The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
JERSEY FROM AN AUTO.
A LITTLE JOURNEY or FIFTY MILES
~ A PICTU RESCUE REGION.
Young women who Tried rrolleyinE Expert
ment with a Gssoiene-Drive ~Craft-scsncry
Of Unexpected Beauty The Ramapo Moan
t,ins and BEYOND Progress OF the Auto.

ley riding has borne fruit. My friend the Doe
tor IN pa,saic. has been reading of our trOIlcyiug
aud has asked us 10 tukca NhiTl with him through
New Jersey 10 see how much better autumo-
bling i than trolleNing. What do YOU think az
thar"
Where il Pisssic?" She inquired, calmly.
Good land. | exclaimed, IL YOU put I'm
les, time on that Grcassian beauty roll TO your
hair and more on your geography You would
Ice an Improvement. PassaiC Is IN New Jersey 90
TIM. She continued in thesame tone, 4 thought
We were making trips without men, I" show
What women could do Toy themselves.
But this isn't trolleS ing" protested. "Ntill.
II II we're. don't We have men To run the trolley
cars What ahoutt hr conductor and the motor
man"
4 hadn't thought Of that, " said she. Is the
Doctor beyond hope"
oh no. | said smiling. he's an eligible bach
p,or"
" ell" said she. rrsiguedly. Il suppose men
are a necessity at Ime-, and 20 n YOU want 10
accept the Doctors invitation Tor rs. go ahead.
That part of 1t being settled. at the proIe
time We were Ia the Doctors automobile, and
a few minutes later we're Giuging 10 the seat
and the Doctor aud anything else available, as
We spun around tho corners and headed for the
open country | don't know OF ANYTHING quite
Ike ones first feelings In an auto unless II il
shooting the chutes or possibly doing the roller
coaster. which Is orookeder than the chutes.
A. We dashed along you bowl along IN II troll
ley, but dash in an auto Dickey nudErd me.
Mary Jane, she said. what Is the history
OF passaic:"
"Passaic." said the Doctor. taking my one,
wa settled about 1879 by the Dutch and II gets
its name from the river which the Indians called
the Pesayak. The settlement was first called
Ackquackanonk. and being at the head ~ tide
water and the site of a large indian village il
became the most important trading point in this
part OF the state. Washington and his army
stopped over one day I'm Passaic in ITO, as they
were retreitinR before the British The chief
industries Of the town are woollen ADDICTION mills
rubber works, chemical works and commuters
who go to New York every morning except
Sunday. Population by census Of 1900, Fiji
Doctor" said Dickey. severely. has Mary
Jane been coaching you. or do YOU just take 10
that kind Of thing naturally"
The Doctor blushed and began talking about
the beauties Of the Passaic River which was gilt
tering here and there through the trees.
Il noticed rho water waI very thick and
murky where We crossed e. coming out on the
train" said Dlcl'ey.
But the river Il very beautiful except the
water. COMMENDED ire lDOTVOT, RldV OF any hllu
Of chance 70 Get away from hs history.
Possibly. A" said nlckev In n calculating
tone. but has II ever occurred to you. Doctor
that water is a very important essential 70 4
river"
The auto gave p sudion Jump and nlckcv
almos. turhled out backward, and In the OK
c%iten,on' he Doctor escaped further enthar-
RAISING questions.
In tho open. now rvinC toward the noun
tains living back NJ Pa-s0ic. I confess I had
my doubts as 70 our getting hack home again
except nv train oi trolley or farm wagon, pos
sibly nv nmhGlan,e. but ] maintained n dis
Greet silence and trusted 10 the Doctor as We
swung around the elbows osthe road md dashed
down such declIvifies as presented themselves
n our path. When We 'urned into tho long reach
~ road leading M tho mountain side toward
tho Notch, the only opening through the pre-
cipitous clrTs rising 'orbiddinglv before ne,
and The lIttla machine began 10 pun, I thought
The time was approaching when we should have
to GOV out and push But nothing ~ m" Sor+
occurred. and when We Glided smoothly upon
tho Level honch NJ tho first rise without having
turned n hair. 7 took q long breath and ho'h ~
we wont into raptIrcs over the view spread
before rs
In the farthost distance the great statue NJ
Liberty rose ont of tho blue rnists of tho hay
like p ghost in y gan7v shroud. and 10 tho north.
ike huge shadows NJ something uuearthly
We could count every -kyscraper on tho island.
A. our foot lay passaic. and beyond the valley
~ tho river stretched tho rising ground vheroon
sat Rutherford In the sun. while all about shone
tho white towns Of the commuters, looking ont
upon the salt meadows " Newark nInninC
down to tho sea II was something we had not
really expected of New Jcrsev and wo were
prepared to accept further amendments 10
any opinions We might previously have hold
In a few moments We had passed out of sight
of thia glorious panorama. and over n road as
good rs a road could 10 We cane into the Notch
and through tho mountain range, known 10
every New Yorker who lets his ayes wander To
tho westward. out of the Notch and into tho
| Wiley beyond We saw n country which was not
the New Jersey We had ever soon. n fair land Of
promise Tho road led down the mountain.
| and We ran along II nv our own gravity. the
auto moving olsilv and smoothly Tho noun
tains were all about rs now, thick clad with
trees 10 their crowns. and through the valley
shone nnmhcrloss silver streams in the sun
Spinning along AZ ten miles nm hour We swept
nv farmhouSos and small hanlcts and came
hotimeS 10 Pompton whose chief distinction was
n house in which Washington slept Going
along tho pequannock WIS as II We were in tho
real mountain fastncss. for huge houlccrs
| Uttered up tho course NJ tho stream and tho
water dashed about among them in true tor
rental style The scenery here and farther
| on AT the intake of the waterworks at the foot
Of a mountain was like switzerland, and 7
could not realize that ] was in New Jersey not
an hour from New York Nv train
We passed and met many teams on the road
and looscd every time We came 10 one for q
runaway, but with one or two exceptions the
or edge over to give rs just ns much 81 tho
road a. We might mead. OcCasionIl!y when
a woman was driving she would get out and
hold her horse until We had passed. but in every
such instance the horse appeared 10 look With
more surprise at the woman than AT the auto.
just hey ond smiths Mills the doctor stopped
suddenly and said something about the waters
getting low In the boiler. and caught a tight
hold Of the seat and waited for the explosion.
but the Doctor smiled, turned right around in
n place in the road whore no hprSA aud buggy
! could have done II and ran back io'a house by
the waysido. There was nobody At home,
hut We went In 10 the well. fiGut a bucket, and
DiCkev aud ran the MINDLESS while th" Doctor
carried out three huCketfuls and said he was
ready to 20 on. 4 man, who looked dS II h"
were voting for Andy Jackson yet, ~topIcd To
look nj the machine and ask u lot ul questions,
DiCkpy was delighted 10 tell him all hr wanted
To Inspire a little curiosity, at least, in somebody
aud make him think she was a parsonage be-
n Isl" she wa- riding in an auto.
A. / O'Clock We rounded to In Newfoundland.