. New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . ngland — Old and New power-driven ships New England will do her part to buildand maintain the stru6hire and fabric of a great and pros-perous American merchant Boston possesses the largest land dry dock in the world, with a length at bottom of 1170 feet and a width of 115feet. The national government intends to make it thenucleus of the greatest ship-repair plant on the already has the largest passenger and fre
. New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . ngland — Old and New power-driven ships New England will do her part to buildand maintain the stru6hire and fabric of a great and pros-perous American merchant Boston possesses the largest land dry dock in the world, with a length at bottom of 1170 feet and a width of 115feet. The national government intends to make it thenucleus of the greatest ship-repair plant on the already has the largest passenger and freight pier inthe world. A competent authority states that there is nocolledlion of docks and piers in the world which wouldmore readily lend itself to expansion than these Common-wealth projeds in South Boston. Portland, Maine, claimsthe finest harbor in the world, where an ocean liner cansteam from her dock to the open sea in thirty minuteswithout the aid of a tug and without making a single right-angled turn. New Englands harbors could shelter the worlds are not congested. Loading facilities are ideal. Theymake port charges rHE treaty entered into by Massa-ioit, sachem of the Wampanoags,during Plymouths first year, wasfaithfully kept for more than half acentury. Not till King Philip,* sonand successor of Massasoit, went on thewarpath, did the Indians of Massa-chusetts Bay commit any serious depre-dations. I
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