The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20

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f,. glimpse n the Villages that follow
,o railroad In such quick Succession.
rlrr ar nuilt ON n gcrtly sloping hill sids
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,na winch has teen laid out ~ the Leonia
heights LAID Company, Is reached by
Eay If fhr ferry az the foot of l30th street
C1rrer-Ifs With the trolley cars, as well
q. by the Northern Railroad Of New Jersey
fr,U tEauI cTs street or Twenty-third
,tr,e' The local trolley service also fur
n,.les connection with all the other ferries
on the lersay waterfront, ~ well a. with
tho shopping ard market certree OF Hack
en-ack and Jersey City. The houAes are
Il A high order of suburban cottage con-
,'rIc'Iou. ngd lots are sold with rcstric-
TOR calculated TO mlirtain the eXcluHIve
re,Ilr.ua. ,haracter OF the settlement
Tho ;iace har coICnrte sidewalks, water,
electricity. vas aud al tic other iinT rove
mcr'- essential to a modern suburb.
Lakewood IL the tigCe-t Of tie villages,
with The EXCEPTION OF Mack. II has a
charming social life, Ceutrirg largely
around goll aud field clubs. Though
there are r.auy large, expens ive estates,
the average house and lot can he purchased
al prices raining from s. 900 to $4,000, or
rented az s q or SIS a month. To the west
ward Of the track more modest houses can
he secured for 80 to so re- tai
For some miles beyond Tenafy the region
is mostly open country, and land can be
at from 500 to $500 an acre, A house ACIDS
about $1,000 more to the price.
Creaskill is beautifully situated on the
edge Of the Northern Valley. The chief
activity is IN a part Of the village recently
opened by L. F. Riegel under the name Of
Crpsekiil SLOPE. Here modern improve
ments, such as macadamized roads, cement
sidew ks, pure artesian water and public
eewers are added to the natural advant-
ages Of high ground and a magnificent out
look. The houses are planned with a view
to variety of design as well as to comfort,
and contain all the convenience usual In
a modern high class suburb.
At Sparkill the railroad turns eastward
through the cleft in the mountains made
by the Sparkill Creek. The railroad winds
up the hillside through one OF the most
picturesque bits of scenery around New
York. As the train again turns north
ward the Hudson, here broadened out into
the TapDan Zee. flashes into view beyond
the forestclad knob that terminates the
Palisades. High up on n steep hillside
that runs down to the river the railroad
continues by Piormont n Grand View
10 Nyack. Both Piermont and Grand
View are made up Of houses scattered over
the terraced hillside or along, the wagon
road that skirts the river. This river road
is one of the features of the region. 1t
begins at Piermont n runs four miles to
Nyack. At this village the mountains
run a little further back from the river,
leaving a rolling plateau for the village
10 spread itself over.
The nrlghborhood from Piermont up was
overboomed about thirty years ago. Big,
roomy houses of the man>ard roof variety
were built by the score, each house having
a large surrounding plot. Then the boom
collapsed and houses and plots can still be
bought for 5000 to 5000, a much smaller
sum than it would now cost to erect the
house alone.
Throughout the whole Of the region
served by the Northern Railroad OF New
Jersey prices are low compared with those In
other New York suburbs. 1t il only a ques-
ton of time, however, when they will reach
the levels which prevail elsewhere, for the
railway il part of the Erie system, which Ia
making arrancements to substitute cleo
tricitv for steam on its suburban lines. The
region will also be benefited by the North
River trolley and railway tunnel that are
alrcgd" uoG5r construction AID by the pro-
posed i.udf.n River bridge at Fifty-ninth
street.