The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-13
FROM NEW YORK TOPRlNCETON
SUBURBS THAT WILL BENEFIT
BY THE HUDSON TUNNELS.

The Towns Along the Main Line Of the
Pennsy' anti Railroad for FIrty
Miles On. Are Brought Within the
Hour Limit ny Fast Express Trains
The main line OF the Pe~nnsylvania
Railroad running from New York to
Princeton extends the hour limit Of COM
muting travel fifty miles out from Man
haitian. nearly twenty miles further than
does any other road that runs through
the suburban district.
Along the line are nearly a score Of
settlements. including Newark, Elizabeth,
Linden, Railway, Colonia. Iselin. Menlo
Park. Metuchen. Stclton, New Brunswick,
Franklin Park, Deans. Monmouth Juno
ton. Plainsboro and Princeton.
These may be divided into four dis
tinct classes. First are the Industrial
cities with their mills and factories. their
iron works end %shipyards and their en-
circling tenement districts. Then succeed
4 number OF towns and small cities, partly
industrial. partly residential In character.
Beyond these in turn lie n number OF
country villages situated in the midst of
a rich agricultural region and populated
moinly by farmers. Still further on are
one or two important settlements con-
tanning the homes OF New York business
men who travel to the city daily.
Newark and Elizabeth are important
industrial centres. The former city lies
along the west bank OF the Passaic River,
which at this point makes a devious loop
and merges with the Hackensack River
to form Newark Bay. The business district
and the manufacturing interests OF New
ark are at the eastern end OF the city,
bordering the river front. OF late years
they have been gradually expanding to
the south and east, occupying a vast area
OF meadow land between the former
city limits and the bay that is being filled
in with material dredged from new deep
water channels. The new waterways will
make Newark virtually a seaport and will
give further impetus to its industrial
development. In addition to service on
the Pennsylvania the city is served by
three other run lines-the Central Rail-
road OF New Jersey. the Delaware, Lacka-
wann and Western and the Erie.
Although prominently a commercial
city. Newark contains several high class
residential neighborhoods and possesses
attractive suburbs. The Clinton Hill
section. in the heart of the city, and the
Forest Hill district. in the northern part
OF the town, contain many beautiful
and costly homes. To the westward,
or the high. ground at the foot Of the
Watching Mountains, are the Oranges,
a chain OF settlements made readily
accessible from Newark by a network
OF trolley lines and railroads.
Elizabeth lies at the lower end Of Newark
Bay. Immediately to the south Of Newark,
the dividing line between the two cities
being scarcely diseernible. Like it's neigh
Dor. Elizabeth has important manufao-
tories located along it's water front, a
residence district made up Of fine homes
in the centre Of the city and attractive
suburbs on the western outskirts.
Linden. a new settlement that owes it's
growth largely to a development COM
pAny that has been operating there for
several years. The former woodland has
been partially cleared away, streets
have been laid out and quite a few small
frame houses erected.
Railway is situated on the west and east
branches Of the Railway River, a small
stream that flows into Staten Island Sound
a few miles further on. 1t is a settlement of
rather mixed character and has developed
along two distinct and widely divergent
lines. Its advantageous location, good
water powera and extensive transportation
facilitiesh have attracted a number Of manu-
facturers who have established big plants
there. The workmen employed In the
factories have naturally located in the
town In considerable numbers, the result
being the establishment Of a cheap resi-
houses and tenements. On the other
hand the natural attractiveness OF the
place and it's ease OF access have led
many commuters to locate there.
To the west OF the railroad station
some distance from the river you find a
neighborhood Of we'll built. comfortable
homes surrounded by spacious lawns and
shaded by fine old trees. Rents and land
values are still comparatively low in
Railway. as in fact they are In nearly all
the other towns along the PENNSYLVANIA
road. There have been no land booms
to speak OF. no sudden rise in prices and
very little speculative building,
lies a rich agricultural region which con-
tains few Inhabitants saw farmers and
includes no %populous towns. On either
hand are low. rolling hills covered partly
by dense woodland and partly by culti-
waited fields. With q few exceptions the
half dozen stops along the railroad con.
sist OF nothing more than the station and
q few scattered farmhouses.
Metuchen lies on three important rail-
roads-the Pennsylvania, the Lehlgh
Valley and the Philadelphia and Reading.
1t Ia Just rising TO Importance a. q com-
muting town and 10 being built up with
small houses OF moderate cost. Ono or
two big land companies are operating
In It's vicinity.
New Brunswick Is a college town and q
manufacturing centre Of considerable i'm
p%ortance. u Is situated on the west
bank of the Raritan River. at the head
OF navigation on that stream, and at the
mouth OF the Delaware and Raritan Canal.