Boston illustrated; . The city, h o w-ever, made compensation by pur-chasing the franchise and propertyfor the sum of $45,000, in property, minus the franchise,which the city of course wished toextinguish, was sold in 1856, for$32,000. At present the chiefpractical use of Jamaica Pond isto furnish in winter a large quan-tity of ice, which is cut and storedin the large houses on its banks, forconsumption in the warm is a great resort for young andsome older people in the winterfor skating. Handsome estates lineits banks, and the drive around itis one of the most beautiful of
Boston illustrated; . The city, h o w-ever, made compensation by pur-chasing the franchise and propertyfor the sum of $45,000, in property, minus the franchise,which the city of course wished toextinguish, was sold in 1856, for$32,000. At present the chiefpractical use of Jamaica Pond isto furnish in winter a large quan-tity of ice, which is cut and storedin the large houses on its banks, forconsumption in the warm is a great resort for young andsome older people in the winterfor skating. Handsome estates lineits banks, and the drive around itis one of the most beautiful of themany which make the suburbs ofBoston so attractive to its own cit-izens and to strangers. In summerthere is much pleasure sailing androwing on the pond, and in pastyears there have been several in-teresting regattas upon it. Forest Hills Cemetery, also inthe West Roxbury district was orig-inally established by the city ofRoxbury, of which the town at thetime formed a part. It was sub- The water thus brought into. 140 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED.
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