New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-18
The village of Railway.

Correspondence Of The tribune ,..,
RAILWAY, New jersey Monday, Bept 1t, 1870.
A days soiourn in the interesting town OF tan
WAY has enabled me TO gather lew sssustcS
which may prove interesting and instructive.
strapeer, passing over the New jersey Railroad, Is
mt snt TO be impressed with the real importance
of this industrious locale You arrive ct the sta
ton, view q rather uncouth built hotel. and are OIL
without any conception OF having passed through
one of the most pleasant and hentny towns ID NEW
Jersey The facilities afforded by llgh: trains
going and coming, at intervals during the day, has
sdded 10 the population OF late, while number OF
very elegant private residences have sprung up
indicative of the abode OF refine ent and wealth
Railway is the rival OF Newark Ia carnage making
James B. LANG q Co.. Samuel OlVer' fnlneas \,
Frezee Samuel Ross and others, manufacture BE-
tween three and four thousand carriages every
wear worth from 800 to $500 each. Bovine oct
ton factory gives employment TO hlty or sixty
hands. Millards India rubber factory turns o2t e
vest quantity of India rubber oloth--operahng by
the came water power az billiards. factory "neFe
turning is done in its various branches, IN wood,
iron, &c. Tailoring is very extensively carried On
for the Southern market. Several shousandiemaIes
fud constent employment, and ct remunefaslng
wages. There ia, also, some very line dry goods
stores groceries, drugs and medicines, books, Nc,
bearing favorable comparison IN appearance, as
to stock and interior arrangements, WIN to~hs en-
loving more notorety.
yery nice flag walk has been recently leid
from one extreme end OF the town TO the osher,
distance of three four miles, afordIng an excel
lent walk for pedestrians. In addition to the I'M
provements going on large brlck ffesoYterien
Church is in the courEe Of erection, which, whan
finished with it's lofty spire, standing ss it does, on
elevated ground at the junction OF the road leading
TO New.Brunswick and Leesville will command
the attention of the traveller. This church is IN
Ger the pastoral care OF Rev. Mr.. Lee, VINO 10
much esteemed and beloved by his congregation.
The Me.hodists are also building new house OF
worship nenr the railway station. The Baptist
CONGREGATION have very commodlous Church IN
der the charge Of Rev. MIR. Wines, and under
stand it ia in very prosperous c0ndltlon. Ehe
Episcopal Church ig q fino now building hev'
Mr. Peet is afiAble pious and noted Tor great ur-
bRnty OF manner His congregation Is very good
The Rev. Mr.. lmbrie of the Old Presbyterian
Church in the upper part of the town, has very
large congregation. This Church is the largest in
the place and has recently been repainted. Che
interior ia novel and neat The Railway river Is
title stream about 1875 feet wide which divides the
town into what Ia called upper and lower Rah-
Wav, and is elgo the boundary line OF Mlddiesex
and EGaeX Counties. This stream GIBBS and HOWE,
and ia navgable for small craft drawing EiX or sew
en- feet 1t affords healthy recreation, doubsless to
large portion Of the population.
The population of Railway ID estimated between
five and ak thousand. a number OF NeW.York mer-
chants permanently reside here and enjoy those
solid comforts which can only be obtained away
from the tainted atmosphere OF city life; one OF
the most beautiful features which attracted my at
tention was the manner in which the town has
been built 1t spreads over level of nearly four
miles giving ample room for garden spots and con
getvatories, of which there Is large nuTaoer a
davis visit to this quiet and unobsrusive town may
possibly afford some OF your readers as nuch res
pleasure as it has to your correspondent,