The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-22
OUR new JERSEY SUBURBS
II nm PiSSiIC AND SADDLE
PHER WALLETS
A., HuomnE In anticipates Sf Further
ua.Jt improvements ~ the Erie
Mar line New TrSlieg FROM suHcrn
tot. .rrson Anolher liuslsan TNlRnel.

,,rr l' lenehts contemplated by
rr.. cries Of transit improvements
T- ... the suburban area Of northern
N.a ..- NE series was introduced
lt png Of the MoAdsO tunnels.
T.. ..s. step will b. taken when The
nv Bergen Hill cut 10 ready Tor use.
l.. -nme time this summer
t.. ted trackags In the old Bergen
H ". which now forms the only
r.,. 700 Jersey City for freight and
I.--. r.r tmfio on the Erie system. HAD
.a- ..l Inadequate. The new tunnel.
how. will provide ample traoSage for
thr Erie system and will enable
theo' nails 70 rearHnge the train schedule
on tt main line a wei a. on the many
trarg.rs u the system
4 ,'i.l further saving Of time will BE-
nd. through the electrihOatiOn Of the
syri.m within the suburban zone. An
t,,-rr train IL able 10 slow down and 70
starr quicker than a steam train. saw
M at east one minute AZ each station
Tf7 main line as far a. Suhern will be the
f-,' uart OF the system on which the
CU1rse from steam 10 electricity will he
mad" A very important reduction in
tar ,Ine oi travel may be expected from
IT, on-uing Of the Bergen Hin tunnel and
o." fertilization Of the road.
O. al probability another tunnel under
t. hudson River viii he added To those
already provided company was or
EsH,1ei IN 1876 70 build hiGh speed troll
by from Paterson through Rutherford
% NeehaWkel and under the Hudson
River 20 me Grand Central Station. TIE
erure right ~ way in New Jersey had
tNea acquired when the panic Of 1901
PVT an end 10 further progress. II 10
understood however. that negotiations
are under way now looking 10 the finano-
IVA ~ tire plan The president Of tie
company is Malcolm X. McAdOo. brother
ct William q. McAdOo.
A. Paterson the proposed road win
oonrec, With the high speed trolley which
h rearing completion between that town
ard Suhern and which will probably be
N apsratiou by the middle Of next month.
This hre IA oWrei by the Northern New
jersey Traction Company
Still ar0ther tTar 1T Improvement at
iecting the suburbs on the Erie main line
j. the proposed interstate Hudson River
bridge AZ i7eth street opposite Fort lee
Tbs bridge will face the Washington
Bridge over the Harlem River 70 The
BropN u VIII provide Tor trolley trafiC
- well e Ter vehicular and PEDESTRIAN
travei. IrolPy cars from the suburban
area IN rorthern New JeTsey will conse-
uuettly kave access over Il 70 Manhattan
ana The BronK
The Interstate hfidss will also form On
objective paint for tie good roads system
Of the States Of New Jersey ard New York
west % tie Hudson. Ore branch II this
system h the EIGHTY foot wide boulevard
Nv which the bridge win te CORRECTED
with TIE cCean resorts % tke south and
vith the kill country 70 TIE west For
TIM drive az appropriation has been
maize by TIE New Jersey legislature u
vill rlir through Paterson and then follow
me Passaio River southward through
rutherford ~ Rayonre. where & will
ioin tire roads along the coast TIE main
hre Il the Erie rurs through the valley
Of the Passaic and Saddle rivera It's
Finurbau s~ryice te-ri~ aie1 a. Sufern
ErtY-two miles from IerreY CITY
rutherford the first stop hsvond the
Haokcnsack Mec dows. - rppidly grow
ma town populated almost Entirely by
crmmrtcrs tits made up largely offrame
f~cllinEa - tho suburban villa tvpe
~ tho public cUnvpnienCcs found In a
modern city have heen installed. The
town h situated on a low ridge that sep
Eatas the Hackenssck Meadows from
the Passaic River u 10 divided into two
distinct sections by the railroad tracks
IN Fast Rutherford are the factories and
the homes Of the local factory opera
6yes Rutherford proper. west u the
railroad tracks. has been developed Tor
the most part By large real estate improve
inert compGnles, which have as a rule
restricted the sites 10 residence USES.
In this part OF The town tiers ~ only one
factury. q sliFCscal instrument factory
There are no lloOns. About 10 houses
were erected tbere last year Of which
thirty wer9 IL the seciion knOvn az
IN price from s4O0o 10 $1,000 each. They
arc built on Plots u 50 by 80 feet which
nung from $50 10 g. 80. Among the buid-
lrgs II public nature erected last year
w.re a $1,000 fire house and a so GO hail
belonging b the Elks
. IN the further rank Of the Passaic
River D. tho town Of Pasaaic. one Of the
most urosperOua manufacturing cities
So northern New Jersey Mills and
factories crowd is waterfront and Il has
modern stores and markets. model public
.1.- md many librariea and churches,
'.. tI.lsd maintains twelve stations
uf fs In1it Al the streets in the
.-ia -eetion are paved and kept
.H rtar a sewer system affords
s.r. uaEe. There IL public
"|' .. aud trolley lines connect
o." Down a|tI Paterson, Newark. Jersey
CIV arI lis,.ausaCk There are gas and
ei""'r,n uianrs which furnish light and
power Pis-s has q Board u Trade
which q, making special efforts 20 pro
mot" Oh" growth Of the city In some
in- 'tnons % Oilers sites fres Of cost 10
r.lIia turing industries
Paterson lies just north Of Passaic In
On" end ofthe Passaic River. which at this
iH'n' MAKES A great loop about the upper
% Tho Watching Mountains Al the
western end u Paterson and AZ the mouth
'HD narrow pass through which the
'.."r tut- - outlet 10 the great plain Of
Genital View Jersey are the Falls Of Pas
et No. stream drops abruptly from a
row l'dge Of rock 10 q deep pool fifty
70. below then flows with greet swiftness
cr narrow channel between per-
Jar walls u hasalt The power
.-'.-a'rd by the falling water serves
crate several hundred mills and
'-- The silk mills are especially
.E oils Long rows Of buildings take
D.. ~ blocks along both sides Of the
their workmen form a consider
.HNurtiOn Of the population.
HI0 serves ~ a distributing centre
IT, age section u the suburban area
.HrE New Jersey IL has imposing
HIlugF. tall Office structures
uarks and department stores
ar, run % Otker important eities
Inward The business district
'.. ..ED. taking up with the silk mills
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