History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 402
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Milk Company, saw and grist-mills, lumber and coal yard of Teed & Hunt, hotel of Eli Reynolds, a pub-lic hall, also owned by Mr. Reynolds a disused Presbyterian Chapel, now occupied as a dwelling, a marble yard conducted by George Godwin, five dry-goods and grocery stores, one jewelry establishment, two tin shops, a harness shop, one wagon and two blacksmith shops, a market and some fifty dwellings, some of them large and comfortable residences, built in the modern style. The Titicus River runs along the north side of one of the main streets, passes under the railroad bridge immediately north of the depot and empties into the Croton a few rods west of the place. The works of the milk company give this hamlet an air of business importance and prosperity. Croton Falls, two miles north, the next station on the railroad, is situated in the extreme northwestern cor-ner of the town and about six miles from North Salem. It was formerly known as Owensville and was the seat of the mills of John Owen. It lies on both sides of the main branch of the Croton River, which furnishes a fine water-power for manufacturing purposes, which power, however, has been of little use to the progress of the place, owing to the high price at which it has been held by its owners, and the here-tofore exorbitant rates of transportation charged by the railroad company. After the coming of the rail-HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.