were soon built. July 12, 1898 - Formal opening of Midway Park. Music and dancing, baseball, tennis, croquet, bathing, and boating are offered to patrons. August 1898 - Round-trip tickets on the railway from Jamestown or Mayville to Midway Park cost 25 cents; from Dewittville or Bemus Point, 20 cents. January 3, 1899 - Jamestown & Chautauqua Railway Company is now incorporated. It was reorganized from the Jamestown & Lake Erie Railway. July 1904 - Neither the Whiteside Hotel nor Maple Springs House have been open for three years. Midway, with the exception of Midway Park, has been taken off the Chautauqua County map. The dock and rail station are now called Maple Springs. March 18, 1907 - The rail company secures control of the steamboats and leases Long Point for picnic grounds. Now the corporations decide one site is ample for picnics, so the lease with Long Point is not renewed. A new pier is planned at Midway Park. April 1907 - Herb Norton receives the contract to build the -long pier at Midway Park. The $5,000 project was completed for the summer picnic season of 1907. November 8, 1913 - The Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway Company is purchased by A.N. and S.B. Broadhead, scions of a prominent Jamestown business family. The sale includes the Chautauqua Steamboat Company, and the firm's new name is the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad Company, which became known simply as the "JW". 1914 - The tracks are electrified as far as Mayville and the "JW" started carrying passengers to Midway Park. April 10, 1915 - Midway Park is purchased by the Chautauqua Lake Navigation Company from Dan G. Wood, who owned the property and had leased it in the past. July 31, 1915 - A huge new pavilion is erected at the park. On the second floor are roller-skating and dancing. The ground floor serves as a bath house and also boasts amenities such as cane racks, concessions, and a spacious restaurant. 1924 - A large wooden roller coaster called the Jack Rabbit is built at the park, but has a lifespan of fewer than 20 years before being demolished. May 1934 - Thomas Carr of Rochester, New York leases the park from the railroad company. Mr. Carr was the former manager of Celoron Park, another popular Chautauqua Lake amusement park. March 1935 - The steamboat pier at the park is destroyed when