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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n, about 4,000. A loan in-stitution, telegraph, telephone,and all city privileges. Build-ing lots from thirty cents to$1.00 per foot. This suburb isone of the pleasantest andthe grounds of broken and hillyFine drives in the neighborhood. 5 miles from Boston. 41 trains from Boston, week days. 40 trains to Boston, -week days. 9 trains each -way, Sundays. One-hundred ride Ticket ...$5 75 .30 .09 A Boston suburb; popula-tion, about 1,000. The situa-tions here are very fine.Among the hills in the neigh-borhood are three of Bostonsfinest cemeteries, the well-known Forest Hills beingwithin this suburb. Bussey Park and Franklin Park are in the imme-diate vicinity. The Bussey Institution (Agricultural Department) andArnold Arboretum of Harvard University are attractions of the sub-urbs on this side of the city. There are some fine estates in ForestHills, and the section is growing rapidly. Building lots from twelveand one-half to twenty-five cents per foot. Four to six per cent onmortgages. 58
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59 MOUNT HOPE. A suburb of Boston (Ward23). Population, about 3,000.A growing neighborhood, withmany line estates and resi-dences. All Boston city privi-leges. The celebrated ArnoldArboretum forms an attrac-tion of this place, and there are many fine driveways, among woodedhills and diversified scenery, in the vicinity. For suburban residence,the place cannot be excelled. Building lots from one to twenty-fivecents per foot. Five and six per cent on mortgages. Mail delivery. 6 miles from Boston. 23 trains from Boston, week days. 25 trains to Boston, -week days.4 trains each way, Sundays.One-hundred ride Ticket ....$6.75 Five-trip Ticket 35 Fare, one way 12 CLARENDON HILLS, 7 miles from Boston. 23 trains from Boston, week days. 25 trains to Boston, week days.Four trains each way, Sundays. One hundred ride Ticket $8.50 Five-trip Ticket 45 Fare, one way 13 with modern-built residencesPark.) HAZELWOOD A village of Hyde Park ; pop-ulation, about 1,000. One mileto Hyde Park. Building lotsfro

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