. The Street railway journal . ch cross country connecting linesare building everywhere throughout this rich is now a joining together of small towns and of suburbseach with the other, the metropolis itself being only indis- 554 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 9. tinctly visible through many transfer connections. Pleas-ure riding has become a science in Eastern Massachusetts,and guide books, time tables, posters and all the variedliterature which we have been accustomed to think of asbelonging solely to railroad passenger departments havebeen drawn into service to increase t
. The Street railway journal . ch cross country connecting linesare building everywhere throughout this rich is now a joining together of small towns and of suburbseach with the other, the metropolis itself being only indis- 554 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 9. tinctly visible through many transfer connections. Pleas-ure riding has become a science in Eastern Massachusetts,and guide books, time tables, posters and all the variedliterature which we have been accustomed to think of asbelonging solely to railroad passenger departments havebeen drawn into service to increase the movement of thepopulation from one point to another. Parks have been forming the Massachusetts Electric Companies, socalled. As the earning power of the cross country linesis ascertained and established, it is probable that furtherabsorptions may take place. One of the most prominent centers of electric railwayactivity in the entire district of Eastern Massachusetts isthe quiet town of Dedham, lying 10 miles to the south of. CONVERTIBLE CAR, NORFOLK WESTERN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY developed to some extent, although the magnificent parkand boulevard system which the State of Massachusettshas so wisely provided in this beautiful district, furnishesin itself almost sufficient attractions to the people for pleas-ure riding. Nevertheless, these cross country lines must, as a rule, Boston, and forming the terminus of the Dedham CircuitLine of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,upon which an excellent train service is given. Dedhamis connected with Boston through Forest Hills and withthe coast line by electric railway lines which have a largepatronage. Within the last two years a line has also been
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