The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1882-01-09
BURLINGTON CoUNTY's COAST
AND PINE LAND,


BURLINGTON CoUNTY's COAST
AND PINE LAND,
Fbr The Ness.
Our State considered geographical
y is situated very favorably for the
development Of it's natural resources.
The northern part with its wealth Of
minerals and unsurpassed water
power for manufacturing purposes.
lying contiguous to our great metrop-
oils, is one Of the gfeat manufactur-
ing centres Of our country. The
western portion along the banks Of
the Delaware and for twenty miles
back, il unsurpassed 10 its sgricultur-
81 facilities and products, for which
products ready market Is found in
the city Of "Brotherly Love" aud al
though the Philsdelphians look on
Jersey as place: that can be describ-
IN the words, viz /: sand, mosquitoes
aud pines. yet they would be 10th to
part with the fruits and vegetables
with which their city is largely sup
piled by the "Garden State Of the
East" We as Jerseymen are accus-
toned 10 look at those txo parts
North and West) Of our State, in
cluding perhaps the belt Of developed
farming land that runs into Mon
mouth county, and to designate the
remaining sections by the well-known
names s'pine and Shore" neither Of
which are much spoken ofas having
anything in them worth developing
except by few men who are waiting
for the proper railroad facilities to
BE- given them in order that the wealth
lying along the coast, within the
waters aud the woods, Of those sec
tions may be opened up to market.
The coast along New Jersey Is said
BY our sea captains to have the finest
beach along the entire Atlantic coast,
practical proof Of this ia shown in
the rapidly extending line Of summer
cities that are being built from Cape
May to Sandy Hook; % summer
resort Il is perhaps unsurpassed in
the world q almost I'll varieties Of
summer residences can be had on
ocean, bay, or river, from the High
lands Of Navesink to the level country
1t Cape May, and We think without
any great stretch of imagination
during the summer months our
State might be called the lungs Of
New York aud Philadelphia, as thous.
ands Of their population annually flock
to the ocean to breathe its hea'th-giv-
ing air, aud enjoy its invigorating sea
bathing.
These summer rssidS0ts should be
supplied with provisions from the
county near the coast. aud with the
growth Of these summer resorts the
surrounding country will become more
or less thiokly settled, and with the
settling Of the different localities the
tilling Of the soil viii Of necessity be
sttsnded to. Very much ofthe shore
land is Of excellent quality and with
the proper facilities as an outlet to
market, would soon be converted into
fine farms which are the forerunners
Of civilization and culture.
The excellent water power Of the
three shore rivers, Mullicas, Wad-
log, and Bass, lis but little sppreci-
a.ed; with the exception Of q paper
mill at Pleasant Mills on Muilicas
river, glass house at Hermon on the
same river, and another paper mill at
the head of Wading river, at Harris.
vile but little use is made of these
water powers which are said to be
among the finest in the state; these
rivers are narrow but deep and the
large schooners engaged in coasting
fnd no difficulty in navigating these
waters; the motor power of many fac
tories along the banks of these streams
could be supplied at trifing expens
by erecting dams across the narrow
channels Of the rivers.
That much Of the pine land that is
now considered worthless l0ight be