New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
CARRIED TO HOMES BY THE ERIE
MANY PRETTY AND PLEASANT SETTLEMENTS or CUM
uyTERs IN NORTHERN NEW-JERSEY
CHAR .cTER1sTTCs OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES

, in the forest which covers the hills along the
Hudson.
Tenafy lays claim to being society town, and
the commuters ride in chair when the train
has them. They do a great deal OF entertaining
especially in summer when the homes. IN "hich
they live all the year round. become summer cot
tages.
The station at CresskiIl is built like church.
1t has tower and arched windows and other points
of resemblance 1t is said that a visitor made
the mistake He looking for the direction to
Heaven. but instead read the sign' Jersey CITY
is Miles,
Closter. Norwood and Northvail look very much
alike TO The stranger, although the inhabitants OF
each could probably point out many points of
superiority. They are country places to the extent
that the carriages which come TO the station nave
fYfTS IS the m S of the
10 which several hundred commuters climb every
sentimental girl who Would call it perfectly
lovely: or by real word artist one OF the kind
commuters forget their long climb up the hill and
bs IN bs% % # eveT mornng a and again
evening, there be little doubt of its superorty
Pieront IS the point where the railroad comes back
to the Hudson, and nowhere is the river more
! Piernont people like to call their town the
Venice Of Jersey because canal or inlet runs
are bn on the edge of this inlet and some of them
extend over IT, Their gondolas are ordinary row.
The streets Of SyacR' are as well shaded as any
to have them named. There are few people in the
little town who are not commuters. Physicians.
clergymen and the small tradesmen. say nothing
OF the proprietor of the local newspaper and the
town photographer. are the stay at homes Nyack
street of the town. which is called Broadway per
fare of the same name. The streets which cross
Broadway end at the river.
Both Nyack and Piermont commuters are great
yachtsmen large fleet of small sailing craft
may be at anchor in the we'll protected bay
the river at PIermont Some Of the little craft
are fast. and their owners the commuters, incline
n
Hackensack. which has long been famous on the
vaudeville boards because of its peculiar name. is
the largest commuter town on the New-Jersey and
New-York branch of the Erie. 1t prides itself
fits extremely low death rate and claims good a
sewerage system any town In the State. Some
Of the commuters have been going back and forth
for forty years. but the principal growth has been
in the last ten twelve years. H. w. Beatty.
who is connected with wholesale grocery firm in
this city, is said to be the oldest commuter. Com
muting trains make four stops in Hackensack.
and every sort and condition of commuter is found
among the passengers.
Hasbrouck Heights commuters get off at little
station at the edge of the swamp. 1t is something
of a mystery where they live until one sees a big
sgnboard, which says that the town is on the hill,
fully $50 feet above tidewater.
Westwood is a peculiar committing town in that
nearly every store in the place occupies part of a
dwelling house. The village barber shop. even, is
In the parlor of pretty cottage. Spring Valley is
thorough roads town. The streets are
crooked and some of the houses hang over the
sidewalks Reform is in the air, however. and the
street. are to be made straight. Between Orade
and Etna are three of the most Interesting coun-
try places tn New-Jersey. Kimball Atwood and
| John B. Lozier have neiehboring stock farms. and
| across the track is the summer home of eX-Mayor
4 Grant.
Essex Fells, on the Caldwell branch Of the Green
| wood Lake division, is a most exclusive place.
| Some day ii hopes to be as swell as Tuxedo.
The Drexes, of Philadelphia. have been interested
| In the place and many pretty homes have been
built. The streets parked, and only persons
with social standing secure property. Just
eligible is more or less of open question. The
commuters gloves to the station In the morn
ing. the train they first to the finan-
cial pages of their newspapers
For exclusiveness. however, the Tuxedo COM
muters far ahead of any others. One has to
join the Tuxedo Club before property can be Sc
cured. and there is waiting list and other things
IN the way. Tuxedo commuters ride mostly in
Pullman chair and would never think of
walking to and from the station.
I Paterson, Rutherford and Passaic the biggest
a thousand monthly tickets sent to each place.
If the strife between Paterson and Passaic CON
tnues TO grow in bitterness as II has within the
last year, the company will have to run separate
trains I'm order TO keep the rural commuters apart.
Paterson people are firmly convinced that Passaic
citizens trying to disgrace the town, which Is
known for its silk mills well for of the
prettiest homes in New-Jersey, by continually max
Ing surring remarks about the anarchists which IT
1t is said. where silence is golden Paterson does