“ A Railroad Beautiful" 
FOOTPATH TO THE STATION AUBURNDALE 
A HIDDEN TOOI.-HOUSE AUBURNDALE 
soon he made it one or two large trees were 
induced to hang over it. Trees, indeed, are 
matters ot slow growth and long waiting; 
hut the theory ot all the planting has wisely 
been for the desirable rather than the speedy, 
at whatever cost ot patience. The lighting 
apparatus, an electric globe on the end ot a 
long curved arm ot iron which is fastened 
to a wooden post, is about as uncouth as 
could well be planned. You would say, 
looking at the pretty station and its attractive 
grounds, that the zeal, even the interest, of 
the company had suddenly failed at this point, 
so that, with 
the picture 
almost com¬ 
plete, the ef¬ 
fect had been 
e n d a n g e r e d 
by careless 
negligence or 
weary dis¬ 
regard ot so 
small a matter 
as the lamp- 
posts. A 
m o in e n t ’ s 
thought 
would recall 
that the de- 
p artm e n t 
which is re¬ 
sponsible for the lamp-posts is not, probably, 
the same as that which has beautified the 
station grounds, and that the significance of 
the striking lapse is only the familiar lesson 
of so many estates and so many towns that 
are not harmonious in their complete effect— 
the necessity of united effort and cooperation 
in all departments. The same lamp-post 
was found at the Brookline and many another 
station, and emphasized the great opportunity 
which awaits the designer and manufacturer 
of a post that shall be inexpensive, but correct 
in its proportions and harmonious in its lines. 
The next 
station be¬ 
yond Long- 
w o o d is 
B r o o k 1 i n e 
and, being 
older t ha n 
the others, it 
is disappoint¬ 
ing. At “ the 
richest town 
in the world ” 
the series of 
stone stations 
is interrupted 
by a brick 
structure of 
earlier date. 
An extra track 
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