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Title: History of the Old Colony Railroad : a complete history of the Old Colony Railroad from 1844 to the present time in two parts
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Old Colony Railroad Company Industries Railroads
Publisher: Boston : Hager & Handy
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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uritan,or, indeed, to the Plymouth or Providence, since either of these shipsis worthy of the designation, and would be a marine monarch, notalone in Long Island Sound, but in any waters in which it mightappear in any part of the world. Their vast proportions, immenselybeyond those which characterize steamboats elsewhere to be found ;their superb finish and ornamentation; their palatial furnishingsand accommodations ; the harmony and practical character of alltheir appointments ; the marvellous adaptation of means to an end,found in all their arrangements and devices; the qualities of safety,comfort, and rapid transit found in their service; — all these havenever yet been equalled elsewhere, and cannot be surpassed. For the essentials of public and private rooms, fine table pro-vision and service, and all the requisites of first-class hostelries upona grand scale, they are magnificant hotels, lacking in no qualifica-tions as such. As sailing-craft, gliding at rapid speed through the
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OLD COLONY RAILROAD. I 25 water under all circumstances, and equally safe and available at allseasons of the year, they have no superiors. As wonders of marinearchitecture, they are models interesting to the ingenious and scien-tific of all nations. As popular agencies for transportation, minister-ing equally to the highest and lowest order of patrons and withperfect satisfaction to all, they are universally known. Four freight steamers also ply between New York and FallRiver, named as follows : City of Brockton, City of New Bedford,City of Fall River and City of Fitchburg. Passenger and freightservice is performed on Vineyard Sound by the steamers Nantucket,Gay Head, River Queen, Marthas Vineyard, Island Home andMonohansett. In the important matter of passenger traffic, reference to theearly methods of transacting business in this department of railroad-ing may be found interesting to those whose recollections do notextend back to that period. As is well known, in England, railwaytic

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