New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-18
TIM DELTBER4TE SUBURBAN TRAIN

Fvpcrience is said 10 bc bitter school, puo
there is no educational institution SO conStah'y
crowded with pupils, and the experience schooi
hoard is continually adding new departments
and novel studies. NEWCOMERS who moved 10
suburban towns the first Of May, are now taxing
= short course in this popular school, especially
| - tho TRANSFORMATION grade. When n SUBURBAN
cxnress train stops for ten minutes each morn
| inc opposite a malaria medicine sign standing Oh
e,il,s over in q meadow, presumably in the inter-
est Of the medicine company. the trahspi""'u
Ncw-Yorl,cr is taking one OF his lessons
Mr.. Phillips Clarcmont who is IN business
downtown in this city. was one OF inc many
! who soucbt n country home "A few weeks ago.
Mr. Clarcmont had lived for several years III
Harlem: he wanted the fresh air and so forth Of
| the country and he had figured much on 'he
backs Of envelopes with the result that he had
discovered he could actually save time in going
and coming by living in the country. 1t took
Mr. Claremont an hour 70 reach his Harlem
homo from fhc Office All through April he was
fond of taking an envelope and showing ms
friends that lie could reach his prospective suburb
an home in less time than II took HIM 10
90 10 Harlem This was the formula-somewhat
complicated in the minds Of his friends, but clear
in Mr. Claremont's eve. From his Office TO the
borsc.cars il was five minutes walk ride on horse
cars 10 elevated, five minutes; on the elevated,
seven minutes; elevated station 10 ferry-house'
three minutes walk; tota! ~ l'Ify' s'fe'' ="
minutes. IL would take SIX minutes 10 cross Inc
ferry, thirteen minutes 10 rue "'' -" INV
| traIn seven minutes womb p' c'hs"''',i VII ','
suburban horsecarS' an cIsH' minute ""'" "'"''
take him - his front door total from ferry thirty
four minutes; grand total from office 10 home
| iny-one minutes. Bat Mt 'NTc'h"ho WIS III"
cral-hc was willing 20 allow Tor me cnahR''' an"
there were seven Of thcn-and he wo'Id give one
| minute for each change making "n"''' gam
| total Of hftyeieht minutes ne wa" "' ING
| liberal. hut munl'i''h'-he "o''' ''I'" ;"
! other Wln1t" Tor ln'l'''h'"l'' S''" - 80"
paper meeting I'h"' "-'''"7
or other Incidents of a business, social or phiIah
| thropic nature This woud make ''' I"N -''"'
total Of nfty-ninc minutes. or one minut" loss man
! 70 Harlem Two minutes Il ""S "'' W.
10 bc sure, but in the course OF wear " W'"I'
amount 70 something over "n n'"i''
could do great deal OF fea''ns ]" zen "o",,
| Mr. Clarcmont moved 70 thc country ANU '"N "
Polok's Course Of Ilmc' WIN 'he l"T,.o' W.
| reading II IN INC hours E''"'' j"
daily trips 10 ana from p''l''S'
No more does Mr.. Carcmont decorate The backs
~ envelopes with his CALCULATIONS. Inv -
that hc hasn't ,l'c' .t'.t ,to,. ,,oycr
| INC 'N"'' HP''' W. 800. ans.
saw. but MI '"r'"''v III.
! where near the SlF'' W " SUI A..
! whom they meet every "'N' VII '' th.
| Tint 1t takes nm 'e" minutes ,...,.sar
20 walk from h' h'">' ~ ,,'' tio,r -
4 He waits Jour "'l""',' ''' rtf. car
norm anu "'''' ~ ;,,. fr its
consumes 'W'N' h''''" ~ ,-air
trp lie waits h'' H"'''' w., 81" ...o, 10
ON the way 10 me I'rN '"'' ',''' III.
hhcrately liner" is a ,nhn'l j" w. ties