. The street railway review . enwill all be killed, etc. The newspapers published longLetters from the People, in which the matter was dis-cussed pro and con, and finally after six months delay,the franchise was granted and the road was completedMay 7, 1S94. The population of the city is about 14,000, but sincethe opening of the road over half a million have riddenon the cars. Surely this is a record in support of thecompanys claim that the road was needed and would beappreciated. Middletown has no place of amusement. It was thecustom of a large portion of the population to take awalk each Sun
. The street railway review . enwill all be killed, etc. The newspapers published longLetters from the People, in which the matter was dis-cussed pro and con, and finally after six months delay,the franchise was granted and the road was completedMay 7, 1S94. The population of the city is about 14,000, but sincethe opening of the road over half a million have riddenon the cars. Surely this is a record in support of thecompanys claim that the road was needed and would beappreciated. Middletown has no place of amusement. It was thecustom of a large portion of the population to take awalk each Sunday in the cemetery, or on the elevatedstreets in quest of natures beauties. Now the Middle- town-Goshen Traction Company has added new bless-ings to the people by establishing a public breathingplace and a public resting place, reached easily and at thecost of a popular nickel. Midway Park was discovered. Strange as it mayseem no one who had lived in the vicinity for genera-tions ever thought of Hopper Hill, as a park. There. BOTTOM INtMNE. was a grand view from the top, but it was marshy below,and the Wallkill river at its base made it hard to reachfrom the city. But there came to the rescue, the artisticeye and the pluck of the company. The spot was pur-chased and named Midway Park, being midway betweenMiddletown and Goshen. Then the old croakers lookedup and shouted bluff; for it would cost a deal ofmoney to build to Midway, and a large amount to trans-form the woods and marsh into an attractive pleasureresort. Only a few short months have passed, and Mid-
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