The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
TO NEW YORK BY TROLLEY.
For $1.3o A Person Can Make Trip
 From Philadelphia.

 From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
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 You can now make the journey from Philadelphia to New York in day by trolley with easy connections, little wait ing and walking.
 It Is a splendid trip for those suffering with insomnia; for stranded actors whose time is worth little until they reach the Ralto, but whose legs have gi, en3 out. and for the new sensation seekers!
 But if you are superstitous-hest For the trip takes 13 hours, and you change cars 13 times. and the fare is $1.SO, and should you start on Friday, the 13th-but then, of course, you would not, so why waste the words? This is a minute detail of the trip in case you want to try it:
 Starting from Fifth and Chestnut streets at 7i45 o'clock a. m. on a car la beied Frankford your journey begins The time of starting. of course. is op- tonal. From Fifth and Chestnut streets to Frankford is a ride of 52 minutes, and the fare is five cents. This car takes you through kensington and past all the big mills. It is not exactly attractive To- cality.
 
 cars for Torresdale
 You have a five minute walt here. and | a chance to look around The car you take next comes down the l hill-you grab up your lzard-skln grip l and cheap peanut bags and make a dive for the electric with the rest of the herd. | Then, hoi for Torresdale. 1t takes 2S minutes to reach this ..Politicians' re- treat" and the fare is five cents. l The scenery is peaceful-just green fields. with cows eating the young grass. | And now the car for Croyden. The proprietor of the Red Lion waves you ''Godsped," and you start on. It takes 25 minutes and-chorus-the fare is centsl
 | It takes only 10 minutes to go to Brs- tol from Croyden, and, once more, the fare is cents
 You take the car for Morrisvile on Mill street and this turns up Radcliffe and in this way you see all of Bristol that you want to.
 It takes three-quar ters of an hour to go to Morrisville, and for a change, the fare is 10 cents.
 It takes only seven minutes to run from Morrisville to Trenton And this is where you, like Washington, cross the Delaware. Anyone so inclined could walk this distance and save cents
 You go into roadside hotel here called the Bromley inn. This is where you pay 8 cents for ticket to New Brunswick and where you try to get some lunch. You pay S5 cents for your repast and then the car comes to take you to New Brunswick This is the prettiest ride of | the day.
 You wait b minutes for the car to | Bound Brook.
 | It takes 30 minutes and costs 10 cents. | The car runs parallel with the Raritan river for some distance The formation of the strata of the flood plain of the Raritan is oblique and of two colors- red and black. Rutgers colors are red and black, also!
 The, only thing you can see in Bound Brook is a rough stone monument to the memory of the battle of that name.
 From Bound Brook to Plainfield is 1 three-quarters of hour ride. and 10 cents is the sum. You run parallel with the Orange mountains; pass Dewey park" which is empty field, and change cars at Dunellen. You pass a golf club, with grounds; and pay cents more at Westfield. This ride takes one hour and fifteen minutes
 From Elizabeth to Newark is 35 min utes-another transfer ana cents
 lust about here you begin to wish New York was not quite so far The houses are splendid however. and this com pensates some There is big camp of gypses to the right of the road. and on inquiry you find that they own the ground. Think of it.
 From Newark to Jersey City is a 5O- minute ride. And as 1t is beginning to get dark you cannot see what you are passing. And you are so tired you do not care much
 At % minutes past you step onto the fascinating soil of that great old city New York. Your 13 hours trolley ride is over! f