Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . et,the Dorchester and Milton,the Cape Cod, the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford, the Tauntonand Middleboro, and the Framingham and Lowellrailroads. It also includes in its system GridleyBryants Granite Railway, a part of which existsin its original form to the present day. The leaseof the Boston & Providence, with all its branchesand leased roads, was secured in 1888; and thecontrol of the Providence, Warren, & Bristol roadis included in
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . et,the Dorchester and Milton,the Cape Cod, the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford, the Tauntonand Middleboro, and the Framingham and Lowellrailroads. It also includes in its system GridleyBryants Granite Railway, a part of which existsin its original form to the present day. The leaseof the Boston & Providence, with all its branchesand leased roads, was secured in 1888; and thecontrol of the Providence, Warren, & Bristol roadis included in this consolidation. The system nowembraces 577 miles of owned and leased lines ofrailroad, besides the controlling interest in the threeSound steamboat lines. The Old Colony also con-trols the Union Freight Railway, the tracks of whichextend along the water-front from its own system tothat of the Boston & Maine. This road is a dis-tributor of freight among all the steam railroadsentering the city, and to leading wharves for ladingsteanishi])s and other vessels. The station of theProvidence division of the Old Colony is one of the. m- -% -^ , ?»^i ^^M
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