The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
SUBURBAN CONNECTICUT
ALONG THE SOUND FROM GREEN
WICH TO SOUTH NORWALK.

Lies Within an Hours Ride Of the Grand
Central station and IL Largely built
Up With Homes OF Commuters, but Is
SIN = Typical New England Country
The western end Of Connecticut fronting
on Long Island Sound forms one Of tho
most populous divisions Of the suburban
district around New York city. From
Greenwich, the first Town beyond the state
line, eastward TO South Norwalk, which
lies about an hours distance from the city,
the territory is given over almost entirely
to the homes Of New York commuters
and summer transients. Clustering along
the line Of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, which skirts the Sound
shore throughout the State, is a chain
Of thriving settlements surrounded by
picturesque farms and country estates.
The natural beauties Of this stretch Of
country which made II 80 attractive before
modern train service led to its extensive
colonization have been retained 10 a large
extent despite its recent development
The estates along the Sound shore are
not as a rule laid out in the stin, formal
manner 40 often found in suburban homes,
but on the contrary are 40 planned as to
seem a part Of the rural community sur
rounding them. Very little that Is arti-
fetal has been introduced, and on the sur
face there ia hardly anything 10 show that
the original farms and villages have been
transformed into the homes OF city folk,
II Ia only when inquiries are made for mail
farms or country places in this territory
that one realizes the change that has taken
place. At the present time there are few
il any farms left within a three mile radius
Of Greenwich, Stamford or South Norwalk,
and il ia a difficult matter to buy land at
a reasonable price within driving distance
Of the railroad.
The Connecticut territory has a dis
~tinctive charm that attracts the city dweller
in search Of a suburban home among rural
surroundings. As sOon as the State line
is crossed a change in the character OF the
country is apparent, The long, rolling
hills Of lower Westminster county become
sleeper and more rugged as one travels
eastward, and %outcropping lodges OF rock
ana massive DOulQ6Ib blIeNu OVER lnb
hillsides appear with increasing frequency.
In the valleys are swiftly flowing brooks
and springs, which broaden out here and
there to form lakes and inlets. On the up
lands are fields divided by low tone walls
and dotted with the long even rows Of
cedar trees which form such a prominent
feature Of a New England landscape.
The Sound shore, which trends in a
general northward direction as far as Port
Chester, il distinguished within the limits
Of Westchester county by long sweeping
curves free from indentations or project
ing capes, Beyond the ByTam River. the
dividing line between New York State and
Connecticut. tho shore line turns sharply
to the eastward and Is broken up into a
series Of rugged promontories and narrow
landlocked harbors. Every settlement
has at least one harbor: some have three or
four. Greenwich, for instance. has three
Bush Harbor, Smith Cove and Indian
Harbor. Bush Harbor extends inland as
far az the railroad station. II has important
docks and landing places and ia lined with
shipyards and lumber mills, Indian Harbor