Trolley trips through New England (1900) (14757588916)

Identifier: trolleytripsthro04hart (find matches)
Title: Trolley trips through New England ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: New England -- Description and travel. (from old catalog) Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Guyde publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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t-of-doors.Indeed, why stifle, why swelter in the inland, when an hourbrings you to the country and the Sea? Trip to the Cape Cod Canal Of course, you wish to see our great new Cape Cod Canal,of which New England is justly proud. Taking the MONUMENTBEACH car, alight at BOURNE, which is just over the Monu-ment River, the western mouth of the Canal. This tov/n, almostsurrounded by fresh v^ater, is the natural gateway to the Capeby trolley, railroad or automobile. The Canal was first projected in the days of Gov. Winthrop,300 years ago, and so is older in conception than Panama orSuez. The Canal follows the river, digs thro Sagamore Hill(a little brother of the so-much-talked-of Culebra Cut) — noslides here! — to Sandwich on the eastern coast, a spot whichwill be reached by trolley eventually. These eight miles ofwaterway save shipping at least 50 knots, and much roughweather. The Canal is now fully completed and able to handleall traffic. For Trolley Timetables—See Back of Book 77
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Onset Lives by and on its BayBelow, we pass near GRAY GABLES, where Joe Jefferson andGrover Cleveland used to go-a-fishing together. Then we cometo the terminus of the line at MONUMENT BEACH. This is amost popular summer resort, and will entertain you after gener-ous fashion. On may bathe, one may fish — yachting, driving,woodland walks — pleasantly warm days and cool nights.BOSTON TO BUZZARDS BAYFrom Brockton we take a car which runs under the giganticelms of BRIDGBWATER (Inn) and on to MIDDLEBORO (Nem-asket), a Four Corners in the heart of old Massasoit territory. Out of MIDDLEBORO we fare between the Barden Hills andalong the Nemasket, the Good Old Squash Valley, continuingthro a heavily wooded growth of v/hite pines, oaks, arbors ofthe wild grape, etc. In this wilderness game abounds; whitehare, fox, quail, and even the rare deer, have been seen from the