Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-10
BOSTON SERVICE
BY BOAT STARTS
WITH EXCURSION
First Trip Out Will Be
on Thursday Night
Next Week


on the kennebec river as well as from
Boothbay Harbor and points in that
!! vicinity, will mark the resumption of
the Boston Kennebec steamboat SER
vice, and the improvement in the ser
vice over the Boothbay division, which
will be inaugurated on Thursday OF
next week by the Kennehec Naviga-
ton Co.
| In other words the steamer City of
Rockland will commence her sailings
between Boston and the Kennebec on
go into commission.
! The excursion, which will inaugu-
rate the resumption Of service, means
that one can buy round trip ticket,
good to leave the kennebec at Z on
Thursday night of next week and re-
! turning leave Boston at 6 on the night
of Saturday. June 49, or Monday,
June 20. The fare from Gardiner or
Cedar Grove for the round trip is
$3.50 This will give people in this sec
ton chance to go to Boston and
| return at a rate cheaper than they
have known for many years. but the
: rate quoted above is for this excur-
sion only.
F. The schedule calls for the boat to
leave Gardiner at 4:30 p. NJ. on Tues
days, Thursdays and Sundays: Cedar
! Grove at $40 P. NJ, on the same days
and Bath at P. NJ, on those three
days. In addition there will be day.
| light trip from Bath every Saturday
at $50 n. NJ, the boat reaching Bos-
ton about : in the afternoon.
The City of Rockland will leave Bos-
| ton at on Monday, Wednesday, Fri
| day and Saturday nights but the Fri
day night trip will be as far as Bath
only, as the boat is obliged to turn
about and go back to Boston so as to
leave there Saturday night to bring
Massachusetts people to Maine for the
week end This will bring the boat
into Gardiner every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Sunday morning.
The one way fares will be $3.50 from
Gardiner to BOSTON and S4.35 from Ce-
dar Grove on regular trips.
The staterooms on the boat are in
the finest possible condition and the
prices will be from $50 upward. The
meals will be served a Ia carte in the
main dining saloon and the prices will
be reasonable, the cuisine and service
of the best.
1t will no doubt be popular line
for shipping and receiving freight as
it means that freight shipped from
Boston at night is in Gardiner in the
morning and the rate will be approx
imately 10 per cent. under the railroad
rate.
A specially, and a new one on this
mobiles and the following schedule
of prices has been made:
Touring cars and roadsters:
100 inches and under wheel base
| IS one way: si2 round trip.
| 101 inches to 10 inches. inclusive
SO ono way; Slo round trip.
| III inches to 100 inches. inclusive
sl2 one way; $50 round trip.
III inches and over, s15 one way;
s25 round trip.
Limousines and all closed cars, add
| % per cent to above rates.
Motorcycles, 81.
motorcycles Will sue Cal ., Do
These reduced rates for tourists
cars apply only when the car is &C
companied by owner or person in
charge.
AS soon as YOU know when you are
going, telephone. wire or write for
reservations and space for your car
On the Bath Boothbay division a
boat will leave Bath at $50 A. NJ
on Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday and
Sunday for Boothbay Harbor and
| the islands. running as far as Christ
mas Cove. On Mondays. Wednes-
days, Fridays and Sundays there
will be a boat leaving Bath for these
same points at 9.15 A. NJ. There will
| be boat leaving Bath for Boothbay
I:urbor at go daily except sundays
| Boats will leave Christmas Cove
| for Bath. daily. including Sundays,
at three in the afternoon: on every
| day. Sundays excepted, a boat will
leave Boothbay Harbor for Bath at
| S A. NJ. and on Sundays at A. NJ.
The steamer Wiwurna of the line
| arrived at the Bath dock Wednesday
| in fine condition and as soon as she
undergoes the usual government in
! spcction she will he ready to go into
! commission. The Catherine is prac-
| tically ready for the route and the
Boothbay service will open on Thurs
! day Of next week along with the
| Boston -kennebec service.
Thes logan. along the whole Ken
| nebec valley. will be ship by boat
| for the more business the line is
| given, the more successful it will
| prove and the company hopes to have
| it so successful that another Boston
boat will have to be procured and
| perhaps another island steamer in
| time to come.
! Folders giving full information OF
| time Of sailings, rates of fare and
other details may be secured at any
| of the landings, at the company's Of
| flee in Bath, on board the steamers
| or by sending request to the Pub
! licity Department of the Kennebec
! Navigation Co. at Bath.
| The Boston boat will land at Fos-
ter's wharf in Boston as in the past.
The landings at other points will be
as usual.
All sailing schedules arc based on
daylight saving time.
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