Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . Boston,Providence, New Haven,and intermediate stations. Its river. from the Sound, is an admirable waterhighway, navigable in all seasons of theyear, and by means of which productspossible of coastwise shipment canbe inexpensively transported to itswharves. Of shipbuilding. Mystic has had hershare^the industry is now extant—and fmni lier shores many a gallant vessel hasIjeen wed-ded to thesea. to ac-quit her-self ad-mirably inthe com-mer
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . Boston,Providence, New Haven,and intermediate stations. Its river. from the Sound, is an admirable waterhighway, navigable in all seasons of theyear, and by means of which productspossible of coastwise shipment canbe inexpensively transported to itswharves. Of shipbuilding. Mystic has had hershare^the industry is now extant—and fmni lier shores many a gallant vessel hasIjeen wed-ded to thesea. to ac-quit her-self ad-mirably inthe com-merce oftlie »f her in-l r e p i dsailor-menthe vil-lage hasleason tobe v e n-turesomevoyagesand suc-cessful, in1oyalty,honor,and i n-d u s t ry,tliey haveever tothe martsof trademanv products of her own. With-in her boundaries are locatedvelvet and woolen mills, a spoolfactorv, a branch manufactory of aprominent printing press company,and machine shops and gasolineengine works. It also has a num-ber of builders of lirst-class steamlaunches and small craft, and a, ship-yard where larger vessels are 175. DR. CHARLES VOORHEES BUTTLER picturesque 1Rew TLondon. constructed. It lias, besides, a printing newspaper. Itsfour thousaiid. otHce and a weeklypopulation is aboutlive hundred. Tlietown is busy as wellas beautiful. Fromits precincts menhave gone forth tobattle with the have inscribeiltheir names highupon the nioiHiiiientto human endeavor,and Mystic and theworld are better f(irtheir lives. Mystic is the homeof a gotxlly nunibciof retired sea cap-tains, hale and hearty,wliociiuld, were theyso disposed, tell manya stirring tale of ad-ventures experiencedby those who go downto the sea in ships. About as thrillingand perilous occur-rences as any outside of yellow-covereil onliterature have fallen to the lot ofAlljert Crary Burrows, during his longmaritime career. TheCaptain was connect-ed with the MalloryLine of Steamshipsf
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