Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-12

to them. And these same people talk of
I" Yankee tricks"
SUBURBAN RAILROADS.
We had to wait in the EFStern depot twenty
five minutes, and during that time noted the
arrival OF five trains loaded mainly with the
business men and mercantile clerks Of Boston
coming from tEeir suburban homes - their
daily labor in the ciiy. Numerous trains with
mechanics and ,sborers from t5cir country homes
had previously arrived. And this was but one
depot of half dozen or more where similar
scenes are witnessed. We passed over the
SasEus branch OF the Eastern railroad &c Ivan.
When this twelve mile branch was built. croak-
ers said IL would never pay; that there was not
local travel enough 10 support Z. The projectors
replied that they would make the travel. ami
they have kept their word. The trains are run
st hours to accommodate the working people Ia
Boston and Lynn; and the through iaTe ID Lvuu
is thirty cents; but i've tickets can be par-
chased for 4 dsllar and q ticket good tor three
months Tor Si3. The result is that between
Lynn and Boston four new villsGes-Msple-
wood, Linden, Franklin Park and Clifton Dsle-
have been built recently, consisting mainly OF
the homes of wOrkingmen-nC 70 white frame
cottages, each with ample ground to raise fruit
and yegetables-while SaGgus and West Lynn
are growing rapidly. There is also ss'reet rail-
road from Boston TO Lynn, besides the direct
line Of the Eastern railroad through Lynn By
way Of Revere, where the terrible accident
occurred about year ago. This effect of
suburban railroads in building up the waste
places has moral for washingtonians.
days and is to be for the wee. TO IL situated
on the rocky declivity Of Pine Hill, West Lynn,
and from the piazza, as Also from the dining
room and bed room windows, commands
A PANORAMIC VIEW,
which for extent and beauty can hardly be sur
passed. At the extreme left Is the city of Lynn,
with its factories and churches; beyond that the
picturesque shores of Swampscott; a little to the
right, the beautiful rocky peninsula of Nahsnt,
with its long stretches Of beach, rocky prom0no-
tories, and charming summer retreats; beyond
Nahant the singular outlines of Egg rock directly
in front West Lynn, with its white cottages and
shade trees in the fore ground, with Lynn bay
beyond, and in the distance the islands and
light houses at the entrance of PISTON harbor,
the view in this direction being bounded by the
"South shore, !" above which we can just see the
white spires in Scituate, twenty miles away
This is pronounced Situate by the natives, and
not Skit-e-wate, as Mrs. Jefferson Davis told a
il at school. On the right we have the Saugu.
river, running through salt marshes, and fur
Their on the Blue hills, beyond which can be seer
South Boston and Dorchester; and further to the
right. Bunker Hill monument. At the extreme
right is the pretty village OF Saugus. The view
in some respects, resembles that from red hill or
the Tennallytown road, above Georgetown
Lynn in one picture corresponds to Wsshin gtou
in the other, West Lynn to Georgetown. the bay
to the Potomac, and the villages south of Win
throp head to Alexandra. The weather is de-
lightfully cool here; too cool to sit in the opeu
air at evening. Our excursions to Dungeon
Rock, Swampscott, and Nahant, and propose q
excursions to the Hub and elsewhere, with q
word about Lynn and the Crispin strikes m ay
form the subjects Of other letters If time can be
found to write them. W. K. &.