boat-lines

Updated: May 8, 2025

The car-lines and boat-lines are public, and they are free, for the Altrurians think that the community owes transportation to every one who lives beyond easy reach of the points which their work calls them to. Of course the great government stores are in the capitals, and practically there are no stores in the villages, except for what you might call emergency supplies.

William Dean Howells - Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance