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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...the valley of the Connecticut. But each and every one of these trips is admirable. For full details of them, see "Trolley Exploring." Connecticut and Massachusetts chapter, and buyalso for very complete particulars a most valuable little handbook, "Trolley Trips Through Southern New England," by White & Warner of Hartford. Travelers from the east can use the steamer as a hotel while in New York in the same way. This reduces expenses to a very low point. There is an even more attractive possibility, however. The Saturday night steamers either way (uot rum.ing Sundays) stay at iheir pier in both Hartford and New York Sunday morning to Monday night. This allows for two days of excursioning and three nights aboard the boat. Passengers on these excursions can leave their baggage in the staterooms over these trips. Special "Saturday night excursion " rates are made for this: Cong island's Great South Bay. JOURNEY LVII. Between Point Lookout, Long Beach, and Free-port (Long Island). Short trips over the Great South Bay. Boats of the Long Beach Transportation Co. VER the waters of the Great South Bay, from Freeport to Long Beacn, nit e round trips. Fare both ways, 25 cents. A decidedly pleasant sail over to the ocean. At Long Beach the Long Island Railroad may be taken; at Freeport the railroad, and the new trolley system to Hempstead, Garden City and Mineola as well. This outlines a part..boat, part trolley and part steam journey that might well be taken. The Great South Bay is a stretch of water 2.UP. M.,3.20 P.M., 4.50 P. M., 5.45 P.M., 9.30, and 10.15 P.M. Landings at Hempstead Bay Yacht Club, Denton's and Prospect Gun Club. In addition to tbi=, the steamer "Marie" runs across the Bay from Freeport to Long Beach via W...
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