The port book of Boston; . e 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-ests of the city. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald has beena persistent and consistent advocate. The following:statistics emphasize the importance of civic effort. The population of Boston, compared with that ofother American centers : New York, inside 50-mile radiusBoston ,, ,, ,, Philadelphia ,, ,, ,, ChicagoSt. Louis 7,321,4853,470,587 2,943,8482,843,0571,228,184 Persons not familiar
The port book of Boston; . e 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-ests of the city. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald has beena persistent and consistent advocate. The following:statistics emphasize the importance of civic effort. The population of Boston, compared with that ofother American centers : New York, inside 50-mile radiusBoston ,, ,, ,, Philadelphia ,, ,, ,, ChicagoSt. Louis 7,321,4853,470,587 2,943,8482,843,0571,228,184 Persons not familiar with Boston, or appreciativeof her real place among world cities, judge her onlyby the census figures of the so-called municipalcity, which credit her with 686,092 Boston has a restricted area, and to omitthe suburban communities adjacent to Boston, analo-gous to those included in the municipal areas of otherAmerican cities, gives an inadequate idea of the realBoston. Boston Light, on Little Brewster. 27 THE PORT BOOK
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