Talk:Delaware and Hudson Canal

Pennsylvania
Since the legal designation of Pennsylvania is "Commonwealth", not "State", I have altered the usage where appropriate. 216.222.232.18 (talk) 22:21, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

there is an unclear sentence in the lead paragraph
"Between 1828 and 1899, its barges carried anthracite coal from the mines of Northeastern Pennsylvania to New York City via the Hudson River, both stimulating the city's growth and encouraging settlement of a sparsely populated region." It is unclear which city the sentence is referring to. Can someone with knowledge in this area please fix this?--Pink Bull (talk) 01:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * "City" is pretty clearly meant to be New York City (which is why I used it). NE PA is a region, not a city, therefore the antecedent should be clear. Daniel Case (talk) 03:02, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

At a second reading, I realize that the sentence is not as unclear as originally thought. I nevertheless edited the sentence to reflect my original concern, figuring that another reader might be similarly confused. I now see that you modified my edits replacing the geographic entities with the terms "latter" and "former." I would have preferred my version because it does not require the reader to go back and check which is the former and which is the latter. However, I'm new around here and don't want to bother with an established writing style. --Pink Bull (talk) 22:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, I realized, you did raise a valid point. One might think NYC was in NE PA as it had been written. So I made sure now the two are perfectly clear. Daniel Case (talk) 22:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)