The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
ALONG The NEWARK BRANCH.
THAT WILL PROFIT BY
TIE MADOO TUNNELS.
Ire Residential Noighberhoods Of Nut
ley. West Nuticy, Beilcvtile aud
Newark viii he Brought within Half
an Hours Ride Of Lower Manhattan.

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leg, west Nutiey, Beilevtiie o
Newark VIII Re Brought within Half
an Hours Rid Of Lower Manhattan.
Tho Newark branch OF the Erie Railroad
runs almost due west over the Hackensack
Meadows from Jersey City. passes through
Harrison and crosses over the Passaic
oliver to the business district Of Newark.
then turns sharply to the right and runs
inorthward close to the hank OF the Pas
ssaic, making stops at Riverside, Wood
side, Belleville. Essex. Avondale. Nutley
and West Nutley. From terminus TO
terminus the Newark Branch is but four
:leen miles in length-thirty-f live minutes
ride. When the McAdoo tubes are in
operation, three or four weeks hence. the
Nutieys will be as readily accessible from
siowntown Manhattan a. the outlying
a?roughs Of New York city.
! Harrison, although in another county.
is to all practical purposes a part Of the
rity of Newark, with which II 10 con-
n~cted by several railroads and bridges.
The lower end Of the Passaic River. which
separa tes the two communities, is now
Icing dredged to a depth of twenty-one
l9et. Wu6u lie WoIh 10 SoLhpiotCd-lt
ran be finished within a few w~eeks-there
Mil be a deep water channel from Newark
md Harrison all the way to New York
Say. This channel will be navigable for
iceangoing steamships. 30 that its opening
yin make Newark practically a seaport.
~ Aside from having an extensive frontage
IN important waterways Harrison Ii
furnished with train service on three i'm
s~tortant trunk line railroads the Erie.
the Delaware. L~ackawanna and Western
Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
3s might be expected, it is mainly a manu-
Featuring town and an industrial centre.
the waterfront is lined with docks and
warehouses, factories and coal yards,
a.;hile the river is oongested at all times
with canalboats and barges, lighters and
,,ght draught freight vessels.
The southern and western parts OF Har-
gison,. fringing the Passaic River, are
gtven over TO the manufacturing and
shipping interests, and to the big terminal
cards OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The change from steam 10 electricity
8 a motive power for tunnel rains will
&c made here. To the north and east
If the railroad viaduct are rows Of tene-
ipents and cheap frame houses occupied
uy factory workers from Harrison and
Newark
Riverside, woodside and Belleville are
suburbs of Newark lying to the north
ef the business district along the west
ulnk OF the Passaic River. Their popu-
alton is made up mainly OF people Of
modest means who are employed in the
.hops and department stores OF Newark
or the mills and factories OF Harrison.
irsin service is supplied by the Green.
wood Lake division of the Erie as we'll
ds by the Newark branch.
.Nutley and West Nutley form practi.
ally q single settlement occupying both
ranks OF the Yantecaw or Third River,
Il stream that played an important part
IN Colonial history. Both WI are
modern In every particular and are pos
.sessed Of all the substantial sub surface
improvements that a finished community
Affords.
Several big development COMPANIES
have been operating there in recent years.
New sections have been opened up in the
former tracts of woodland, streets Inc
sidewalks laid out, drainage and lighting
systems insta lied and thousands Of build
ing plots sold on the instalment plan
rune houses Of all sizes and degrees OF
ella borateness have been put up by land
companies and by lot buyers. These
dwellings vary in type from a modest
Ave thousand dollar cottage to a thirty
Thousand dollar country residence and
show . surprising variety Of architecture,
4 very large proportion was sold on the
instalnent plan.
Il Tho population Of Nutley is about six
thousand, largely New York commuters
b have been attracted TO the place by
les ease Of access from Manhattan, it's
n ltairal attractiveness and its fine transit
T ,oilities. The town lies midway between
Newark and Paterson on a trolley line
that connects these two cities. II is
also in close touch with the agricultural
eeotions Of New Jersey and the important
iaarkets Of New YorG.
Eutley Ia noted for it's field and country
clubs and its social organizations. II
has an eighteen hole golf course. base
hall and. athletic fields and numerous
tennis courts. Along the placid reaches
Of the Third River are many canoe and
boat clubs,