The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-06-23

streets are lined with stately trees. 1T is
on the old stage road from Hackensack
to Fort Lee. The slope to the meadow
line is very gentle, and nearly every
house has view of the HackenSack, the
Teaneck Range and the Orange Mount
aims. The drainage is good, and there
are sewer and water systems Building
lots are from 5000 to $1,000: rents $40 to
$50; Communication, $5.1O; fifteen trains
each way.
Morsemore, less than a mile north of
Ridgefeld, is being developed by the
Columbia Investment and Real Estate
Company, of Grantwood. They are
erecting houses which they sell for
S4.500 to S15, GOO, according to size, finish
and location. A 10 per cent. payment
puts the buyer in possession, the re-
mainder being paid as rent. Every house
is connected with sewer system and
streets are macadamized, sidewalks laid
and curbs and cutters provided. without
extra cost to investors. This leaves no
future improvement to be paid for. The
Erie has built handsome new station.
Leonia, next north of Morsemere, has
an elevation of 100 to 300 feet above tide
-
water good drainage and fine views of
the Orange Mountains. 1t gets the breeze
from the southwest and is cool in sum
mer. Being sheltered by the Palisades,
winter Leonia has all Improvements
sewers, water, gas, electric lights, mac
adamized streets, stone sidewalks. mod
ern schools, churches and golf links.
Until recently Leonia enjoyed natu-
raj growth, but now it is developing at
an unusual rate under the operations of
the Leonia Heights Land Company.
They are building and selling attractive
houses for $4,000 to~$15, 600 The COM
pany is making extensive improvements
and the town is taking on an entirely
differen aspect. Property is rapidly in
creasing in value The eLonia Heights
Company sells houses on a small cash
payment. If none of the houses suits
one will be built. The lots range from
$500 to 81 200. 1t is twelve and six
tenths miles from New York. Rents are
$50 to $50.
All of these places. situated on the
Palisades, are practically in New York,
or will be as soon as the Pennsylvania
and IeAdoo tunnels are opened. Their
growth is becoming more rapid every
year.
1t will be only short time, cempara-
lively. before the entire ridge is almost
solidly built up either for business, resi-
Dental or manufacturing purposes,
There is practically no acreage on the
ridge now in the market south Of Grant
wood.
Other principal suburban villages
which are telling the influence of rapid
transist development are:
Rutherford, on the ridge dividing the
ackensack meHadows from the valley of
the Passaic, with twenty-five miles Of
macadamized streets; lots selling from
500 to 1900; rents, $50 to $75.
The 4sutleys, on the ridge west of the
Passaic, on the Yantcow River; lots,
5000 to $1.500.
Hasbrouck Heights, just this side o
aHckensack, on the high ground.
Bogota, a suburb of Hackensack.
Ridgefeld Park, beyond Little Ferry.
Rochelle Park, beyond Hackensack.
Big places in New Jersey within the
communication zone are growing rapidly,
such places as the Oranges, Montclair
Hackensack, Plainfeld. Amboy The
cities-Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth
Paterson, Passaic-are likewise gaining
in population at rate scarcely less
than that in many parts of Queens and
the Bronx
The Pennsylvania officials are keeping
their plans secret as to the manner in
which they will handle suburban traffic
through the tunnels. 1t is not known
where he subway division will begin
in Jersey, whether at the west side
of Jersey City or on the other side of
the meadows. at Newark. Nor is it
known what traffic arrangements other
roads may make or perhaps have
made.