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" Westfield is located in the South-Western part of the Island. 

 . . . The principal villages are Tottenville at the extreme end of 

 the Island, on the Kills opposite Amboy, and connected with the 

 latter place by a ferry. It is the terminus of the Staten Island 

 Railroad, which has given quite an impetus to the growth of the 

 place. Biddle's Grove in this village is a favorite resort for 

 picnics, excursions, &c. Rossville, also on the Kills, about 4 

 miles North-East from Tottenville, contains many fine residences. 

 In certain parts of this town are unusually productive farms." 



Lists are given of all the county and town officers, fire depart- 

 ment organizations, churches, attorneys and counsellors at law, 

 physicians, and post offices. Among the latter may be noted 

 North Shore in Castleton and South Side [Annadale] and Lemon 

 Creek [Pleasant Plains] in Westfield. The location of the North 

 Shore post office is not indicated ; but inasmuch as there was one 

 at New Brighton and others at Port Richmond and Mariner's 

 Harbor it was probably somewhere in between, at what is now 

 West New Brighton. 



The timetables of the railroad, ferries, and stage lines are in- 

 teresting when read in, the light of our present transportation 

 facilities to and from and through the island. 



The only steam road, the Staten Island Railroad, from Vander- 

 bilt Landing to Tottenville, maintained the following week days 

 schedule : 



"Leave Vanderhilt Landing on the arrival of the 7 and 9 A. M. 

 and I, 4 and 6 P. M. boats from New York. 



"Leave Tottenville at 7.10 and 9 A. M. ; i, 3.50 and 5.50 P. M., 

 connecting with the 8 and 10 A. M., and 4 and 6 P. M. boats for 

 New York." 



Evidently there must have been very little passenger traffic on 

 Sundays, inasmuch as there was only one train each way in the 

 morning and two each way in the afternoon. 



The east shore or Staten Island Railroad ferry (old line) ran 

 boats every hour each way, between Vanderbilt Landing, Staple- 

 ton and Tompkinsville and foot of Whitehall St., New York, 



