New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Sl,OO0,000 Will Be
Spent on Homes in
New Jersey Hills
Mountain Lakes Developer
Plans to Erect Manv
Houses This Spring to
Meet Increasing Demand

Reflection Of the great shortage Of
homes in this city is seen in the
building program which has been
mapped out by the developers Of Noun
tam Lakes for that fine home colony
IN the attractive New Jersey nilis near
hoonton. The building campaign
Planned for this year is based on the
uemand which the developers were
CONFRONTED with last year from city
lolks anxious to get away from the
city and the apartment house owners
and increasing rents
1t IS the plan Of the company to
spend 81 100000 in the erection Of
homes which will be offered for sale
at from $4,000 to $4,000 The major
NY OF the construction will be small
houses, dwellings, of the $4,000 to Sl5.
700 type and containing from. seven to
eleven rooms with all the comforts and
conveniences of the finest apartment
suite in the city.
H. l.. kllby, sales manager of the
Mountain Lakes Residential Park. and
whose efforts have gone far in bringing
Iolks from far ana near to Mountain
Lakes said:
IT is the plan Of the company to
nuitd IN various styles of architecture
from plans OF we'll known archi-
tects. These houses will have one or
more open tireplaces, ha rdwood floors
and trim and the best OF hardware.
n tact, there Will be no skipping or
shghtlng IN any way to meet present
day oullding costs.
he large number of houses which
we w'll buld this year makes it posi-
Bile to keep down costs to A comuara-
lively low point.
Ruildino Eorro cnn
All the homes Will be built on plots
Oh 1uoSzUo feet or more, and in the
case of the small estate section the
grounds viii comprise one or more
acres, as the case may be-
The Mountain Lakes Company main
tains Its own building force ali year
round. and there are some 900 men
constantly employed on property. This
means saving to the house buver
Then, too, the Mountain Lakes Com
pany has large reserve supply OF
materials.
This property iA testimonial of
the foresight and engineering skill of
RI. j. Hapgood, who developed il. 1t
IS to-day one of the finest Suburban.
residential properties near New York.
Beautiful drives have been built
through the hills and around the lakes.
following the natural lay OF the land,
so that the natural beauty OF the place
has IN no way been impaired. Home
sites nave been selected by landscape
architects, and the deisgn OF houses
carefully adapted to each location, 50
that harmony prevails throughout from
an archltectural standpoint
ut has electric lights a fine artesian
water system, country club, stores,
churcnos and Il $25 ,0O0 school.
i Country of Lakes
"The natural lakes, from which
Mountain Lakes takes its name, is one
Of the greatest attractions of this prop
erty; the larger lake is about a mile
and a half in length By one-half mile
in width, connected by /. waterway with
smaller lake of about one mile by one
and one-thlrd miles.
Sales for the year 1919 totalcd
81, 100000. and the demand has been
greatest for homes costing ST., 900. The
announced S 100000 building program
is i'll addition TO the buildings now Delng
completed. There are at present some
twenty two houses at Mountain Lakes
completed and ready for occupancy OF
various sizes and prices, and there are
some thrty-fvc homes nearing comp.e-
tlon. some Of when have been sold
from plans. All told, thirty homes are
available
City Folks Leaving Renters Class
1T is q fact that the city public arc
realizing TO a greater degree every day
the advantage OF owning THEN o.vn
homes. and 1t is borne out by the great
number oi sales made to New Iora
City people at Mountain Lakes Park.
We have been taxed to the utmos; TO
supply country houses to the residents
o. New York City. and this demand IS
increasing every day.
AT Mountain Lakes there are 900
permanent residents and 500 homes
permanently occupied situated in the
main section. These houses cost up to
S25, 900, while in the small estate See
tlon, which is furtner from the
depot. there are forty homes costing
from $4,000 TO $4,000 on plots Of land
Of ali acre or more
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