. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. Views on Central Avenue. growth ensued. In 1820, the pop-ulation was 2,870, and in 1850 ithad reached 8,168. The Boston «&Maine railroad had been openedthrough the place nine 3ears before,the Cocheco branch, to Alton, follow-ing a few years later, and when, in1855, the city charter was granted,Dover ranked among the most flour-ishing New England towns. It wasSeptember i of that j^ear that thepeople voted to adopt the charter There have been times of depressionand of expansion, but, on the whole
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. Views on Central Avenue. growth ensued. In 1820, the pop-ulation was 2,870, and in 1850 ithad reached 8,168. The Boston «&Maine railroad had been openedthrough the place nine 3ears before,the Cocheco branch, to Alton, follow-ing a few years later, and when, in1855, the city charter was granted,Dover ranked among the most flour-ishing New England towns. It wasSeptember i of that j^ear that thepeople voted to adopt the charter There have been times of depressionand of expansion, but, on the whole,a general measure of prosperity hasbeen enjoyed, and a steady increaseof population was made up to thecensus of 1890, which showed 12,779inhabitants within the city limits. The Dover of to-day is a substan-tial, conservative New England cityof the third class, as our cities aregenerally rated, in whose history andtraditions, as well as in whose present. C5 Q< X I- DO VER. 199
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