It was devastating for the south side. The loss of the passenger business meant the closing of a lot of hotels, restaurants and taverns down there. It took away a lot of the life.

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The engineers were well paid, so they could afford large, well-made houses. They were really among the important people in town. For decades, between the 1880s and 1920s, both the Point Journal and the old Gazette had a separate column for the south side.

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