Boston illustrated; . p - water - trains from the •West are here emptied oftheir contents by macliin-ery directly into an eleva-tor wliich has a capacity ofa million bushels, fromwhich in turn vessels maybe rapidly loaded. Amplefacilities are afforded forloading and unloading theCunard and other lines ofsteamships; while the facil-ities for the reception anddispatch o f immigrantshere are unequalled bythose of any other city onthe continent. Immigrantswho are to continue theirjourney by land into otherStates are provided wthevery comfort, and arecompletely secluded fromsharpe
Boston illustrated; . p - water - trains from the •West are here emptied oftheir contents by macliin-ery directly into an eleva-tor wliich has a capacity ofa million bushels, fromwhich in turn vessels maybe rapidly loaded. Amplefacilities are afforded forloading and unloading theCunard and other lines ofsteamships; while the facil-ities for the reception anddispatch o f immigrantshere are unequalled bythose of any other city onthe continent. Immigrantswho are to continue theirjourney by land into otherStates are provided wthevery comfort, and arecompletely secluded fromsharpers, who are alwayson the look-out for an op-portunity to swindle, untilthey are sent a w a y intrains over the Grand Junc-tion and the Boston andAlbany roads without be-ing compelled even to passthrough the city. Theamount of business trans-acted at this wharf is im-mense. The railroad andwharves were built in 1850-51, and on the occasion of their opening a tlvree days jubilee was held in Boston, in which many nota-. 132 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. bles, the President of the United States among tlieni,
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