The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

Have EBeen Bpeught Tcn Mites Nearer tire
CIty ~ the Esasisan Tunnels Towns
ON the Morris and Essr1 Division %
tlar I.ackaW anna F.nJoytng . Isig Boom
The forthcoming CENSUS will undoubt-
caly show a relatively CREATES suburban
development in New Jersey during the
last ten years than In most Of the other
commuting dist ricts about New York.
Every advance IN transportation improve
ments beyond fhe Hudson has been fol-
lowed ~ notable increase in committing
trafIsc Between the censuses OF IS9O
ard, ie0 IL was mainly the electric trolley
with stinu lated tho suburban growth
oG north New Jersey. The trolley was
INTRODUCED there by the Rapid Transit
strssct Railway Company in Ise3. since
then the increase Of population in the
i've counties adjacent 90 New York
Bergen. Essex. PaAsaic. Hudson and
Unien-has been little short of phenOm-
enaL For example. the county % Bergen
had in IsOo poPuIatiop q 1OOO. In
IOOS, Ascending TO the State census ~
that year. the Pcpulation was IOO.OD.
North Mes jersey then had about $50
milesof trolley lines and az least a quarter
q a millioa og people lived there who
were economically dependant upon New
York.
Bafors the advent oG the trolley the
steam railways had made NJ special
effort 80 b'uid ", n suburban trAfic.
The trOlleys. however. served a. feeders
20 thss railways while at the same time
acting az oompetitors. Owing 90 this
twofold influence the steam railways were
impeIed To make concessions in order 90
refnin and sugInent their local bushes
hfst by reducing fares and later by re-
Gucing the time 81 travel. Plans looking
toward the highest possible efficiency
In the matter Of quick service are now
maturing rapidly and before long prob
ably all the railways in New Jersey within
the -iIburban Eoue will be electrified and
their Passengers will enter New York
~ tunnel instead - by ferry. The OPEN
ing OF the McAdoo tunnels marked the
beginning IL a new era In suburban trans-
portation. II removed the only disadvan-
tage which remained 20 New Jersey in
the c1mpetition for committing home
seekers.
Partly. perhaps, because New Jersey
had h.en handicapped - long by the
absence VI easy access TAI New York IL
had been ls.d Co offer Inducements in
other directions. INDUCEMENTS which mus,
now prove dOubly attractive The com
imitation rates are lower there than else
where abDuT New York and the train
service H. UNSURPASSED Tn" state -
noted for - fine rOads. It's model public
A,hool system and its park reservation
az well a. for IL splendid o,ean front
and it, picturesque hill country Finally.
there - no State tax and land values
are extremely moderate Prices have.
indeei. gone up, particularly IN the last
year. but a piece of land that would bring
81 on an acre IA W-stche-ter county or
on Long ISLAND j. 40 yet selling at So,
an acre IN NeW JeTsey Real estate oper
ators and builders are convinced that
this difference IN prices will dislppslT
in tho very near future. There is con-
ssqusntiv an unprecedented real estate
aotivity beyond the Hudson this year
The I-ickawanns WAS the first railway
10 profit directly by the opening Of the
McAdOp tunnel service. The Morris and
Es.cN division # the road has always
had q large suburban traffic. a. IL trayersea
the mountain country that lies nearest
% the city but the more distant part 81
this highland region was not available
for all year residenCe until the tunnel
transportation WIS inauguEnted The
tunnel extended the all year committing
Limit Nv sen miles. from summit 60 Nor
Iistown.
The eject of the improved service has
been Ia create lively demand for farms
within convenient reach by motor car
- ~" various stations on the road. the
Iyer- Icing city people who n a rule
sDend a good deal ~ money in transform
ing their puTcisa into fine country
estates IN accordance with "A growing Gus
tom imsqtg he we'll To do ~ living the
grcatr part ~ the year in the country
insteBd ~ In the cIty. Meanwhile the
villages End tosns are growing rapidly
uudaT the stimulus ~ a genuine boom in
THE sale 10 building sites and nsw houses
are KoIpR up la astonishing numbe.p
inneef IN some - the more exclusive
communities m. older residents have
found thsmselysa compelled to organize
real ssaate svndicatas e their Own and
TO 10y up the more desirable vacant
fractA 81 land In order Ia control is inn
.,rovefnent The land thus acquired IN
,lcvelopsd In keeping With the existing
character ~ the neighhOrhOOd and dis
p.ss1 ~ Ia people ~ social standing
"a nOst cass.-, however. the same pur-
use has heen achieved by Inviting tho
r1operatioa of reputable builders and
OPERATORS
The Morris and RassE division. after
leaving its terminal at HobOken. strikes
-vs.~tW ARD through a short tunnel. Crosses
tlte Hackensack meadows. passes through
HauisOn and Newark and enters the
OrRhGea. just beyond the Orange station
the tracks turn sO,IehWard. following tho
sourss q the east branch q ths Railway