New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

Hook steamer passengers are brought along
the shore.
Topography Of the place is ideal
The high elevation and combination Of
ocean. river and lakes give perfect system
Of natural drainage. and supplemented by
all modern sanitary conveniences. this re-
suits in Long Branch being one of the most
healthful towns I'm the country
The sea bluff, which varies in height from
20 to 35 feet is world famous. 1t permits
the finest marine view in America. In the
last few wears all Instructions to it have
been removed and fine boardwalk. pavi-
ions casinos. etc. erected at tremendous
cost
The city has a summer population of one
hundred thousand. It's growth OF late years
has been phenomenal. amounting in the
decade from 900 to 1910 to 4o.j per cent.
1t has paved and lighted streets, some
,20 miles Of streets In all, two trolley lines,
hospital. sewers. with deep sea outlets.
which prevent pollution: fine water sys-
TEN. libraries. some $50 trains n day in
summer three theatres three parks. and
every other city convenience.
Low Communication Rates.
ING to only 35 cents day. are factor in
inducing New Workers TO make their homes
at Long Branch
| Other factors include the good schools
the abundance of trees and foliage and the
transportation facilities.
The educational facilities arc Of the high
est rank. There are nine public school
| buildings of the most approved type, which
accommodate seventy-four teachers and
nearly three thousand pupils. maintained
at an annual expense of $4,000. Then there
are the Lyceum parochial school and
girls seminary and business college-the
Star of the Sea Academy. There is room
| for all in the schools
Right from the bluff tho soil is not sea
sand. as is found at most places on the
ocean. but fertile. TO this soil is due tho
places wonderfully beautiful foliase-treos
so numerous that from height the city
appears as an elegantly laid out wooded
park flowers and shrubbery and green
lawns without end, and so many miles II
verdant hedges that the resort has been
called The city of Hedges"
No other resort. and few cities OF five or
ten times the size. can boast such trans
! pOrtatiOn facilities as Long Branch. There
/ is excellent train service all the year be
tween here and the greatest traffic gate
ways of Eastern America, New York and
/ Philadelphia, and in summer there are
more than one hundred and forty trains
daily
| The city is reached from New York by
/ four routcs-the Central Railroad of New
Jersey and the Pennsylvania, all rail. the
! Central of New Jersey Sandy Hook fast
/ bay steamers and the Patten Line river
steamers The time by express trains is
only sixty-two minutes. This is the first
| point on the Jersey coast reached by these
trains. There is direct train service. too,
from Philadelphia. with little over two
hours running time.
For the accommodation of the public
! there are eight stations in the city limits
on the New York K Long Branch Railroad
| Central Of New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
there are Elberon, West End. Long Branch
and Branchport. On the Jersey Central
| Sandy Hook route there are North Long
Branch East Long Branch. Chelsea avenue
and Bath avenue. There are two steamer
landings also--at Pleasure Bay and the Pat
/ ten Lines Rockwell avenue terminus, re-
| spectively.