The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-27

Ndrub UeRrlnS In6 WOTuSj lnVlp9U
guest of the Middletown- Goshen
Traction company will be preserved
by number of Scrantonians as souve-
Mrs of one of the most pleasant out.
ings they ever enjoyed.
This outing was a trip to Middletown,
N, Y, on Saturday to witness the
opening Of Midway park and to inspect
the workings of the new electric road
at that place. The park and road are
owned by a company composed mostly
of Scrantonians. The president is J. G.
Hinehcliffe, of Paterson, N. j.; Merle
j. Wightman. of this city, is
vice president and engineer; =. G.
Wightman is secretary and Captain
Rockwell is general manager and
treasurer. Dr. B. H. Thorp is also
stockholder. Ten of the men who
operate the cars are also Scrantonians.
These same gentlemen who compose
the Middleton company are identified
with the Scranton Rapid Transit COM
pany which is about to construct a
railway in this city, and their object in
arranging Saturdays outing was, as
Captain Rockwell put, it, ito show
Scrantonians that Scranton men can
build an electric railway that will
compare quite favorably with any
road that Philadelphians are now ope,
rating in Scranton"
SPLENDID STREET RAILWAY.
1t can be said with assurance that
they succeeded we'll in their object.
The Middletown-Go Goshen road is, in the
opinion of those who inspected it Satur-
day and who are capable Of expressing
an opinion Of worth on the subject,
one OF the very finest pieces of street
railway in existence to-day in the
United States. 1t is eight miles in
length, and besides covering the cen
trail part of the city will extend to
Goshen six miles away through
beautiful stretch of that most beauti-
full of farming country, Orange county.
Half way between the two towns
is situated Midway park, plot
which Nature, it seems, in.
tended for that purpose and which
5000 Of the traction company's
money has supplied with all the arti-
fetal accompaniments that 20 to make
up complete park. At present that
is the terminus of the road, The park
comprises fifty acres of woodland and
is located on the Waulkill river. On
one portion Of the grounds is conical
hill surmounted by high observatory
from which grand view is obtain
able. Electric launches which were
used at the Worlds fair and row boats
by the dozen, ply the waters OF the
Waulkill, Pavillions for dancing, re-
freshments, ETC., are beautiful in
design and in every way convenient.
Nothing that would tend to pleasure
of excursionists have been overlooked
and all In all as an excursion resort it
can not be surpassed.
The party which went from this city
was treated royalty by Captain Rock
we'll. Mr.. Wightman and other mem.
bers of the company, and in fact by
the citizens of Middletown in general.
Among these latter who took an
especial interest in making the trip
most pleasurable was Alderman Lud-
dington, the Ontario and Western rep.
resentative at that place.
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.
Those who made up the party were (:
NJ. 7. Lavelle, city clerk; John P. Ma
hon, common council clerk; W. T. Me-
Lean, deputy council clerk. Common
couneimsn P. II. Golden, Simon
Thomas, John E. Ragan, J. W. Nc.
Lean, Ed. F. Wenzel, Morgan Sweeney,
P. j. Nealis, James +. Noone, P. j.
Hickey, Thomas Norton. Select Coun-
cilmen ", j. Thomas, NJ. E. Clark,
John E. Roach, j. T. Schwenk, Alex
Il. Connell, County Commissioner S.
w. Roberts, Casimir Hartman,
Charles Graft, Jacob Geiger and Elec-
triciau Andrew Carlin, of the Scranton
Traction company. The newspaper
representative were j. j. Campbell and
d, j. Moriarty, Times; NJ. J. O'Toole,
Republican; Henry Singer, Express; j,
f. Mitchell and T. J. Duffy, TRIBUNE.
Company H, Of Providence, Captain
RockwelPs command, who went as
guests of the Twsnty-fourth regiment
Of Middletown was made up ss follows
Captaln-W. B. Rockwell.
| First lieutenant-E G. Corwin.
Second Lieutenant-S. W. Corwin.
First sergeant-J. w. Benjamin.
Second sergeant-John l.. Huff.
Third sergeant--J. w. Webster.
Fourth sergeant-B. Mcmahon.
Fifth sergeant-T. Williams.
orporals-Thomas Perry, George Short,
?. i. saltry, G. c, Rogers, G. T. Williams,
W. Rhule, G. l.. Cutler.
Musicians-Samuel Pritchard, G. Il,
Shoemaker.
Privates-B. Banfeld, A. L. Brown, A
h Corwn, W. NJ. Coleman, NJ. Connolly,
II. w. Davis, A. Baker, F. Fahringer, j
b. Fahriuger, Il. Gardiner, W. G. Gwyn,
II. +. Hepburn, o. w. Hughes, j. w.
Jones, NJ. L. Lewis. L. Morgan, A. H.
Mills, P. Parry, I. j. Phillips, James Reid,
j. l.. Reynolds, j. A. Sykes, o. Simpson,
B. L. Stevens, II. d. Williams, Il. A
Westcott.
Color Sergeant Harry J. Hermans,
Major G. H. Whitney and Sergeant
Major Albert Davis, of tho Second
battalion. N. G. p. and detachment