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Pittsburgh, How to See It : a Complete, Reliable Guide Book With : ins]] HOW TO SEE : IT :,• Wm. G. Johnston Company. P-v ii 1 ^soff? . Si : •'• .. ' ' ::. .'.. ..:' - . :. '" •' EEI EBE JEii :.:: NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING SMITHFIELD STREET AND SEVENTH AVENUE Pittsburgfk Promotes Progress Pittsburgh How to See It A Complete, Reliable Guide Book with Illustrations, the Latest Map and Complete Index Arranged and edited by George T. Fleming Published by William G. Johnston Company Copyrighted 1916 by Harry P. Pears 4 Pittsburgh, How To See It chapter TABLE OF CONTENTS The Pittsburgher's Creed, 5 Pittsburgh the Powerful.— Historical Mention — City Government, -- 11 1 Arrival in Pittsburgh.—From Railroad Stations to Hotels and from one Station to Another, 19 2 In and About the City.—Topography, Local Names, Streets, Boulevards, Schenley Farms, Suburbs, The Greater Pittsburgh, 42 3 Special Transportation Facilities.—Inclines, Ferries and Bridges, ------ 69 4 Hotels and Restaurants—Wm. Penn, Fort Pitt, Seventh Avenue, etc., ---------- 85 5 Public Buildings.—New City and County, Court House, Memorial Hall, 92 6 The Carnegie Foundations.—The Museum and Institute, Libraries, Institute of Technology, ----- 100 7 Amusements.—Amusement Parks, Baseball, Theatres, Winter Sports, 114 8 Churches.—Churches Downtown, Notable Church Structures, 123 9 Department Stores.—Home's, Boggs & Buhl's, Kauf- mann's, Rosenbaum's, Kaufmann & Baer Co., etc., - 132 10 Educational.—Universities, Colleges, Theological Semi- naries, Academies, Public and Parochial Schools, - - 140 11 Hospitals.—Mercy, Passavant, Homeopathic, West Penn, Allegheny General, etc., ------ 154 12 Newspapers.—Style, History, Location, etc., - - - 169 13 Public Parks.—Schenley, Highland, Riverview, West Park, Smaller Parks; Recreation Parks and Playgrounds, 176 14 Special Objects of Interest.—Sightseeing Trips in and about Pittsburgh, 187 15 Motors and Motoring.—Automobile Accessories, Parks and Parking, Traffic Regulations, Two Factories, Roads and Road Tours, 198 16 Rivers and River Improvements.—Canalization of the Ohio, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Canal. - 207 17 East and West Pittsburgh, Industrial Towns.—The Westinghouse Industries, The Garland Interests, etc., - 210 18 Commercial Organizations. — Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Rotary Club, Pittsburgh Association Credit Men, etc., ------- a. -/**"*- 215 220 19 General Information, o/~a"Q~: MAY -9 1916 H®' ICI.A427993 . Pittsburgh, How To See It THE PITTSBURGHER'S CREED I believe in Pittsburgh the powerful—the progressive. I believe in tbe past of Pittsburgh and in tbe future founded on tbe heritage of that past of clean living, ; frugal, industrious men and women of poise, power, purity, genius and cour- age. I believe that her dominant spirit is, has been, and always will be for uplift and better- ment. I believe that my neighbor stands for the same faith in Pittsburgh, altho his expression may vary from mine. I believe in Pittsburgh of the present, and her people—possessing the vir- tues of all nations—fused thru the melting pot to a greater potency for good. I believe in taking pride in our city, its institutions, its people, its habits. I believe in the great plans born of initiative, foresight, and civic patriotism in the minds of the great of men to-day ; here—now, I believe that the Pittsburgers who truly represent her are those of God fearing lives, scorning ostentation and the seats of the ungodly: building surely, quietly and permanently. I believe that those who know Pittsburgh love her, "her rocks and rills, and templed hills. I believe that Pittsburgh's mighty forces arear reproduced in a mighty people, stanch like th e hills,—true like steel. JAMES G. CONNELL, Jr. James G. Connell, . Jr. was a native of Allegheny County, and tor sixteen years identified with the printing paper trade in Pittsburgh. He died October 9, 1914, aged 32 years. He was a man of fine char- acter and engaging personality. Pittsburgh, How To See It Pittsburgh, How To See It KEY TO MAP 1 — Pennsylvania Station 31— Mechanical Hall, Exposition 2— B. & 0. Station 32—The Bouquet Block House 3—Wabash Station 33—Chamber of Commerce 4— Federal Street Station 34— Market Houses 5— B. R. & P. Station 35—Court House 6— Fort Pitt Hotel 36— New City-County Building 7—William Penn Hotel 8— Duquesne Hotel 37—Post Office & Federal Building 9— Henry Hotel 38—Y. M. C. A., Downtown 10—Seventh Avenue Hotel 39— Eighteenth Regiment Armory 11 —Anderson Hotel 40— University of Pittsburgh 12—Annex Hotel 41— Historical Society of Western 13— Lincoln Hotel Pennsylvania 14— Monongahela House 42— Memorial Hall 43 15—Schenley Hotel —Syria Temple, Nobles Mystic Shrine 16—Gayety Theatre 44—Pittsburgh Athletic Association 17—Alvin Theatre 45— Masonic Temple 18—Lyceum Theatre 46—Carnegie Institute & Museum 19— Nixon Theatre 47—Carnegie Institute of Tech- 20— Davis Theatre nology 21 —Grand Opera House 48— Phipps Conservatory 22—Victoria Theatre 49— Forbes Field 23—Boggs & Buhl's 50— Herron Hill Park 24—Joseph Home Company 51 —Grandview Park 25 — Rosenbaum Company 52—Carnegie Library, North Side 26— Kaufmann & Baer Company 53— North Side Market House 27— Kaufmann's, "The Big Store' 54— Harris Theatre 28—Campbells' 55— Pitt Theatre 29— McCreery & Company 56—Duquesne Club 30— Exposition Music Hall 57— Duquesne Garden $ R/\/erv7ew " fflf" " 10 Pittsburgh, How To See It -f^"-*jjl ' . -;;;:; , A:'. JiNs 1 M^ 'JB1 - .- *'";.* ; 1 ' $ * «' ; J 51 N 1 1 ' *;.- |h|H| Pittsburgh, How To See It 11 Pittsburgh, a City Powerful. ®^\ITTSBURGH has long been world famous and has been Y' justly denominated "Pittsburgh the Powerful." It has A achieved primacy in more than one respect. In the United States Census of 1910, Pittsburgh's population is given as 533,905, ranking the City eighth in population and fifth in commercial and industrial importance among the cities of the United States. In the list of Metropolitan districts Pittsburgh is fifth. It is an excep- tionally well informed citizen who knows the border lines of the City. In 1915 there were 68 boroughs in Allegheny County of which Pittsburgh is the County seat. Forty of these boroughs are within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan District. Twenty-two are sepa- rated from the City by street lines, so that one side of a street is without the corporate limits of the City, and is the boundary line of a borough; perhaps of several boroughs. Eight boroughs are separated from the City by river, but have connecting bridges. Then one finds frequent mention of the "Pittsburgh District" and the "Greater Pittsburgh," practically applied to the same territory and to be distinguished from the Pittsburgh Metropolitan District, in which the Census Bureau includes all the territory within a ten mile radius from the center of the City. The different municipalities, closely knitted together, and contiguous often, form the one great City, and the actual population of that great City is more than one- million. Hence the necessity of an accurate and trustworthy guide book, comprehensive and epitomized to the wants of the visitors who frequently throng Pittsburgh. news dispatch from Washington, October 27, 1915, shows A # a material growth and gives some interesting statistics of Pittsburgh. As these are the very latest obtainable they are put in evidence here to show Pittsburgh's steady growth. The dispatch reads: Pittsburgh has grown since 1910 from 533,905 to a population of 571 984 according to estimates made by the census bureau of popula- are tions of cities of 8,000 and over as of July 1, 1915. The estimates made on the basis of the percentage of increase m the 10 years preceding the last census, and assuming that the rate of increase has not changed the population now would be as estimated by the census officials. The relative rank of Pittsburgh is not changed by the estimates, and larger are New York, Those : it remains the eighth city in the nation. Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland and Baltimore. According to the estimates, Pittsburgh is gaining on Baltimore, which is now estimated to have 584,605 people, compared with 558,485 m 1910. 12 Pittsburgh, How To See It Pittsburgh is the metropolis of Western Pennsylvania and the upper Ohio Valley. The official spelling of the City's name is as here, the acts of legislature creating the place a borough in 1794, a City in 1816, the corporate seal of the City so spelling it, and in 1911 the United States Postal authorities conformed to this spelling. The Banking power of Pittsburgh is significant. The annual clearings are over $3,000,000,000; capital invested $642,000,000; wages paid, $90,000,000; value of the products of the Pittsburgh district, $578,000,000, and to this last item there can be added the value of the manufactured products $122,000,000. The surplus of Pittsburgh's 78 banks and trust companies approximates $100,000,000. Of seven cities in the United States having a banking capital and sur- plus of over $25,000,000,000, Pittsburgh is fourth, exceeded by New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Pittsburgh is conceded to be the iron and steel center Of the world. One-third of the bituminous coal produced by the entire country comes from the Pittsburgh district. Pittsburgh is not only a great commercial City, but a great manufacturing City apart from iron and steel products. In the diversified lines of manufacture in which Pittsburgh is pre-eminent and in some of which leads the world, there are to be enumerated air-brakes, aluminum products, cables and accessories, corks and cork products, electrical apparatus, fire- proofing and clay products, glass, railroad signaling devices, rolling mill machinery, steel cars, and turbines and condensers. Recent census statistics show 2,369 manufacturing establish- ments in Pittsburgh, with 20,692 salaried employees and 140,000 wage earners engaged in 153 lines of business. With the three navigable rivers—the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio—and twenty-two lines of railroad entering the City available for transportation the tonnage of Pittsburgh is enormous, approxi- mating 175,000,000 tons, its waterborne tonnage exceeding 12,000,000 tons.
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