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soil, — he Avas no less the large-hearted, open-minded, pub- 

 lic-spirited citizen. He did much to secure the freeing of 

 the Salem and Boston Turnpike and of the Chelsea Bridge, 

 with the incidental result that tolls were speedily abolished 

 on every incorporated turnpike and bridge in Massachu- 

 setts. He did much to promote the chartering of a street 

 railway between Lynn and Boston and the subsequent ex- 

 tension of it to Marblehead. He did much to push on the 

 construction of the spur-track of the Eastern Railroad 

 which joined Swampscott with Marblehead. He was a 

 principal factor in urging forward to success, in the face 

 of grave opposition, the beautiful and now populous shore 

 drive called Atlantic Avenue, which has resulted so aus- 

 piciously for the surrounding section. New England hus- 

 bandry will look far to find a more typical or more esti- 

 mable follower of the craft of Adam. 



Robert S. Rantoul ] 



John Robinson I Committee. 



Henry A. Hale \ 



