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V. EXCURSIONS AND TOURS HARBOR AND BAY To Pemberton (Hull) and Nantasket. By steamboats of Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company. Hourly from Rowe’s Wharf (Atlantic Avenue circuit elevated railway station at door). Fare, 25 cents each way. Passengers have their choice of going to Nantasket by boat or landing at Pemberton and continuing to Nantasket along the shore by the electric trains of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road. Stations at Stony Beach, Allerton, Waveland, Kenberma, Bay, side, and Windermere. To Crow Point and Hingham. By steamboats of above-named company from same wharf. Fare, 25 cents each way. To Plymouth. By steamboats of above-named company from same wharf. Fare, 75 cents each way. At Plymouth carriages are at the wharf for the tour of the town. Plymouth is also reached by railroad and electric lines (see South Shore, under Day Trips). To Provincetown. By steamer Cape Cod from Snow’s Arch Wharf, near Rowe’s Wharf station, Atlantic Avenue circuit, elevated railway (for details, see advertisements in daily papers), or by trains of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Plymouth Division) from South Station. The trip by water across the bay is very pleasant on a calm day. The steamer remains at Provincetown for an hour or two, giving visitors opportunity to look over the quaint town, and especially the great sand dunes which rise back of it and break off the strong northeast gales. To Hough’s Neck (a pleasant resort in the city of Quincy). By steam boats from Snow’s Arch Wharf, four times daily. To Nahant. By steamboats from Lincoln Wharf, close to Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit, elevated railway. The boats pass out through Shirley Gut, between Winthrop and Deer Island. (For details of sailing, fares, etc., see advertisements in daily papers.) To Gloucester. By steamboats from Central Wharf, near State Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Fare, 50 cents each way; round trip, 75 cents. (For details of times of sailing, see advertisements in daily papers.) The boats of this line pass along the picturesque North Shore for the whole way, making a delightful trip. Gloucester is also reached by railroad and electric lines (see North Shore, under Day Trips). To Newburyport and Haverhill. By steamboats from Lewis Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. (For details of sailings, etc., see advertisements in daily papers.)
To Portland. By steamboats of the Eastern Steamship Company from Union Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Every evening at 7. Fare, $1.25 each way; stateroom extra, according to location. To Rockland and Bangor. By steamboats of above-named company from Foster’s Wharf, near Rowe’s Wharf station. Every evening (except Sunday) at 5. These boats connect at Rockland with steamers of the same line for Mount Desert; also with boats for various island and shore resorts in Penobscot Bay. To Bar Harbor (Mount Desert). By trains of the Boston & Maine Railroad (North Station) to Portland, at 7 P.M., Tuesdays and Fridays; connecting at Portland with steamer Frank Jones of the Portland, Mount Desert & Machias Steamboat Company, which leaves at 11 P.M., arrives at Rockland early in the morning, and thence proceeds by daylight through the beautiful scenery of the islands in Penobscot Bay, touch ing at Islesboro, Castine, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and arrives at Bar Harbor at about 2 P.M. Returning, leaves Bar Harbor at about 10 A.M. To Bath and Augusta. By steamers of the Eastern Steamship Company from Union Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Every evening (except Sunday) at 6.
To Eastport, Me., and St. John, N.B. By steamers of the Eastern Steamship Company from Union Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Mondays and Fridays. To Yarmouth, N.S. By steamers of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company from Long Wharf (elevated railway station at the door). (For details of sailings, etc., see advertisements in daily papers.) At Yarmouth connections are made with other steamers of the line for ports along the south shore of Nova Scotia; also with trains of the Dominion Atlantic Railway for the “Land of Evangeline,” the Annapolis Valley, Halifax, and (via Digby and steamer across the Bay of Fundy) St. John, N.B. To Halifax, N.S., Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Islands. By steamers of the Plant Line from Lewis Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Tuesdays and Saturdays at noon. At Halifax connect with trains of the Intercolonial Railway for all parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec; at Hawkesbury, C.B., with trains of the Intercolonial Railway for the Bras d’Or Lake, Sydney, and Louis burg; at Charlottetown, P.E.I., with trains of the Prince Edward Island Railway for all parts of the island. At Sydney, C.B., the steamer Bruce may be taken for Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, connecting there with the Reid Newfoundland Company’s railroad across the island of St. John’s, a journey of twenty-eight hours.
To New York around Cape Cod, through Nantucket, Vineyard and Long Island sounds (May to November). By steamers of the Metropolitan Steamship Company from India Wharf, near Rowe’s Wharf station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Every afternoon at 4. Fare, $4.00 each way; stateroom extra, according to location. To Philadelphia. By steamers of the Boston & Philadelphia Steam ship Company from India Wharf, near Rowe’s Wharf station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 3 P.M. Fare, $10 each way; round trip, $18, including meals and stateroom berth. To Baltimore and Norfolk. By steamers of the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company from Battery Wharf (station of Elevated railway at the door). Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, at 2 P.M. To Savannah, Ga. By steamers of the Ocean Steamship Company from Lewis Wharf, near Battery Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Wednesdays, at 3 P.M. To Charleston, S.C. By steamers of the Clyde Line. Twice a week. (For details, see advertisements in daily papers.) To Jamaica. By steamers of the United Fruit Company from Long Wharf, State Street station, Atlantic Avenue circuit. Sailings twice a week. Fare, $35 each way; round trip, $60, meals and stateroom berth included, during the summer season. (For details, see advertisements in daily papers.)
To Hyannis. By trains of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Plymouth Division (South Station). Eight trains daily. A journey of about two hours and a half, via Bridgewater, Middleboro, Buzzards Bay, and Yarmouth. To Woods Hole. By the same route as the above to Buzzards Bay; thence via Monument Beach and Falmouth. Trains and running time are about the same as to Hyannis. At Woods Hole is the Marine Biological Laboratory, incorporated in 1888 and opened in the summer of that year. Here investigations in marine biology are systematically and constantly pursued by a corps of scientists, aided during the summer months by students from several of the universities. To Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. By trains to Woods Hole, as above; thence by steamers of the Marine District, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Train from Boston at 1.38 P.M. makes close connection at Woods Hole. At Nantucket the steamer connects with trains of the Nantucket Central Railroad for Siasconset. To Newport, R.I. By trains of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division (South Station). Eight times daily (from Back Bay station four minutes later), via Mansfield, Taunton, and Fall River. A journey of about two hours. Also by trains of the same division to Providence, R.I., frequently through the day, a ride of one hour; thence by steamers of the Providence, Fall River & Newport Steamboat Company. The ride down Narragansett Bay is very beautiful. Round trip, 60 cents. To the White Mountains. By trains of the Boston & Maine Railroad (North Station), Southern Division, via Lowell, Nashua, Manchester, Concord, and Franklin, N.H.; Western Division, via Lawrence, Haverhill, Dover, and Rochester, N.H.; Eastern Division, via Salem, Newburyport, Portsmouth, and Rochester, N.H. (or via Portland, Me., and Maine Central Railroad by Sebago Lake and Bartlett, N.H.); to all mountain points. By either route a choice of two or three through trains daily can usually be had. The exact leaving time of each train can be obtained from advertisements in the daily papers, or by inquiry at the information booth in the waiting room of the North Station, or at the company’s’ up-town passenger office, corner of Washington and Milk streets, where tickets may be bought and parlor-car seats or Pullman berths secured. To Lake Champlain, Vermont Resorts, Montreal, and Canadian Points. By trains of the Boston & Maine Railroad, Southern Division, via Lowell, Concord, N.H., White River Junction, Vt., and Vermont Central Rail road; Fitchburg Division, via Fitchburg, Keene, N.H., Brattleboro and White River Junction, Vt., and Vermont Central Railroad; or via Rut land, Vt., and the Rutland Railroad to Burlington; thence through the midst of Lake Champlain, over its beautiful islands to Alburgh, and on to St. Johns, P.Q. The same remarks as to train service, hours of leaving, etc., apply as in the case of the White Mountain trips. To Saratoga, Lake George, and the Adirondacks. By trains of the Boston & Maine Railroad, Fitchburg Division, via Fitchburg, Greenfield, North Adams, and the Hoosac Tunnel. The same remarks as to train service, etc., apply as in the case of the two last outlined trips. |
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