Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . was notbegun until 1852, and twenty-one yearsjxissed before it was completed. Forthe first ten years the undertaking wasin the hands of private parties, andthen the State was compelled to finishthe job. In 1866 the railroad wascompleted to the mouth of the tunnel,and was operated by the Fitchburgand Vermont & Massachusetts rail-roads jointly until 1874. The datewhen the hole was finally put through was Novem-ber 27, 1873, but regular trains did no
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . was notbegun until 1852, and twenty-one yearsjxissed before it was completed. Forthe first ten years the undertaking wasin the hands of private parties, andthen the State was compelled to finishthe job. In 1866 the railroad wascompleted to the mouth of the tunnel,and was operated by the Fitchburgand Vermont & Massachusetts rail-roads jointly until 1874. The datewhen the hole was finally put through was Novem-ber 27, 1873, but regular trains did not run until1875. The total cost of the tunnel was $26,000,-000, and it is an interesting fact that when tunnel-ling was first projected in 1825 the cost wasestimated at §1,948,557. The year 1874 marks thepoint at which the Fitchburg Railroad ceases to beof local importance only. The volume of cerealproducts coming East and of manufactured articlesgoing West was already enormous, and the finalopening of the tunnel gave the opportunity of or-ganizing another route by which a share of the busi-ness could be attracted to Boston. Towards this. STATION OF OLD COLONY RAILROAD ATNORTH EASTON.
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