. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . this decimal arrangement of shelves is to simplify all thedetails connected with the library. Beneath the principal story, and immediately over thedelivery room, is a half story, designed for workroomsand storerooms. At the corners on the rear of the build-ing are towers for stairs and other conveniences. The building is constructed of brick, and the ornamen-tal portions are of sandstone. The whole building isstrictly fire-proof; even the floors are constructed of brickand iron, and no wood enters into their construction. Thecorner st
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . this decimal arrangement of shelves is to simplify all thedetails connected with the library. Beneath the principal story, and immediately over thedelivery room, is a half story, designed for workroomsand storerooms. At the corners on the rear of the build-ing are towers for stairs and other conveniences. The building is constructed of brick, and the ornamen-tal portions are of sandstone. The whole building isstrictly fire-proof; even the floors are constructed of brickand iron, and no wood enters into their construction. Thecorner stone was laid with great ceremony on the 17th ofSeptember, 1855. The library contains thirty-three thou-sand volumes, and is free to all of good reputation residingin the city. CHAPTER X. WORCESTER DEPOT AND ROAD. OLD COLONY AND FALL RIVER DEPOT AND ROAD. Leaving the Public Library, a stroll through BoylstonStreet, (passing the spot where the Liberty Tree oncegrew,) down Beach Street, brings us to The Boston andWorcester Railroad Depot. It is a very plain. (86) WORCESTER DEPOT AND ROAD. 87 brick building, but covering a large area of ground, facingon Kneeland Street, with entrances and exits on Kneeland>Albany, and Lincoln Streets. The accommodations arespacious, and the arrangements so well made that thestranger, on his arrival, is not in danger of being pulledin pieces by officious hackmen, for here each has his placeand must keep it. The vicinity of this depot presents abusy scene on the arrival and departure of the New Yorkand Albany trains, and it is well worth the walk to wit-ness it. The branch roads uniting with this road are, theBrookline, Newton Lower Falls, and Saxonville; the Mil-ford branch, from South Framingham depot to Milford;the Millbury branch, from Grafton to Millbury; and theAgricultural, from South Framingham to Marlboro. Brighton, the first stopping place on this route, livemiles from Boston, is a pleasant town on the south sideof Charles Eiver. It is n
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