The port book of Boston; . 27 THE PORT BOOK. Spectacle Island Including- these suburban communities, withinthe metropolitan park, water-supply and seweragedistricts — called, collectively, Metropolitan Boston —the population figures are 1,423,429. Metropolitan Boston Stands First amongAmerican cities in the following particulars : Acreage of parks. Number of high schools. Value of boot and shoe products. Value of rubber products. Value of textile products. Value of wool imports. Value of fresh fish products. Per capita assessed valuation. High school attendance, proportion to population. Numbe
The port book of Boston; . 27 THE PORT BOOK. Spectacle Island Including- these suburban communities, withinthe metropolitan park, water-supply and seweragedistricts — called, collectively, Metropolitan Boston —the population figures are 1,423,429. Metropolitan Boston Stands First amongAmerican cities in the following particulars : Acreage of parks. Number of high schools. Value of boot and shoe products. Value of rubber products. Value of textile products. Value of wool imports. Value of fresh fish products. Per capita assessed valuation. High school attendance, proportion to population. Number of post-office stations. Per capita wealth. Miles of boulevard. Miles of railroad trackage (within 50-mile radius). Neiv England consumes annually one and a halfbillion dollars worth of raw materials, turning thesame into two and one half billion dollars worth ofmanufactured goods. Boston turns three hundred million of raw mate-rials into half a billion of manufactured goods. , 28 OF BOSTON Figures like these almost lose graphic force
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