Excerpt from Harper's New York and Erie Rail-Road Guide Book: Containing a Description of the Scenery, Rivers, Towns, Villages, and Most Important Works on the Road, With One Hundred and Thirty-Six Engravings, by Lossing and Barritt; From Original Sketches Made Expressly for This Work The object of this work is to furnish the traveler on the New York and Erie Rail - road with that kind of in formation which every one passing over a new route de sires to have in his possession. In securing this, we not only add to the pleasures of rail-road traveling, but re lieve it of much of the tediousness which is so often the companion of a long ride. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.