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that would cost at least $4,400. In 1929, Brantford closed the G.V.R. The tracks were torn up and the Paris station was moved and converted into a house. Now, almost all traces of the line have vanished. Today it is hard to imagine the enjoyment that the G.V.R. brought to most Parisians. Since few could afford to rent a horse and rig from a livery stable, before 1903 the majority saw little of the countryside beyond a mile or so outside the town limits — unless once or twice a year they went on a train-excursion to a place like Niagara Falls or Windsor. On May 20, 1903, shortly after the cars had begun to run, the editor of the Star-Transcript expressed the general satisfaction: At once, without flourish or demonstration of any kind, the Trolley sprang into popular favor.... The people of Paris and Brantford are daily enjoying the scenery around Paris as they have never done before. And the more they see it the better they like it. Up to the present, passengers disembark at the top of the hill on the Governor's Road, just where the celebrated Lovers' Lane Curtis Avenue commences, and the sight which bursts upon the delighted travellers as they look west and southward over the Grand River, dotted with cottages and beautiful trees covered in bloom, and the background of hills rising high over all, makes a scene that charms everyone.... And so the Trolley has filled a long-felt want — it provides the means for an outing which is at once cheap, pleasant and attractive in every way. Within a few days, the track will be completed to William Street. On July 1,1904, the editor again praised the G.V.R.: The electric road is a great boon to Paris. Our friends come to us and enjoy it with us, and Paris is becoming known in a way that it has never been known before. During the Paris Old Boys' Reunion in August 1905, the trolley brought about 14,000 visitors to our town. At a time when a strange face was not often seen on the streets, this influx caused much pleasure and excitement. In 1903, the G.V.R. Company established Grand Valley Park, situated along the Grand River this side of Brantford, a short distance west of the present Highway 403 interchange. Here the company provided tables, stoves, shelters, and a small theatre. Parisians frequently went by trolley to the park. For example, on an afternoon in July 1903, a number of women on the Flats organized a community picnic, and with baskets of food and their children, rode to the grounds. After work, the men joined them. They had a happy supper, and afterwards attended a dramatic presentation in the theatre. A week later, the Star-Transcript announced that