A Summary of the Market Situation in Boston


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...Investigates the feasibility and cost of establishing and maintaining suitable public markets at central locations in various parts of the city and recommends establishment of four experimental retail markets in East Boston, Roxbury, South Boston and the South End; report includes quantities sold and prices for many foods, by month and/or year, for 1890 through 1913, or for selected years in between and for 1915 at markets in Boston and 25 other cities in the Unites States and Canada; lists rail rates by food commodity and city of origin; page 122 shows a chronology of imporant dates in the development of markets in Boston, 1635 to 1896; an appendix contains results of a study of the effects of cold storage on the egg trade of Boston, 1904-1913, and data on egg production, production costs, consumption and distribution...










The Organization of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Boston (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Organization of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Boston The annual volume of fresh frults and vegetables recelved in Boston has dechned about carlots durmg the past 30 years, largely due to a dechne of about carlots 1n 1mports and carlots ln recelpts of nearby produce. The import bu91ness has been sh1ited to other ports, mostl}r New York Clty, and the volume of fru1t and vegetable productlon 1n the area surroundlng Boston has declined sharply over the perlod. Duung the past 10 years unloads have been falrly constant, as have sales at the Term1nal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




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Building A New Boston


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"Here is one of the great stories in American urban history told by a great historian. In 1949, Boston was 'a hopeless backwater' . . . by 1970, a 'New Boston' had been created . . . Thomas O'Connor, the dean of Boston historians, brings to this tale of transformation rich learning, intimate familiarity with his subject, and a lucid sometimes witty pen." -- Jack Beatty, Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly