Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . house or hotel. The VISITORS MEMORANDA. 163 Armstrong Company also owns and operates a line of coupesand carriages for the conveyance of passengers between stations,or to or from any part of the city. The following are the ratesfor the transfer of baggage from the Terminal or Back Baystations, Boston, by The Armstrong Transfer Company: Foreach piece of baggage—to any point within the old city limits,25 cents; to any point within present city limits, according tolocation, 35 cents or 50 cents; to any point outside the city limits,and within
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . house or hotel. The VISITORS MEMORANDA. 163 Armstrong Company also owns and operates a line of coupesand carriages for the conveyance of passengers between stations,or to or from any part of the city. The following are the ratesfor the transfer of baggage from the Terminal or Back Baystations, Boston, by The Armstrong Transfer Company: Foreach piece of baggage—to any point within the old city limits,25 cents; to any point within present city limits, according tolocation, 35 cents or 50 cents; to any point outside the city limits,and within five miles of Boston, 5c cents; to ocean steamshiplines, 50 cents. The cab and carriage rates are those prescribedby the city authorities. The companys offices are to be found inall railroad stations, in all the leading hotels, and in differentparts of the city. Their telephone number is 938 Tremont. TRANSPORTATION ABOUT hackney carriage and cab systems of the city are undercontrol of the police department, the rates of fare being estab-. BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL RELIEF STATION,Haymarket Square. 164 GUIDE TO BOSTON. lished by city ordinance. The fare for an adult for short dis-tances, within specified limits in the city proper, is 50 cents;this charge includes the transportation of one trunk on the car-riage. The following regulation applies to carrying children bycarriage or cabs: For children under four years of age, with anadult, no charge shall be made. For a child between four andtwelve years of age, when accompanied by an adult, the fare shallbe half the price charged for an adult; but when not so accom-panied, or when a child carried in a cab is over twelve years ofage, the charge will be for an adult fare. The charge for Herdiccarriages and one-horse cabs is 25 cents for transporting oneperson from any railroad station to a hotel, or from one railroadstation to another. For one or more passengers from one pointto another, within specified limits, the fare is 25 c
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