The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

ment In which roonay olA-RasltioreA resi-
dancss with spacious grounds and rows
% fruit trees are the rule. Above OrAdei.
the river parts company with tho railroed
tracks and beaFs on to the northeass. dAe-
appearing an q tract q woodland: RIVER
Newark through Rutherford. Hasbrouck
Heights and Hacksnaaok % kdgewater.
New Milford IL a. an elevation q $50
fest and has hne visw of the strroundinS
country. The terminus 0i the trolley 70
New YORK N nov within 2 mills and nat a.
extenalon has hOnm Ohaainad.
Oradeil 10 twelve miles from the l@oth
street ferry and eighteen from the Jersey
City terminal % the railroad. The Oradeil
Heights Land Company 10 developsng
tract OF 300 acres there. which N restricted
house costing s80.OO0 has lust been erected
on the property. The Oradeii Het@hts
Country Club has q mOdern clnbhouse
surrounded by extenaive grounds laid out
in tennis courts and golf links.
WesswOOd 10 q rapidly growing modern
nence a. a high class rsSldsntlAf com.
munity through the activities 81 several
bAg devalOpment companies. II n eyms
historically laid out with macadaminesi
streets and paved sidBwnlka. Many ngw
houses arc being srected NJ Orede,l and
comprising not infreQusntly from two 70
ain acrsa. An an Illustration Of the adj
vance In prices Il n eaid thmG an estate
u nine and Q half acres nt We@tWQod.
containing . stone house and Q Stable.
was held a. $500 two years ago and v
HHisdale. woodCliH. Park Ridge. Mont
vale and Pearl River arc country viliAges
with small committing popuiatinns IN
the CREST Of . ridge 20 the len Of the rail-
road few New York business men have
built hcmss commanding an outlook over
and the Hackensack Valley 60 the saPt-
ward.
Park Ridge. growing residential
borough of 7O0o population. N twenty
miles distant. The borough owns It's
electric lighting plant. and tho street.
are illuminated and ciaixsns are supplisd
with current at . very Low cost. 0ram-
mar school and high school facilities Of
an advanced type are Furnished 20 the
children Of outlying municipalities within
q radius Of SVEN milee. ~ well a. 10 the
residents Of the borough. Good reads,
picturesque drives, pure air and water,
the conveniencss OF the city combined
with tho attracts ions OF the country have
brought many city families and secured
the erection OF many Handsome homes.
AZ Manuel Junction, q short distance
above the dividing line between Bergen
and ROckland counties. the New Jersey
and N0W York Railroad joins the Pier
mont branch q the Erie, which connects
PSermOnt and Nyack ON the east with Suf-
fern on the west. Another branch line
four miles long runs north from N&nues
70 New City. the county seat. The main
limo follows the roadbed Of the Piermont
branch westward TO Spring Valley. then
strikes northward TO Havsrstraw
Manuel. New City. spring Valley.
Monsey and Tallman lie IN a great am
pitheAire hsmmed In On three sides by
mountains thai extend In Q semicircie
from ponPton L.ss and saa'rn on tho
peaks along thu wess hank Of the Hudson
River to the rear u Nyack and Rockiand
Lake.
In this region are many small farms and
country places. all within easy driving
distance Of either the West shore Rail
road or one OF the many branches OF the
Erie. Land h comparatively low In
price and u 10 possible 20 buy q good ained
plot or q few acres for q moderate sum.
The growth Of Manuel has been rapid
owing 20 recent improvements In the rail-
eight trains daily 70 and from New York
and the opening Of the McAdOO tunnels
hiss cut down the time Of travel Oonsid0rA-
bly,. Tho town 10 at high altitude. Five
milos TO the east II the IAppAn Zee. The
inAux of wealthy New YoTkers Who have
induced the community 20 undertake the
building Of good roads and 90 provide
electric light. public water and other
municipal improvements. IL be-
lieved that the liberalization 81 the rail-
way viii be undertaken In the near future.
in which case the town would be brolaGha
within an hours rtde of Now York. In
this expectation there n . lively demand
fcP farms for summer homes. and there
h q good deal Of buying and building In
the town itself.
an InnovaIIsa 90 COuatry LMe.
when a prominent real estate firm an
nOunced last yeaI that u vas preparing
20 ssll farms IN New York city the news
S prSS:r,y $ssSs Sns os and .ssmS
Incredible that any one could md an anA
large enough TO be cut up into units that
Yst this v Thai Wood. Harmon n Co
did a. their Little tarm's a. Princes hay
Taking the lct as the unit. instead q the
they termed little farms each running
from three 80 eight lots IN area plan them
with all the ordinary northern fruits
and the like provided rOom for bunsalows,
chicksn hOu-e~. Kitchen gardens. fc.. and
ssasSTss sat SEs SsAy saasd oSiy 4 cUS
SO succe~sf,illy dld The unique theory
Co have sseuSed an even isTSsi tract 70
OfFer this spring II ~ ~ AnnAdale on the
staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad. The
property stretches from the depot. Whlrh
y ON the ground over the creat OF the ridge
Whtrh MAKES the back bone OF staten isla nd.
on their highest point an attractive club
house has been built and Il - announced
that full nedGed country club. memberrhtp
free TO all residents. VII BE- organized 10
enjoy ia benefits. Here too =, garage
has been built and automobiles viii 0e pro-
vtded To carry restdents 20 and from the
shore at Princes Bay--A short distance away
e here a beach has been secured and bath
ing bOuses erected for the free use Of the
residents.
4 Bn oS Mhtsry ana an Anetisa sale.
The many bag buiidiHgr erected recently
about Madison square have brought about
q great increase In tho MONDAY crowds
which gather TO enjoy this spot % green
in an oasis Of asphalt and stone. Madison
square was until Isce ? pctter's Held. IN
from Twenty third to Thirtv-fouTSh street
and from Third avenue 10 seventh. An
arsenal vas erected frontinK on Twenty
In IsIs the limits Of tho parade we're
reduced TO Thirty first street. Fourth and
Sixth avenues and the name Madison
RqlRNre was adopted About le73 the ar
senal vas abandoned for military purposes,
$40. when Il Vas destroyed by Dire. In
Isst the square vas reduced 60 It's present
size. IL aas generally neElectod until about
! sss, when the Ftfth Avenue h9seI was built