were run in January 1842, although 

 local trains were run in 1838. 



" The branch from the falls of the Schuylkill to Porfc 

 Richmond, from which the shipments of coal are made,, 

 was completed in 1842; since then over forty six mil- 

 lions of tons of coal have been shipped from that point, 

 principally for consumption in the Eastern and Middle-- 

 States. 



" In 1850, the company bought that portion of the 

 Commonwealth's improvements extending from Broad 

 and Vine streets in Philadelphia, to and including the 

 inclined plane on the Schuylkill, and the Columbia, 

 bridge over the river. 



" In 1858, the Lebanon Valley Railroad, 54 miles 

 long, extending from Reading to Harrisburg, was 

 merged into the main line. 



" Within the past two years, the following railroads 

 and branches have been merged into the company's 

 railroad proper. The length of these roads is given in 

 the tabular statement on page 263 : 



" The Mahanoy & Broad Mountain Railroad, wholly 

 within the coal region. 



" The Lebanon & Tremont Railroad, partly in Leba- 

 non and Schuylkill counties. 



" The Northern Liberties & Penn Township Rail- 

 road (commonly called the Willow Street Railroad), 



