COPYRIGHT DEJ'OSm Where to Qo. == How to Qet There A GUIDE BOOK To Places, Historic and Beautiful, in Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex Counties, and How Reached by Cars on the Different Roads Radiating from the City of Boston. Fares^ Transfers^ Terminal Points^ Routes, Time, Distances, Connections and Points of Interest. Compiled by T. W. PRESTON. Lynn, Mass. the NICHOLS PRESS -THOS. P. NICHOLS. 1894. Price, 25 Cents. Where to Qo. = = How to Get There A GUIDE BOOK To Places, Historic and Beautiful, in Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex Counties, and How- Reached BY Cars on the Different Roads Radiating from the City of Boston. GIVING Fares, Transfers, Terminal Poifits, Routes, Time, Distances, Connections and Points of Interest. Compiled by T. W. PRESTON. Lynn, Mass. THOS. P. NICHOLS. 1894. Copyright, i8q4, by T. W. PRESTON, Lynn, Mass. Printed by The Nichols Press — Thos. P. Nichols. ^ N PRESExNTINC; the first edition of tliis work, we have taken especial pains to give nothing but accurate information, and to ac- complish this have ridden over all routes, and fully explored all the places herein named, getting the facts from proper sources. We would remind our readers that the three Counties, Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk, contain more than one-half the population of the twelve Counties of the State. The various routes laid down radiate from the city of Boston as a center, and ex- tend over the greater part of the above named Counties ; any extensions or improvements will be noted in. future editions. Presuming that you are entirely unacquainted with all details of routes, etc., we will endeavor to show, from per- sonal travel and observation, many places and things near our own homes, easily reached and at trifling expense. We will take an electric car (front seat if we can get it), kand accompany you over the line, noting all points of in- terest, showing all connecting lines, riding in each car, to the end of the route, commencing at the beginning of it, so as to get a better choice of seats. We will also make our readers acquainted with the boundaries between cities and towns, so that we can locate ourselves, and note any- thing that may occur. Where to Go— How to Get There. ROUTE No. I. Lynn to Boston. Taking my own city for a starting place, at Central Sq., we will board a cream-colored car (electric) west bound, marked Lynn on the dasher, and Lynn &^ Boston on the roof, and proceed via Andrew, Market and North Com- mon Sts,, to Western Ave., passing the immense brick car shed at West Lynn, with the General Electric River Works on the left. Crossing the Saugus River drawbridge, we enter Saugus, pass with uninterrupted speed over the marshes, until half way over we cross the road; at this point the town of Revere commences, and owns the half of the road that we leave on our left. Kevere. At Revere St., we enter that town ; here we meet a transfer car from Linden, or the Beach ; no fares are taken. Now we pass the Gleason House. At Central St., op- posite the Revere car sheds, we are five miles from Lynn, half way to Boston. Here the tracks branch to Crescent Beach, via Central Ave. to the left. We pass Fenno's WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Hostelry on the left (on the corner of Beach St.), and the route of cars from Boston to Beachmont. Ascending the hill, on our left we pass the Town Hall, with its pillared front, flag staff and hay scales. After passing a half-mile row of sweet-scented linden trees on the left, we come to a stone bridge across the creek which divides Revere from Chelsea. We now continue Broadway through Chelsea; on our right beyond Revere Highlands rises Powder Horn Hill, where stands the Soldier's Home. After crossing the B. & M. R. R. bridge, on our right is the Roman Catholic church (which in 1848 was the only Catholic place of worship between Boston and Salem), and on the left the Fitz Library. Our next stop is Bellingham station; if riding from Lynn or Swampscott to Belling- ham, intending to take the East Boston and Chelsea car, you are required to pay only a ten-cent fare. Crossing diagonally, to our rear on our right is Washington Ave., the route of L. & B. R. R. electrics from Scollay Sq., for Woodlawn Cemetery. On the left the blue cars of West End run to the East Boston Ferry. We will return to this route later. Next we come to Chelsea Sq. (On our left we are a short distance from the Chelsea Ferry to Boston, foot of Hanover St.; a pretty trip, passing the Navy Yard; fare three cents). After passing the Naval Hospital we cross Chelsea Bridge over the Mystic River to WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Charles town. Passing the granite walls of the Navy Yard on the left, our next point is Bunker Hill St. on the right; three minutes' walk takes you to Monument Ave., leading to Breed's Hill, where stands the great reminder of the strug- gle for Independence. Our next is City Square, Boston, Then Warren Bridge, over the Charles River, at its junction with the Mystic River. On the right is the new Union Station ; through Beverly St. to Haymarket Sq., and Sudbury St. to ScoUay Square. One hour, from West Lynn car house; ten miles; fare, fifteen cents. One hour, eighteen minutes, from Central Sq., Lynn ; one hour, thirty minutes, from Swampscott car house; fifteen miles; two fares for twenty-five cents. In our rides through Boston and surroundings, on the West End Road from point to point, the fares are five cents, except where specified in the heading by check. All cars belonging to the West End Co. in the city and suburbs, and all Lynn & Boston cars running into Boston, stop only at poles with white band, and never across an intersecting street. It will be important to remember this. ROUTE No. 2. Chelsea to Roxbury. 0"M OUR way from Lynn to Chelsea (its Indian name is Winnissimet) at Bellingham Station, we see a track 8 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. branching to our left ; we board a blue car marked East Boston and Chelsea through to £ast Boston, (Formerly Noddles Island) over the bridge crossing Chelsea Creek, by Meridian St. to Central Square, and Liverpool St. to North Ferry, where you are supplied with checks (free) for the car on Boston side. On entering the boat through the waiting room, you pay one cent at the window on your left. Across the harbor is a short but pleasant trip ; landing at Battery Wharf, Boston, We board a yellow car, marked Old Heath St. on the roof, and East Boston and Chelsea on sides, and proceed by the way of Hanover St. to Scollay Sq. and Tremont St. As we approach Houghton & Button's, we see on our left the Boston Museum, the City Hall, (fronting on School St.) and the historic King's Chapel, with its burial ground. The massive marble structure on the opposite left corner is the Parker House; next is the grand old Tremont Tem- ple (now rebuilding) ; opposite, on the right, is the Tremont House, the old Granary Burial Ground (the resting place of Paul Revere, six Massachusetts Governors, and many prominent persons), and the venerable Park St. Church. Next is Boston Common. On the corner of Bromfield St. stands Horticultural Hall with its statued front, repre- senting the floral and agricultural arts. In rear of Hamil- ton Place, is Music Hall. Passing Winter St. from Tem- ple Place to Boylston St., excepting old St. Paul's with its pillared front, we are in a community of piano and sewing WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 9 machine establishments. On the corner of Boylston St. facing the Common is the Masonic Temple. Passing the junction of Shawmut Ave. on the left, and the circular building of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the white mar- ble Odd Fellows' Block, on the corner of Berkeley St., we enter a wide avenue, — the new Tremont St. On our left, are many elegant churches ; on the right, the Chickering Piano Factory, and Belt Line car sheds at West Lenox St. Our next point is Roxbury Crossing and depot of the Boston & Albany R. 'R. On the left of the railroad, and on the left of the hill as we ascend Pynchon St., are nu- merous lager beer breweries. Arriving at old Heath St. our ride ends. Fare five cents, not including one cent on ferry. Distance, seven miles ; time, one hour, two minutes. ROUTE No. 3. Chelsea to Boston Highlands. W^EN coming off the North Ferry, if we take the green car, we go via Hanover and Washington Sts. to Bartlett St. on the Highlands. Fare, five cents ; six miles ; one hour. ROUTE No. 4. Boston to Keservoir. We now return to Scollay Square and walk along Tre- mont St. to the old Granary Cemetery, opposite Tremont 10 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Temple ; we board a chocolate-colored car, marked Reser- voir^ and proceed along Tremont, up Boylston St., passing the Common and Public Gardens on the right, and on the left Thorndike Hotel, Park Sq., Y. M. C. A. Building, cor. Berkeley, and Hotel Brunswick. Approaching Copley Sq. on our left is Trinity Church (Philips Brooks'), Museum of Fine Arts, and beyond, on cor. Huntington Ave., the Back Bay Post Office. On the right, the Museum of Natural History and Institute of Technology. Looking again to our left, facing us and extending to Huntington Ave. from Boylston, fronting on Dartmouth St., stands an immense white granite structure, Boston's Public Library, yet unfin- ished. Next is Harvard Medical College (annex), now Radcliffe College; on the opposite a small gothic stone church, that was taken down on West St., and re-erected here ; and on the corner of Dartmouth St., the imposing church edifice of the Old South Society. We are now in the beautiful Back Bay district, where in Revolutionary days British warships anchored and bombarded the town of Boston. Proceeding up Boyl- ston St., we enter West Chester Park, and on our left is the new Back Bay Park. Passing the immense es- tablishment of the Boston Cab Co., and the intersection of Commonwealth Ave., we enter a new district named Charlesgate, on the banks of the Charles River, Entering Beacon St. a grassy boulevard, with trees on either side between us and the driveway, broken only by intersecting streets, through Longwood and Brookline, we arrive at Coolidge's Corner. Here Harvard Ave. intersects the route to Allston and Oak Sq. ; ascending the rising ground, on our right is Corey Hill, with its palatial residences ; most noticeable is that of Mr. Jordan of Jordan, Marsh & Co. WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE, II On both sides we see elegance and taste, especially in the apartment houses and terraces, — one in particular, the Richter, on the left beyond Corey Hill. Nearing the end, on pur left, between us and the tracks of the B. & A. Railroad, are the grounds and works of the City of Boston Street Department. Our terminus borders on Brighton. We are now at the base of Chestnut Hill; the road skirting it to the left leads to Newton, the one on the right, to the Reservoir under the Marble Arch, and con- tinues over Chestnut Hill to Brighton about a half mile. Here we meet a car for Boston via Western Ave., to Bow- doin Square. Chestnut Hill. Returning to the Reservoir Station, and there leaving the car, taking the road direct to the pipe house, ascend- ing massive granite steps with bronze rails, enclosing a fountain, we reach a driveway surrounding a beautiful sheet of water ; turning to our left a handsome brown-stone structure, the Pumping Station (open to visitors), meets the eye; a crescent-shaped Park extends^ to the right. A more lovely or restful place than this would be hard to find; you could spend a day here and leave with regret. Fare, five cents ; route, five miles: time, forty minutes. 12 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. ROUTE No. 5. Reservoir, by Check to Franklin Park, W. Koxbury. Returning to the city, when the conductor comes for your fare, ask for a check for Franklin Park (or any point you desire), pay eight cents and receive a check, which you use for your next ride ; it is good only for the route for which it is punched. Here I might explain the check system : — If you get a check (red) before 11.30 a.m., it is good to i p.m. same day; if you get a blue check (afternoon) after 11.30, it is good for afternoon and evening of that day. Free checks, or transfer tickets, are given at Harvard Sq., Craigie's and West Boston bridges, Grove Hall, both ends of North Ferry to East Boston, cor. Dudley and Washington Sts., and Everett Sq. You also get an eight- cent check on the Lynn & Boston cars from Revere, Chel- sea and Linden for all Boston routes. Arriving at where we started from on Tremont St., any Grove Hall car will do for Franklin Park ; all terminate at Union Station, going by Canal St., returning by Portland St., except Rox- bury and Charlestown cars, which terminate at the head of Bunker Hill Street ; those marked Grove Hall^ Dorchester^ go to Dorchester via Washington St. and Mt. Bowdoin, and to the Park at Grove Hall. Suppose we take the longest and prettiest route, on Tremont St. or ScoUay Sq., we meet a dark green car marked Cross Town on sides, and Franklin Park on roof, and proceed (using our check from Reseryoir) through the Back Bay via WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 13 Boylston St., Huntington Ave., West Chester Park, North- ampton, Washington and Dudley Sts. to Blue Hills Ave., Grove Hall to the Park. Fare, eight cents ; distance, eleven miles ; time, one hour and fifteen minutes. ROUTE No. 6. •Franklin Park by Check to City Point, South Boston. Leaving the Park we take a straw-colored car, marked RoxbiD'y and Charlestown via IVarren St., (the green cars on same line go by Blue Hill Ave. and Dudley St.), and by Washington St. and Warren Bridge to Bunker Hill St.. Charlestown ; returning we here meet a South Bos- ton car, and proceed by Washington St. to Essex St. and Harrison Ave., where we pass by the Chinese colony ; from thence to a village of restaurants, the Boston and Albany and Old Colony depots, on Kneeland St., and to Federal St. Here we are in a confusion of foundries, factories, coal and freight yards, and draw-bridges over Fort Point channel to South Boston. Passing through West Broad- way, on the corner of H St. is the Perkins Institute for the Blind. Arriving at City Point, we see on our right an immense pier extending a quarter of a mile into the bay, and on the left another reaching to Castle Island, the site of Fort Independence, enclosing Pleasure Bay in horse- shoe form, with Boston Harbor on the left, and Old Har- bor, and beyond, Dorchester Bay on the right. If we cannot visit both piers let us take in the island first; here 14 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. beneath the frowning wall of the fortress we can always find a shady place in the hottest weather, fanned by sea breezes. The land opposite is Winthrop, Point Shirley, and Deer Island with its hospital and prison. To the right is Fort Warren, and Blue Hills beyond. Fare, eight cents ; distance, twelve miles ; time, one hour and a half. The fare is five cents from City Point to any part of Cambridge, Somerville or Brighton, on cars via Craigie's or West Boston bridges, including checks to North Ave. or Mt. Auburn. Always see, before leaving here, that your car is marked Harvard Sq. or East Cambridge on the roof, otherwise your car will leave you at Park Sq., Scollay Sq., or take you to Charlestown. The longest trip is to Clarendon Hill via Bay View, or to Oak Sq., Brighton, ten miles, or two miles for one cent. ROUTE No. 7. City Point to Clarendon Hill, Somerville. We BOARD a scarlet car. marked East Cajnbridge on the side and roof, Bay Vte7i', South Boston in front, tak- ing the longest and prettiest route through South Boston, Washington, Causeway and Leverett Sts., to East Cam- bridge, via Craigie's Bridge, over the Charles River, where we stop off, and get a transfer ticket, free of charge, and take a red car marked Cambridge and Sofnerville, and on the top. Clarendon Hill, going through Somerville Ave., passing the great pork-packing establishments of J. P. Squires and North Packing Co. Two miles beyond here, WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 15 near Central St. on the right, is a tree which has stood since the Revolution. Our next points are Davis Sq. and North Somerville Station on the B. & M. R. R. ; another mile and we are at Clarendon Hill, and a few minutes' walk from Tufts College and College Hill. Fare, five cents; distance nearly ten miles: time, one hour and twenty minutes. ROUTE No. 8. Clarendon Hill by Check to Milton. We RETRACE our steps to East Cambridge, over Crai- gie's Bridge to Charles St., Boston, passing Suffolk County Jail on the left, and Charles River Park opposite, and further on the Common and Public Garden, to Park Sq., in the centre of which is the bronze group representing Lincoln liberating the slaves. Walking down Eliot to Washington St. we take a dark blue car, marked Dorchester on sides. Field's Corner in front, on side of roof Mt. Pleasant^ and on front roof Ash7)ioiit and Milton. Coming from Franklin St., we go down Washington St. to Northampton, Hampden and Dudley Sts. to Dorchester, over Mt. Pleasant to Upham's Corner, thence by Savin Hill Ave. to Dorchester Ave., and to Field's Corner and Harrison Square. Our next point is Ashmont, consisting of a Station on the Old Colony R. R. and a group of stores and dwellings; our next stop ends our ride at the Lower Mills, on the Milton border. Fare, eight cents ; distance, twelve miles ; time, one hour and forty-two minutes. l6 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Mattapan — Dorchester, We are now one mile from Mattapan. Let us walk over this route ; descending the hill, on our left, is a build- ing having the appearance of a college or high school building, which is Baker's Chocolate Works. Taking River St. to the left, over the beautiful Neponset River to the starch mill, we are in Mattapan. Arriving at the Square, intersected by Blue Hill Ave. is the Mattapan Station, Old Colony R. R. Hyde Park is one mile to the left, on the road to the Observatory. Turning to the right, on Blue Hill Ave., we are about one mile from Mt. Hope Cemetery ; turning to the left, to Walk Hill St., we are near Mattapan Station on N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Roxbury. From Mt. Hope, one mile, we cross into Roxbury, to the rear of Forest Hills Cemetery. Here is located the new Crematory, on Walk Hill St. ROUTE No. g. Milton by Check to North Avenue, North Cambridge. Returning to the Milton terminus we go back to the City, leaving our car at the corner of Franklin and Wash- ington Sts., walking up Winter or Bromfield St. to the opposite side of Tremont St. and take a red car marked Cambridge, and on the roof Harvard Sq., and go by the WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 17 way of Back Bay, West Chester Park and the new Har- vard Bridge to Main St., Cambridgeport ; on our left are the Kennedy Cracker Works. Entering Old Cambridge, on our right is the elegant brown stone City Hall, in striking contrast with the old red brick City Hall, nearly opposite. On our way through Main St., on the right beyond the church is Beck Hall, an elegant brick structure, its ivy-covered walls bringing it into prominent notice. All the buildings and grounds on this side to Harvard Sq. belong to the University. Arriving at the Square we alight on the left side, and receive from a man in waiting a free check, marked out- ward check for North Avenue. We pass between the Common and College grounds, through a wide avenue studded with elegant churches and private residences, to North Cambridge crossing. Fare, eight cents ; distance, thirteen miles; time, one hour and thirty-five minutes. North Ave. to Arlington, five cents. ROUTE No, 10. North Ave. by Cheek to Forest Hills. Returning to Harvard Sq. we receive an inward check free. Here we will vary the route ; looking towards North Ave., and going in that direction, we take a scarlet car, marked East Cambridge, and proceed by the way of Cam- bridge St. to East Cambridge, by the way of Craigie's Bridge and Leverett St. to the Union Station, Causeway St., Boston, and transfer to a dark green car, marked Eglestoti Sq. on sides, and Forest Hills on the roof, by l8 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. the way of Scollay Sq., Tremont St., Shawmut Ave., and Washington St., to Forest Hills Ave. to the Cemetery. Near here, on the other side of the Old Colony tracks is the Arnold Arboretum and Museum. Taking Morton St. we could return from here via Jamaica Plain ; it is five minutes' walk from Forest Hills. Fare, eight cents ; dis- tance, ten and one-half miles ; time, one hour, seventeen minutes. ROUTE No. II. Forest Hills by Check to Putnam Ave., Cambridge. We are in West Roxbury, between Egleston Sq. and Dudley St. Passing up Washington St. (every city and town has a Washington St., this one is eleven miles long, extending from Haymarket Sq., Boston through Roxbury and West Roxbury to Uedham), to Dudley St., we cross the Roxbury boundary to the City of Boston. Passing into Shawmut Ave. to Tremont St., opposite Bromfield St. we take a red car marked Cambridge on sides, and Pearl St. and Put?iam Ave. on roof, going by way of Back Bay and Harvard Bridge to Cambridgeport, via Main St., Pearl St., Putnam Ave., to Putnam Sq. Fare, eight cents ; distance, eight miles; time, one hour and eight minutes. WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 19 ROUTE No. 12. Putnam Ave. by Check to Jamaica Plain. Returning over same route to Tremont St. we take a lemon-yellow car for Jamaica Plain (its Boston terminus being Union Station, Causeway St.), via Sudbury St. and Scollay Sq. to Tremont St. to Roxbury Crossing, and Pynchon and Centre Sts. to the Plain. Fare, eight cents; distance, nine miles; time, one hour and eight minutes. ROUTE No. 13. Jamaica Plain by Check via Highland Ave. to Davis Sq., Somerville. Returning by same route to corner Tremont and Eliot Sts., on the left, and walk up latter street to Park Sq., take lemon-yellow car marked Somerville and Boston on sides, and Highland Ave. on the roof, and by Warren Bridge to Charlestown, via Sullivan Sq. and Harvard St. to Somerville, by Prospect Hill, over Highland Ave., past Union Sq., Winter Hill and Central Hill. On the right between the High School Building and City Hall is an old battery mounted with cannon. Our next point is Davis Sq. We can return from here by the Somerville Ave. cars from Clarendon Hill. Fare, eight cents ; dis- tance, ten miles ; time, one hour and twenty minutes. This line is complete to Central Hill only, a transfer car (free) takes us to Davis Sq. 20 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. ROUTE No. 14. Highland Ave. by Check to Dorchester, via Grove Hall. Returning by same route to Causeway St., at Union Station you take a green car, marked Grove Hall^ Dor- chester (you can take any Grove Hall Car and transfer at Grove Hall car house (free) ; the Cross Town is longest, as it takes a zigzag course through the city), via Washington and Warren Sts., and by Grove Hall to Washington St., Dorchester, passing Mt. Bowdoin and Oakland Gardens. Fare, eight cents; distance, ten miles; time, one hour and twenty-one minutes. ROUTE No. 15. Dorchester via Grove Hall to Winthrop Junc- tion, via East Boston. On this route you will get three transfers, four rides, and a trip on Boston Harbor, for nine cents. Leaving Dorchester ask the conductor for a check to East Boston ; put this in your pocket for the yellow car. At Grove Hall get a check (free) for a Cross Town, using this check now, arriving at corner of Boylston and Tremont St. or Scollay Sq. Transfer to yellow car, marked East Bostoji and Chelsea^ v/hich goes through Hanover St. to the Ferry, getting a free transfer ticket for the car on the other side. At East Boston take a blue car marked Winthrop June- WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 2 1 tion in front, and Saratoga and Beniiington Sts. on sides, and proceed through these streets to Orient Heights Sta- tion, B., R. B. & Lynn R. R., Winthrop Junction, where you can get a train for Boston, Point of Pines, or Lynn (single ticket twenty cents, or a five-ride ticket for sixty cents to Lynn). You can return to Boston, Lynn or Mai- den by electric car, or to Boston from Beachmont by street cars to Scollay Sq. Fare, eight cents, not including one cent on ferry; distance, ten miles; time, one hour and twenty minutes. ROUTE No. i6. Wintlirop Juiiction to Roxbury. Returning to Ferry by same route, and on Boston side, via yellow car to Old Heath St., Roxbury, via Tremont St., or green car at Ferry, via Washington St. to Bartlett St. on the Highlands. Fare, five cents, not including one cent on ferry; distance to Bartlett St., six miles; to Old Heath St. nine miles; time, one hour, and one hour and twenty minutes. ROU.TE No. 17. Roxbury by Check to Meeting" House Hill, Dorchester. Returning to corner of Tremont and Bromfield Sts., we walk down to Washington, cor. Franklin St., and take 22 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. a blue car marked Meeting House Hill on sides, and Ge- neva Ave. on roof, and proceed by way of Washington St. over the Mt. Pleasant route to Upham's corner and Geneva Ave. to Meeting House Hill, Dorchester. Fare, eight cents; distance, nine miles ; time, one hour and twenty minutes. ROUTE No. i8. Meeting House Hill by Check to Oak Sq., Brig^hton. Retracing our steps to the corner of Franklin and Washington Sts., we alight and walk through Bromfield St., cross Tremont St., and take a chocolate-colored car marked Brookline and Brighton on sides, and Oak Sq., or Allston and Oak Sq., and follow the Reservoir Route to Coolidge's Corner, turning to the right on Harvard Ave. to Allston, and thence to Oak Sq., Brighton, one mile from Newton. Fare, eight cents ; distance, twelve miles ; time? one hour and forty minutes. RO|UTE No. 19. Oak Square to City Point. Returning to Tremont St. we take a brunette car, marked Bi'ighton on sides, and Bowdoin Sq. on roof. Branching off at Allston; via River St. through Cambridge- port to West Boston Bridge, and get a free transfer to a red car for City Point, through Charles St. to Park Sq., WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 23 and by Dover St. to Kneeland and Federal Sts., and West Broadway route to City Point. Fare, five cents ; distance ten miles ; time, one hour and fifteen minutes. This is one of the lons^est five-cent rides in Boston. ROUTE No. 20. City Point to Mt. Auburn, Watertown. Leaving here we return by same route (be sure your car is marked Harvard Sq. overhead, or you might be left at Park Sq. or Scollay Sq. or hustled off to Charles- town) to West Boston Bridge, and via Main St. through Cambridgeport and Old Cambridge to Harvard Sq., and get an outward check, free, to Mt. Auburn. While waiting for our car let us dwell a moment. Cam- bridge or " Newetowne " was first settled in 1630 by good old George Dudley; the next move was to establish a '"schoale," and in 1636 the General Court gave ^400, and ^200 the next year, and ^^200 when the work was finished, for a " Colledge " to be called Harvard. There are many intelligent boys around the Square who for a dime will show you around the College grounds. Opposite the main entrance to the University, in the church yard, are stones bearing dates between 1600 and 1700, the writer no^d one of 1638. We now take a Watertown car via Brattle St. (its Brit- ish name was Tory Row). Washington School appears on our right, occupying the site of the first school in Cam- bridge. Farther along is the house where W^ashington was quartered during the weary siege of 15oston, and 24 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. later on where Longfellow lived, and wrote many of his best poems. Beyond this is the Riedesel House, occupied by Friedrich .Adolph, Baron von Riedesel (a German nobleman, in 1776, who took command of 4,000 Brunswick troops, hired by Great Britain for service against the American Colonies. He assisted in the capture of Ti- conderoga, and in the British success at Hubbardston, was made prisoner at Burgoyne's surrender, and was ex- changed in 1780). Then comes the "Lee House," two hundred years old, and close by is the house of the last of the English Governors, Thomas Oli^-er ; this was used as a hospital after the battle of Bunker Hill, and many engaged in that battle lie buried in the field opposite. On our way beyond the drinking trough, on the left, are the homes of Ex-Governor W. E. Russell, and Ole Bull the violinist. Arriving at the cemetery let us spend a short time. Here lie many illustrious dead, among them Louis Agassiz, Anson Burlingame, Edward Everett, Rufus Choate, James Russell Lowell, Henry W. Longfellow, Charles Sumner, Phillips Brooks, Charlotte Cushman, Fanny Fern and others. Be sure to climb the winding steps to the top of the Observatory, two hundred feet above sea level ; also, visit the Sphinx on Cypress Ave. Fare, five cents ; distance, eight and a quarter miles ; time, one hour and thirteen minutes. ROUTE No. 21. Mt. Auburn by Check to Franklin Park. Leaving the Cemetery we take a Newton car via Gar- den St. When nearing Harvard Sq. opposite the Common WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 25 is the tree under whose spreading branches Washington took command of his army. Arriving at Harvard Sq. (you are provided with an inward check, free, which you use first), you have a choice of many routes. If you take an East Cambridge car you can transfer at Union Station or Scollay Sq., if you take one for City Point or Scollay Sq., you can change to Grove Hall car, at Scollay Sq., on Washington St., or on Boylston St., at cor. Park Sq. If you take the latter you go by the way of Columbus Ave., Northampton, Washington and Warren Sts. to the Park. After passing Providence Depot, on the opposite side the white granite building is the Boston Armory ; in the rear of it is the Electric Lighting Station, and next beyond is where the celebrated Carter's Inks are manufactured. On the opposite side a little farther on is The Yout/i's Com- panion building. Fare, eight cents ; distance, ten miles : time, one hour and thirteen minutes. ROUTE No. 22. FraDklin Park by Check to Brig^hton, via Western Ave. Returning by the way of Cross Town to Scollay Sq. walk up Court St. to Bowdoin Sq. and take a red car marked B7-ighton, and on roof Western Ave., and go by the way of Cambridge St., West Boston Bridge and Main St., Cambridgeport, to Western Ave., through a district of factories and small farms, to the great horse-market. Brighton, to Chestnut Hill. Fare, eight cents ; distance, eleven miles; time, one hour and thirty-three minutes. 26 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. ROUTE No. 23. Brighton by Cbeck to Maiden and Medford. Returning by same or Reservoir routes to Scollay Sq., we take a straw-colored car, marked Maldeii and Med- ford, via W. Everett, on roof, and on front Charlestowfi, and proceed via Charlestown, Sullivan Sq., and West Everett, via Main St. and Maiden to Medford Sq., Med- ford. When leaving Brighton ask the conductor for a check for Charlestown, which is good for any route via Charlestown. Fare, eight cents; distance, twelve miles; time, one hour and forty minutes. On this route at present three cents additional is charged, (See next route.) ROUTE No. 24. 3Iedt'ord and Maiden by Cbeck to Spring Hill. Returning by Winter Hill, through Charlestown and Warren Bridge to Scollay Sq. Other routes to Maiden and Medford are eight-cent fares at present; but will be reduced to the five-cent basis, about July. Fare, eight cents; distance, ten miles; time, one hour and two min- utes. By the way of Winter Hill, the fare is five cents. ROUTE No. 25. Spring Hill by Cbeck to Norfolk House. Returning by same route to Union Station, transfer to green car, marked N^orfolk House via Washington WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 27 and A^orfolk Sts. Proceeding on Washington St., passing Adams Sq. and Cornhill, by the Old State House, the newspaper and railroad ticket offices, the Old South Church, and successively the wholesale drug, clothing, dry goods (including Jordan, Marsh & Co. and R. H. White), and jewelers, also hotels and theatres. On the corner of Maiden St. is the Roman Catholic Cathedral (Holy Cross), in front of which is a statue of Columbus : beyond on the left is G. A. R. Hall, and Franklin Sq., and on the right Blackstone Sq. Further on, and on the same side is Ches- ter Sq., on the well known boulevard Chester Park, which extends west to the new Harvard Bridge, and east to Dor- chester. Fare, eight cents ; distance, six and one-half miles ; time, sixty minutes. ROUTE No. 26. Norfolk House by Check to Porter's Station, North Cainhridge. Returning by same route to Adams Sq. and by Corn- hill, Brattle or Hanover Sts., via Court St. to Bowdoin Sq. and via East Cambridge route to North Cambridge, Fare, eight cents; distance, seven miles; time, fifty-six minutes. ROUTE No. 27. Milton by Check to Revere and Linden. Take a blue car (getting a check for L. & B. R. R.) via Mt. Pleasant or Dorchester Ave. to Franklin St., walk to 28 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Scollay Sq., and board a Lynn and Boston car, marked overhead Lymi and Swampscott^ or Mar blehead,2iwd ride through Charlestown, Chelsea and Revere to Revere St.; then take the transfer car on the left for Linden. Fare, eight cents ; distance, fifteen miles ; time, two hours. This is the longest eight-cent ride. At Linden you can make connections with steam or electric cars for Maiden, Cliftondale or Saugus. You can return to Boston by L. & B. R. R. to Maplewood and Mai- den for five cents, and from Maiden to the city by West End Cars via East Everett, five cents, or to Lynn or Up- per Swampscott, for five cents. The car between Maiden and Cliftondale is a summer line. ROUTE No. 28. Boston to Newton. Take red car at Bowdoin Sq. marked Cambridge on side, and Newton on roof, or any car for Harvard Sq., and transfer; wishing to visit Mt. Auburn on the way a five- cent fare will take you there, and an additional five cents to Newton via Watertown, arriving at Newton Corner. ROUTE No. 29. Newton to Walthani. Leaving the West End Co.'s car at Newton Corner, on our right we take a maroon-colored car, proceeding through Newtonville, West Newton and Auburndale to Waltham, WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 29 passing Charles River and the Waltham Watch Factory, the Park on the left, and Common on the right to Pros- pect Park, passing the home of General Banks on the right. Fare, five cents ; distance, five and one-half miles ; time, forty minutes. ROUTE No. 30. Waltliaiii to AVatertown. Leaving the Park, and arriving at the corner of the Common, you transfer to a car for Watertown, without extra charge, arriving at Watertown. This is the line of the Newton St. Railway Co. Fare each way, five cents ; distance, three miles ; time, twenty-five minutes. ROUTE No. 31. Watertown to Newton Upper Falls and Echo Briflg^e Park, via Newtonvllle. Leaving Watertown, on a car of the Newtonville and Watertown Co., for Newtonville (one and one-half miles), transferring by check to cars of the Newton and Boston Co., through Newton Highlands, to Newton Upper Falls, thriee miles, arriving at Echo Bridge Park, crossing the Echo Bridge of the Boston Water Works. Fare on each line, five cents ; transfer check, seven cents. (The New- 30 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. tonville and Watertown Co. will probably be extended this summer as far as the Arsenal Bridge over the Charles River, connecting Watertown with Brighton, there mak- ing connection with the West End Road, which proposes to lay tracks over the new Commonwealth Ave. to that point.) Returning to Cambridge from Watertown we pass through the pretty Cottage Farms district. Returning to Boston from Newton, by walking one mile through a pretty residential avenue (Washington St.) to Oak Sq., and a five-cent fare, we reach Boston. At Newton you can get a train for Wellesley (Hunnewell's) via Boston & Albany R. R. Fare, eighteen cents. ROUTE No. 32. Various Routes. There are three lines terminating at Rowe's Wharf and Revere Beach Depot;' one, a red car via Dorchester Ave. to Dorchester St., South Boston; a yellow car, via Tremont St. to Roxbury Crossing ; and a green car via Summer and Washington Sts. to the Highlands. There is a red car line from Bowdoin Sq. via Chardon St. to Union Station, from thence via Causeway St. to Atlantic Ave., past the Chelsea and East Boston Ferries, passing Lewis, T, Commercial and other wharves ; also, Revere Beach Depot, along the Avenue to New York and New England Depot, via Federal and Kneeland Sts. to WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 31 Old Colony and Ijoston & Albany Depots, and return by same route. Fare, five cents. There are three blue-car lines from Tremont St. : one via Back Bay to the Hotel Vendome, one to Longwood, and one to Brookline. A pale green car, marked Back Bay Cimrches ; a dark green car from Chelsea Ferry via Hanover St., Scollay Sq., Tremont St., Temple Place and Washington St. to Green St., near Forest Hills. A straw-colored car from Boylston St. to Washington St. via Warren Bridge and Charlestown to Winter Hill. A dark blue car from Warren Bridge via Washington St. to Field's Corner, Dorchester. The Belt Line, yellow cars; this is a horse-shoe course, commencing on Tremont St., at West Lenox St. via Park Sq. and Charles St. to Bowdoin Sq. to Scollay Sq. and Washington St., to Northampton St. Last but not least is the lovely ride to Neponset, over the Washington St. and Mt. Pleasant route, via Upham's and Field's Corners to Neponset. Take a blue car on corner Franklin and Washington Sts. Fare, five cents ; distance, six and one-half miles ; time, fifty-two minutes. Having explored all the roads from Boston to Waltham, we will turn east, passing through the cities of shoes and witches, as far as Asbury Grove. Or, if you wish, along the North Shore to Rockport. Thence north via Maiden and Melrose to North Woburn and Winchester. Last of all some trips on the water. It is impossible, at this early date, to give any time tables, but during the pleasure sea- son, cars make such frequent trips, and change so often, that anything in this way would be useless. 32 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. ROUTE No. 33. Boston to Beverly or Salem Willows. To ILLUSTRATE the fact of how cheaply a person can ride, and especially on electric lines, you can ride from Scollay Sq. to Salem Willowsor Beverly for fifteen cents ; where the schedule fares are thirty cents on electric, and forty cents on steam cars. Take a Lynn and Swampscott car at Scollay Sq., pay a five-cent fare and ride to Revere St., Revere (the first street past the Gleason Hotel, six miles from Boston), step off, and get a transfer car on the left for Linden ; on this car no fare or transfer check is required ; this ride is one and a half miles; from Linden you walk one mile, taking Lynn St., and following the street car track from Lawrence St., keeping all the roads to the left, past Frank- lin Park Station, to Cliftondale. Here take a crimson car, marked on the dasher Siunuter St.^ and East Saugus and Upper Swampscott ov^ sides, and on roof Lynn and Sale??i^ and ride through East Saugus and Lynn to Upper Swamp- scott, paying a five-cent fare. After crossing the Salem line the conductor will call on you for another fare ; pay him five cents and ask for a transfer check to Beverly or the Willows. If a resident of one of the distant points (Cambridge, Somerville or Milton) three cents additional, or eighteen cents in all will carry you through to Beverly or the Willows, by asking the conductor for a check for a Lynn car, which will carry you to Linden, via Charles- town, Chelsea and Revere. Distance from Milton to Bev- erly, thirty miles ; fare, eighteen cents. The mile walk WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 33 from Linden to Cliftondale is a very refreshing walk on a fine day, or if you wisli to avoid the dust or cool breezes over the marshes. If you wish to make a continuous ride, the Maiden and Saugus line passes through Linden to Cliftondale, which will add five cents to your ride; or you may take a Mai- den and West Everett yellow car for Central Sq., Maiden, five cents, and take a Saugus and Maiden yellow horse car for Cliftondale, five cents, and then, as above men- tioned, to Beverly and the Willows, making twenty cents in all. The eight-cent check from any of the Boston lines is good to Maiden from Scollay Sq. ; ask the con- ductor for a check for Charlestown. The L. & B. R. R. schedule fares to Beverly from Bos- ton is thirty cents, and the B. & M. R. R. forty cents. Here we might inform our readers that we are not work- ing in the interest of any street railway or other corpora- tion, but directly from a public standpoint, and for the benefit of the public. The writer having traveled all the routes herein named, and paid the fares, and received the transfers given, is in itself undisputed authority, leaving nothing to hearsay or supposition. Of course you would not be so unreasonable as to hold him responsible for any changes that street car companies may make at any time ; but changes or alterations will be noted in future editions. ROUTE No. 34. STEAMBOAT ROUTES. From the middle of June to September, every day. there are several excursion routes from the city of IJoston 34 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. to the following points: Plymouth, leaving Sargent's Wharf, next to East Boston South Ferry, opposite Clark St. (take any East Boston or Chelsea Ferry car.) Fare, round trip, seventy-five cents; single trip, fifty cents. Children under ten years, round trip, fifty cents; single trip, twenty-five cents. From Snow's Arch Wharf, 430 Atlantic Ave., steamers for Marblehead, Baker's Island, Salem Willows and Bev- erly. Fare, twenty-five cents ; round trip, forty-five cents. F^or Portsmouth and Isle of Shoals, fare, forty-five cents; round trip tickets to Shoals, good only on date of issue, week days, seventy-five cents ; on Sundays, one dollar- York, Rye or Hampton Beaches, one dollar and a half; round trip, two dollars and a half. Bass Point and Naliant. Steamers from Lincoln wharf, adjoining East Boston North Ferry wharf. Fare each way, twenty-five cents; children, fifteen cents. Take any East Boston or Chelsea Ferry car on Washington or Tremont Sts., or Scollay Sq. Nantasket Steamers. Leave Rowes' Wharf, 340 Atlantic Ave., for Hull, Pemberton, Nantasket, Hingham and Downer Landing. Fare, twenty-five cents each way, or you may return by N. Y., N. H. and Hartford R. R. to Old Colony Depot, Kneeland St. Take any Atlantic Ave. car on or south of Boylston St., on Tremont St., or on or south of Summer St. on Washington St., or at Park or Bowdoin Sqs.: five cents. WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 35 North Sliore to Gloucester. Steamer from north side of Central Wharf, foot of State St. Round trip, seventy-five cents. Take the Atlantic Ave. car, from Bowdoin Sq. or Old Colony Station. Kneeland St. Lynn to Naliaiit. Steamer from Breed & Holder's Wharf, Lynn, near Broad St. engine house, to Bass Point, Nahant. Two trips daily, in summer; fare, ten cents. Boston to Boston. On the Boston & Albany Railroad there is a circuit, around the Newton, Brighton, Natick, Brookline and Longwood residential districts, making a pretty ride, around Boston's most artistic and elegant suburbs. Round trip fare, thirty-five cents. ROUTE No. 35. Boston to Lynn. We will place ourselves on ScoUay Sq., at Court or Howard Sts., and looking towards Sudbury St. we see a cream-colored electric, marked Lynn^ and on the roof Lynn &^ Swarnpscott, or Marbleheadj let us take the latter, down Cornhill to Washington St., having given the remainder of the route to Lynn in the first pages of this book, it is not necessary to repeat it, only reversing the order of things and you have it. 36 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. Arriving at the Saugus River bridge on our right we see the General Electric River Works. We are now in Lynn ; next on our left is the immense car shed of the Lynn & Boston R. R. Passing up Western Ave. through Hough- ton Sq., leaving Breed's Sq. on the right, crossing the tracks of the Saugus Branch B. & M. at Lynn Common Station, to Market Sq. ; here on our right is the Old West- ern Burial Ground, the resting place of Moll Pitcher; next the Boscobel apartment hotel. Next is Lynn'Com- mon. Entering South Common St., on our right, at the corner of Commercial St., stands the oldest church in the city, it having at one time stood on the Common, and was known as the "Old Tunnel." On the next corner is the First Congregational Church. On the corner of Blossom St. stands St. Stephen's (Memorial) Episcopal Church with its fine chime of bells. Next is the Unitarian (a quaint old church). Next is the New Armory, with its massive castellated towers. Arriving at City Hall Sq. and Soldiers' Monument, on our right is St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, parochial residence and School. Lee Hall occupies the site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church in New England, established by Jesse Lee. Passing through Market and Oxford Sts.to Central Sq. we go through the district that was burnt in the great fire of Nov. 26, 1889. Here, at Central Station, you can take barges for Nahant. Fare, fifteen cents. Steam and elec- tric cars for all points, going by the way of Exchange to Broad St. On the right, opposite Washington Sq., is the handsome club-house of the Oxford Club; and on Nahant St. stands the First Universalist Church ; on the left, the Central Congregational Church. Riding along Broad and Lewis Sts., to the junction of Ocean St., turn- WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. T,-j ing towards King's Beach, we cross the Swampscott line into Humphrey St. The island opposite us, in the bay, is Egg Rock. Turning and following the line of King's Beach to the Soldiers' Monument, on our right is Swamp- scott Bay, and on the projecting point, to the