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Woodside, the North End of Newark, N. J.
The “Magazine” House, 1812. Erected to store powder from the Decatur works on Second river. This stood back of the Summerfield M. E. Church where Woodside Avenue now runs. Here also was the site of the Revolutionary camp ground of General Anthony Wayne, 1779, which stretched north to Second river
PART I
Early History. Before 1866
PART II
C. C. Hine and his times, briefly covering the period of personal recollectionsand the development of Woodside as a residence section
PART III
Anecdotes of and matters personal to Mr. C. C. Hine
APPENDIX
HINE’S ANNUAL, 1909
INTRODUCTION.
I believe that those of long ago who wrote booksfrequently began with an apology to the gentle reader,and I am inclined to do likewise, or at least to rise andexplain.
The fact is, this narrative was originally undertakenmerely as a family reminiscence, but Mr. C. C. Hine’slife was so interwoven with the later life of Woodsidethat what was intended as a brief sketch to illustratea series of photographs has gradually grown into abook covering the story of the region now known asWoodside as completely as I have been able to gatherit. This will account for the somewhat personal viewfrequently indulged in and for some of the minor details.
Woodside, until it was opened as a residence section,was a purely farming region whose inhabitantswent elsewhere for their groceries and religion, andas the average farmer thinks more of making hay thanhistory, the movement must necessarily be somewhatslow.
Dr. Macauley once said of Woodside: “As Godmade it it was a beautiful place, but as the hand ofman left it I have nothing to say.” That the hand ofman has desecrated it all those who knew its woodlandsand waterways twenty-five or more years agocan readily testify, but one of its good points evenman cannot reach, and that is its climate, for it is thecoolest part of Newark. This in former times wa