New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
NORTHERLY SHORE TOWNS "A SUPERB SHORE FRONT
Chief Characteristics of the New
Jersey Highlands.
OF THE SHREWSBURY RIVER.

one of the most attractive suburban dis
tricts OF the metropolitan area Is that
grea, stretch or land extending along the
Atlantic Coast from Atlantic Highlands 20
a point considerably south of Spring Lake.
II Is famous as one of the greatest summer
Fairgrounds OF his country Its charms
are many. and owing 20 the vast improve
mcnis made on New Jersey rapid transit
lines in recent wears iis drawing power
among city tolle~s is becoming each year
much greater than the previous one.
For many months this entire district.
which comprises tho charms Of the country,
the qi'ie,ness Of the pine belts of the fo.-
est regions OF the North and the pleasures
81 lake and river regions. has been on an
all-ran route from the heart Of old Man
haitian Therefore if Is possible 60 make
@ journey 10 and from tines" nourI hEs
New jersey retprts and od New York
without eNp,fiefring ans annoyanceF Ton
tnc water barriers which divide tine Jersey
shore and Manhattan Island.
TnqgcstlonaD.y the principal real estate
asset 81 this entire district up to aho"t
seven wears ago was its natural rui 81
characteristics and 81 great frontagcs ON
the Atlantic ocean. IN tEoec days 30 WA
an almost exclusive community of summer
resorts. often with II summer population
twenty times greater than the fIl quota
of yearly residents Though the old charms
~ this region stll remain promincn. feat
. urcs of It's attra rtions. they are. however.
second TO the proximity OF this cntlre re-
/ gion of line villas. estates and cottages 10
+ the heart of old Manhattan. and also to the
limited supply of alluring shore front swept
/ by ocean breezcs south of old Now YORK
: Ray.
Among the towns IN the northcrN part
~ tho Highlands and also lusi south of
I Long Branch are Atlantic highlands. High
/ lands. Navosink Beach. Nprmandic. SEA
Bright. Low Moor Galilee. Monmouth
Beach. Allenhurs,. Asbury Park. ocean
Grove. Bradley Reach Bclmar. Como.
| Spring Lake and Avon-by the-Soa.
A H.aIthful District.
The healthfulness Of this shore front dis
trict I'm this country is unquesiioned. The
region is. as regards elevation. the highest
along the seatoard II r. not necessary
for realty men In the district TO lay stress
on such an assertion. because the records
Of the Geological Department ~ the United
states will prove quickly there is no higher
drior or better stretch Of shore front on the
Atlantic seaboa-d from Florida 10 Maine.
There are cooler places IN the summer
time There are also places with many
more inlets and rivers. Besides, there are
also ocean front home regions forming
practically "A great forest district along the
Atlantic.
Owing 20 the elevation OF the land, the
Atlantic Highlands district Is not only
swept by the bGlmy breeZcs from the ocean
I'm the hot months OF SUNNI. but from the
cooling zcphyrs that sweep over New Jer-
scy toward this great residential section
from the pine belt at Lakewood and other
healthful zones Just west II this beautiful
territory. II IS never exceedingly warm
along this plateau of land washed by the
Atlantic Ocean. or course. there are some
DAYS In the summer months when the sun
shines at MONDAY just little too strong
for tired bodies. and at such times II Is a
certainty that II is unbearally hot for