Identifier: suburbanhomesono01oldc (find matches)
Title: Suburban homes on the "Old Colony." A directory for those who seek a suburban residence
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Old Colony Railroad Company. Passenger Dept. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Old Colony Railroad Company Railroad stations Suburban homes Cities and towns
Publisher: Boston, Passenger Dept., Old Colony Railroad
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mouth.) EAST WEYMOUTH. A village of Weymouth.Population, 3,500. Ten publicschools, one private school,and four churches. A savingsbank. Prices for building lots,from $300 to $500. This sec-tion has many fine estates andresidences, and is growing. A lively, enterprising centre,situated for summer visitors and pleasant permanent homes,mails daily. Telegraph and telephone. (See Weymouth.) 15 miles from Boston. lO trains from Boston, week days. lO trains to Boston, week days.2 trains each way, Sundays. Season Ticket, 3 mos $19.50 Five-trip Ticket 1. 37 Fare, one way .30 FinelyThree 16 miles from Boston.9 trains from Boston, week days.8 trains to Boston, week days. Season Ticket, 3 mos $21.OO Five-trip Ticket 1.62 Fare, one way .35 Fine smelt fishing here in season WEST HINGHAM. A village of Hingham.Quiet, rural and attractive inscenery and attributes. Pricesfor building lots, $100 to $1,000.Good accommodations for sum-mer residents. Very desirablefor permanent country homes.(Sec Hingham.)
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23HINGHAM 17 miles from Boston. 11 trains from Boston, week days. 11 trains to Boston, week days.2 trains from and to Boston, Sundays. Season Ticket, 3 mos $21.OO Five-trip Ticket 1.62 Fare, one way 35 One of the oldest settle-ments in New England (1G35) ;of fine historic interest andassociations. Hingham lias theoldest occupied church in theUnited States, 253 years old.Population, about 5,000. Tenschools; ten churches, including Unitarian, Orthodox, Baptist, Method-ist, Episcopal, Universalist and Catholic denominations. One nationaland one savings bank. Two hotels, and large accommodations forsummer residents and sojourners. Three mails each way daily. Tele-egraph and telephone. Excellent steamboat service between this townand Boston during nearly all the year. Range of prices for buildinglots, from five cents to $1.00 per foot. Good market and generalfarming lands. The water supply is from pond, and is rated secondbest in the State. Volunteer fire department. Six per cent interesto

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