Woodside was set off from Belleville in 1868 and lasted as an independent town just about two years. Again I fall back on Mr. Swinnerton, who was town clerk both years, for details. He says:— “When the new element came it found a lot of old-timers, very glad to welcome us and to benefit by the church and Sunday school privileges, but unwilling to spend any money for street or sidewalk betterment. Belleville contained many of the same sort, but there were some there who helped us secure our set-off into a township.” WOODSIDE TOWNSHIP. UNION TICKET. For Judges of Election, CHARLES AKERS, EDWARD P. SNOWDEN, HORACE B. NICHOLS. For Assessor, NATHANIEL J. CRANE. For Collector, JAMES S. GAMBLE. For Town Clerk, JAMES SWINNERTON, JR. For Justice of the Peace, ELIAS OSBORN. For Town Committee, CHARLES AKERS, MILES I’ANSON, JOSEPH I. DOWLING, HORACE CARTER, JOHN McMULLEN. For Commissioners of Appeal, JOHN C. BENNETT, EDWARD G. FAITOUTE, JOHN I. BRIGGS. For Chosen Freeholder, CHARLES AKERS, HORACE H. NICHOLS. For Constables, JOHN BURKE, BETHUEL MUNN, PHINEAS M. SMITH. For Surveyors of Highways, TRUMAN H. ALDRICH, GEORGE K. HARRISON, JOHN C. BENNETT. For Pound Keepers, NATHANIEL J. CRANE, JOHN C. BENNETT, JOHN I. BRIGGS, JOHN McDONALD, GEORGE K. HARRISON. Road Tax $4,000 00 School Tax, per child 3 00 Poor Tax 500 00 Dog Tax, as the law allows. Incidental Expenses 500 00 “The village had scarce gained its independence, however, when it was saddled with a heavy debt in the shape of bonds for the Midland (now Greenwood Lake) Railroad. This made it imprudent to attempt the raising of money for local improvements, but the year Mr. Hine was on the Town Committee $4,000 was raised for street improvements and divided between the five districts of River road, Washington avenue, Back road, Bloomfield road and the cross road in Woodside. Mr. Hine spent $600 in making a gravel walk from the cemetery to Carteret street, and gave the remaining $200 to General Cumming for use on the Gully road.