TO THE III i AND OF ALL THE TO^VIVS Af.O^O THE LIJVE. Tn OF THE \ AKTOl> PLACES. Siipplenienfe*! witli a f'ouiplef e 3lap and Time Table. Printed by Aulliority off tlie Co. PRICE 75 CENTS. DECEERTOWN, M ^l ^S) , SAYER i NOBLE. IWiOii AKD JOB PRINTERS. 1S73. Entered accordiii)? to Act of Congiess, iri the year 1872, by SAYER A NOBLE, In the DlMco of the Lilirarian ( Lansingville 157 Delhi .164 (New Berlin Branch) New Berlin i 22 Sage's Corners 19 New Berlin CentJc IS Davis' C?'Ossiiig 17 South New Berlin | 14 Homesville i 13 White's Store | il Lantham's Corners i 9 I'ockwpH's Mills 1 8 M(ri]nt Upton j 7 Kockdale I 3 East (Juilford Junction ! tilirci, ISoaii«* & West- ern Uivisiont^. Utica Nev/ l[ar! ford , 4 Porter's Bridge ' 7 Roine Bartlett's Westmoreland Clark's Mills. . . Kirklaiid Clinton.. 6 a 10 11 ii> Clinton ; 9 Franklin Iron Works 11 Deansville ; 14 Oriskany Falls j 18 Solsville ! 2-2 24 26 Boiickville Peoksport , Hamilton | 29 Smith's Valley i 81 Earlville ". H5 Smyrna 39 Slieiburne Four Corners..' 42 North Norwich ] 43 Plasterville | 45 Norwich 1 50 Frinkville j 55 Sfe\vart'.s 57 Plymouth 58 Ireland's Mills t;2 Lower Beaver Meadow | 63 Beaver Meadow i 64 Otselic ,1 68 Crumb Hill I 73 Wilbert's 76 DeKuyter 79 Cuyler 83 Tru.xton 87 East Homer 92 Cortland 98 Freeville lOS Etna Station Ill Asbury 115 South Lansing |118 North Lansing j 122 Genoa ! 125 Venice Centre Il31 Scipio Centre !lS5 GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITIES. A writer in the U. S. Railroad and Mining Guzttte furnishes us the following curious geological feature of the Midland Kailroad : Leaving the Pennsylvania Kailroad Company's depot in Jersey City, the Midland train runs toward Newark for a mile or so, through the deep cut in the trap range hack of the city, and then switches off to the right and runs iiortli along the east edge of th(} great marshes through wliich the llackensack and Passaic meander. Formerly New York Bay ()ccu))i(Hl all tliis district which is in fact nothing else than the connnon delta of these streams. Side by side with the New York and Erie Railroad the Midland runs north- ward for some miles and then sweeps round northwest- ward and westward through Hackensack to Paterson (twenty miles from New York) where it turns sharp noi'th again, crosses the Passaic and begins its ascent of the east side of Paterson trap range. It is two hundred and thirty feet above tide at Wortendyke station) twenty- six miles,) three hundred and forty at Wyck off (twenty seven miles) and three hundred and eighty at the sum- mit where it turns west and southwest, and runs down to two hundred and seventy at Oakland, two hundred and thii'ty eight feet at the bridge over the Rama})o River, and two hundred and ten at Pompton. Hei'e the line commences its ascent of the valley 2 10 ^MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. of a branch of the Rainapo cutting square across through an extensive primary country of gneiss rocks, which form the front range of the Highlands. Its gen- eral course is pretty straight, one or two points of the compass north of west, until it reaches the summit of a high pass in Wallkill mountain. The height of its different stations, observed by barometer, are as follows : Bloomiugdale two hundred and fifty feet (thirty-six miles), Smithsville four hundred and forty, Charlotte- burgh (forty-three) seveli hundred and ten, Newfound- land (forty-four) seven hundred and sixty, Oakhill eiglit hundred, Snufftown nine hundred and ninety, which is nearly at tlie summit. The line then desends down the west side of tlie AVallkill mountain to Ogdensburg, (fifty-six miles from New York), where it is five hun- dred and thirty feet above the tide. Here it finds and uses the natural dam or embankment across the level bottom of the Wallkill Valley, to which we invite atten- tion. The valley is strait for many miles from Franltlin ; runs nearly north and south ; drains northward ; and consists of white and blue limestone outcrops cultinated from an early day. I'he dip is steeply either north seventy-five west, or south seventy-five east, the west side of the valley is made by a range of crystaline white limestone hills two hundred to three hundred feet high, in which lie the famous Franklinite iron and zinc ore beds of Sterling Hill paid Franklin, backed by a country of gneiss rock. The outcropping rocks of the val- leys and hills are rounded and 2^olished grooved and scrntched hy the ice, just as they are in the Alps. Sand gravel and boulders tell the same story of a glazier moving up the valley from the north southwards. The natural embankment across the valley at Ogdensburgh, is apparently the terminal morsine which MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 11 this glacier left when it had shrunk to a smaller size, and was about disappearing from the country at the end of the Glacial era. It consists of sand, gravel and boul- ders from tlie top to the bottom ; is about a mile long, abutting against the Wallkill Mountain on the east and against Sterling Hill on the west ; is one hundred feet high, and not more than two hundred and fifty feet wide at the base ; c' around, is the surest way home." The cry from the conductor, "All aboard," the ring- ing of the bell, an'd the whistle from the engine announce that we are off. The tiain passes svviftly by stores, dwellings, factories and vacant lots, through licrgen Cut, 22 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. then switches of to the right, moves slowly on the tres- tles over the Morris & Essex and Erie Railroads, then swiftjy on up the Jersey meadows, skuting- Bergen Heights, to NEW DURHAM. 6i.< miles from New York. A growing little village of about 500 inhahitants, containing 7 stores, 3 hotels, 1 church, 2 good school buildings, 1 tannery, and a catsup factory. Market gardening is carried on to a considerable extent in this vicinity, quite profitably. NE'tVS3USESaiIAM MOTEL, ADOLPIIJAQI'ET, proprie- tor, on rhellackensack Plank Koad, (opposite the church), Tsew Durnasn. Good meals served at all hours. BKaJSH'S MOTEI., NEW DURHAM, Hackensack Plank Road. Jas. K. Brush, Proprietor. Tlie train rushes onward over a straight track, north- ward, stops for a moment at English Creek, crosses the drawbridge, and hurries on to RIDGEFIELD PARK, 11 miles from New York, Skirting the shore of the Hackensack River, lined with ice houses, mills, factories, and brick yards. This place claims attention principally as an attractive loca- tion for suburban residences for New Yorkers, and is destined to become a place of considerable importance. A large summer Hotel, capable of accommodating two or three hundred guests has been erected the present sea- sou, and will soon become a favorite summer resort. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 28 The Ridgelield Park Railway, forms a jimction here, a few hundred yards beyond tlie depot, traverses Bergen County, parallel to and at an average distance of a mile and a half fi-om the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, and passes tlu-ough the thickly populated region hitherto tributary to that line ouly, including Cedar Lake, Schraalenburg, Tappan, Clarksville and Rockland Lake. At Tappan, on the New York State line, twelve miles distant, the line becomes the Rockland Central, passing through Haverstraw, with Fort Montgomery on the Hudson, twenty miles distant, as its objective point, whence it will idtimately be prolongated to connect at Newburgh with what is known as Ramsay's Railroad, to connect that city with Albany. The total length of the projected line will be about forty-three miles, eleven of which will be used in com- mon with the Midland between Jersey City and Ridge- field Park. Tlience to Tappan, stations are to be established at intervals of about one mile. About 20 miles of this road will be put in operation the present season. BOGATA, 13 miles from New York, is situated on the Hackeusack river, at the eastern end of the railway bridge over which we cross, and derives its name from the good old Bogart family, the first set- ters of this region. We speed onward to HACKENSACK. 13>^ miles from New York. A growing town of about 8,000 inhabitants, and tlie county seat of Bergen County, situated on the Hack- 24 :\[IDLAND KAlLliOAD GUIDR (Mis;ic-k liiver, on a level iilain, and is rapidly beroniinij: populated by first-class New York business men. There are several public and private schools, a line academy, churches of almost every denomination, two circulatin^u' libraries, and free reading rooms ; two public halls, three excellent news })apers, {Democrat, BcpvUlcan, and Citiscii,) a Masonic Hall, Gas W(jrks, Foundry and Ma- chine sho]), Insurance C'omi)any, three banks, three hotels with may other branciies of business ; and Axill soon as- ]nre 16 become a city. Hacken.sack was oriiiinally settled by six or eight Dutch families whose descendents are to-day its princi- pal inhabitants. It w^as included in a patent gi'anted by the projnietor of East Jersey to Capt. John Barry, and, at the outbreak of the llevolutionary War, only con- tained about thirty houses, and a Dutch Reformed Ghiu-ch, facing tlie public green, first built in 1696 and rcbuili in 1761. In the old church yard adjoining this sacred edilice, repose the remains of Brig. Genl. Poor of New Ilamjishire, who died in 17H(i, and of Col. Riciiard Viu'ick, Ex-]Mayor of Xew York, who died in ISol. All this vicinity teems with inl('i( sting historic remin- iscences of Revoliilionary times, aii.l many anecdotes of tlie i)atriotism and cor.rage of the people of Bergen County might be related, did our space permit. The lolliAving n;\rrati^■e which we extract from Barber's '' New Jersey Historical Collections,'' will in- tei'cst the modem reader from the fact that the ZabriskJe MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 25 residence, used by General Washington as his head- quarters, is still standing, on Main Street ; and near it also still are the tavern, village green, and Court House. * "After the evacuation of Fort Lee, in Nov., 1776, and the surrender of Fort Washington to the British, Wash- ington, at the head of his army, consistmg only of about 3,000 men, having sent on his baggage to Acquack- auock (now Passaic) crossed the New Bridge into the town. It was about dusk when the head of the troops entered Hackensack. The night Avas cold, dark and rain}', but I had a fair view of them from the light of the windows, as they passed on our side of the street. They marched two abreast, looked ragged, some without a shoe to their feet, and most of them wrapped in then* blankets. Washington then, and for some time previous^ had his head-c^uarters at the residence of Mr. Peter Za- briskie, a private house, the supplies for the General's table being furnished by Mr. Archibald Campbell, the tavern keeper. The next evening after the Americans had passed through, the British were encamped on the opposite side of the river. We could see their fires about 100 yards apart, gleaming brilliantly in the gloom of the night, extending some distance below the town, and more than a mile up toward the New Bridge, Washington was still at his quarters, and had with him his suite, life-guards, a company of foot, a regiment of cavalry and some soldiers from the rear of the army. In the morning, before the General left, he rode down to the dock where the bridge now is, viewed the enemy's encampment about ten or fifteen minutes, and then re- turned to Mr. Campbell's door, and called for some wine *Up to within a few years ago the old tavern sign bearing the words " Hoboken, Ilackensack and Albany Stage Route," was visible to passers by, at the hotel referred to. — Homes on the Mid- land, by Geo. F. C'atlin. 3 26 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. and water. After he had drunk, and when Mr Camp- bell was taking the glass from him. the latter, with tears streaming do^oi his face, said ' General, ' what shall I do ; I have a famil}^ of small children and a little property here; shall I leave it?" Washimgton kindly took his hand and replied, ' ]\Ir. Campbell, stay by your property, and Jceejj )ieut?'aJ,'' then, bidding him 'good bye,' rode off. About noon the next day the British took possess- ion of the town, and in the afternoon the green was covered with Hessians, a horrid, frightful sight to tlie inhabitants. There v\'ere between 3,000 and 4,000, with then- whiskers, brass caps and kettles of brass drums. A part of these same troops were two montlis after taken prisoners at Trenton." "In the latter part of INIarch, 1780, a party of about 400 British, Hessians, and refugees passed through Hackensack on their way to attack some Pennsylvania troops at Paramus. It was about three o'clock in tlie night when they entered the lower part of the town. All was quiet. A small company of 20 or 30 militia, under Capt. John Outwater, had retired for the night to tiie baiTacks, barns and outhouses, where those friendly to the American cause generally resorted to rest. One- half of the enemy marched quietly through. When the rear, consisting mostly of Hessians, arrived, they broke open the doors and windows, rob])ed and plundered, and took prisoners a few peaceable inhabitants, among ^vhom was ^.Ii-. Airhibald Campbell. This gentleman, who had been for several weeks conlined to his bed witli tho rheumatism, they forced into tiie street, and comj^elled to follow them. Often in their rear, they threatened to shoot him if he did not hasten his pace. In the subse- quent confusion he escaped and hid in the cellar of a house opposite the New Bridge. He lived until 1798, and never experienced a return of the rheiimatisiK."' MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 27 " The Hessians burnt two chvellings and the Court Hout^e. The hitter stood on the west side of the green, eight or ten rods from Camj^bell's tavern. Fortunatelj^ the wind was from the west, and drove the liames and sparks over the green, and tlie tavern Avas saved by tlie family tlirowing water over tlie roof. At this time those in the outhouse were ar(nised, and the miltia has- tened aeross the fields, mounted horses, and alarmed the troops at Paramus. By the time the enemy had arrived at Miiat is now Red Mills, fom- miles from Hackensaek, they ascertained the Americans were on their way to meet them. Disappointed, they retraced their steps, and, when near Hackensaek, turned off on the road leading to the New Bridge, to the left of which there is a range about half a mile distant, the intervening ground being level. There the continentals and militia were hurrying over, kept, however, at a distance by large Hanking parties of the enemy, wlio, on arriving at tlie bridge, were detahied about two hours in replacing the l^lank torn of by the Americans. In the mean time ilieir parties were skirmishing with our people. Having (^•rossed over, tlu^y marched down the east side of the Hackensaek, through the English neighliorhood, being ]nn-sued twelve miles to a considerable distance within their lines down to Bergen woods. They lost many killed and wounded. Theie were none killed on our side. A young man of the town Avas wounded by a spent ball, wliich cut his upjier lip, knocked out four front teeth, and was caught in his mouth. Cajit. Out- water received a ball below the knee, which Avas nevei- extracted. He can-led it for many years, and it Avas Imried Avith him.'' Attention is iinitcd to the adveriisenients of R. P. Terhunc and 11. Van Houten. The latter has (me of the finest tobacco and cigar stores west of Ncav York, 28 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. R.P.TERHUNE Dealer in and Manufacturer of Hardware, Builder's Hardware, Bar Iron and Steel, Agricultural Implements, Mow- ing Machines &.C., House Furnishing Goods. All kinds of Castings and Machine work to order, Con- sisting in part of House Crestings, Cemetery Enclos- ures, Iron Railing, Lamp Posts, Horse Posts, Sta- ble Furniture, Stall Guards, Hay Racks, Feed Boxes &.C., C&.. Sales room and office, North-east corner of Main and Bridge streets, Foundry and Machine shop foot of Bridge street. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 29 while the former is tlie acknowledged leading busi- ness man in the town. Previons to the building of the ^Midland, Hacken- saek only enjoyed railroad eonmiunication with ]S"ev»' York by a branch of the Erie Railway, Avhich runs in on the western border of the town. Now however, the Midland affords greater convenience and passengers are landed on the principal tlio¥<^)ughfare, at Main street. H. VAN HOUTEN Wholesale and Retail Dealer in MAIN S'l^KiEET, One Door from Bergen, HACKENSACK, N, J. Vv'e Manufacture our own Cigars, and Guarantee Satisfaction. Call in. We now move westward through a deep cut in the Red Hills, in a straight comse to MAYWOOD, 14;Vv miles from New York, Where has been erected a fine depot building, and sev- eral subui-ban residences near ])y. Then, on to LODl, 15;.< miles from New Yo; k. '. This village has a j)opulalion of about 400, four churclies, sevend good schools, a circulating library, and contains many tine residences. Among the indus- ti-ies of the place are the celebi-ated Lodi Chemical and Lodi Pi'int Works. :30 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. DUNDEE LAKE, is miles from New York. A beautiful little village on the Passaic Riv*:"!", and a famous resort of aciuatic sportsmen. Here eveiy year is held the regatta which brings together thousands of visi- tors from Paterson, Passaic, Newark, Hackensack and New York. Dundee Lake, as it is called, is in reality the Passaic River, which, checked at this point by the Dundee Dam, a mile or so below, widens out into a beautiful sheet of water which furnishes rare opi)ortuni- ties for boating • or skating according to the season. PATER80N. 20 miles from New York. Has a population of about 40,000, and is one of the most active and enterprising cities in the country, with manufactories of almost every description, which are a source of her increasing wealth and prosperity. The Midland sku'ts the eastern suburbs of the city about a mile from the business center of the town, and has three depots located at equal distances of about a half a mile a part, from which passengers are conveyed down town by horse cars. The Broadway Depot gen- erally has the i)reference over those established at Mark- et street or Riverside, by travelers. In reference to the growth, prosperity, and advanta- ges of Paterson, we extract the following from a neat little volume written by George F. Catlin, a resident of that city, entitled, "Homes on the Midland." ' ' The history of Patei son, from the day of her foun- dation to the present time, is a histor}^ of early toil and MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 81 struggles and adversity, rewarded at length by a cro^vn of wealth and prosperity. In 1840, her population was 7,598. Twenty years later it had increased to 20,000, thirty ye'drs later to 34, 000, and to-day she is accounted the third city in size in New Jersey, and the thirty-eighth in the United States." '' Paterson was named in honor of Governor William Paterson, who, in November, 1791, signed a charter in- corporating a society organized by Alexander Hamilton, with a capital of one million dollars, for the manufac- ture of cotton cloths. The site of the proposed opera- tions was fixed upon at this point in May, 1792, at v.'hich time there vrere not over ten houses here. A meeting of the directors of the society was held at God- win's Hotel on the 4th of July in the same year, and the necessary appropriations were then made for l)uild- ing factories and machine shops, and for the construc- tion of a raceway to utilize the immense water power furnished by the Passaic River. This power indeed was %\hat had decided the selection of the location in the first place." "In January, 1793, Peter Colt, Esq., the State Comptroller of Connecticut, was put in charge of the Company's affairs, and under his supervision the fiist raceway was completed. The factory w as finished in 1794, and in that year calico shawls and other cotton goods were printed ; the society also appears to have be- stowed attention on the culture of the silkworm, and du'ected the planting of mulberry trees for that purpose. As a result, the Paterson mills of the present day pro- duce the finest silks in America." "But for a while, misfortune caused a suspension of the society's labors, and 1796 the workmen were dis- charged and manufactm-es abandoned. In 1824, how- ever, Mr. Roswell L. Colt purchased at a depreciated price a large portion of the shares and revived the or- 32 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. ganization. Since that time it has been steadily in- creasing in stability and effectiveness, and now the mills and shops of Paterson furnish daily employment to thousands of hands, and send silks, yarns, cotton cloths, and locomotives to all parts of the world," " The Falls of the Passaic, while thus su})plying a never-failing source of wealth to the city of Paterson, are, moreover, strikingly gTand in themselves and ])ictur- esque in their suiTOundings. Pom-ing rapidly over a rocky hed, the vast volume of water plunges down a depth of seventy -five feet into a naiTOv/ gorge or chasm, walled in by a perpendicular face of rock, thence darts off at right angles, foaming and bubbling out into a sort of basin, surromided by high precipitous sides, and thence turns again at a sharj) angle resuming, on the lov/er level, in its original direction. The gorge into which the river plunges is spanned by a sj^nmetrical bridge of iron, on which you may stand and ol>tain a complete view of the torrent, as with a deafening roar it leaps into the dark cavernous jaws of rock, emerging again covered with feathery foam." " In one of the crevices of rock near this })oint are scratched in rude letters, various initials and dates, some of the latter extending back into the last century. The initals^G. AV.," with the figures "1778," are still pointed out as having been inscribed there by the father of his country, the revolutionary troops having at one time been encamped on the adjacent hills. From the brow of the solid rock o{)posite, Sam Patch took one of his famous leaps, and at tlie same spot sixty years ago, a distressing accident hap}iened, rpsnlling in the death of an estimable woman and wife."* *"JMrs. Sarah Cumming, consort of the Eev. Hooper Cu;niiuno: Of Newark, was a daughter of tne kite Mr. John Enmions, of Portland in the district of Maine. She was a lady of an amiable disposition, a well cultivated mind, distinguished intelligence and MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 33 The grounds about the Falls have been thrown open as a public park by their public spirited owner John Ryle, Esq., and are a favorite resort as well for the townspeople as for visitors. Upon the heights overlook- ing the Fulls is an observatory, from whicli may be ob- tained a comprehensive view of the entire city and the enth'e country on all sides of it. Here too is a reservoir for supplying the city, and upon the high ground oppo- site, stand the obelisk, sm-mounted by a marble statue, erected to the memory of the ' ' Soldiers and Sailors of Passaic County," who fell in the late war." " A visit 'to Passaic Falls will well repay any one un- dertaking it. Horse cars run directly thither from the Mitlland Railroad Depot." " The coming of the Midland to Patersou, opens a new era in the prosperity of the city, lirst as exciting compe- uiost exemplary piety ; and she was much endeared to a large cir- cle of respeotalile friends and connections. She had been married about two months, and was blessed with a flattering prospect of no common share of temporal felicity and usefulness in tlie sphere which Providence had assigned her; ))ut oh, how uncertain is the continuance of every earthly joy. "On (Saturday, the 2Hth of June, ISI'2 Mr. Camming rode with his wife to Paterson in order to supply, by presbyterial api)oint- ment, a destitute congregation in that place on the following day. On Monday niorning he went with his beloved companion to show her the Falls of Passaic and the surrounding l)eautiful wild scenery, little expecting the solemn event which was to enaue. •' Having ascentled the flight of stairs, Mr. and Mrs. Cumming walked over the solid ledge to the vicinity of the cataract, charmed w^ith the wonderful prospects, and making various remarks u|)on the stupendous works of nature around them. At length they took their station on The brow of the solid rock whi(;h overhangs the basin six or eight rotls from the falling water, where thousands have stood before, and where there is a flue view of most of the subliuie curiosities of the place. When they had enjoyed the lux- ury of the scene for a considerable time Mr. Oumming said: 'My dear, i believe it is tiine for us to set our face homeward,' and at the same uioment turned around in order to lead the way. lie in- staritly heard the voice of distress, looked back and his wife was gone." 34 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. tition and affording a second great avenue of dii-ect com- munication, not onlj^ with New York but witlitlie west; secondly, as o})ening to a more intimate and convenient business relationsliip with it the neighboring towns of Hackensack, Pompton, Franklin, and all the many vil- lages in upper Bergen, Passaic and Morris Counties ; and thirdly, and more important than all, in developing and throwing open as eligible city property whole tracts of laud hitherto remote from an}^ railroad, and consequent- ly of inconsiderable value. The Midland has done for Paterson exactly what many an aspiring son has done Avith the quaint old homestead of his father, that is, built a new addition to it, modernized it, spread it out and beautified until it is difficult to recognize the once plain and humble dwelling." " The Midland enters Paterson on a high level, and the atmos})here in the section through which it passes is especially cool, healthful and salubrious. The society '• Mrs. Cumming had coiirplainecl of a dizziness early in the morning, and as her eyes had been for sometime fixei.ilai* I*i*ices, We ijiake a specialty of Imported Havana Cigars, selUng them at a slight advance above cost of importation. Our Teas and Coffees have won tlie aprobation of the many who use them, and we confidently reccomraend them. (■'oods delivered to Midland Uepot, for any station on the line. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 37 Buyers of Dry G-oods are specially ipiteil to iiisiiect tee iiiiieiise stock of GENERAL AT HEWSON'S, ne Larpt Dry Giods Store in lie Stale. 1 46, 1 48, I 50 &. I 52, Main St., (Corner of Van Honten,) ALSO 165 VAN HOUTEN ST., PATERSON, (Entrance to Domestic, Woolen and Linen depariment.) A.lAvays Si*eoitilt ie;-* iii NE'^W and Desirable I>ress €xoo(i»ii, Mourning' Wear. Silks, Shawl, Cloaks, Table Linens, Woolens, Fancy Goods, Blankets, &c. Full line of Fancy Goods. DOMESTICS. RETAILED AT WHOLESEE PRICES! ONLY ONE riilCE AT HEWSON'S POPULAR DRY GOODS STORE, Main Street, Corner Van f louten, pjltjehs^oiv, IV. jr. Horse Cars direct from Broadway Depot to tlie store. 38 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. C o p fc Ct3 c<2 pq i=3 ^ f i i ^' Ci3 p 125 -< W 1^ I— I K (10 C !E (A Gc a; 1. s o^r 3 :/) ^'7-^ ti. ri ■' ' '^ c- :^ (A "^ c3 3 ?^.2 := X S>2 P-i CX2 ^ w W P 12! O > C ^ !- 5- , , -TO ^^ ^ MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 39 ( Late of Creveling, Conway & Co., N, Y.) IMPORTER OF MANTFACTURER OF Kerosene Laaips ani Gas Fiitiires, AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN Silver Plated WarejCutlery TTi1.4l trays. &c. PATERSON, N. J. 40 MIDLAIsD RAILROAD GUIDE. C. N. PRIOR Manufacturer and Dealer in OTT 1 Essences, Perfumery .A.IVJ> V mMf i PROPRIETOR OF Di PEIOE'S CODGH BALSAM, Dysenlary Syriu.Paiii Relief, aM Healg Salve, p»A.TERSO]sr, :Nr. j. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 41 C/D -J -J cc O C/) _l O X n SI o ■o C3 3 *-» O 3 C (8 ^ ® % o of < < < LU cr o cT cc < Z) CO LU O Dl C pq CO cc >■ L&J m a Ml -3 z 6 < 42 >riDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. JOSEPH P^^RKEI^ PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER ! •il« ,lf JtiiJ SI,, Near :»Iarkef, St. I'.v'jri^iKSo^* , :v. .r. KEEPS THE LARGEST ASSOKTxMENT OF FINE JEWELRY and Watches in the city of Patersoii, therefore i.s al>le to meet the wishes of his customers. He luaoufactures liue Gold V\ e(hling Rings on the Premises, and cau suit all in quality and size. Ail flue Watches ami Jewelry reijaired and Warranted, and new work promptly executed to order. We now bid adieu to Paterson, westward bound ; cross tlie Passaic River on an elegant and substantial iron bridge ; then over tlie Erie Railway, to HAWTHORXE, 21>^ miles from New \ ork. Here are tAvo depots ; one for tlie Midland, aiid the other for the Erie. This little station like man}' others along the route is rapidly developmg, and public iin\)i'o\ - ments are being inaugurated b}' proi)erty owueis hei-e- abouts, by the opening of avenues and boulevards, and the plantuig of shade trees. The train moves on up the valley through an agricul- tural section, with a tine view of Paterson in the icir, and the Preakness Hills,* to the left. VAN WINKLES. 231.^ miles fiom New Voik. A little hamlet in the ( enter of a tine farming region, and named after Cornelius Van Winkle, Escj., a huge property owner in the vic-inity. •Along the base of Preakness Hills ran the old Minisink pa'h or trail, the Indian ihroughfare from or to tlie seaboard, and along this same route extends the turnpike road of to-day, coniu'ctiiig Paterson with Pompron and the intermediate viilaiies. MIDLAND RAILROAD TIIIDE. 4n MIDLAND PARK. 24*4 miles from New York. This place was foniierly known as G(xlAviiisville, is a gi-owiug little village of al)out 40(1 inhaloitants, witii a good public school, and a neat Methodist churcli. A land improvement company has been organized ]>\' a num- ber of the citizens, who have a tract of land of al)out 150 acres, laid out into a tine ])ai-k, witli di-jves, liridh' paths, ]H)nds, etc. wortp:ndyke. 26 miles troin New York. Is named in honor of C. A. Wortendyke, Esfj., one of the originators and President of the N. J. Midland Rail- way, who has an elegant residence and cxt(Misive cotton mills about half a mile from the de))ot. Tlie engine and ri-pair shops of the Company aie located here ; one hotel and two or three stores. A little grove a few liundred rods from the dejiot, has become (|uitc ;i liixojiic jcsoii i'oy plc-nics. WVCKOFP. 27';, miles Irojw New Voik. A growliig little \illage of about loO iniiidiitants ; con- tains a duu'ch, a school iiouse, two or three stoi'cs, iiotcl and a large tobacco fa<-tor_\', sui r«;iind<'ii ly m fine lar)n- ing country. CAMPGAW. '^9', miles from New 'Vork. Contains a Methodist ("iiur<-h, a iSiuu] s;<')i«)ol house, and one stoie. 44 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. CRYSTAL LAKE. 30 f^ miles from New York. This is located in a region known as ••'The Ponds," so called from the fact that in the original division or lay- ing out of faiins in the sun'ounding country, they were all found to touch upon or include at least one of the many beautiful bodies of water which abound in this vicinity. Contains a good hotel and a few scatteiiug dwellings. OAKLAND. 31 >; miles from New York. This place is made up of scattered houses, store, post office and school house. About a mile westward stands the old " Ponds chm-ch," one of the oldest churches in Northern New Jersey, dating back to 1710. Near this place, amojig the Ramapo Mountains, on the right, on a cold stormy night in the winter of 1869- 70, a silent tragedy was enacted — long to be remembered by the people of this section. * *" Three little boys, aged eight, six and four, sons of poor par- ents, (who lived in a wretched cabin in yonder mountains, and gained a livelihood by ourning charcoal) strayed off from home late one winter afternoon during their father's absence. Their mother missed them when dark came on, and when her husband returned, a search was at once begun. But the night was dark and cold, snow was falling, the mountain paths were steep and icy, and nothing but a father's love and the thought of these little helpless ones exposed to the pitiless element on such a night as that was, could have prompted him to venture forth, A night search was fruitless— then others assisted, and yet in vain— then the whole male population, of tlie neighborhood turned out, and joined in the search ; some asserted the children had been drowned in en- deavoring to cross the Kamapo, which, in winter fierce and swol- len, flows at the moutain's base ; others thought they might be safe under shelter at some distant house ; a few, to the discredit of MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 45 We cross the Ramapo river, pass alon miles from New York. One of the oldest settled and most attractive places in New Jerse3^ Passengers are conveyed to the village, about a mile west from the depot, by the Midland Trans- fer Coach, which runs from the Norton House. The place has a population of about 500 ; contains extensive steel and tile works, 2 chm'ches, (another is to be erected the present summer,) a school house, a young ladies seminary, three stores and U\o hotels. Tlie Wyiiockie, Pequannock, and Ramapo rivers, unite, forming one stream, a few miles below. A beautiful sheet of water, now known as Pom)itf)n Lake is an attractive feature of this neig]dK)rliood. Upon a mountain near here, may still be seen the tire places used by the troops, and the gra\ es of the muti- neers who were executed by order of (leneral Howe, du- riny; the Revolutionarv War. + human nature, vajfuely hinted iliHl the.\ were not lost, i)ut had been foully dealt with as liurdeus and care too heavy to be lont?er supported'; alas! the third days search told the whole sad story— when three little "oodies fiozen stiff, the smaller covered with the ragged coat which his elder brother had taken off to wiap around hini, were found Ivin^r stark and cold, under thf shadow of a ro(;k, where tlu'ir i)oor wcarv feet had at last in the storm and darkness found rest and the ' sleep whi<-h knows no breaking." "—/7ovi/<.'.s on the Midlamt. t" In the winter of ITSO-Sl some of the Jersey troops were sta- tioned part of the time at Ponipton. After the successful mutiny of the Pennsylvania line at Morristown. a part of the Jersey brig- ade, composed chiefly of foreitrners. revoltcil (ui the nijrht of the 4veen STOCKHOLM, 49 miles from New York, And SnufPtown, a station has been established, for the accommodation of the two villages. A fine summer hotel was erected here this spring. The population of the two places thus united is about four hundred ; contain- ing two churches, good schools, four stores, two hotels and a tannery. MIDLAND KAILKOAD GUIDE. 51 PEQUANNOCK HOUSE STOC^KHOLM, N . J. -A./, ' fl JM.._„ t JUNE 15, 1873. THE PEl^I ANNOCK HOTSE IS NEW WITH LARGE AIRY rooms, we'll furnished and in a llealtny location, heiuir at the mc.untains j uumiit nearly 2,00) feet above the sea. Visitors desiring a healthy, quiet and beautiful location with scenery un3ur])assed in tho State will find this a ve 7 d3si able pla^v? t(; Sjjend the summer, 'i'he J^et^uannock House is only 20 miles west of Paterson. Trains run from foot of Co Hand street, N. Y., without change of cars or l>aggage. (ientlemen wisliiug to visit their families, can leave New York at 4:30 p. in. and return any morning in time for business at 10 o'clock. LUKE POOLE, Prop'r. WILLIAM S. LONGSTREET, up:alek in Dry GooJs, Boots iStes, Hats & Cans, OF ALL KINDS Ai all Minis of pods iisiiaUy l%t lii a firsl class Store. STOCKHOLM, N. J. 52 MIDLAND RAILROAD GL IDE. Onwartl about a mile we pass the "Sink Hole,*' and in a moment are at the summit of tlie Hamburgh range ; leaving the wild valley of the Pequannock, and com- mence a gradual descent of th'e mountain to the fertile valley of the Wallkili. We soon emerge from Munson's Gap* in the mountain top. Below us to the right directly across the Wallkili Valley, lies Franklin with her beautiful little lake, dwellings and high fm-uaces. Downward through Snake Den cut, and the train stops at the foot of the descent, and we are at GGDENSBURGH. 56'.} miles frniu New York. The population of this growing village is about 500 ; contains four or live stores, two good hotels, school house, zinc works, car repair shop, and a coal and lumber yard. Ogdensliurgh takes its nj nie fr< m Robert Ogden, who settled in this locality in 17<;.5 or (ftl. He was the father of the noted xVaron Ogden, \\ ho commanded the famous Life Guai'ds of General Washington. About one hun- dred years ago Lord Sterling discovered the famous zinc mines. The vein is from four to live feet in the narrow- est part to fifteen or twenty in the widest part, and has proved inexhaustible. This mine is said to be worth 5^20, 000, (•00, and is t)perated by the Passaic Zinc Com- pany, t •The only openiiisr, for sixty miles, throuErh which the passage of a railroad is practicable. fTlie Passaic Zinc .Mine was once offerer! to the owner's hired man. fo:- a month's work, wliich barirain wnadeelhied by the laborer. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. o^ A large portion of the vilhiire is situated ou a level bluff jutting out from the mountain, which extends nearly across the valley, affording a natural embank- ment for the railroad. This eurious formation saves the railroad a further circuit of ten miles, which it would otherwise have been ol)liged to mak(^ around the valley. From the dejiot, the scene on either side is strangely pic- turesque and beautiful. To the south, about four miles, the church steeples of Bpai'ta meet the eye, and on the north extends the far famed AVallkill Valley. The advent of the Midland has given a new impetus to the formerly sIoav groAvth of the jdace, and new dwell- ings, stores, and other impi'ovements are sprmging up as if b}' magic. Ogdens burgh House, Ogdensburgh, Sussex County, New Jersey. Jacob Struble, Proprietor, D. F. Lyon, Leasee. Q-oo3 accommodations for travelers. Board by the day or week, on reasonable terms. John George, l>onloi' ill DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. CROCKERY, BOOTS and SHOES, Jijue 1, 1813, for Siuiiii Oo:deiisl)'.ii.ol; is one nf the most beautiful villages in New Jersey, situaled in the Wallk.l! Valley fiH miles 1. om New York, 25 -Miles west of I'atereon, on the New York and Oswego Aliulciii'l R. K. (Trains Hun f.oni foot of (;o.tlanil St. \. Y., \vit]U)nt cli-antieof cars orbajr-jrafre.) \ i>itors desi: in>r a nealtliy cli- inat'^, quiet and heai'.fifu! location. Mineral • siti'inji', ro- man- tic scenery and pleasant !f j), m., and ret ru any !c.i::-nHn>\ in riin-.' for l>i!-»iness at in o'clock, a. m. TKRiVlS STR3CTLV fV!OB£?5ATE. MIDLAND KAILROAD GUIDE. 55 T. A. ROGERS, M. D., Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Perfumery. School and Blank Books, Stationery, Tobacco, and Confectionery, &.c. OGDENSBUROII, N. J. J. CAMPBELL, JLttox'iiey ill: T^UAV, aiKl Solic'itoi^ ill Oliii ii«*oi'>', (>ii'tl«'ll!-4l>lll'^-il, IN. ,J, S. G. Batson, Carpenter and Builder, Og- densburgh, N. J. Contracts solicited. Moving on over a short eml)anknient eighty feet high, through which the AVHllkill passes to tiie IIikIsop., linn noithward, a'Dout tiiree miles and \\e aie at FRANKLIN, .'>8ii miles from New York, Generally known as Franklin Fni-nace. The village is scattered over a wide area of terj-itory and <-ontaiiiS alxmt 500 inhabitants, three stoi-es, two hotels, zinc and iron mines, one eliurch, and a fine iinblie school ])\nldiiig. The j.ro{)ei-ty ahont here is niostl,\' owned hy the I Franklin Iron (-ompany, a wealthy ('or})oration, who ar(^ just completing the largest blast furnace in tlie United States, whicli will be cai)ab!(M)f producing 5o,(i(i0 tons of pig iron an.nuidly. 'I'iiis place is an <'n\bryo Sri-;ui1(>n, 5^ MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. and with rich zinc aiul iron mines, A\hich are inexhaust- ible, and unlimited capital to develop them, it must naturally' increase in wealth and population. DENNIS HOTEL, FRANKLIN FURNACE, N J., At the Green Spot, near the junction of the Sussex and Midland Railroads. Board hy the day or week at moderate rates. JESSE DENNIS, Proprietor. The Sussex Railroad to Newton, Branchville, and Lafayette connects at this ])oint with tlie ^tidlancl. HAMBURGH. t)l,\. miles from New York. The next stoppuig place has a population of about HOD, contains three churches, six stores, two hotels, several saloons, lime and cement works, grist mill, saw mill, barrel factory, turning factory, creamery, hunber and coal yard, an academy, and a young men's reading room. Ex-Gov. Haines resides here, in a pleasant looking, old fashioned mansi(m, in a charming seclusion of luxuriant trees. A branch road from the Midland, operated by the Sussex Railroad, runs from here to McAffee Valley, near ^^ernon, to the iron mines, live or six miles distant. An inexhaustible deposit of cement, has been found in this vicinity, which a recently organized company are developing. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 57 est Hotel in tie fallM Yalley. Unequaled accomodations for Summer Boarders nt, tiro HAMBURGH, N.J. Only two minutes walk from the Depot. BOARD BY THE DA Y OR WEEK. The Bar is supplied with the best of Foreign and Domestic First Class Livery. Good Trout Fishing and Hunting in the Vicinity. mVM MM ^ r^J?^« JSr . D . MARTIN , 5 58 MIDLAND RAILIIOAD GUIDE. BEAVER Bun FOHIIBY I Situated two and one-half miles west of Hamburgh, a junction of the Midland and Sussex Railways. ^ PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Plows, &L Castings, Road Scrapers, Cultivators, Sled Shoes, Anchor Balls, Sash Weights, Wagon Boxes, Cider Screws, Branding Irons, Blacksmith Boxes. in all their branches. OLD CIDER BRANDY for Medical purposes of our own niauufacture, always on hand. Feed g uund for cu ..v*- mers. Dealers in DRY GOODS, Groceries, Provisions Ac. P.O. Address BEAVER RUN, Sussex County, N. J. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 59 A. B. Peloubet &. Sons, Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of HARD AM SEASOHED LUMBER. BENT STUFF, RIMS, SHAFTS, POLES, WAGON TIMBER, TELEGRAPH PINS, &c. MAi:>E TO OKI3EK. Ctoir TUer, Mmi ai Tiiriiel All kinds of Sawing, Plaining, Bending, &:c. Done to order, with promptitude and dis- patch. Orders solicited and Con- tracts taken. MILL AT THE RAILROAD JUNCTION. 60 MIDLAND KAILROAD GUIDE. I^HILETUS MYERS ^ «. « « Bealer in and manufacturer of «ILK CANS „, all ...3 co„s„„,!^:„\f:,*f„?^,^f„f,',„*<:- sta"„^/or.fn7 *"° ^**«^ ^'""«^S »' --y d,.crlp,l„:-oo„. Particular attention paid to TIN ROOFIMr ;,, ^ii '^ u REPAIRING promptly attended to '" '" "' branches, and LUMBER, COAL, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULD INGS, ;£4i^^ luc Himcstone ^narry On the Midland Railroad, about one mile east of Deckertown. CONTRACTS SOLICITED for all kinds of BUILD- ING STONE, cli-essed or in the rough. The Stkongest and Best Building Stone in the WoKLD ; of any size desu*ed. p^i€MB mMmBQJ!^m®&m^ Call on or send orders to £ P. BENNETT, Deckertown, N. J, • • p. S. — stone delivered on the cars at the quarry and shipped to any point desned. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 03 aud job printing office {JSussex County Independent)^ two saloons, bakery, several blacksmith and wheelwright shops, marble works, and many other enterprises too tedious to mention. The raising of fast horses is carried on in this vicinity to quite an extent — the noted trotter Goldsmith Maid was bred and raised but a few miles north of the village, on the fami of John B. Decker. A good race-course is situated about half a mile from town, which is used for speeding the numerous thoroughbreds owned in this vicinity. If the reader is in search of horse-flesh for either the road or turf, it will pay him to stop off at Deckertown and take a look at the stock ow^ned hereabouts. - As a business point Deckertown has few superiors, and there is no place of equal size that transacts one-third the amount of business done here. It is the market town for a large section of the best farmmg country in the State, and is steadily growing in wealth and population. The citizens are now offering special inducements to manufactm'ers to locate here by liberal donations of money and lands, v*'hich will, no doubt, be made available, especially by iron manufacturers, as the place is only seven miles from the best iron mines in the coun- try, and a nev; railroad direct to the coal fields of Penn- sylvania is to be built from t)ic Delaware river to connect with the Midland at this point. (South Mountain & Boston R. R.) 64 MIDLAND RAILIIOAD GUIDE. The Masous, Odd Fellows, Good Templavs, and American Mechanics all have flourishing lod-cs located here. ° Major-General Jiidson Kilpatrick, the noted orator and dashing cavalry officer, resides at his elegant country-seat about two miles west of the village. John Loomis Vice- President of the Kew Jersey Midland Railway, also re- sides here in a neat and commodious residence on the banks of the Clove river. The history of Deckertown dates ])ack to 173-1, at which time Peter Decker, a Hollander, the great-grand- father of John B. Decker, the present owner of a large share of the real-estate in the village, pa^ssed over tiie Blue Moimtains from the Neversink settlement and came hito tliis vallej'. Being struck with the exceeding fer- tility of the soil, ho erected the first dwelling near the site of the Crisman House. Soon after he vras followed by two others, named Winfield and Cortright, wiio also built, and a steady flow of immigration into the valley followed. The early settlers suffered considerably from the Indians, but, notwithstanding this drawback, Decker- town has always held its place as a prominent centre in the county. The old Paterson stagc-rout<> whicli runs througii this place, was established in 1830, and was, in those days, the gi-eat thoroughfare to the West. A tri-weekly stage- line still runs over the route to Libertyville, 'Colevine, and Port Jervls, which carries the mail l^etween these villages. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 65 The first cliiirch in this village was erected in 1817 by the Presbyterians. A Baptist chiu'ch, however, had been erected about a mile ])elow the village as eai'ly as 175(3. An academy was opened here in 1833 hy Prof. William Rankin, for "vvhich its founder secured a wide reputation. Since the advent of the Midland, Deckertown has taken rapid strides in growth and population. Many new brariches of business have been stai'ted and a score of fine buildings erected, which prosperity is likely to continue henceforth. On the east side of the depot some very fine building lots for residences can be purchased at reasonable prices. See advertisement. A good water-power is furnished hy the Clove River, which Hows on the west side of the village, at present made available by the flouring mills and foundry, with a sm-plus of water which can be made available by any manufacturing enterprise which chooses to locate in the vicinity. Deekertovs/n Marble Works, Corfler of Main St,, and Newton Avenue, A. E. WOLFE, Proprietor, MANUFACTURER OF IVlJtvblc ]Tff«»imiiicaits, 'ronibwtoncs, Ac. Orders Rnlicitod iuid work executed artist icl.y and promptly. 66 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. ### SPLENDID Eligibly Located Opposite the Depot OEGKERTOWN, N. J. Suitable fok ^UBUKBAN Residences OE BUSINESS LOCATIONS. Terms Easy. Apply to AMOS MUNSON, Deckertown, N. J. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 67 SAVE MONEY! BY BUYING YOUR STOKE GOODS OF William W. Cox, DEGKERTOWN, N. J. Who keeps the largest and best selected stock of goods west of New York city, consisting in part of BootECKERT01V]\ COAL AND LUMBER YARD. , .r - ^' ^ DEALERIN S ALL KINDS OF COAL Siiiiigles, Doors, Sasli aiii BliuilSj Morildiiigs, Pictels, Orders Promptly Filied at Short Notice. Give me a call before going elsewhere. YARD NEAR THE DEPOT, :^[IDLAND KAILKOAD GUIDE. 73 THE BECKEETOWN FODlEy Is now beiiiL!: operated to its fullest capacity, and is prepared to fiiniisli the people of Sussex and adjoinini;- counties, and nhnig the ]Midland Iiaihvay, €ASTEi\€JS OF AJLL KII\DS, at the lowest market rates and at the shortest p(jssil)le notice. STOVE CASTINGS on hand or made to suit almost any stove in market ; bring along your patterns aiid "we "will tit 3'ou out at short notice. SLED and SLEIGH SHOES of all the different pat- terns in use always on hand. SASH WEIGHTS, PLOAV CASTINGS to tit any plow, ROAD SCKAPEirS, etc. All kinds of GENERAL FOUNDRY JOI5BING done at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. ^^\• also manufactuie the celebrated "SUSSEX PLOW " — the best sod and stubble plow ever invented. 0\'er 5,0()() have been put in use since 1870. Farmers should use no other. Send for price list. We also make the best CORN PLOW in use. Addi'css or call on OEC). W^. COE & CO., Proprietors. GEO. W. COE, .1. M. COX. 74 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. J. H. Dunning, Successor to W. S. McCOT & 00. Takes pleasure in announcing to the public that the Decker- town Hardware, Stove, and Tinware Store is now in full blast and ready to supply its customers witli all kinds of Bar Iron, Steel, Ag'riciiItBira.] Iinplenieul»(, allow- iiig' illacliines, Rake<>», Patent If ay Fork**, Plo^vs, Ca)>, Builders' Hard- Avare, IVaili^, Bolt««, Spikes, lle- clianics' Supplies, Butclt- ers'. Dealers', and Farmers' Scales, All kinds oif t^rass, li^rain, and diarden Seed>«« The Aiiti-CMer Parlor SioTc and Heater, AND New Ainericaii aM Merry Cliristiiias Cooi Stoves, Acknowledged by every one to be the best ever introduced in tlic State of New Jersey. He also manufactures all kinds of Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware, making a specialty of the IRON ci.Al) MILK CAN, 1800 of which have been sold during the pilot yt-ar. All kinds of jobbing done by competent and experienced workaiea with neatness and dispatch. Liberal disccmnt to the Trade. Soie agent for The Light-Running "iWc omestic ^e\ving Machine, The Best in the World. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. GENERAL HEAD-QUARTEBS i ■> For all kinds of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, &c. #. ire TMQBMT&M^8 Under Masonic Hall, Cannon 's Brick Block, DECKERTOWN, N. J. The latest styles of the season alv/ays on hand. REAL HAIR GOODS A SPECIALTY ; such as Switches, Coils, Chignons, &c. An elegant stock of all kinds of Riobons. Oive ine a call and examine stock before purchasing elsewhere. 1)EAI>KK IN At tJie very lowest Mguie for casli. First-class Roots a Shoes Made to Okdku. Reijairing done at short notice. COX'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., DECKERTOWN, N. J. I'^^IKft SABjB': «>I2 feij:?^"!',— a choice location for business is (tlleifd for sale oi- ii-nr, located in the business centre of Deckertowu, and lui old-ci-tabiiHlicd stand. '1 he owner is n n.' selling (n'f his goods at cost, with a view to retire from busin,;.s. Apply tu J. \V. ELS'lON, Ueckeitown, N.J. OIKICK OVKK W . S\. Cox's SlOKK, MAIN S'rKKKT. Teeth e.\tiai:ted witiiotit jjaiii. All work wa.ranlcd. Visits Unionvlllf. N. Y., o.vi'ry Fridoy. /(; MIDLAND RAILKOAD GUIDE. lif I' E A I- E H I N Sil,VER-WARE, SPECTACLES, Ac., , Iljuness Mak ;kerto\vn, N. J. D. mi,'i,*»;;;';??.e'^;'f,~i,!i:i:.'i--^'»''«- - "- «.onc b„„„. G'^;^,!f,.;;;[iT;/:"e?;r<\-!'isS^^^ :VIIDLAND llAlLPvOA]) (41IDE. ami Dealer iii - Jewelry, S/lver-P/atecl Ware of a// kinds, do. A splendid stock always ou liand, and sold at reasonable prices. Repairing- pronijitly executed. (Jive nie a call. Store under Crisman Hall, NELSON W. HEATER'S ]iEAi)-(,>rAi;'rKi;s vow vwv. and staim-k (Ivoccries I Pn'visioiis. %^^ > «i;« 11 «» ^ « ;•« ^ A • .V r.\' St,. />.'^v/'.'A'"r//' *. -/ 78 SriDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. a^i AYER;r^yWOBLE B Q # M SANFORD BLOCK, ,^- ^iHoecKEKTowN, TO. m y ^,„^ "^ * ^' SPECIALTY: Book and Pamphlet Work l_C0N_TRA^T8 SOLICITED, Sussex County Ipependent. Best Local Paper Published f(x- UuRiness men to use in extending their trade. TERMS: $2.00 per Year, in Advance. Advertising katks reasonablk. SaYER & Noble, Publishers, Deokertown, N, J, MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. T9 GRAND G^&CS^j(P This is a first-class hotel in every respect, and guests will re- ceive every attention and convenience possible, to make them happy and comfortable, f|uMM3CK ^^UESTS Received any time. Climate healthy. Good fishing, and the best woodcock shooting in the Middle States within a mile of the hotel. Teams or single conveyances supplied at the hotel at reason- able rates. Board by the day or week. Pure wines and liquors and choice cigars at the bar. Good stable accommodations. A Free Hack to all Trains for Guests of the House. Nearest hotel to the Midland Kailroad depot in Deckertown. Give me a call. J J. WiCKHAM, Proprietor. 80 3IIDLAND RAILKOAD GL IDE. RISMAN HOUSE Main Street, Dcctertoi ii, I j, At the Bar. Board by the Day or Week, on reasonable terms Ample Stable Accommodations. A Hack to all trains, free for Guests of the House C\ Ou.^/in.'^ivoywjs, Proprietor MIDLAND KAILHOAD GUIDE. .81 Irs. Win, I Mer, Fashionable Miiliner, Ha? always on liaiid a well-selected and stylish assoitiueut of all kinds of Millinery (Joods, Avliidi she sells at .LOW PRICES. HATS. BONSETS. k. Trailed to u\ CiMoiiicrs. GIVE ME A GALL. I \, '\V?<::STFAliIi, dealer in IJJry «;or .nlr.rli.r„..nl^ in. T. rn.s n n ..<. „..- SAYE'R & NOBLE, Publishers. 82 . MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. T> 3E Clt DG H T O AV IV Real Estate, Fire, and Life Insurance Agency. ALPHEUS HOWELL, OF DECKERTOWN, N. J , Has for SALE or- EX€JKAJ\'tiE, Eligihl.y located in the village of Deckertown, near the Midland Railv.-ay dejiot. Agent for all First-class Insurance Companies. Policies issued at reasonable rates. All losses promptly adjusted. Attorney at Lavv^ and Solicitor in Chancery, DECKERTOWN, N. J. Office in. front rooms of JSricR JBuilding-, over Dunning-'s Hardware Store. Prompt attention liTon all Ms of Collections, MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 83 ■FWmMITWBMm -:o:— o::- PRICES KEDTJCEO AT Dewitt & Eddy's, CECKERTOWN, K. i. Warerooms in Sanford's New Building, Adjoining Union Hotel. We have recently enlarged our warerooms and put in a com- plete stock of furniture of the NEWEST STYLES, which we sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. A splendid stock of BLACK WALNUT, CHESTNUT, and ENAMELED FURNI- TURE, such as BED-ROOM SUITS, PARLOR SUITS, MARBLE TOP and EXTENSION TABLES, BUREAUS, CHAIRS, SOFAS, LOUNGES, TETE-A-TETES, WHAT NOTS, MATTRESSES, WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, PICTURE FRAMES, PICTURES, Ac; Also, RUCKELHAUS' PATENT BED LOUNGE, with adjustable head, and springs both sides. Special attention given to Picture Framing. Persons wishing anything in our line will find it to their interest to call and examine our stock before going elsewhere. We feel confident that we can suit all in regard to price and quality of goods. B>EW1TT & EDDl". 84 AfrDLAXT) KArLPvOAT) (lUlDE. Leavinii' ncckcrtow n the tr;iin continues n(iilli\v;ii'«l l)ast Wanlairc, a milk station ; thence to QUARRY VILLE, 70 miles fioiu Now York, Avhich derives its name from the vahiable Ithu^-slono (|uari'ies located about a mile west of the depot. These ((uarries are worked l>y the JNtidland lilue Stone Compa- ny. They ai"e said to 1)e the ])est (|uarries in America. iTeavy shipments of this stone are made daily to supjily the active and increasiuii- demand in the ^rowinii" cities of >riddletown, Paterson, Newark, and New York. He- sides the (|uaiTy worked by the above company, that t»f ('. Fuller A: Sons, adjoinimi', is e(|ually \aluable, and is bein^i, operated w ith considerable success. See aoiudati()n of live or six iiundi-ed ; conUiins eiiiht stores, waiion factory, iiioxc factoiy, chair factory, three saloons, two hotels, three churches, an acadenn-, a district school, an excellent boardinii' school — the Oak Hill Seminary — undei' the direction of i'rof. S. S. Hart well, a irraduate of Vale, and a crcaincry. Till' road. a< iiriLiinally ronsi ni<|r.l. fn.in ihi- |>..iiii \,, vri.l\ w lial \\ .-i.- kii"\\ii a> lli- .Mi.l.||.|..\\ n. I ni.. MX ill.- A N\ iil.-t < J;.! i b*. b'.. li;i v in- l< -v ^riDLANI) ]{A1L1;()A1) GUIDE. 85 Fuller's Blue 8toiic QjiaiTj, Sussex County, New Jersey. (.'oiisuuitly on liaiid aii'l iuriiislKjd to order, a Hciioral vaiiet.v ol Stone Flagging, Curbing, Gutter Coping, Sills, Steps, Bridging Rock, &c. Also, FINK-AXKT) Sir.LS, LINTKI.S, and WATKIi 'I'ABr.H, and a j!:eiieral assortment of Stone of all dimensions. <>r«lcr<(* S<»lit-il<'auy until incorporated as a link in the gi-eat through line of the Midland Railway. The village itself, which is nearly on the line dividing New Yf)rk from New Jei'sey,* is said to have derived its name from a dispute which arose in 1 740 on the question of boundary lines, the two colonies each claiming several miles of territory, the ownership to which had been left ambiguous in the original patent given in 1644 by the Duke of York, afterwards King James II, to Lord Berk- ley and Sir. Geo. Carteret. After a serious engagement l)et\veen the contestants the matter was linally set'iled in 1757 by the respective governments, who divided ab()ut ecjually the disputed territory. ■|j flVKTiili S'rA'fi'SiS MOTi<:£., ( Near the ])ei»(it ^ UNIONVILLE, N. Y. JOSEPH KifVfBER, Prop'r. C-; " Good accoiiMiiotlatioiis tor man or bea.si. i\lAlN STUKBT, UNIONVILLE, N. Y. W. W. TUTTLE, Prop'r. Boai'd ))}' the day o.' week on leadjiiaiile terms. l.iver.\ ailacued. r\U. Bi:. EJ»lf.\TV OWB<:n, I'hjsician aaid Surgreun, Main Street, rnionville, N. W LTI^IO.WIif.a.S-: BKjrdi S'S'OIESC, l>r. J, 3:. Wliita^ -' ke . l)t;,i()!: for li.iiji's, .Medicines, aiid Yankee Notions. *liair a mile distant f;0!n Uiiionvillt^ stands a hor.se, half of whieli is in one State, the ro;naiiHii;;' hall iti the other. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 87 #* DEALER IN Choice Family Groceries, FLOUR, FEED, &e., uisrioisrvrLLE, n. y. Always on hand a full suppl}' of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PROVISIONS. Particular attentic n is devoted to J^^LOITK, FE^ED & MEAL. wliicti vvii iiumufactui-e at Waterloo Mills. Orders Solicited and Promptly Filled. SeDil foi' Price List. Address J. PERKINS SNOOK. 88 MIDLAND RAILKOAD GLIDE. Pi'. ICA^&OKB A: CO., Caniagfe Ufaliintr, • IJlacksuiithiny, J'aintinj>-, and riKieitakin":. rniouvirio, Orange County, New York. Fine l)ut!K-ies a specialty. P. C. HANFORD, N. C. HANFORD, J. H. HANFORD. EJ. KVJERSTT, dealer in • LUMHER, DOORS, SASH, RLTXDS, and MOl'LDIXOS, RAILROAD AVEN['E, UNIONVILLE, NEW YORK. DCfjAifiK, dealer in Dry (xoods, (Jrocerie.s, Crockery, F.oots • and Slioes, &c., Post-oiTice, Main St., Uniouville, X" Y. ("< OOI> oiierators on ^ewinir niauhines can setnire tlie hio-iiest T waj-es at the I'nionville (4love Factory. Rl'NYOX c*:- SHU^l^E. WEST TOWK 76\ miles from New York, On Rutgers Kill, is the centre of a great butter ami milk producing region, and derives its name from being the most Avesterly, as it is also the oldest, settlement in the to>vnship of TiFinisink. It has alxait tM'o hundred inha)>itants, two churches, a liotel, district and select schools, a creamery, and several stores. JOHNSON'S, 79V. miles from New York, Is principally a milk and freight station ; has one stoi-e one hotel, and one saloon. SLATE HILL. Sf-u miles from New York. A lively little liandet of about one hundred and fifty inhaliitants, containing three stores, two hotels, vdieel- wright and blacksmith shops ; has two churches and two MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 89 schools. An important railroad point for the neighboring village of Ridgebnry. A ride of about six miles through the finest agricultu- ral district of Orange county brings the traveler to the largest town on the line west of Paterson— the rapidly growing and embryo city of MIDDLETOWN, 87 >i miles from New York, A thriving inland town, situated in the very heart of the richest dairy region in the world, with a population of over eight thousand. Before the train stops we cross over the Erie Railway on a substantial iron bridge from which a splendid view of the town is spread out before us, on the left. The Midland Company have erected two fine passenger depots here for the accommodation of the citizens ; one at Main street and the other at Wickham avenue, with eating-houses adjoining. They have also located their car and repair shops for the New Jersey Division near the Y/ickham avenue depot. Mid'lletown has every attraction and convenience for business or residence; with chmxhes of nearly all de- nominations, good public and private schools, a lyceum with a reading-room and well-stocked library, an opera house seating nearly one thousand, three public halls, four newspapers {DivilAj and Weekly Press, Mercury and MaU, Sigii--rilllaioi*y tiiicl ITtiiic*^' Ooocls, No. I Empire Block, Middletown, N. Y. The MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is comi)l8te with all the latest styles of Ladies' Hats. Ribbons of all colors and prices. Flowers in abundance. All kinds of Fancy Goods raid Yankee Notions. In the HOSIERY DEPARTMENT we have a complete assort- ment. A nice line of flents' Bows, Toilet Soap of good quality* Ladies' Ties, Laces, Hamburg Edgings, Crochet Edgings, &c. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. SAMUEL A. SEASE, DEALER IN 95 ^ Jewelry t. SM-fare, No. 3 NORTH STREET. rrws.^ Every Descnption of Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry carefully Repaired, and Warranted. done at the "Pkkss" BooUnndeiy equa ^^^^^ ^ daily in Middletown. — . •^^m7«ii-¥t MOIISK, (formerly Union House) ^'ewiy furuisUea turougiiout. ^ ^ VEBER, Prop'r. 96 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. °"^er/y occupied by ^^^ Corner of Main and North Streets, M I D D L E T O W IsT , N y . Dentistry practiced in all its Branches. Teeth extracted without pain. Give me a call. Dealer in and Repairer of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, &c., Cor. North and King Sts., Opp.MiddletownNat'lBank, M I DDLETOWN, N. Y. Howell, Hincliiifl & Co., Manufacturers of Harness and Bridle Leathers, WAX KIPS and CALF SKINS. MIDDL.ETOWN, N. Y. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 97 % mK^- range \|ouii ic^ lll'IU MacMne aiifl Stove forks, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., MANUFACTURE Stoves, Plows, Steam Engines, Water Wheels, Rail Road Frogs, Head Blocks, Switch Gates, Car Trucks, Bolts, House Work, and Castings in general. Also keep constantly on hand, at inanufactiirers' prices Riiljljer m Leatlier Beltii and Packing. WROUGHT PIPE AND FITTINGS. John Mack ay, Mfiiiao;c'r, E. P. WHEELER, Proprietor. Geo. J. King, Aiiont. 98 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. GKOO A: WIGOINS, Attorneys ami Counsellors at Law, North Street, MicUUetown, Orange Countj', New York. J'W. TAL,riinL4IV, Dealer in Leatlier and Slioe • Findings, Main Street, Middletown, N. Y. Travelers on the Midland ! CAN GET MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS At Sweet's Dining Rooms, At tie Wlclliaffl Aveiine Depot, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. A// trains stop here for Mea/s and Refreshments, Leaving Middletown the road follows a north-westerly course, and by a gradually ascending grade approaches the Shawangunk, the first great range of mountains which — and to all appearances, effectually — bars its fur- ther progress. But here, too, man's skill, energy, and perseverence have proved, as we shall see, triumphant ; for the parallel lines of steel may be followed on through fertile fields, rocky cuts, the dense wilds and moimtain fastnesses, until they bring us safely and easily to the level of the now distant valley of the Neversink, beyond.. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 99 The first station, FAIR OAKS, 91% miles from New York, Simply a milk station ; with a hotel and post-office, is situated in the region known as " Pine Swamp." PURDY'S, 93 miles from New York, ' Which derives its name from the owner of the nearest farm house, is merely a milk station. LOCKWOOD'S, 9i)4 miles from New York, Like Purdy's, is the outlet for a considerable milk trade. Just beyond here we cross the great bridge over the Shawansiunk Kill, consisting of two spans two hun- dred and sixty feet long, and at an elevation of seventy- five feet above the water ; then up a steep grade to WINTERTON, 95>i miles from New York, Lyiny the sound produced by the drill on the other side that the perforation must soon l)e made, ceased opisrations, or made little headway with their own drill. In a little while the rock was started by the eastern drill, and one or two more l*lov7S sent it through llvo" or six inches. It was in- stantly seized by the men on the west side, who pulled it through a few 'more inches, and, by putting a pickaxe beneath it, held it so firmly that the men on the east side could not withdraw it, although they tried for along time to do so. After they had ceased their efforts and left the work, the men on the west side pulled the drill through and buried it beneath three or four tons of rock ; they then placed another drill on the floor of the tunnel, in front of the hole. The next morning when the eastern men came over the mountain for their drill they were shown the drill lying on the floor, as the one which had been pulled tlirough. It was taken to a blacksmith shop, where it was cut in many pieces, to l)e sent to Albany and other places as relics. In the meantime the drill which reaUy pierced the heading was removed to Mr. Morrison's residence and the uext dav was formally presented to him. He intends to place it in the "Geological rooms at All)auy. It soon leaked out that a joke had been perpetrated uuon the eastern men, and those having the matter in charge concluded to delay indefluitely the sending away of the pieces of ^ miles from New York. The passenger for Wurtsboro' alights at the western end of the tunnel, at what is called the "Horseshoe," where a station has been erected, and from whence a stage ride down the mountain brings him to his destina- tion. The village was formerly called Rome, but on the building of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, the name was changed to Wurtsboro', in honor of Maurice Wurtz, the President of the Company. It now contains three churches, a district school, three hotels, eight stores, tannery, grist-mill, two wagon shops, three blacksmith shops, and about seven hmidred inhabitants. It is a de- lightful village ; and to sportsmen or those looking for a summer residence, it affords great advantages, since it is within easy access to the finest Imnting and fishing dis- tricts in the country, the mountains being full of all kinds of game — from bears down to s([uirrels — while the trout streams are almost iunmnei-able. There are no less than nine trout ponds in this vicinity. The scenery is very fine; from the cupola of the Olcott House the eye can range for ten or fifteen mik^s up and down the vaHey, 104 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. until a turn in it seems to enclose the observer in a per- fect basin. The village was incorporated in 1866, and lias two flourishing temperance organizations. From Wurtsboro' station, rapidly descending the mountain side for a distance of three and one-half miles, we reacli the level of the valley and come to a stand-still on the banks of the canal at SUMMITVILLE, 103 miles from New York. The junction formed by the EUenville Branch con- necting with the main line, and extending to EUenville, seven miles distant.* It contains a school-house, tan- nery, and a store, and has about one hundred and fifty inhabitants. We now cross the canal by a bridge one hundred and ten feet in length ; tlience straight across the valley, and up the side of the mountain to SANDBURGH, 110 miles from New York, A small station which boasts of one church, tanueiy, hotel, one store, two district schools, two blacksmith and wagon shops, three saw-mills, turning shop, stone - quarry, and about half a dozen houses. CENTREVILLE, 114 miles from New York. A small village containing one store, a school-house, hotel, and about a dozen houses. Two and a half miles beyond this we cross the Neversiuk bridge, a single-span bridge of two hundred feet in length, at a height of sixty *See EUenville Bra-uch. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 105 feet above the water, approached at either eud by trestles one thousand feet in length. Three-quarters of a mile beyond this we pass through the Neversink tunnel, one thousand feet in length. The next station is FALLtSBURGH, 1 1 T miles from New York, Situated on the Neversink, seven and one-half miles from Monticello, the county-seat of Sullivan, with which connection is made by a daily stage line. It contains one church, two stores, grist-mill, two saw- mills, carriage and sleigh manufactory, one hotel, cigar factory, two blacksmith shops, harness shop, two schools, and about one hundred and fifty inhaV»itants. The Neversink has a fall of twenty-three feet at this place. HURLEY, 121 miles from New York. Simply a station on the west border of the town of Fallsl)urgh. The section through which we have just passed is wild and romantic in the (extreme, but we now gradually approach a better section. LIBERTY FALLS, 126 miles from New York. The place contains one hotel, school -house, two stores, grist-mill, wagon and blacksmith shop, tannery, three saw-mills, a shoe shop, and about one hundred inhabit- ants. Gur next stop is at LIBERTY, 129 miles from New York, A centre of (jne of the finest agiicultural sections in 8 106 MIDLAND RAILROAD GLIDE. the county. It is situated on the Middle Mongauj) ; lias a population of about seven hundred ; contains foiu- churches, a newspaper office {Liberty RegUter)^ a normal institute, district school, four hotels, ten or a dozen stores, flouring-niill, carriage fact^uy, and a public liln-a- ry. The village was incorporated in 1870, and has a well-organized fire department ; and is destined to become the most important place in the county. About three miles from I>iberty we pass through Young's Gap, at a height of 1,830 feet above tide-water at New York — the highest point on the Midland. From this altitude we rapidly descend, skirting the banks of the Little Beaver Kill, to PARKS VI LLE, 133 miles fioiu New York. This place contains tliree or four stores, t^^o hotels, tannery, saw-mill, church, school-house, and about one hundred and fifty inhabitants. The country hereabouts is wild and mountainous, and tiie people aie mostly en- gaged in lumbering. MORSSTON, 138 miles from New York, Five miles furthon- down the Beaver Kill, is tlie next station, and has one stoi-e, a saw-mill, a lioicl, and abou! a dozen dwellings. WESTFIELD FLATS, 144 miles from New York. A lively little hamlet in a lumber region, willi four stores, three hotels, tlour-mill, two tanneries, cb.urcli, and a school -house. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 1()7 COOK'S FALLS, 149;-r. miles from Xew York. At present, a mere station, and we pass on, following the course of the stream as 'oefore, crossing the comity line into Delaware county, past Whirling Elddy* ; thence onward to TROUT BROOK, 157 miles from- New Yorlc. This station, like the preyions one, has few attractions for the eye of the traveler, l)ut to followers of "live" Walton we would say that the l)rool^' niiles further north by tl e wo 'v rkSi fvmTp^ ^'^ V"""* ^'^"'^' *^^^^ '^^e" completed it mav bl me tu S/fiii H -'^« ^f^'^^'ewhat singular coincidence, spike 1 fted thP firit if "?"-,^- ^ • Wheeler, who drove the last n'ow a v^'ll^uJ^.^:''^:^.!^l'f'^Jor^^ Vnionville road. nowapartof the MidiHmi ...wi oYo ^."""/"^ tne Lmonviiie road, now under the ^tim .it? ' " ' '^^^^ ^"^" ^^^^ ^^w Jersev Midland, the first time an.lpKrff^^^^"^^""^^^^^°t McKinley met for New Yor'nWs'^S-.ai';^;r,s.!,r;;.™ °' '™° *^'" '"'"^'' MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 109 . CARDOSIA, 169 miles from New York, ' And only two miles from Hancock, on the Erie Rail- way. This will eventually be cinite a j^lace, but as yet has onl}^ a depot. The road leaves the East Bi-anch a few miles beyond here and ^*adually ascends, crossing another summit and strikimr the AN^cst Branch of the Delaware. SUMMIT, 176 miles from New York, A stopping place and watering station for passing trains, is simply a depot established for the accommo- dation of the sparse population of this region. ROCK RIFT, ISO miles from New York. The country assumes a pleasanter appearance, and the valley commences to widen. This i)lace has one hotel, two st(;res, saw-mill, and a school-house. From this place the road rapidly descends and follow.s the course of the stream to Walton, eight miles distant. . WALTON, 188 miles from New York. This is the lirst town of any considerable impcntance reached since leaving Liberty — about sixty miles distant. Until reaching here the road follows the course of streams running thi-ough narrow vallies and ravines, with high mountain peaks clothed with tall pines and hemlocks and stunted oaks, on either side — with hei-e and there a clearing, a saw-mill, or a tannery — presenting to the no MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. traveler a grandly pictiu-esqiie and imposing scene, when, as if ])y magic, the view changes, and lie finds himself approaching the village of Walton, a beautiful town — of about fifteen hundred inhabitants — spread out before him on a level plateau of land on the banks of the East Branch. This place has five churches, two hotels, about twenty- five stores, steam saw-mill, planing mill, newspaper ofiice ( Walton Chronicle), flouring-mill. Masonic and Good Templar lodges, three law offices, cornet band, bank, academy, public hall, and a literary societ}^ The village is incorporated and its ofticers are canying (jut a liberal system of public improvements in the grad- ing of streets, and lajdng down flagged side-walks. Walton is the centre of the finest agricultural region of Delaware county, and the advent of the Midland is des- tined to greatly increase its growth, and add materially to her wealth. A branch of the Midland extends from this place to Delhi, the county-seat of Delaware county, seventeen miles distant. ( See Delhi Branch. ) The village has a well organized fire department, and a, liberal system of jHiblic schools; no license to sell liquor is granted either hotels or saloons, and the citizens are, for the most part, a religious and temperate people. Leaving Walton, the road follows the course of a little brook, up grade, to MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. HI NORTH WALTON, 195 miles from New York. The village proper is situated about a mile from the depot, and contains a church, store, a few dwellings, and a school-house. Between here and MERRICKVILLE, 198V.. miles from New York, Three miles beyond, the road makes a zig-zag course over a hill, traversing three miles to make one. This hill will eventually be tunneled, thereby shortenmg the route two miles. Merrickville is simply a station, from which a stagQ line extends to Franklin, live miles distant. Our next stop is at . _ SIDNEY CENTRE, 2U3 miles from New York. V little hamlet containing a hotel, three or four stores, tiiree chm-ches, and a school house. Here the road crosses a valley on a bridge 1,420 feet in length and 103 U-A above the bed of the stream beloAV. YOUNG'S, 207 miles from Nbw York. A ^' miles from New York. A mere stopping place for trains, as is GUILFORD CENTRE, 118 miles from New York. Beyond this ))oint about two miles Ave stop al GUILFORD, 220 miles from New York, A pleasant little hamlet, with two churches, three or four stores, a hotel, and a school-house. A mile further on we reach GUILFORD SUMMII, 221 miles from New York, Where the Midland crosses the range seiiarating the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. Simply a stopping place for trains. ' OXFORD, 226 miles from New York, Is a lively, growing village of about fifteen hundred inhabitants, containing about twenty stores, two or tlnee hotels, a newspaper office (O.cford Tiines), l)ank, ii)\\Y MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 11:3 churches, and excelleut public schools. The raih'oad station is about a mile from the village. At LYON BROOK BJIIDGE, 229 miles from New York, The roail crosses a stream of the same name, on an iron bridge about 1,200 feet in length and 165 feet above the bed of the stream. This is a mere stopping place for trains. NORWICH, 284'.j miles from New York. A Ijeautiful and growing village situated on the Che- nango river, with a population of about six thousand. The Canasa\\ acta creek unites with the Chenango on tlie southern outskirts of the village. The streets are j'egu- larly laid out and have good flagged side-walks, bordered in many places by beautiful shade trees. The village is the county-seat of Chenango county ; has six churches, six hotels, two banks, an academy, tv> o newspaper oflices {Tdegraph and Union), [)iano factory, several carriage factories and tanneries, a blast furnace, a hammer factory, a planing mill, foundry and machine shop, and several other manufactories. The village is [)rovided with a well -organized tii'e de- partment, and the streets, stores, and dwellings arc light- ed with gas. At this i)oint tlic western arm of the Midland — kno\N ii as the Buffalo Extension — branches off, and is now in full operation as far as Scipio Centre, eighty-live miles distant. (See Buffalo Branch.) u MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. c-^^C A I? P K O C U R E :^-i eais and Refreshments -K T^5^^' ^ JAMES H. OSCtOOB'S AT thp: DEPOT, NORWiCH, N. Y., DAY OR NMT-SUNDAYS NOT EICEPTED, UPON THE ARRIVAL OF EVERY TRAIN. All Trains Stop Here Fifteen Minutes. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. VI 5 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. also af- fords railroad facilities for the place, and connects Avith the Midland at this point. Norwich is the terminus of the ^liddle and Northern Divisions of the Midland, and the Company have erected on-^, of the finest depots and eating-houses on the line at this place. Repair shops have also been located here. Leaving Norwich we pursue our course northward to PLASTERVILLE, 238 miles from New York, A little hamlet containing a store, grist-mill, saw -mill, and a plaster-mill. NORTH NORWICH, 240 miles from New York, A village of one hundred inhabitants, on the Chenango canal, containing two churches, tln-ee or four stores, a hotel, a wagon shop, gi'ist-mill, cider-mill, and a clieese factory. The next station, SHERBURNE FOUR CORNERS, 243 miles from New York, . Is simply a stopping place for trains, and we pass on to SMYRNA, 245 miles from New York, Situated on Pleasant Brook; contains three churches, a hotel, several stores, tannery, several mechanic shops, and has about four hundred inhabitants. •EARLYILLE, 250 miles from New York. A village of 'about four hundred inhabitants, with two churches,'" two hotels, good school, and several stores. 116 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. The place lies in two counties and four towns. Connec tion IS here made with the Midland for Syracuse by the Syracuse & Clienango R. R. At SMITH'S VALLEY, 253 miles from New York Three iniles beyond, is the point wh^-e branches from Ltica and Rome connect with the main line of the Mid- land. I he place is a mere hamlet. EATON, 258 miles from Nevr Yoriv A lively little village of about five hundred inhabitants. The place was named from Gen. Wm. Eaton, com- mander of the r. S. military forces in the expedilion to iripoli, and was formerly called "Log- City " There are three churches, tu^o hotels, portable st;am engine manufactory, and sevei-al stores. MORRISVILLE STATION, 261 miles from New York A depot established for the accommodation of the peo- l^le of Morrisviile, the county-seat of Madison county with a population of about one thousand, situated two miles from the station. PRATT'S HOLLOW, 2m miles from New York A small hamlet of about one hundred' inhabitants, con- taining one hotel and several stores. xMUNNSVILLE, . 267 miles from New York, Is situated on the Oneida creek: has'a chm-ch, several manufactories and stores, and about three thousand MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 117 inhabitants. A short distance from here we pass ^Fus- quito Point, a high bluff which forms a wild and picturesque scene — rocks hundreds of feet al)ove over- hanging the base of the cliff; with wide fissures and rough indentations, bringing to our thoughts a period when great commotions of nature agitated this region. Numerous caves in limestone exist in these hills, but the noxious gases which emanate therefrom have pre- vented any extensive exploration. Depressions resem- bling the foot-prints of men, horses, and cattle, are found in the rock forming the stream-1)ed in tlie valley beloAv. STOCKBRIDGE, 268 miles from New York, Is named from the Stockbridge Indians, a powerful tribe of red men who were the original proprietors of this beautiful region. The village has a hotel, several stores, a church, and about two hundred and fifty inhabitants. COOK'S CORNERS, 270 miles from New York, Is a small hamlet of about seventy -five inhabitants, in a fine fanning region ; as is BENNETT^S CORNERS, 272 miles from New York, With about one lumdred inhabitants. One mile from here the train halts at ONEIDA COMMUNITY, 273 miles from New York. Here is located an association of two hundred and five members, who own and occupy a farm of six hundred 118 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. aud fifty-four acres. It is organized on a ])eculiar social and religious basis, and was established in 184-7, l)}%Tolin H. ISoyes, from wiiom most of their social and religious tenets were received. Tliej form a general community, holding a common interest in all things. They call their peculiar social system "complex marriage." They are principally interested in horticulture and manufacturin.g. Tlieir main manufactures are steel ti'aps, sewing machine twist, ril)l)ons, bags, and preserved fruits. They make traps of all kinds and sizes, suitable for catching every- thing — fr(Mn a rat to a gi'izzly b(^ar. The Community commenced with a capital of $100,00(1, and now lias property to the amount of $500,000. The dwellings are pleasantly locatj^d a short distance east of the Midland, and are suri'ounded l)y a lawn and ornamen- tal grounds several ac)-es in extent, artistically laid out with walks and (h'ives, and |>lanred with trees, shrubs, and tiowers. They have a laundry, fruit-presei'ving factory, dentistry, a prhiting oflice, school, store, shoe shop, tailor shop, and harness shop. Tliey employ about two lumdj-ed hands not belonging to their organization, and pay good wages. They also have a saw-mill, a foundry, a carpen- ter shop and })ackiiig-l>ox factoiy, and a machine shop. Socially, these peoi)le "are a law unto themselves" — living in a manner not in accordanci' with the laws and usages of New York State. Their real estate is nominally held by tlie leading men, in whom the body have MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 119 confidence, the property being equally the property of all Their commiinity of interests as one family embra- ces the sU-, without vieiousness or traces of dissipation. At the Oneida (V)mmunity there is no profanity; no coarse or vulgar language : no using intoxicating liquors as a beverage ; no using tobacco in any form ; no words of mikindness. Each one seems not oidy to respect 120 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. himself, or herself, but others, as well, yome of the family are old ; some are middle-aged ; a few are young. The women take tm-ns in the house-work ; thoJe who wait on the table this week do something else next— that labor may not become a monotonous drudgery. In the evening the -family," old and young, mel-t hi a room resembling a small theatre, it being fitted up with a stage, private boxes, ehairs, sofas, little tables, etc., as cosy'^as you please. They meet, as do other families, to talk, to listen to nuisic from the piano and other instruments— to sing, and chat, and visit— to talk freely concerning the acts of any and all members of the family ; but in words of kindness— to witness tableaux, theatrical exhibitions, and other })erformances. This is the recompense— these external comforts— re- ceived in exchange for that domestic sanctity which we call home ; for the destroying of those sacred ties between husband and wife; parents and children. Three miles north of here we reach ONEIDA, tJ7« miles from New York, Situated on the Oneida creek. A pleasant and lively incorporated toAvn of some four thousand inhabitants. It contains live churches, tAvo newspaper offices (Dis- patch and Union), seminary, two banks, a fine public school, stores of every description, knitting factory, foundry, machine shop, two lumbei- yards, sash and blind factory, a large tannery, a malt house^ flouring mill, and an extensive carriage and sleigh manufactory. MIDLAND KAiLKOAD GUIDE. 12i The place has a good tire company and efficient corpo- ration officers. The Midland crosses the New York Central l^ailroad at this point. The Company has erected a spdendid depot and eating house, two stories in height, for the convenience of its patrons. ADISON HOUSK, IWadisoM Street, ONE15>A. Nearest hotel to the Midland Depot. R. M. Northrup, Prop'r. DURHAMYILLE, 2T9 miles from New York, A lively little village of about a thousand inhabitants, contains several churches, about a dozen stores, and a -dtiss factory. At STATE BRIDGE, '281 miles from New York, The Midland crosses the Erie Canal. The place is a mere hamlet, containing a store, hotel, school-house, and about a dozen dwellings. FISH CREEK STATION, 284 miles from New York, Contains ii depot and a hotel, and is located in a splen- did farminii: district. At NORTH BAY, lisl miles from New York, The road strikes the Oneida Lake, following the north shore as far as Constantia, thirteen miles further up the lake. The view of the lake from the car window as you move northward, is beautiful and grand. North Bay is a pleasant little village of about four hundred inhabit- ants; contains a hotel, chuich, earthen-ware factory. 122 MIDLAND KAILROAD GUIDE. and Uyo or three stores. Canal boat build ino- is amojiff the cliief industi-ies of the town. AYEST VIENNA, 290 miles from New Yo-k. contains about one hun favorite resort for |)leasure excursions and picnics, and among the many attractions is excellent hunting and fishing. Constantia is a lively and growing \i!I,,gr (,f al>ont three tiiousand inhabitants ; contains several good iiotcls, stores of (-\QYy description, three churches, (•xccnciil schools, a tannei-y, and many other business interesfs. WEST MONKOE, 30] milen from Xew \'ork. A small hamlet, with one store, a ho'ei, and. a cJiurch. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 123 CENTRAL SQUARE, 305 miles from New York. Here the Midland crosses the Syracuse ct Auburn R. R. This place is a mere hamlet. UAUGHDENOY, S'.)- miles from New York. The villa,ii:e is about a quarter of a mile from the depot, aiul has a i)opuIati(>n of about three hundred ; has several stores, a hotel, and a church. The Midland crosses the Oneida river here, and ])urs\ies a north-westerly course {•; PENNELLVILLE, :ill miles from New Ynr',,. A little hamlet containing- a O.oyvn dwcHings, a church, a school-house, a hotel, suk] ;i \v:ii:on shop. lM(4ELL S CROSSING, :;l,o li.iks fiom New York. Simply a •> I'ping pl^^^'t^ ^''>i' trains, and we pass on six miles to la'LTON, ii-^i miles from New York, A lively and growing village (,f three thousand tiv(' hundred inhnbitanls, on the Oswego river, twelve miles fr< m Osw(-o. The plnce has a tine water power, mid is (juite TAtensivelv engaged in manuracturing. The Delawar.', Lackawanna & Western R. R. also runs through -l.e village. There are stores of every descrip- lion, live or six churches, two newspaper offices (/'^'^//o^ and'yV-.M, two banks, foUiidry, (Imr and woolen mills, Heveral iio'iels, and a seminary in Hi'' l)lacc. The next stop is at 124 MIDLAND RAILROAD CH'IDL. BATTLE ISLAND, :-{25 miles from New York, Simply a station named from an island in the Oswego river which can he seen from the car window, on the I'ight. This little island was the scene of a severe battle between the British and Indians dnring the French War, previous to the Revoluti(^n. A company of soldiers were conveying provisions uj) the river in a small barge to relieve the garrison at Fort Ontario, Oswego. The Indians arranged a plan to intercejtt the party, and lay in ambush on this island. The British were apprised of the fact, and surrounded the Indians and gave them bat- tle — which resulted in the defeat of the red men. BUNDY'8 C ROS^ING, 326 miles from New York. A mere stopping place for trains, SENECA HILL, 327 miles from New York. A small station, six miles frcmi osvVE(;o, nm miles from New \ ork, A japidly growing city, on Lake Ontario, of about twenty-five thousand inhal)itants, with a flourishing foreign and domestic connnerce, and considerable manu- facturing enterprise. The city has every variety of stores and business enterprises incident to a commercial metropolis. In the city there are eight banks, seventeen churches, twenty-one public schools, a normal school, MIDI.AND RAILROAD GUIDE. 125 orpliau as\ium, secret and indejiendeiit societies of every descriptiou, two libi^aries, a home for tlie homeless, a large and effective lire dei)artment, water vrorks, Board of Trade, two daily and weekly" newsj^apers {Pdlbidiunt. and Tmes), three cemeteries, a iviriment of National (jruards, thirty hotels, three foundries, a knittina: mill, about twenty lumber yards, twenty-(vae tlourin2: mills, two salt companies, eleven iirain elevatoi's, and many other enterprises too tedious to mention. Prior to 1848 th.e commerce of Oswego w^as conducted entirely bv lake and canal. The Oswego ci^ Svi'acuse R. R. was completed in 1849, and U}) to 1869 was one of the best paying i-ailroads in the State. It was then con- solidated with the Syracuse 6c Binghamton, Delaware, J^ackawaima the great met]-<»polis of the \Vest at tlie same time they are dis- charging the grain from a vessel's liold.. The celebrated Oswego Starcli Factory — the most ex- te]isive establisiunent of the kind in the world — is located here. This factory j)roduces six thousand tons of starch yeai'ly, and consumes over 500,000 bushels of corn in its manufacture. Tlie graiji ]-eceipts amount to over 10,000,000 bushels yearly, and of lumber about 500,000,000 feet. The har- boi- here is one of the best on Lake Ontario, and is MIDLAND KAILROAD GUIDE. 127 |)r()tecletl by an extensive ])l•eak^vatel•. Fort ();ilari the Thou>and Isles and down tlie St. Lawrence river, or 'o the Falls of Niagara. Special rates are given to excursion i)artics of twenty-hve or upwards, on ai)plication to the general ticket agent. LITTf.K.SOBfllV fiHWllSJ:, East^hird S:.eet, OSWEGO, N. Y.. opiio.site Midlaml (le])ot. C. W. LOOMIS, Proprietor. Good accouiiuodations for transient guests. t.iiaiRes reasonable. Roard t>.v the day or week. Bain attacJied. AUBURN BRANCH. This braiifli of the Midland is known as the Buffalo Extension, and strikes off westward from the main line at Norwich, and is in full operation a distance of ei-hty- tive miles, to Scipio Centre, nine miles from Au))urn Leaving- Norwich this line follows the coui-se of a little creek throh^i a narrow valley to FRINKVILLE, R miles from Norwich, A little hamlet containing half a diizen houses, a stoie, and a ci-eamery. At STEWART'S, 7 miioH from Norwich, Simply a station, the line j^asses throui^h a tine dairy region, as far as Freeville, about foi-ty miies ai)er oi- fice rVrvr Kra). The Midland (V)mi)any conteu^plales lyO MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. constiLictiiig a short-cut road from this place, to strike the main line at Smith's Valley, which will shorten the flistance to Utica some fifty miles. CUTLER, S3 miles from Norwich. A village of some two hundred inhaliitants ; contains a hotel and three or four stores. TRUXTON, 87 miles from Norwich. A pleasantly located little village of some two hundred inhabitants. It contains a large woolen mill, a saw -mill, grist-mill, firkin factory, three churches, a hotel, an academy, and several stores. EAST HOMER, 42 miles from Norwich. A little hamlet of a dozen houses, with a church, a hotel, and a sto]-e. CORTLAND, 48 miles from Norwich. A beautiful and gTowing village of over six thousand inhabitants, on the Tioughnioga river. The Syracuse S: Biughamton, N. Y. Midland, Utica, Chenango & (Jourt- land, and Utica, Elmira & Ithica railroads, all centre at this point. It is the county-seat of C'ortland county ; has five or six churches, a State normal school, stores of all kinds, two newspaper offices (Standard and Joiinud), and is quite actively engaged in manufactures of various kinds ; and is the most important town on this branch of the Midland. The village is situated in the heart of a beautiful agricultural region, and is growing very rapidly. MIDL ND RAILROAD GUIDE. 131 FREEVILLE, 08 miles from Norwich. A mere hamlet of about a dozen houses. The Mid- land crosses the Ithica & Elmira and tlie Southern Cen- tral raih-oads at this point. ETNA STATION, 65 miles f.oin Norwioli. Simply a flag station, as is ASBURY, 69 miles from Norwicli, « Four miles further westward. At SOUTH LANSING, 72 miles from Norwicli, The Midland strikes the old " Murdock Line, " which was jjartly graded over twenty years since. The compa- ny failed,' and the work remained unused until the com- ing of the Midland, which uses several miles of the Murdock road-bed from this place westward. The place ia simply a Hag station. NORTH LANSING, 72 miles from Norwicli. A pleasant little hamlet containing a store, a hotel, a church, and about a dozen dwellings. GENOA, T5 miles from Norwich. A lively village of about one thousand inhabitants, situated in a beautiful valley. It has two large flom- mills, several hotels, stores, and c-hurches, a foundiy, and a machine shop. 132 MIDLAND RAILROAD (41 IDH VENICE CENTRE, 81 miles from Norwich. A littlo hamlet containing a few dwellings, a hotel, a store, a grist-mill, and a saw-mill. 8CIPI0 CENTRE, S5 miles from Norwich, The present terminus of the western branch of the Midland. It has a store, hotel, and a fe^N' dwellings. A stage line runs from here to Auburn, nine miles distant, in connection with all trains. The work of extending the road to some point on the Niagara river, was begun on the 8th of September, 1878, which it is designed to complete some time during 1874. THE MONTCLAIR. This branch of the 3[idland was first opened for travel on the 1st of January, 1878. Tt extends in nearly a di- rect line from the Hudson River at Jersey C'ity, passing over the Hackensack salt meadows, the Passaic river, just below Bellville, skirting the suburbs of Newark, through Montclair, Bloomfield, the First Mountains at Great Notch, Little Falls, Mead's Basin, Pequannock, Pompton Plains, Pompton Junction, up the Wynockie Valley to Greenwood Lake, forty-three miles distant from Jersey Cit}^ It is operated by the New York tfe Oswego Midland Company and makes their through line seven miles shorter than the route clu the New Jersey Di- vision, and hence, all through trains pass over this branch. ARLINGTON, 6 miles from New York. Tlie tirst station on the Montclair after leaving West End. Simply a stopping place. A lialf mile furthei- on is KEA^RNY, 6>^ miles from Ne\r York, The next station, named in honor of General Philip Kearny, whose memory is linked in the eventful histoiy 1:34 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. of our late civil wdv. This station, like the previous one, is simply a stopping place for trains. NEWARK, 7 miles from New York. The depot is located in what was formerly the beauti- ful village of Woodside, but has recently been incorpo- rated into the city limits of Newark. From the station a horse car line runs into the heart of the cit}^ which passengers may reach in about twenty minutes. Newark has a population of 125,000 ; has factories and mills of every description, churches of every denomina- tion, tine wholesale stores of various kinds, nine banks, plenty of retail stores of every kind, sixteen local life ^and fire insurance companies, twenty-two public schools, a high school, a normal school. New Jersej- Historical Society, three or four daily and weekly newspapers yJonrmd^ Courier^ Ailverfm ,, Sunday Call,, etc.) Leaving Newark the road traverses the summit of the western ridge of the Piissaic Valley, and along the route no more beautiful or roman.tic scenery can be found. MONTGOMERA', 8 miles from New York. A i UM" little manufacturing vilhi;:e of two or three hundre,] inliabitants. Here is located the works of the Belleville C\>j)per l^ol'.ing Mills, the first of the kind establisiied in tl-.e United States. Before reaching BLOGMFIELD, 9 niil"3 from New York, We cross the Morris canal which traverses the eastern end of the village. Blooinfield is a genuhie old-fa«hioned MIDLAND RAILROAD GIUDE. 185 NeAV Jersey town, the settlement of whieh dates back to the first settlement of New Jersey. There are seven churches, a ne^^'spap^•i■ office {Bioomjield Record)^ excel- lent hotels, well-conducted schools, stores (;f every de- scription, several public halls, Masonic, Odd Fellows, and American Mechanics Lodges, several manufactories, and about seven thousand inhabitants. OHESTNLT HILL, U miles fiuiu Nev/ York, Is in reality another depot fur tlic accommodation of a portion of the people of Bloomfiekl. MONTCLAIR, 1;5 miie.s fi'om New York. A thriving and beautiful town of about i'oui- thousand inhabitants, situated on the eastern slope of the Watch- ung Mcjuntain, a spur of the Highlands, runijing south- ward from the Hudson river. Here you will lliul good sidewalks cm all streets, stores of every desciip-tion, several cluu'ches, a graded public scliocjl, a young l.ulies' seminary, a free library and reading room, a fine public liall, and a steam saw and i)laning mill. A branch ( f the Mldhvnd is Ijcing ])ailt to ^lorristown, to connect with r!ie Moiifclair near here. The Midland has four depots at which trains stop for the acconunochition of the citizens of Montclair — at Walnut street, Watchung, Cliff- side, and ^lountain avenues. The Walnut street dei)ot, I he i»ri!icipal one, is an elegant iron striictuic, nearest (he icntre of tjje lown, and all ti-ains stoj) here ; all local uains stop at the others. Montclaii' 1im> Iccome a fav<;- 18(i MIDLAND KAILROAD GUIDE. rite resort foi- city people dui'ing the summer and posses- ses many important advantages not inferior to those of any to\\ii in the vicinity of New York. RIDGE ROAD, 16 miles from New York, Is simply a station m the great mountain passage' known as "The Notch," the only point within a range of eleven miles at which, without tunneling, the engineer could carry his roadway over to the Peckmau River Val- ley, which bounds the mountain's western slope. This wild defile w^as regarded liy Washington, during the Revolutionary days, as an important point, and he had a company of riflemen posted here to give notice of the approach of the enemy. CEDAR GROVE, ITJi miles from New York. Tliis is a choice location for suburban residences, with- in an hour's ride of the great city. It has a beautiful slope from the banks of the Peckham river to the tops of several mountains. The view over the valley of the river to the spires of Paterson, in the distance, gives a l^leasing picture of unecjualed variety. Location healthj^ and suppl}^ of good water abundant. J. SMITH UTT, REAL ESTATE AM) FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Office: 227 Maik St., (2iid floor, room No. 2) PATERSON, N. J. Has some very fine bnikling lots at Cet>ar Grove, whicli are offererl for sale at reasonable rates. Lots on tlie Installment Plan and Loans Negotiated. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 137 LITTLE FALLS, 19 miles from New York, Contaius tAvo chui'ches, two hotels, a public school, a carpet bag factory, and about one hundred inhabitants. It 18 situated on the Passaic river, and derives its name from the rapids which here descend fifty-one feet in a half mile, which rapids are to some extent used for manufacturing purposes. The Morris canal here crosses the Passaic river by a beautiful stone acqueduct of eighty feet span. The citj^ of Paterson is only four miles from here, to the north. SINGAC, •it) miles from New York. Here is located some of thg most extensive brick yards in the State. The village has a population of about one hundred, scattered over an area of a square mile or so, through which meanders the Singac creek. Just beyond tlie station we again cross the Morris canal, and at MOUNTAIN VIEW, 22 miles from New York, (Jross the Delaware, Lackaw^anua & Western Railroad. The village, which retains the name of Mead's Basin, i^ a small, sleepy canal village of about a dozen houses ; contains three stores and a hotel. We again cross the Passaic river just beyond here at a point not far from its confluence with the Pompton river, which, in turn, is formed a few miles above by the united waters of the Pequannock, the Wanaque, and 10 138 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. the Ramapo, issuing from as many vaileys which open out like a fan from the upper end of Pompton Plains. PEQUANNOCK, 24 miles from New York. This little hamlet boasts of a store, post-office, and fechool. Looking from the car window, on either side, the country presents a wide stretch of level and well- cultivated farm land. POMPTON PLAINS, 26 miles from New York. A pleasant little hamlet situated in a region famous for its fertility and prosperity ever since the early days of the settlement of New Jersey. One of the oldest churches in the State is located here which was first organized in 1786. At the opening of the Revolutionary War a liberty pole was put up on the ground neaj- the parsonage, which the Tories cut down several limes. Finally the people put up one and defended it with biu-s of iron, attaching to it a sign board beariiig tlH?se significant words: ''Liberty, Property, No Popery." This pole stands near to the church to this day. Tbc place contains a store, hotel, and about one hundred inhabitants. RIVERDALE, '11 miles from New York. Is situated about the centre of the Plains. Tlie ^ illage lies half a mile to the south, under the shadow of Colfax Mountain, and contains tlie celebrated Pompton .Steel Works, H cliurch, hotel, and si'\eral stores. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 139 From this station branches off to the left a track by which through trains run direct to Bloomingclale, and thence on over the main line, instead of going ai'ound by the way of Ponipton Junction. POMPTON, •28 inileg from New YorS, Which covers an area of six miles, has, it may be said, three centres of population, the lirst of these at Pompton Plains, the second at Riverdale, and the third, the one just reached, which contains a hotel and a few dwellings. At POMPTON JUNCTION, •28X. miles from New York, We cross the line of the New Jersey Midland, and en- ter the portals of the Wynockie Valley, with the Ramapo Mouiit-an on the right and Federal Rock on the left. A rine hotel has been erected here which will accommodate rifty guests. We ncnv folloAv up the vallej^ through a wild region to WANAQUE, ?.'.' miles from New York, A little hamlet containing a church, store, hotel, a public school, and about a dozen dwellings. About two miles west of liere, on High Pr»iiil Mountain, are the Wanaque miufs. MIDVALE, H'2j(. miles from Xew York, Boasts a hotel, Iwd or thre*- dwellings, aud a church. 140 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. RINGWOOD, :-{5 miles from New York, More generally known as Boardville, from which di- verges a branch road to the Ringwood Iron Works, a little mining village of five" hundi'ed inhabitants, three miles distant, and within half a mile of the State line. From here the road turns off to the northward, skirt- ing the mountain side, to MONK'S, 3S miles from New York, The present terminus of the road, five miles from Greenwood Lake, Monk's contains three or four dwell- ings, a hotel, and a saw-mill. It is designed to extend the road on from here to Mid- dletown, N. Y., which will shorten the distance to Oswego some twenty miles. CRAWFORD BRANCH. This branch of the Midland starts off from tlie main line at (CRAWFORD JUNCTION, '2X; miles frora Midtlletowu, And passes through a line farmiuo; region to Pine Bush, near the Ulster county line. CIROLEVILLE, 4^,^ miles from Middletown. A little hamlet of about a dozen dwellings, with a iio- tel and a store, in a region familiarly known as "Bull- hack."' lU'LLVILLE, 7 luilee-l'roiii Middlefdwu. A pleasant little village of about one hundred inliabit- aiits, and lias two or three stores, a hotel, and two churches. It derives its n.'une from the early settlers of this section. / THOMPS(JN'^ RIDdK, !»'^ miles from .Middletown. Xamed in honor of JJaniei Thompson, Escj., President of the company tliat bnilt this branch road, whicli is now operated by the Midland undei- a leasr. Simply a station and I )ost -office. 142 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. PINE BUSH, 13 miles from MidcUetown. A pleasant little village containing about a dozen stores, two hotels, three churches, marble yard, grist-mill, coal and lumber yard, and about four hundred inhabitants. It is contemplated to extend this branch from here on to the Hudson river to make connection with the various railroads of the New England States centering at the pro- posed bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. ELLENVILLE BRANCH. The junction of this branch with the main line is made at Summitville, from which point the road follows down the Neversink Valley to Ellenville, eight miles distant. PHILLIPSPORT, 2 miles from Summitville. The tirst station after leaving Smnmitville. it con- tains a church, one hotel, five stores, three boat yards, a saw-mill, and about foar hundred inhabitants. Canal boat building is carried on here quite extensively. There are ten locks in the canal at this point, reducing its level in all one hundred and twenty feet. flOMOWACK, 4 miles from Summitville. A ciuiet little canal village of about four hundred in- habitants containing three stores, two hotels, grist-mill, woolen mill, and a church. ELLENVILLE, 8 miles from Summitville. This is one of the most important villages in Ulster 'county, thirty miles distant from the Hudson river at Rondout, and has a population of about four thousand inhabitants, Ellenville was first settled in 1805. Id 144 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 1825 it contained four houses. After the building of the Dehiware & Hudson canal it commenced a livel}'^ growth which has continued to the present time. It was incorporated in 1857, when it reached the dignity of a village. It is one of the liandsomest villages in the State, and the natural thrift and energy of its inhabit- ants exhibits itself in the fact that the streets are all lined with shade trees, and tlie sidewalks have beeji flagged, at an expense of $50,000, during the last three years, the stone being quarried l)ac]v of the town ; besides the building of water works, at an expense of .$40,000, which secures a perpetual supj^ly of beautiful spring water, brought from the mountain across the canal. Amoiig its institutions it numbers six or seven churches, three or four hotels, two newspaper offices {Journol and Press), a female seminary, three banks, an extensive glass factory, a pottery, a knife factory, a large taiuiery, and manufactories of various kinds. The glass works cover about twelve acres mass. Each workman is provided with a long and hol- low metal pipe which he dips into the liquid glass and withdraws a quantity sufficient to make a bottle. This, for a moment, is rolled over a smooth stone surface with a icentle blowing through the pipe until a small sack is formed. It is then inserted in the mould, which is closed upon it by the foot of the operator, and a full breath through the pipe expands it to fill the aperture. Another touch of the foot opens the mould, and a full- fledged l)ottle is withdrawn. After a few finishing- touches around the mouth a small boy receives it on an iron rod and cai-ries it to the oven to be baked. The sand used for glassmaking in this establishment is pro- cured along the New Jersey coast and shipped to EUen- ville by water. At the pottery the novel and interesting process of manufacturing earthen pots, jugs, and vases may be witnessed. These, too, are made from New Jersey ma- terial, the clay being brought from South Amboy by sliip and Janal Ix.at. No patterns or moulds are used here. The clay is kneaded somewhat after the fashion of mix- ing bread, until it is brought to the proi)er consistency for moulding. A hnnp is then placed on a rcNolving pedestal, and with one hand on the outside and the other within, the mass is soon pressed up to the shape required —the work all being don(; by the eye. Here the reader will wonder liow the hand can be withdrawn from so small a hole as the mouth of a jug. It (;anH l)e done. F niiles from East Guilford Junction, Contains a churcli, a saw-mill, an extensive woolen factory, and about one hundred inhabitants. LANTHAM'S CORNERS, 9 miles from East Guilford Junction. Simply a stopping place for trains. WHITE'S STORE, 11 miles from East Guilford Junction, Contains a church, a hotel, a store, a grist-mill, a saw- mill, and about a dozen houses. 160 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. HOLMESVILLE, 13 miles from East Guilford Juirction, Contains a church, saw-mill, grist-mill, tannery, store, and about thirty dwellings. SOUTH NEW BERLIN, 14 miles from East Guilford Junction, Contains two churches, eight or ten stores, several mechanic shops, and about three hundred inhabitants. DAVIS' CROSSING, 17 miles from East Guilford Junction. Simply a stopping place for trains. NEW BERLIN CENTRE, 15 miles from East Guilford Junction, Contains a store, a grist-mill, a cheese box factory, a turning and planing mill, and about one hundi-ed inhabitants. SAGE^S CORNERS, l» miles from East Guilford lunctiou. Simply a tlag station, and we pass on to Ni:W BERLIN, 2"* miles from East Guilford .Function, Situated on the Unadilla river. It contains four churches, an academy, a newspaper office (Qazette), a paper mill, a tannery, a brewery, an iron foundry, seve- ral stores and mechanic shops, and about one thousand inhabitants. UTICA BRANCH. This branch extends from the main line at Smith's Valley to Utica, a distance of thutj^-one miles. The tirst station is HAMILTON, •I miles from Smith's Vallej , A beautiful, thrifty, and gTOwiug town of about two thousand inhabitants. It contains four or live handsome churches, a number of stores of all kinds, a tannery, several manufacturing establishments, and two news- paper offices {Itcyuhluan and Vohintter). Seat of Madi- son University, Theological Semiuary^, ajid several othei- schools. PECKSPOKT, 5 ruJleH from Smith's Valle.v. Simply a stopping place for trains. BOUCKVILLE, 7 iiiiU'S from Smiths Valley, ('ontain> ojie church, ;i iKJtcl. lanner.v, store, and about one liundrcd iiihabitauts. SOLSVILLE, y miles from Smith's Valley, (JoiilaijiH three ^tore8, a chiu'ch, a clH^ese laric.jry, a hotel, and al)out two hiiiKh'ed iul'.abitants. 152 MIDLAND RAILROAD GLIDPl ORISKANY FALLS, 13 miles from Smith's Valley, Contains two churches, a hotel, two stores, two large woolen mills, a flouring mill, a saw-mill, a macliine shop, and about eight hundred mhabitants. DEANSVILLE, 17 miles from Smith's Valley, Contains two churches, an academy, a hotel, a store, and about two hundred inhabitants. FRANKLIN IRON WORKS, 20 miles from Smith's Valley. It has an extensive iron smelting furnace, a hotel, store, and about three hundred inhabitants. The next stopping place is CLINTON, 22 miles from Smith's Valley. This is one of the most beautiful towns in central New York, and is noted for its excellent public schools and their pleasant location. The village was named in honor of Gov. George (Hintou, and was first incorporated in 1858. It contains six churches, Plamilton College, Houghton Seminary, Cottage Seminary, Clinton Liberal Institute, Rural High School, a newspaper office (67i/^i^«/« Courier)^ two hotels, a bank, and about two thousand inhabitants. Hamilton College is one of the best institutions of learning in the State ; is located in a beautiful park of fifteen acres, overlooking the village of Clinton and the surrounding country for miles. This park is laid out in handBome style in the modern English method. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 153 A branch road extends from Clinton to Rome, thirteen miles distant. PORTER'S BRIDGE, '24 miles from Smith's Valley. Simply a flag station. NEW HARTFORD, '27 miles from Smith's Valley, Situated on Sanqiioit creek, has five chiu'ches, two cotton mills, a bolt factory, a stocking factory, a flour mill, a carriage factory, two hotels, and about one thou- sand inhabitants. UTICA, 31 miles from Smith's Valley. A city of thirty thousand inhabitants, situated on the south bank of the Mohawk river, in one of the best agri- cultural regions of the State. It contains thirty churches, eleven banks, county buildings, a large number of exten- sive manufacturing establishments of cotton and woolen goods, steam engines, mill stones, musical instnmients, »fc{'., large malt houses and breweries, five newspaper offices {Bee^ MoniiiKj UentU, O/mrver, Tillinghast's J*o- fi< r, and )' JJrych). The Eric canal and the N. Y. Central Raihoad pass tlirough the city. ROME BRANCH. This branch extends from Clinton to Rome, a distance of thirteen miles. KIRKLAND, 2 miles from Clinton, The first stopping place, has a chm-ch, hotel, store, and about twenty dwellings. CLARK'S MILLS, 3 miles from Clinton, Has a church, a store, a hotel, a large cotton factory, grist-mill, and about two hundred inhabitants. WESTMORELAND, 5 miles from Clinton, Contains a hotel, several stores, two chm-ches, and about three hundred inhabitants. BARTLETT'S 7 miles from Clinton. A little Quaker village containing a church and about a dozen dwellings. ROME, lo miles from Clinton, Situated on the Mohawk river. It is a half -shire of Oneida county ; contains county buildings, thirteen churches, four banks, three newspaper offices {Rising SuUy Ron ( an Citizen, and Sentinel)^ an academy, several MEDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 155 private schools, and numerous extensive manufactories. Several railroads and canals centre here — the Erie and and Black River canals and the N. Y. Central ; Rome, Watertown & Ogdensbm-gh ; and Midland Railroads, Ifre MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. ESTABLISHED OVER 34 YEARS. F. W. PAOHTMANN & BRO. Keepers of Midland R. R. Time, 363 Canal St„ New York. 5 Minutes Walk y^^^^sj^ ^<^°^ o^ from Depot |(r, ^ jl» Desbrosses St Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLID SILVER-WARE. A Good American Watch in Solid 14k Gold Cases fob *65. The same in Solid Silver Cases, S20. A Good Solid Silver Swiss Watch, *14. A large assortment of American, Swiss, and English Watchks of best quality, in plain and fancy gold and silver cases, made expressly to our own order, and warranted to keep accurate time. Gents' and Ladies' Chains and Lockets, Sets, Rings, &c, Ac, at very low prices. Every size of Solid Fine Gold Wedding Rings, from $2 to $18. Solid Silver-ware of every description. Opera Glasses, Spectacles, and Eye Glasses to suit every sight. Triple-plated ware of every description. Hotels, Boarding Houses,' Families, &c., supplied with Knives, Forks, Spoons, Castors, Ice Pitchers, &c., at wholesale prices. Hair Jewelry a specialty. Goods sent C. O. D. to any part of the United States. Fine watches repaired with great care, and warranted. RW.PACHTMANN& BRO, 363 Canal St„N,Y. MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE. 15^ Burns and Scalds, Chilblains, Sprains and Bruises, Chapped Hands, Flesh Wounds, Frost Bites, External Poisons, Sand Cracks, Galls of All Kinds, SiTFAST, Ringbone, Poll Evil. Rheumatism, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Sore Nipples, Caked Breasts, Fistula, Mange, Spavins, Sweeney, Scratches or Greasb, Stringhalt, Windgalls, Foundered Feet, Cracked Heels, Foot Rot in Sheep, 25c. Bites of Animals & Insects, Roup in Poultry, Toothache, Ac, &c. Lame Back, &c., &c. ^n^ Large Size $ 1 .00; Medium 50c.; Small ^mys- The Gargling Oil has been in use as a Liniment since 1833, All Ave ask is a fair trial, but be sure and follow directions. Ask your nearest Druggist or dealer in Patent Medicines for one of oitr Almanacs and read what the peojjle say about the Oil. The Gargling Oil is for sale by all respectable dealers throughout the United States and other Countries. Our testimonials date from 1833 to the present, and are unsolicited. Vse the Gargling Oil, and tell your neighbors what good it has done. We" also manufacture "T«EItCHAXT'S ^VORItl TAIfI.F/rS.>' We deal fair and liberal with all, and defy contradiction. Write for an Almanac. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y., by MERCHANTS GARGLING OIL COMPLY. JOHN HODGE, Secretary. N. Y. BUSINESS HOUSES CLEMETT & STOCKWELL, Papee Dealees, 30 Beekman Street. DAUCHY & CO., Printing Material, 75 Fulton Street. BALDWIN, The Clothier, corner of Broadway and Canal Street. F. W. PACHTMAISTN & BRO., Jewelry, 363 Canal Street. W. V. CRISSEY & CO., Druggists, 266 Greenwich Street. CORBETT, MUCHMORE & CO., Commission Mee> CHANTS, 165 Reade Street. A. T. STEWART & CO., Dry Goods, &o., comer of Broadway and Chambers Street. ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO., Dress Goods, &o., corner of Broadway and 19th Street. UNION ADAMS & CO., Hosiery and Gloves, 637 Broadway. JOHNSON BROS. & CO., Millinery Goods, 34 & 36 East 14th Street (Union Square). DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO., Bankers, corner of Pine and Nassau Streets. INDEX. Adams House, adv ^^^\^, Arlington ^J: Asbury \%l, \UBUKN BRANCH ifo \yers & Weslbrook, adv ... ib Bartlett's i^k Batsou, S. G. adv 55 Battle Island \j* Beaver Meadow ^^^ Bennett's Blue Limestone Quarry, adv ^t Bennett's Corners u ' Bloomfield '^* BloomiuKburffh ^^ Bloomingdale *^ Boak, A. V. adv »^ Bogota. ^^ Bouckville ^^1- Brush's Hotel, adv f- Bullville \l\ Rundy's Crossing i j4 Campbell, J. adv Carapgaw Cannon, F. M. adv Cardosia i"^ ( 'asfv, .] olm, adv \}^ Casterlin. D. C. adv lb Caughdenoy \f Cedar Grove J^^ Central Square J ^'> CentrevlUe '"J;* Chardavoyne, G. adv ^^ Charlottsburgh 4^ Chestnut Hill ; ^^ Circleville l*^ Clark, D. adv »« Clark's Mills Y^ Cleveland • '•^"'^ 55 43 TO Clinton ^«i/« 1^2 Coe& Cox, adv '^ Colchester ^^*^ Constantia Contents Cook's Corners Cook'sFalls I"' Cortland ^^" Cox, W. W. adv b{ Crawford Branch 141 Crawford Junction ....... 141 Creveling, Warne S. adv . . ^a Crissey, Wm. V. & CO. adv. 19 Crumb Hill ^f CrystalLake ** Cuyler ]f Davis' Crossing lo^ Deansville «Vtn84 Deckertown , ^ ^° ^o Decker & Tltsworth, adv. . . 68 Defker & Van Riper, adv. . T6 122 3 IIT Delhi 147, 148 Drlhi Branch 14' Dennis Hotel, adv 5b DeRyter ^f Descriptive Sketch i\ Dewitt & Eddy, adv 8» Dundee Lake »" Dunning, J. H. adv »* Durhamville ^^l Dyrauf, Leonard, adv ^ Earlville ^^^ East Branch East Guilford Junction East Homer Eaton , — Eaton & Russell, adv . . 107 112 130 116 95 160 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE— Index. Edsall, Chardavoyne & Co. adv Page 60 Ellenville 143, 144, 145, 146 Ellenville Branch 143 Elston, J, W. adv T5 Etna Station 131 Everitt, E. J. adv 88 Fair Oaks 99 Fallsburgh 105 Fish Creek Station 121 Fish's Eddy 108 Franklin 55 Franklin Iron Works 152 FreeviUe 131 Frinkville 128 Fuller & Sons, adv 85 Fulton 123 Gargling Oil, adv 157 Genoa 131 Geological Curiosities. . 9, 10, 11 George, John, adv 53 Groo & Wiggins, adv 98 Guilford ; 112 Guilford Centre 112 Guilford Summit 1 12 Hackensack 23 to 29 Hamburgh 56 to 61 Hamburgh Hotel, adv 60 Hamburgh Livery, adv 60 Hamden 147 Hamilton 151 Hanford, P. C. & Co. adv . . 88 Hawley's 147 Hawthorn 42 Heater, N. W, adv 77 Hercules Press, adv 2 Hewson's, adv 37 Historical Sketch IS to 19 Holmesville 150 Homowack 143 Hornbeck, J. E. adv 71 Howell, Alpheus, adv 82 Howell, Hinchman & Co. adv 96 Humphrey's 112 Huntoon, J. P. adv 41 Hurley 105 Ingell's Crossing 123 Ireland's Mills 128 Jersey Citv 21 Jervis, W. H. adv Page 76 Johnson's .' 88 Jones & Sons, adv 58 Kearny i33 Kimber, Joseph, adv , . 86 Kimble, M. R. adv 60 King & Mulock, adv 94 Kirkland 154 Lansingville 147 Lantham's Corners 149 Lawrence & Hendershot. adv 60 Liberty 105 Liberty Palls 105 Little Falls 137 Lockwood's 99 Lodi 29 Longstreet, William S. adv. 51 Loomis, C. W. adv \27 Low, Benjamin, adv 91 Lower Beaver Meadows ... 129 Lyon Brook Bridge 113 Martin, L. J. adv, S2 Martin, N. D. adv 57 May wood 29 McCord, " Rus." adv 76 McCully, P. K. & Co. adv... 36 Meeker, Mrs. W. N. adv ... 81 Meeker, W. N. adv 76 Merrickville Ill Mi Stockholm 50, 51 , 5i i Summit ]^ 1 Summitville 1^4 I Surdam, adv 94 Sussex County Indepen- dent, adv ••• 78 Sweet's Dining Rooms, adv. 98 1 Tallman, J. W. adv »8 i Terhune, R. P. adv 28 ! Thompson's Ridge 141 Thornton, J. W. adv 75 162 MIDLAND RAILROAD GUIDE— Index. To Business Men, fifiv.. page 81 Trout Brook lOT Truxton 130 Tuttle, E, C. adv 75 Tuttle, W. W. adv 86 Unionville 84 Utica 153 Utica Branch 151 Utt, J. Smith, adv 136 Van Dyke, F. C. & Co. adv. 38 Van Houten, adv 29 Van Winkle's 42 Veber House, adv 95 Venice Centre 132 Walton i09, 110 Wanaque 139 Wells, Dr. adv 20 West Blooraingdale 47 Westfall, J. A.' adv 81 Westfleld Flats page 106 W^est Monroe 122 Westmoreland 154 West Town 88 West Vienna 122 Wheeler, E. P. adv 97 Whitaker, J. L. adv 86 White's Store 149 Wickhara, J. J. adv 79 Wilbert's 129 Wilson, C. A. adv 72 Winterton 99 Wolf, A. E. adv 65 Wolf, B. V. adv 92 Wortendyke 43 Wurtsboro' 103 Wyckoff 43 Young's Ill TTr^T-— ^ i ))?