. Here and there in New England and Canada . Rand Avery Supply Co., EwiP^Bost-t^, 13. The Boston & Maine Railroad owes its beginning to the people ofAndover, Avho in 1833 petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature forauthority to construct a railroad from near their South-Parish meeting-house to the Boston & Lowell Railroad in AVilmington. The Andover& AVilmiugton Railroad received a charter in 1833, and took over tlireeyears to build its eight miles of track, which was opened in 183G. Itwas calculated that the new line would inherit the Ijusiness of theAndover, Haverhill, and Derry stages, amou

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. Here and there in New England and Canada . Rand Avery Supply Co., EwiP^Bost-t^, 13. The Boston & Maine Railroad owes its beginning to the people ofAndover, Avho in 1833 petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature forauthority to construct a railroad from near their South-Parish meeting-house to the Boston & Lowell Railroad in AVilmington. The Andover& AVilmiugton Railroad received a charter in 1833, and took over tlireeyears to build its eight miles of track, which was opened in 183G. Itwas calculated that the new line would inherit the Ijusiness of theAndover, Haverhill, and Derry stages, amounting annually to 15,G81passengers and 5,700 tons of freight conveyed in baggage-wagonsthrough Andover to Boston, the receipts from these sources aggregat-ing §23, Deducting $2, to be paid to the Boston & Lowelllor toll, §6,000 for interest on the capital stock of .$100,000, and §11,708for salaries and rei^airs, the net annual profits of the road were ex-pected to amount to §3, The people of Haveihill Avere unwilling to have Andover surpass

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