HE JPECTATGD 1827, was the most important. In fact, it has been pronounced the only perfect passenger vehicle for traveling that has ever been produced, although it had a peculiar lurching motion that made a long journey very wearisome, especially when the roads were bad. In his travels through the States of Xorth America. Weld gives a vivid de- scription of the way in which the passengers and driver of the stage-coach met the difficulties that accompanied the journey. He writes: “The driver frequently had to call to the passengers in the stage to lean out of the coach, first on one side, then on the other, to prevent it from oversetting in the deep ruts with which the roads abound. Now, gentlemen, t the right! 1 hereupon the passengers stretched their bodies half way out of the coach to balance on that side. ‘Now, gentlemen, to the left!’ and thus the journey progressed.” THE STAGE COACH OF 1 28 It is interesting to note the cost of early transportation. In 1812 the expense of traveling between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, a trip of two hundred and ninety- seven miles, was twenty dollars by stage-coach with way expenses of seven dollars. The expense by' v agon was five dollars a hundred weight for persons and property, and the way expenses were twelve dollars. The wagon required twenty days to make the trip while by stage-coach it took hut six days. But the greatest improvement in means of transportation was yet to be made, the Main Line of Public Works. This water-rail route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh consisted of a double-track railroad from Philadelphia to Columbia; a canal from Columbia to Hollidaysburg; the double-track Allegheny Portage Railroad from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown, and the canal from Johnstown to Pittsburgh. As early as 1828, the building of the line from Philadelphia to Columbia was authorized and by October of 18.14 the road was opened to traffic. Horse-drawn cars that closely resembled the earlier stage-coaches but which ran on rails served as the forerunners of the present-day passenger roach. The year that marked the completion of the Philadelphia-Columbia line also marked the completion of the Portage Railroad from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown. [14] Kri.m Knrip: Stage Coach nn.l Tavern Pays. I »e.l by i.eriuUxIun of the Macmillan Co.
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