New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

although the country features are rapidly being
erased by the flood of new commuters
Eatonah is the newest committing town within
reach of New-Yorb. 1t is just five years old' ana
was made to order When the thirsty city cried
out for more and sent its engineers into the
country to search for It. they found the Croton
watershed. That the water might be absolutely
pure the city purchased all property within GER
tain distance of the waterways. and the ancient
village Of Katonah went with the rest. A model
town laid out few miles away on the rail-
road. and the new town built up OF substantial a
brick buildings ard comfortable cottages: the
a rlace as there IS the line.
Committing the Harlem division ends pract-
muters at Lake Mahopac;, H: H; xreeland. presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company,
lives in the country from May until Thanksgiving,
from its volunteer fire department to the strug-
Cling golf club In fact he has done great deal
present adorns the grounds, a horsecar which had
outlved its usefulness IN the busy city Although
pretend to be over religious In fact most OF them
On the main line Of the New-York Central COM
| mutation trains start from Peekskili. although
/ have their up-river terminal at Ossining.
Every station the line sends large delega-
tion with Yonkers decidedly In the lead in point Of
numbers. Commuters from towns which have "on-
Hudson tackled to the end OF their names said
to be little pulled up the distinction. Take
Hastings-on- Hudson. for instance. If the station
was simply Hastings the people who 1--we there
would have ground for claiming superiority
the larger town of Yonkers Ardsley-on- tIud-
son feels the way about It, but then Ards
ley has other claims TO prominence beside an aris-
tocratic name. Many people who in society
spend part of the year beautiful country places
top Of the bluff. In fact, the comItuters who
come from other towns speak Of the place as
''Ardsley-in-so
Commuters on the main line particular where
they sit and the conductor knows just which part
ten commuters who get on at Ossinins in the morn
ing take seats in the centre coaches, and always
the conductors have noticed it. Yonkers commut-
a. | ~ t ~ rs
are also known as the quickest leaders" and per
haps it is because the Yonkers com is always in
hurry. The slow leaders come from Tarrytown
their hands than any one else. and get on a train
with deliberation enough to drive conductor mad
If commuters on this line Keep horses and car
riages few of them ride home from the station
meme of The family When thew get into their
Carriages they take the lines in their oun hands
ard start 10 climb up the HILL for there is hin
Why y. don't you have your eoachmsn come for
you you, Tarrytown commuter was asked ,.,.
family" he said and the long drive home every
The Children Prate ABOUT wha5 they have been
doing during t the day while you were working hard
in handy. but as long as the weather is good my
home"
Commuters the Putnam division do less COM
planning than the other travellers Central tick
cts. Most Of them ride TO One-hundred- and-ffty-
hfth-st. on the elevated road and perhaps they
out by the time they reach the train. They
not very well acquainted with each other yet,
for most of them arrivals. ANY one could
tell this by simply looking at the towns. for newly
built houses are seen In great abundance.
There more women commuters these trains
or rather more girls. for most OF them little
than girls. The elevated roads take them into
the heart of the shopping district, where they are
employed and this makes the Putnam a conver-
lent route. They pretty girls many Of them
and they make the commuters forget their
troubles 1t is continual chatter TO the end OF the
line, but the tones soft and their laughing notes
clear for they happy little workers
This Will be the greatest committing route about
New-York," said the conductor as the train swung