Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-10
OPENING A RAILWAY.
The Beaver Valley Electric Road
Ready for Business.
A NEW EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS,
The EeOnOmite Society Being Frozen Out Of
Beaver Falls
STREET CARS HEAVENLY CHARI0TS

The opening of the Beaver Valley Trae-
tiOn Railway yesterday was an event of al
most as much importance to the people of
Beaver Falls. New Brighton, Bridgewater,
Beaver and Rochester as was Stephenson s
invention OF the locomotive to the civilized
world. There were 50, O00 people who cela-
brated the evidence of their prosperity, each
vieing with the other in an attempt to paint
the brightest picture of future prospects
and all uniting in the belief that all the
Beaver Valley needs is q. seaboard to be
Gotham's equal. They were as happy as a
hov with bunch of fire crackers on the
Fourth of July, and in order to still further
carry out the stvle of celebrating Independ-
enCe Dav, the entire valley from the Ohio
10 stald, old Covenanter Geneva College,
was teld Of flags flying from every win
dow. nailed to every gatapost and fastened
TO whatever place was offered. Welcome
Electric Railway" was seen as frequently
IS God Bless Our Home" in Philadelphia.
II was a gala day such as has seldom
been seen before in Beaver county. and was
50 much out of the usual that the spirits of
tEe Indians who century ago met death in
the Beaver Valley at the hands Of General
Bradv's brave band must have held a con-
Ventlon OF amazement when the cars of the
new electric road for the first time passed
over The grave Of the savage warriors.
An Old settlers Dream.
Nearly hundred wears ago Mr.. T. C.
Gould, wealthy farmer, who owned almost
the entire Beaver Valley, conceived in his
mind that at the junction Of the Beaver and
ohio rivers there would some time be city
sach As PittsbUrg is now. He reasoned that
the lay of the country was better than at
the confluence OF the Allegheny and
Mon'ngahela. and as consequence
h. thought that Western Pennsvlva-
mas city would be where Beaver
now is The hope 10 outshine Pittsburg
has failed Of realization, but whoever sees
the energy OF the people who have made
their homes on Gould's old farm and who
have divers field industries of as many
cla~ses, although not so extensive as cities
o. 100000, cannot help but feel certain that
some day the prophecy Of Farmer Gould
With regard 10 the advancement of the
valley he loved, Will be fulfilled.
Where in 1880 there were Is. geo inhabitants
there ere now 20, Geo. Thev live in five
different towns as closely connected as
Pi-sburg and Allegbeary and practically
one body of inhabitants. The first settle
meut was made in Beaver and the march |
II progress has been up the river.
The last ten years has been a !
phenomenal squirt at Beaver Falls, and |
there are now 1000 inhabitants. where a |
few fears ago there was only small village. |
The other towns have populations as fol- |
lows: Beaver. 2.5pO: New Brighton, 1900: |
Rochester, 5000, and the rest of the 1000 |
ortside of borough limits They are placed |
jn ararallelogram 4x2la miles On two of |
The sides na;ura! walls rise 200 or 300 feet |
above the level. On another side the Ohio |
rIvgC flows past the historic town of Beaver. |
all on the fourth the slope rises gradually |
The town Of Beaver Fails is built in this |
part Of the valley. and is rapidly extending |
its growth along the Ft Wayne road.