The port book of Boston; . Grand Junction Terminal, Boston & Albany R. R. the service improvingf in reg-ularity, number of ports,character of ships, and docking: facilities. For European Passenger Service Boston offersnot only the advantage of 24 hours g^ained en voyage,but Quick Docking. Boston Lig-ht is only 1 hour fromthe piers. Fine Ships of the leading transatlantic lines. Expeditious Transfer and the Best Train Service inevery direction. Boston is the doorway to Americas Greatest Play-ground and Vacation Territory. Boston, itself amagnificent city, with scores of historic, artistic, andl
The port book of Boston; . Grand Junction Terminal, Boston & Albany R. R. the service improvingf in reg-ularity, number of ports,character of ships, and docking: facilities. For European Passenger Service Boston offersnot only the advantage of 24 hours g^ained en voyage,but Quick Docking. Boston Lig-ht is only 1 hour fromthe piers. Fine Ships of the leading transatlantic lines. Expeditious Transfer and the Best Train Service inevery direction. Boston is the doorway to Americas Greatest Play-ground and Vacation Territory. Boston, itself amagnificent city, with scores of historic, artistic, andliterary shrines, the largest park area in the world,ample hotel accommodations, and its ready access tothe lovely old New England country of which it isthe metropolis, is well worth a visit; and to touristsen route it holds out a delightful hospitality. Bostonis a city of peculiar individual charm, which, whenonce felt, prompts a real fondness for it on the partof visitors as well as residents. 25 THE PORT BOOK. Old Ironsides, Boston Navy Yard ** Sail from Boston, therefore, is a slogan of realpractical significance to travelers. The Development of the Port. With a greatnatural basin protected from the force of ocean dis-turbances, wide and safe anchorages for deep craftand many estuaries and navigable feeders whichrender a large number of towns directly accessibleby water, Boston Harbor is capable of vast develop-ment. Impressed with the enormous economic importanceof methodical development and determined, efficientexploitation, far-sighted citizens, with the best inter-ests of commercial New England and Boston at heart,have worked for years toward the desired end. TheBoston Chamber of Commerce, which is the largestcivic organization of its kind in America, has ren-dered valuable service to the community in the shape 26 OF BOSTON of serious, carefully considered work with adequateharbor development in view. In this work it hasbeen upheld by the newspapers and business inter-es
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