. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . THE FALL RIVER LINE. HE Fall Eiver Line is the descriptive titleof a transportation enterprise whose primefactors are the Old Colony Steamboat Com-pany, occupying Long Island Sound andMount Hope Bay, and the Old Colony Kail-road system, which traverses every part ofthe territory of South-eastern Massachusetts,and whose lines extend very nearly to theNew Hampshire bomiclaries, through theeastern sections of the Old Bay State. Although these companies aredistinct in their organization, the same management (the same persons)appears in both,


. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . THE FALL RIVER LINE. HE Fall Eiver Line is the descriptive titleof a transportation enterprise whose primefactors are the Old Colony Steamboat Com-pany, occupying Long Island Sound andMount Hope Bay, and the Old Colony Kail-road system, which traverses every part ofthe territory of South-eastern Massachusetts,and whose lines extend very nearly to theNew Hampshire bomiclaries, through theeastern sections of the Old Bay State. Although these companies aredistinct in their organization, the same management (the same persons)appears in both, and they are identical in all purposes, features of direc-tion and general characteristics. The great boats of the Old ColonySteamboat Company — the Pilgrim, Bristol, Providence, etc.,—traversethe entire length of Long Island Sound and Mount Hope Bay, con-necting New York with Newport and Pall Biver; and from the last-named cities the train-service of the Old Colony Railroad continuesthis traffic directly with Boston and all eastern points, the un


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