The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-08
NEW JERSEY SUMMER RESORTS.

NEW JERSEY SUMMER RESORTS.
The Central Railroad has been the means Of
establishing within ten years many towns which
have become favoritc summer resorts, such as
Roselle, CRAWFORD, westneld and Dunenen. Nearer
the metropolis are areenvine, Pamrapo and Ber-
gen Point. Communication tickets are sold as far
as Somerville, O distance OF thtrtY-sx miles. The
continuation TO Elizabeth for one month Is 81,
and there IS no reduction from this rate Till the
fourth month is reached. The communication TO
Piatn1eld, distance OF twenty-iour miles, Ia, for
one month. $40; three months, 500 go; six
months, s4s. Plainneld has been the most pros
porous town on the whole line Of railroad for its
years. IL fs delightfully."- located, and It's streets
are handsomely laid out. 1t Is also
very healthy district, on which &C
count 1t is greatly resorted to In the
/ summer months. The hotel accommo dation ID
very good and the rates moderate The single
railroad fare IS seventy cents and the return fare
81 20. Trains leave the ferry at the foot OF Lib
erty street. The new railroad to Long Branch
starts from the ferry, but as the line Is yet
In It's infancy the Communication rates have not
| been fixed. 1t Is destined, however, TO be popu-
lar during the summer months, as II opens up the
Shrewsbury section, which was hitherto tnaccesst-
! Bile to tho masses
the Northern Railroad feads to resorts which
! are greatly frequented, although the remarkably
| healthy country through which u runs is more
the abode or families who take up their residences
there for the summer than OF transient visitors.
Since the road was extended to Nyack and Mon
sey great inducements have been held out to tour
lists The Communication to Nyack, distance OF
twenty-etght miles, for one month Is $40, and for
six months, $50. A more convenient, and at the
same time quiet resort with its great natural ad-
vantages, does not exist within the same distance
| OF the metropolis The accommodations IN tho
hotels have vastly improved within the past i've
years. Spring Valley i've miles further on, is q
saluprious locality and Is frequented entirely by
the families from the city who have private resi-
dences there
The Jersey City and Albany Railroad. with IT'S
northern terminus Tappanrown, branches on
| from the Midland at Tea Neck The Communication
TO Tappantown for one month is $40 so. A return
trip can be made for eighty-Ave cents. -Four trains
! run each way daily.
The Delaware and Lackawanna Is greater
! highway Tor tourists than any OF the foregoing
| This applies chiefly TO the Morris and Essex
| division, where trains run each way almost every
hour, from six In the morning TIL the approach OF
midnight. me first attractive spot on this d.
vision is the orange valley, where hundreds OF
| the fatigued and overheated residents OIL the me-
| tropolis ina sweet repose. There Is no lack Of
hotel accommodations. The Communication for
one month is $ll; for three months, $685.
package OF ten tickets is sold for
| 50 CO. The distance Is fourteen miles. Summit
| New Providence, Chatham, MAdison, Dan7lle,.
! and other districts beyond ABSORB large num-
| Der OF the city's population during the heated
term. Connection is made at Drakeville VITA
/ Lake HapatconR, the finest sheet OF water In the
State. fhess who enjoy nsning here find the
! mighty priced pickerel IN great abundance. The
! tourIst is conveyed from the railroad depot 10
the hotel, at the mead OF the lake in the coy
/ little steamboat Stella. The hotel Is large and
the menu OF the finest quality Tor country hotel,
Tua phQ vel a e.
above the head Of tne lake are the vast iron
beds, which are being worked by thousands
! or laborers. This branch OF industry mas
derived an impetus not affected even
BY the panic during the past ten years rom the
Wnich Mr.. George Richards. Mayor OF Dover, is at
the head. Tickets are sold to the hotel as well az
to the depot The single fare Is 81 40; fare to and
return, 81 5O Communication for one month, $22.
| At Hackettstown connection is made with
Schoolgirls Mountain, whlch dtverts the attention
OF tnat portion OF eltte Of Jersey sufficiently
rpsned In ambition and wealth to patronize the
up the mountain is tedious, but the traveller IS
rewarded when he reaches the summit. There he
will ind wen appointed hotel second IN point
IN the state save at Long Brancn:
/ Gap La visible thirty miles beyond. The fare TO
hackettstown and return Is SO, and the distance
is sixty-two miles. The COMMIT tation rate for one
| month Is SIS. And here the interesting retreats
! terminate, unless the tourist push on TO EastOn
! and take In a scene the most majestic Of ALL the
! Lehgh Valley, which Is traversed by railroads
! either bank OF the river. Bethlehem N, the quaint
! city of the Moravlans; Maucb Chunk, with It's
i wonderful triumph of engineering: JRe switch
! Back Railroad, the Thomas Iron Works at CatasA-
/ qua. with the largest beam engines IN the coun-
/ Jry II not in the world, ana, though last, not
! least, the far famed wyoming Valley, the central
| city OF which Is WilKesDarre. The time occupied
/ IN going from New YORK TO WilkesDarre ID about
/ eight hours.
! from sandy Hook TO TOMS River would hardly
1 concern the world outside the Dondn0lders and
| farmers and fishermen OF that dreary, sandy sec
/ tion bus Tor the Immortality with when the name
| OF Long Branch has crowned IL. There are 4 lew
! other outlets for the stream OF summer travel
I that do not merit any special mention. Among
! them Is a new line known rs the New Jersey ana
| New YORK Railroad, running from the Erie depot,
/ IN Jersey CITY, 10 HaVerstraw and Stony Point,
/ distance of forty-two miles. the fare Is 81 per
| single TRIP communication Tor one month $21 70;
! Tor three months, SAB 90
/ Many Of the good Old fashioned people, whose
/ senses are shocked by extravaganza, whether In
InshlOn or wealth, seek the modest quiet retreats
/ OF Jersey and prefer the byways TO the tearing,
! grinding, everybody lines or travel. Such retire
1 to Inc undisturbed little villages In BERGEN
! county, OF they journey by the Montcalr railroad
! 20 Pompton Plains, or they content themselves
with breathing the salt sea air at Amboy, or they
! entrench themselves with the domain OF farm life
! in Somerset or Gloucester counties. Atlantic
! City and Cape May are too luxurlous TO pc WITHIN
| reach OF Communication, and were designed " ma
ture rather for philadelphia than Tor New lork:
! A trip Of ninety miles from the Atler clV 70 Hle
former brings the tourist Just halI the ustance W
! Cape May. No wonder that Bath, Coney lsland
and Rockaway still mold the affections OF the toll
ING masses within the circle OF the great