The port book of Boston; . Hoosac Terminal, Boston & Maine R. R. The Port of Good and Improving Service. In the year 1912 there were 105 sailings to Liverpool.(Over two a week — a better Liverpool service thanthat of New York-) In the same year there were 87 to other Britishand Scotch ports. Other Sailings, direct26 to Antwerp,26 to Rotterdam,28 to Hamburg,22 to Copenhagen,15 to the Mediterranean,58 to Central America,70 to West Indies,10 to Havana. Also (indirect) South America 32,Calcutta, China, and Japan 80,and many domestic and Canadian coastwise number of sailing-s is increa
The port book of Boston; . Hoosac Terminal, Boston & Maine R. R. The Port of Good and Improving Service. In the year 1912 there were 105 sailings to Liverpool.(Over two a week — a better Liverpool service thanthat of New York-) In the same year there were 87 to other Britishand Scotch ports. Other Sailings, direct26 to Antwerp,26 to Rotterdam,28 to Hamburg,22 to Copenhagen,15 to the Mediterranean,58 to Central America,70 to West Indies,10 to Havana. Also (indirect) South America 32,Calcutta, China, and Japan 80,and many domestic and Canadian coastwise number of sailing-s is increasing annually, and 24 OF BOSTON. Grand Junction Terminal, Boston & Albany R. R. the service improvingf in reg-ularity, number of ports,character of ships, and docking: facilities. For European Passenger Service Boston offersnot only the advantage of 24 hours g^ained en voyage,but Quick Docking. Boston Lig-ht is only 1 hour fromthe piers. Fine Ships of the leading transatlantic lines. Expeditious Transfer and the Best Train Service inevery direction. Boston is the doorway to Americas Greatest Play-ground and Vacation Territory. Boston, itself amagnificent city, with scores of historic, artistic, andliterary shrines, the largest park area in the world,ample hotel accommodations, and its ready access tothe lovely old New England country of which it isthe metropolis, is well worth a visit; and to touristsen route it holds out a delightful hospitality. Bostonis a city of peculiar individual charm, which, whenonce felt, prompts a real fondness for it on the partof visitors as well as residents. 25 THE PORT BOOK KALEV
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