. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... ars . II Medford . 97 Steamship Lines Piers 17 Winchester . 98 Places of Amusement 20 Everett . 98 Railroad Stations . 20 Malden . 98 Sight-Seeing . 21 Chelsea . 98 Hotels .... 22 Revere . 99 Telegraph Headquar- WiNTHROP . 99 ters .... 22 Newton . 99 Post Office . 22 Waltham . 100 Washington Street 23 Watertown , 100 State Street 24 Dedham . lOI Tremont Street 25 Milton . lOI Boyleston Street . 26 Quincy . 102 Huntington Avenue . 27 Lexington 102 Big Buildings . 28 Concord . 103 Places of Interest 29 Sudbury
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... ars . II Medford . 97 Steamship Lines Piers 17 Winchester . 98 Places of Amusement 20 Everett . 98 Railroad Stations . 20 Malden . 98 Sight-Seeing . 21 Chelsea . 98 Hotels .... 22 Revere . 99 Telegraph Headquar- WiNTHROP . 99 ters .... 22 Newton . 99 Post Office . 22 Waltham . 100 Washington Street 23 Watertown , 100 State Street 24 Dedham . lOI Tremont Street 25 Milton . lOI Boyleston Street . 26 Quincy . 102 Huntington Avenue . 27 Lexington 102 Big Buildings . 28 Concord . 103 Places of Interest 29 Sudbury . 105 Cemeteries .... 38 Salem 105 Parks and Drives . 42 Marblehead 107 Libraries and Art Danvers . 107 Galleries .... 5264 Beverly . 107 Educational . Newburyport A 107 Colleges, Academies 1^ AmesburyHaverhill 107107 and Private Schools 67 Hingham 1 . 107 Clubs and Societies . 77 Scituate . 108 Public Buildings . 80 Marshfield . 108 Financial and Commer - DUXBURY 108 CIAL ...... 82 Plymouth 108 Prominent Churches . 84 Provincetown , 109 RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE. BOSTON Franklin City Hall Page 80 Boston has a population of760,000 and is ranked fourth amongcities of the United States. The realBoston, however, contains more thantwice that number of people, forwithin a radius of twelve miles fromthe State House there is a populationof 1,600,000. The Metropolitan Dis-trict is made up of thirty-eight citiesand towns, under separate govern-ments yet sharing the benefits andexpenses of parks, water supply, andsewage system. Boston was founded in 1630 andincorporated as a city in 1822. Itwas originally an irregular peninsulaextending into the basin and con-nected with the mainland by a neckso narrow that there was barely roomfor a road over it, and so low thatwater often covered it at high was gradually extended, and the filled-in land now has anacreage greater than that of the original part. This made landincludes the entire Back Bay region and much of the lowerpart of the c
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