Show Ancient Ferry Proud of the fact that the line of boats between Chelsea and Boston has been in regular operation for 275 years tho directors of the Wlnnlslm met ferry celebrated the anniversary with a special beneficence They arranged ar-ranged to turn over the entire receipts re-ceipts in fares for this day to tho R S Frost hospital of Chelsea to be used I in the maintenance of that institution Institu-tion The Wlnnislmmet ferry is the oldest In the United States Its original orig-inal charier was obtained by Samuel Maverick whose name comes down to the present day in certain local designations des-ignations In Chelsea and East Boston For a hundred years tho boats were all propelled by either oars or sails In 1832 two steamers the Chelsea and tho Boston were placed in service serv-ice Boston Transcript |