The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
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Jsr.py ..d New York Railroad after the run
trru,- t|p ali meadows are Of little interest
10 the o wmuters, Tho acres about the
stations are taken up with the checker
hoard farms q market gardeners, Within
thirtv.fyo minutes Of leaving New York,
,errlag. ircluded. the settlement of Has
brulCk Heights is reached. It is on a high
ridge g. the westward of the railroad aud
command 4 swceIiug view In all directions
Though Iiishrouck Heights il a village
complete with all modern utilities there
is such a generous breadth to the streets
and b. the stretches OF lawn intervening
between houses that one gets the impression
Of village and country commir gled. Two
trolley Tires afford direct communication
with Passalc, Paterson, Newark and Hack.
ensack.
The next four stations to the north are
all within the town limits Of Hackensack,
one Of the oldest and most beautiful vii
lagos rear New York. Its history runs
back through Revolutionary times to the
Dutch Colony days. Among the quaint
relics that survive are the Mansion House,
once patronized by Washington, and the
Dutch Church, which dates back to more
ancient times.
The town lies partly upon the banks OF
the Hackensack and partly upon the ridge
side Of the railway. The streets are SO
completely shaded and there is such a
liberal allowance Of grounds to each house
that a stranger alighting from the train
the home Of. over 10000. people. A spirit
Of order and beauty is evident in the public
care Of streets and parks and In the private
care Of lawns and houses. There are a
number Of clubs, among them a golf club
and a field club, the latter with its ground
close to the river, affording opportunities
for boating. bathing and fishing.
Cherry Hill is Hackensack's neighhor to
the north. 1t has grown up near a bridge
that since Colonial days has been known
as New Bridge. An old road, abandoned
now for most of it's length, used to cross
here the Hackensack River on the way TO
Bergen and Englewood. the latter being
then known as Liberty Pole; The garrison
Of Fort Lee retreated over this road in 1870
to Hackensack. A battery was later placed
on the high ground at the western end of
the bridge n several severe skirmishes
took place here and in the immediate vi
Unity. From end to end the Hackensack
Valley Is made interesting by historic
memories.
Before River Edge is reached the river
makes a sharp turn and comes into view
Of the car traveller. For some miles now
frequent river vistas car be caught be-
tween the trees. New Milford, the next
station, is the head Of sloop navigation.
Oradell, a modern commuters settle:
ment, claims to be the garden spot of
Pergen county, with no little justification.
The river at this point has been damned
into a large pond. A hill west of the track
rises to an altitude almost equal to that
Of the Palisades and commands a broad
view across the valley Of the Hackensack
70 the western slope of the Palisades,
Westwood is an attractive village, both
socially and physically. as is also Park
Of the older country villages. They are
in the midst Of a farming district wei in
'erspersed with country estates.
At the end of the suburban service OF
the New Jersey and New York Railroad
is the town of Spring Valley. in a fertile
country encompassed by hills that 'rise.
gradually into mountains on the horizon.
Hood roads to the four points OF the COM
nass lead through a picturesque region.
SSuhern, the Ramapo Valley and Tuxedo
Park are within easy driving distance to
the west, and Nyack, Rockland Lake and
the Palisades to the cast and southeast.
Owing to the absence Of real estate enecu-
!aton, rerts and land values in the Hack
ensack region are low compared with those
which prevail in other suburban neigh
norhoods about New York. A house with
an acre or two Of ground may he obtained
near any Of the stations on the railway
Tor the rent Of an ordinary Harlem fiat.
Private Sales.