. La vecchia colonia, o terra di Pilgrim : passato e presente . s rappresentando ogni stato e paese della terra, il numero di cui è Legione.i suoi vantaggi peculiari, il lusso dei suoi appuntamenti, la sicurezza di tutti i suoi apparecchi, il suo record meraviglioso per quanto riguarda la libertà fromincidenti e vittime, I suoi grandi hotel galleggianti, che offrono tutti gli alloggi di un carovanario di prima classe ai viaggiatori, il fas-cining e le attrazioni dei suoi percorsi - tutti questi e molti altri caratteristiche da tempo è stato raccomandato al pubblico, e sono nowmany decs da quando la Pall River Line ha avuto luogo come thh

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. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . s representingevery state and country of the earth, the number of whom is Legion.Its peculiar advantages, the luxury of its appointments, the safety ofall its appliances, its wonderful record with regard to freedom fromaccidents and casualties, its great floating hotels, affording all theaccommodations of a first-class caravansary to travellers, the fas-cination and attractions of its routes — all these and many othercharacteristics long since commended it to the public, and it is nowmany decades since the Pall River Line took place as the foremosttransportation enterprise of its kind upon the globe. That this state-ment is true all experienced travellers will attest; and the novice mayat any time establish the fact for himself. The passenger fleet of steamboats belonging to the Pall River Line(the freight boats form a department by themselves) is comprised ofthe steamers Pilgrim, Bristol, Providence, Old Colony and .Newport, and during the time that summer flitting is on, all these. vessels are in commission, and are taxed to their utmost capacity inserving the travel between New York, Newport, Boston and the East, and correspondingly between Boston, the North and East, and NewYork and the West. The Pilgrim, from the moment she took placein the Line, has been known as the Iron Monarch of Long IslandSound, and no one has ever in the least doubted her right to assume, or her ability to justify, this title. Built by the world-renowned firmof John Eoach & Sons, the length of this enormous craft is 390 feet;width over guards, 88 feet; depth, 18 feet 6 inches; measurement fromtop of dome to base line, 60 feet. Her normal speed is 20 miles perhour. Her cost was upwards of $1, 000, 000. In build she is a shipwithin a ship, having two iron hulls, so constructed that she has all thereal strength of a vessel equalling in thickness of hull the measurementfrom her inner to the outer shell. Between the two hulls there are 9Gw

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• bookidoldcolonyorp
• bookyear1887