HISTORY OF ORANGE
will be given for one year to the head of every family who buys this Spring." ''Notice: Those taking up their residence in Tyler City will be on the main road for New York and the West, and cannot help realizing in the future by buying now."
A public auction was held on July 10, 1872, and people came to Tyler City by carriage, by cart, on foot, and by train. When the flurry of buying had ceased, the proprietors had increased their capital by $510,000. Mr. Ferry, who owned a large bakery in New Haven, completed his elaborate house in a short time, and his grounds were handsomely landscaped.
As time passed, the hopes of a great metropolis dwindled. Notes were allowed to lapse, and the property returned to the realtors.
At the corner of Ferry Avenue and Crofut Street Mr. Edwin Robbins built a large house, in which he started to conduct a boarding school for boys, which he called "Altworth Hall.'' A folder, printed in 1878, advertised it as a preparatory school for business or for college entrance requirements. It was never successful, and con- tinged only a few years. Later this same building was occupied by the recently formed New Haven County Children's Home. A request was made of the Town to build sidewalks from the Home to the railroad station, and when this petition was not granted, the Home was moved nearer New Haven.
The Halliwell residence was never fully completed as originally planned. Some years later, it was used as a club room for the Orange Hunt Club. At the present time, the property is used by the Orange Riding Stables.
The Tyler City school district was formed in 1873. During the first year (1873-74) the school was held in one of the two waiting rooms of the railroad station. When the fall term opened on September 1, 1874, it was held in the new schoolhouse which was just completed.
A Post Office was established in Tyler City, which was run by Charles Amesbury, in his house located across the
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