Boston illustrated; . petual scene of activity. The most im-portant wharves in Boston proper beside Long Wharf are those in the imme-diate vicinity of State Street, — especially Central, India, and T Wharves, where most of thelarge steamers inthe coasting tradearrive, and whencethey depart. At-lantic Avenue,which has becomean important chan-nel of communica-11 o n between theseveral wharves,passes directlyacross the f o r e -_ 1 ound of our view( ^ State StreetBlock. Tliis ave-nue was laid outin 1868, extended1874. It is a broad,well - paved street,which is almost en-tirely given up tothe heav
Boston illustrated; . petual scene of activity. The most im-portant wharves in Boston proper beside Long Wharf are those in the imme-diate vicinity of State Street, — especially Central, India, and T Wharves, where most of thelarge steamers inthe coasting tradearrive, and whencethey depart. At-lantic Avenue,which has becomean important chan-nel of communica-11 o n between theseveral wharves,passes directlyacross the f o r e -_ 1 ound of our view( ^ State StreetBlock. Tliis ave-nue was laid outin 1868, extended1874. It is a broad,well - paved street,which is almost en-tirely given up tothe heavy draysState Street Block. that transfer freight from wharf to wharf, or from vessels to the business warehouses. Throughits centre runs the Union Freight railroad, which unites by a short and easyroute the northern and the southern railway lines. The line reaches fromthe Lowell Railroad freight station, on Lowell Street, to the Old Colony, onKneeland Street. This company owns no rolling-stock whatever, and its sole. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 107 office is to transfer freight-cars from one line to another, or from the railroadsto the wharves. This is done chiefly or altogether by uiglit, and thus the regu-lar traffic is not interfered with in the least. By the use of this line it has beenmade possible to load vessels at the large wharves directly from cars broughtinto the city over railroads that have no deep-water connection in the cityproper. It is owned jointly by the Old Colony and Boston and ProvidenceRailroad Companies. Before leaving this section of the city notice should be taken of the new sys-tem of seweiage. By this system the mouths t f the numerous common sewerswhich formerly opened into the ocean at different points along the water frontof the city are connected by intercepting sewers which encircle the city, andjoin the new main sewer on the south side of the city. This main sewer, whichis 3| miles long, ends at the Pumping Station at Old Harbor Point, on the sea-coa
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