The New York herald., 1922-11-26

" HE Orange branch of the Green
wood Lake division of the Erie
Railroad, after leaving at Forest
Hill, a residential suburb Of Newark,
the tracks of the line to Sterling Forest,
passes through a fine, exclusive resi-
dental section. Its course skirts
Ilewellyn Park and Hutton Park In
West Orange. two beautifully wooded
spots, being built up rapidly. but not
too closely, with expensive but tasteful
suburban homes. Much Of the success
of the two parks Is due to their posi-
tion, surrounding the grounds-of tho
Essex County Country Club. The first
named is noted for the mansion OF
Thomas A. Edison. Considerable build
ing of handsome houses is under way
in both parks. An interesting feature
of IIlewellyn Is the Goodrich place.
which contains a large private theater.
A drive through that park is one of the
most enjoyable short rides to be found
in the suburbs.
Having satisfied Officer Ryan of the
Orange police force. who occupies a
miniature castle at the entrance, that
one is neither q canvasser nor thief,
the fortunate traveller passes through
a fieldstone gateway and proceeds
along winding roads, over rising ground.
Passing a duck pond in a Japanese gar
den and following one driveway leads
to a plateau on which are set many fine
mansions The numerous roads, con-
stantly changing their directions. pass
homes of architectural distinction and
in varying style from the modest Eng
lish cottage type to the great Georgian
house or the Italian villa. The park
occupies both sides of high ridge. COW
cred with a thick growth of tall trees,
which has been thinned only to create
building sites.
Returning to the main line OF the
division at Forest Hill and continuing
toward Sterling Forest the route Of our
train extends through Bloomfield, Glen
Ridge and Montclair to Great Notch, from
where a branch leads to Morristown.
realty conditions In which were dis
cussed In the Real Estate Section OF
THE New YORK HERALD In its issue OF
November IL. The line to Morristown
taps Verona, Caldwell. noted for being
the birthplace of Grover Cleveland :
Essex Fells. whippany and several other
delightful suburbs. 81
Much New Construction.
Tnere mas Deen cOnSldcraDle con-
struction OF new homes In Montclair this
year." says Frank Hughes. president OF
the Frank Hughes Company. The
building movement has been along the
line of Grove street toward Glen Ridge.
The houses erected have been Of the
seven and eight room type and their
prices have ranged from $4,000 to
$4,000. In spite OF the rather unex-
pected production of new houses the
rental situation In Montclair has not
improved as satisfactorily as we would
like to have had II.
There has been n great demand for
homes on the rental basis on the part OF
families from the Oranges and especially
from Brooklyn. Those people have
chosen to leave the Oranges on account
of the building OF apartment houses.
Tho Brooklyn homeseekers have applied
in Montclair for comfortable homes
which they can find at less expense than
apartments involve In the city.
4, "Montclair is growing steadily as a
suburb without taking on any new indus
trial life. There has been considerable
activity In selling or trading older
houses. and this has resulted In many
cases In undermining many of the older
properties. The population is now con-
siderably In excess OF 10000.
zone factor that has worked to the
advantage OF Montclair is the zoning
plan that was adopted year ago. II
confines the business section to a narrow
strip along Bloomfield avenue and the