The sun., 1903-05-03
IN SUBURBAN NEW JERSEY.
SEACOAST AND IN.
LAND SETTLEMENTS


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! on Places OS Permanent Residence.
The New Jersey suburbs may be divided
for convenience of description into summer
colonies and all-year settlements The
former are strung along the coast from
Atlantic Highlands to Ocean Grove, dis
tance Of sixteen miles. Most OF the sea-
| shore colonies occupy the sand reefs that
separate the ocean from the mainland
! Back Of the reefs the Neversink and the
Shrewsbury rivers expand into bays and
give rise to peninsulas that contain SUCH
! fashionable places OF summer residence az
| Neversink Highlands and Rumson Neck.
The coast and inland region are gridironed
with excellent roads, afording unsurpassed
water views and cutting through miles OF
shady woods Surf bathing Is to be had at
all the shore settlements, and between
Highland Beach and Monmouth Beach
one has choice Of the surf and OF the never
sink and Shrewsbury.
There IL no suburban section OF New
York that presents oppori unities for so
great a variety OF aquatic enjoyments
| The ocean strikers against barrier OF
beaches, between which and the mainland
Is a maze OF bays, channels, sounds ana
salt marshes The shore temperature rs
lowered in summer by the proximity OF the
Gulf Stream, and for 100 miles out the ocean
deepens only few feet to the mile, present.
ing an even sandy bottom.
The permanent population OF the coast
| is small Outside the fishing villages OF
Parkerstown and Galilee, the beach would
be practically deserted by its al!-year
population we're it not for the brisk and
| profitable business supported curing the
| summer by the host Of cottagers and hotel
| and boarding house guests from New YORK.
In the back country, wherever tn ground
is high, as around Deal and Al!enhurst,
| there is q tendency for the settlements to
! nut off the characte OF outing places and
, for the countryside to be built up with
| substantial residences. The custom ls
J Increasing Of keeping cottages and country
! houses open three-fourths Of the year, and
a large proportion Of the residences now
| beinp erected on the mainland near the &C ast
are Of a costly an1 permanent der OF
construction.
| The tendency toward country life is
| encouraged, partly by growing taste for
outdoor sports among people means
| partly by the housing conditions that have
come to prevail in New York city. Apart
| ment hotels have been multiplied rapidly
! here in the course Of the last three or four
| year making it unnecessary Tor people
, who wish to live the better part OF the year
| in the country and only few months In
| W York to maintain an expensive private
| house in the city. The transportation IN
terests and the big city stores are all assist
ing to increase the comforts OF out-of-town
life The steam railways are making every
effort to enlarge their suburban traihc by
improvements in service; trolley lines are
opened through country roads, connecting
yillages and the countryside, and the de-
partment stores pay speclai atteitioil 70
the mail and telepnohe vi rahene' VI '''eA'
The coast settlements include Atlantic
Highlands at one extreme and Ocean Grove
and Asbury Park at the other Between
then hem lie RsaeS saoh SsyersnS HRsSsnd RaSs
bright, Rwnson Neck. Monmouth Beach,
Long Branch, Elberon, Deal and Allen
hurst. The last two, on the highest point
between Sandy Hook and ey eaRe ~hy II pope nnwe
lar favor. The opportunities they oner
for golf, tennis. boating, fishing, driving
and Club life are tending to make them
seat of more or less permanent country
Rumson Neck is occupied by the estates
of wealthy people, and Rumson road. with
it's hedge fences and broad lawns, Is show
drive, the scene of a daily pageant OF car
riages from all nearby points on the coas. os,aoo
resort, is on the peninsula between the
ocean and the Shrewsbury, and Is con-
nected by steel bridge over that river
with Ruinson road and Rumson ms NJ NeoR eek
tains several hotels, banks, stores, schools
and churches, A picturesque part OF Sea
bright is it's fishing village, Shrewsbury
Rocks having been a famous fishing ground
long before the beach became a summer
resort. Wv .,
The demand for cottages is said 6y rent, rent,
;no agents to have been exceptionally good
this spring all along the coast. Ihs ap-
plies especially to the SECTION including
Rognh nog9 Long nS noor gfs%e" seabsst ia and RUM
son Neck. The hotel and clearinghouse
season is expected to be a prosperous one
on account Of the international yacht race.
Practically all the hotels and boarding
houses have already been rented, and the
proprie, ors are engaged in booking guests
The period of summer residence on the
and close Of the Sandy Hook steamship
mission from the beginning OF May to the
end of October. The sail occupies little
more than an hour and the boats are gen.
eraily preferred to the all-rail routes. pas
sengers being distributed along the coast
by rail from Atlantic Highlands
The all-vcar suburban settlements in
New Jersey lie within a semicircie,, the
radius of which is about twenty miles long
The semicircle embraces Sandy HOOK,
Railway, on the Pennsylvania Railroad;
Crawford, on the New Jersey Central; MIL
burn, on the Morris and EsseX line Of the
Delaware, lackawapna and Western: Mont
clair, on the Bloomfield branch OF ne same
road, Paterson on the Erie: HackensaeE
on the New Jersey and New York Railroad
and Englewood. on the Northe Railway
of New Jersey. From the ferries at Hoboken
and Jersey City radiate ten lines OF subur-
ban trains, serving l?0 stations. each OF
which is chiefly or in large part the home
OF New York business men and wage
carriers. The nearer stations are also
connected with these points OF entry to
New York by an extensive system OF trolley
lines
The suburban region across the Hudson
presents an extraordinary variety Of n etural
attractions, being broken by highland
and valley, mountain and stream and is
undoubt cdly destined to receive principal
share of the overflow Of population from
Manhattan. The region is reached by a
Transportation service az efficient as is
attainahle with ferries as the sole means
| OF communication across the river. But
because of its dependence on water trans
| portation, the development Of the reg ion
| has been retarded by comparison with other
| territories on the outskirts OF New York.
| Tiki, ,i;u, Jyn ntn however will soon