The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-09
"UPSAND DOWN"
ON YORK ROAD
Elevations Of the Towns From New
Hope to Philadelphia Are Of
Interest to Most Folks.
THE RAILROADS. HIGH POINTS

IL will be interesting to many peo-
pie who travel up and down the North
East Pennsylvania Railroad from
New Hope to learn that townsville
station is the highest point, above
sea level, between Reading Terminal
and New Hope, according to eleva-
tons given by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey. Roslyn
gives it "A close run, being but five
feet lower.
The tracks at Reading Terminal
are but few feet less than New
Hopes So feet above sea level, at the
railroad crossing, and the only sta
tons below 100 feet are those south
of Wayne Junction. and Huffnagle,
at the westerly line of New Hope Dor
ough.
Coming up from Philadelphia the
elevation Mt the creek between Wayne
junction and Logan is just 100 feet,
hut the track is about thirty feet
higher. At Fern Rock the elevation is
200 feet, adjoining the station and
the same of Chelten Hills. Uptown
Jcnkintown is 800 feet, but the sta
ton is but little over 200. Glenside
stations elevation is given as 259,
Ardsley 800 and Roslyn 800
Willow Grove, at the crossing, drops
hail - OEo az. ta,ta1 ,,,ifb CIaneiJa
but the top of the hill, southeast of
the station, tops All feet. Fulmor, at
the road crossing, is 200 feet, and
Hatboro, at Byberry Avenue, is
800. Bonair is $50, and job nsville
325, which will account for the hard
working Of the locomotives on the
nofthbound trip.
Ivyland drops back to 1885 feet,
Traymore, 900, and Grenoble, 200
The Neshaminy Cree, at husband,
is about III feet, and the station 100.
Wycombe is 1870 feet and Bucking-
ham 900, but the Buckingham Noun
tsin rises to $40 feet at the highest
point
Byeot, midway along the north
westerly side of the Buckingham
Mountain n, is $50 feet, and Lahaska
tire same. There is a rise beyond
Bye t, but the track drops back again
to Lahaska. There is also a rise north
+ Lahaska station, bringing the to-
ia elevation up to about 2S0 feet.
after which there is steady drop TO
Huffnagle. the descent being about
1876 feet in two and half miles, after
which there is very slight drop for
the rem hing distance to New Hope
There is a greater variation in ele-
vations along the York Road than on
the railroad, the highest point being
at the top Of the Neshaminy Hill, be-
tween Huntsville and Jamison, going
north Abingdon $40 feet, Willow
Grove, 300, and Hatboro, at York
Road and Byberry Avenue 259. Street
Road crossing is 305, Huntsville 240,
Little Neshaminy Greek bridge 100,
top Of hill, 365. Jamison 300. Bridge
Valley 1870, top of hill 80, Furlong,
at trolley crossing, 300, Buckingham
at crossroads, 240, Lahaska, at Meet
ing House, $40, Aquetong 260, drop
ping off to IS alta the New Hope rail
road crossing, and about 70 at the
Main Street crossing. Lambertville,
New Jersey, in the business section,
averages about Is feet, but the hills
surrounding it rise to 457 feet, and
the highest point in Hunterdon
County, Of which Lambcrtville is the
metropolis, is 1904 feet above the sea.
The highest point in Bucks County,
Haycoek Mountain, is $50 feet, but
there is no considerable section lying
above 500 feet elevation, although
more than one-half the neighboring
county of Hunterdon lies higher than
that Nineteen Of its towns and viii
lagos lie at a higher elevation than
500 feet, which accounts, in a mea-
sure for its scenic attractions as
viewed by Bucks and Montgomery
County motorists.