{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "JP oV\\n0\u00c2\u00b0 ,c:^-, \u00c2\u00b0o\\ns\\n^o\\nA\\n.f\\nV L^l\\n/^i\\n4q.\\nC, vP\\n^o V\\n4\\no\\n^A", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "4*\\no V\\nU A^ v./\\nr5\\n7V\u00c2\u00ab* .0\\ni.O A\\n40^", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3132", "width": "2261", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "mm\\nRail Road\\nOF\\nNEW JEffl\\nNew York:\\n1873.\\nEntered accordirij^ to Act oi Congress, by George L. Cati.in, in the j-ear 1873,\\nin the Uffice ot the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "11\\nw\\n(See Page n.)\\nLOTS, PLOTS VILLA SITES\\nOr Land hy the Acre.\\nNew York Business Men can secure at this point\\nBeautiful Scenery,\\nGood Churches, Schools Stores,\\nBeautiful Surroundings,\\nAND\\nModerate Taxation,\\nWITHIN THIRTY MINUTES OF WALL STREET,\\nAND REACHED BY\\nCOMMUTA TION $i5 PER ANNUM.\\ni^\u00c2\u00b0 Tbis property is situated in the Third Ward f tiie City of\\nBayonne, only Five minutes from Pamrapo Station.\\nI Terms Moderate and to suit purchasers.\\nThe constant and rapid development of the City of Bayonne renders the pur-\\nchase of property at this point\\nA SAFE AND PROFITABLE INVESTMENT\\nFor Maps and full particulars address\\nWILLIAM CURRIE, Executor,\\nGREENVILLE, N. J.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3220", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "i^\\na3S T BLIS :E3: B3ID I3 T 18-9:3.\\nTHE PHILADELPHIA LAWN MOWER.\\nEVERY REQUISITE FOR A\\nLawfl, earilen, Fam or Coitry Estate\\nR. H. ALLEN CO.\\ni\\nMANUFACTUREKS OT EVERY VARIETY OP\\nAgricTillural Implements and Machinery,\\nAKD DEALERS IN\\nFERTILIZERS, SEEDS AND HORTICULTURAL TOOLS.\\nThe Allen Works, Cor. Plymouth, Jay John Sts., Brooklyn.\\nAgricultural Warehouses, 189 191 Water St.,\\np o Box 376 iggy^ YORK.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HOMES\\nSo.w\\nmm^^ a\u00c2\u00a9i\u00c2\u00ab\\nA DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION TRAVERSED BY THE CENTRAL JIaILROAD OP\\nNew Jersey, and its branches and connections from New\\nYork to Mauch Chcink, embracing a statement of the in-\\nducements AND .conveniences. HELD OUT CONJOINT-\\nLY BY THE Railroad Company and property\\nOWNERS AND OTHERS ALONG THE LINE\\nto THOSE DESIROUS OF SECURING\\nEITHER\\nPERMANENT OK TRANSIENT HOMES OUTSIDE DF p^?Ollt\\nGofti\\nl\\\\\\nScorn not the muse because mid scenes like the^gk.\\nShe loves to wander; and with calm deliglit ^t, t,,-^-^-^\\nPrefers to dwell among the rustic homes WafVi\\nWhere sweet Content beside the well swept hearth\\nSits like an Angel, and will not depart.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T. Buchanan Read.\\nBY\\nGEORGE L. CATLIN.\\nPUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRISUTIOM\\nBY THE\\nCentral Railroad Company of New Jersey.\\nNEW YORK:\\n1^73.\\n/I", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\nWhile New Yorkers are jostling and crowding one another\\nwith their marble palaces and brown stone fronts, until Man-\\nhattan Island bids fair in a few years to become covered with\\nbrick and stone from end to end while the wearisome prob-\\nlems of rapid transit and the East River bridge, are still un-\\nsolved, leaving Westchester County and Long Island no\\nnearer New York, in point of time and convenience, than\\nthey were two decades ago while thousands of people who\\nseem never to look farther than their noses, and, worse still,\\nwho don t care to, are delving away all day long in stores and\\noffices down town, and huddling themselves away at night in\\nclose, expensive quarters up-town while hungry city land-\\nlords are raising rents and the deuce with their tenants at\\nthe same time. While all this is taking place, reader, remem-\\nber that just across the Hudson, in fair, fertile, well governed\\nJersey, are thousands of dells and knolls and pretty villages,\\nwhere a business man can, almost for the asking, secure a\\nneat, convenient and healthful home, no further from his\\noffice than an up-town residence, and surrounded by scenes\\nand influences that will give a lightness to his cares, and a\\nhalo to his domestic happiness. To a contemplation of faxts\\nand places such as these, it is that the reader s attention is\\ninvited.\\nG. L. C.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL\\nRailroad of New Jersey,\\nWe shall take it for granted that the reader has made up\\nhis mind to secure a home in New Jersey. The inconven-\\niences, expenses and trials attendent upon the life in the city\\nof any young married man dependent simply upon a salary\\nor a moderate income, have been too often dwelt upon, and\\nby too many experienced to require repetition here. A fare-\\nwell then, once for all and forever, to exorbitant rents, foul\\nstreets, long rides in the horse cars, expensive marketing,\\nand doctors bills. Let us go out into the country, buy cr\\nrent a cottage or villa in some breezy, healthful spot, remote\\nfrom the city s din and dust, where we may rear about us\\nfresh comforts and beauties as life goes on, and in old age, if\\nProvidence permits, be gladdened by the sight of our chil-\\ndren s children playing under the leafy shadows of great trees,\\nwhich, as tender sapHngs, we ourselves planted.\\nBut whither shall we go There are a score of routes\\nradiating from the Metropolis, over each of which thousands\\ndaily pass from and to their homes. Which shall we choose\\nas offering the most extended facilities for communication at\\nmoderate rates, and as traversing a region of continuous cities\\nand charming villages for miles away; as landing its passen^", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "4 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\ngers in New York at a point within five minutes walk of the\\ngreat mercantile and financial center of the city as con-\\nducted and managed with the systematic precision of clock-\\nwork in short, as a model railroad for local or excursion\\ntravel Why, by all means, the Central Railroad of New\\nJersey, with its forty trains each way daily, with no Sunday\\ntrains to bring the rabble of. Sabbath breakers, as on many\\nother lines, to mar the quiet of your suburban home with\\nits palatial and fleet ferry boats, its prompt time in starting\\nand arriving, and its numbers of beautiful landscapes, await-\\ning the coming of man s hand to dot them with smiling\\npeaceful homes.\\nSo, reader, let us together stroll down Liberty Street\\nthis bright summer morning, and we shall find the ferry-boat\\nin waiting. A staunch, noble craft she is, handsomely as well\\nas comfortably fitted up within. The saloons are spacious\\nand well ventilated, lit with gas, warmed by steam, and kept\\nas clean and neat as a good housewife s pantry. There are\\nthree others exactly like her, too. And notice how commo-\\ndious is the ferry house on the wharf. Everything tells of\\nsystem and a zealous regard for the comfort and safety of the\\ntraveUng public. But hark there goes the gong. Now we\\nare off. Suppose we go out forward, catch the morning\\nbreeze and get a view of the river and bay. Here on our\\nleft are the Battery and Castle Garden, swarming with newly\\narrived representives of half the nationalities of Europe be-\\nyond there are Governor s Island and Fort William Henry\\nfurther on, Brooklyn and the wooded shores of Bay Ridge,\\nand, in the hazy distance. Fort Lafayette and the Narrows.\\nThen following the line of vision westward, we see the\\nrounded blue hills of Staten Island, Robbins Reef Light,", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 5\\nBedloes and Ellis Islands, and about them the rippling\\nwaters of the bay dotted with every variety of craft. A\\nglorious spectacle this on a summer morning, before the\\nburden and heat of the torrid day have begun. Or, if we turn\\nabout, and glance up-stream, the scene is none the less in-\\nspiring. There are the Cunard Docks, and above them those\\nof the White Star Line. What a fleet of ferry boats, aUve\\nwith people, are hurrying cityward. In the distance we can\\nsee the Bremen and Hamburg Steamers, beyond them again\\nthe Stevens Castle and Weehawken, and in the mist above,\\nmay be discerned the bold outlines of the Palisades. But\\nwe have scarcely begun to enjoy the exhilarating scenery,\\nwhen again the gong sounds, our speed slackens and we are\\nin the ferry slip at Jersey City. As we land, the depot is\\njust before us, and see, there is the train in waiting, the loco-\\nmotive at its head, with steam up and impatient for a start.\\nThis way for Elizabeth, cries the brakeman. All aboard\\nshouts the conductor, and in another moment we are off.\\nNice comfortable cars these, and then they start so\\npromptly; there is not a moment s delay. Now, we are whiz-\\nzing away over a wilderness of tracks, and presently come in\\nsight of the bay again, along the western shore of which lie\\nthe next few miles of our journey.\\nNow, let us consult the time table for a moment or two,\\nfor from it we may gain some interesting and valuable facts.\\nWe left the corner of Wall Street and Broadway at ten min-\\nutes before eight o clock. Here we are at ten minutes after\\neight whizzing away from the Jersey City Depot. Now let\\nus suppose that a third party, A, set out from Trinity Church\\nat the same time with us, to take the Sixth Avenue cars to\\nCentral Park. A comparative statement of his position and", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "6 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nour own at short intervals on our respective routes, will en-\\nable us to arrive at a clear understanding of the convenience\\nand proximity to New York of these different stations along\\nthis portion of our line. When A, for instance, has reached\\nthe corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway, we are\\nat Jersey City when he is at Canal Street we are at Commu-\\nnipaw as he crosses Broome Street, we reach Claremont\\nwhen he is at Clarkson Street, we are at Greenville we pass\\nPamrapo, Bayonne, and Centerville, severally, as he passes\\nBleecker Street, Fourth Street and Waverley Place. Our\\narrival at Bergen Point is simultaneous with his at Ninth\\nStreet wc come to Elizabethport, as he comes to Fourteenth\\nStreet, and as our engineer whistles down brakes for EUz-\\nabeth, the slow coach horse car will have done well if it is\\nwithin the shadow of Booth s Theater at Twenty-Third\\nStreet.\\nSo here we have traveled twelve miles, while A has trav-\\nersed scarcely two-thirds of the distance to Central Park.\\nWe have, moreover, had comfortable seats, a pleasant\\nbreeze, charming scenery, and a chance to smoke our cigars\\nif we wished, while he has been sitting, or, perhaps standing,\\nin a crowded horse-car, moving at a snail s pace over the\\npavements. He, too, has been jostled by the squaUd, the\\nlame, the halt and the blind. We, on the other hand, have\\nhad our choice of company. Nor have we, either, it may\\nbe remarked, during our entire ride to Elizabeth, been out-\\nside of incorporated city limits, for our route has lain through\\nthe three successive cities of Jersey City, Bayonne and Eliza-\\nbeth, each of them regularly laid out in streets and avenues,\\nand possessing all the conveniences of modern civilization.\\nElizabeth, then, is no further in point of time than Twenty", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 7\\nthird Street from the financial center of New York and\\nPlainfield is about equi-distant therefrom with Central\\nPark. Let these facts, and the superior convenience and\\ncomfort of the out of town route, be borne in mind by those\\nwho are still undecided in their choice of homes. Nor should\\nmention be omitted of a liberal system of package delivery\\nestablished on this road alone of all centering in the Metropo-\\nlis, by vfhich pafer familias may make his morning purchases\\nin Waslnngton Market, or the ladies do their shopping up-\\ntown, and at the ridiculously small charge of fifteen cents\\nfind the package awaiting them at the depot at home on\\narrival. Can any up-town conveniences excel this\\nAnd, now, here we are at\\nCOMMUNIPAW AVENUE,\\n(15 minutes 26 trains each way daily.)\\nthe point at which the Newark and New York road diverges\\nfrom our main line. Ascending the stairway which connects\\nthe platform with the avenue, (for our roadway passes under\\nthe grade of the latter), we shall find that we are still in the\\nmidst of the populous city, surrounded by churches, rows of\\nbrick dwellings and well graded streets. From Pacific Ave-\\nFOR HOMES IN COMMWTIPAW\\nAPPLY TO\\nBEAL ESTATE k INSDEANCB AGENTS,\\nNo. 15 Montgomery 8t., Jersey City.\\nB^ Particular attention given to Negotiating Loans on Bond and Mort^ajre in\\nHudson County. ^B -h ^u\\nR. W. Woodward. T. P. Sherwood.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nnue, a few squares west, the horse-cars run direct to the Jer-\\nsey City ferry.\\nCommunipaw, which is now the Sixth District of the city,\\nfirst began to be made available for residences about sixteen\\nyears ago. It was then an open country, but has developed\\nrapidly, and now embraces some of the most attractive\\nbuilding sites within the city limits. A city house, with all\\nthe modern improvements, can be rented at $500, while lots\\ncan be purchased on easy terms of payment, and within five\\nminutes from the depot, at prices varying from $500 to\\n$3,000. The card of Messrs. Woodward Sherwood\\nwill direct the reader s attention to their faciUties for giving\\naccurate information regarding property at this point.\\nCLAREMONT AVENUE\\n(17 minutes 19 trains each way daily.)\\nis our next stopping place, and is the outlet for a populous\\nsection of the city, lying between our line and that of the\\nNewark Railroad. Upon the high, wooded ridge, a short\\ndistance west of the road, may be found some admirable\\nsites for homes, cammanding a fine view of the neighboring\\ncities and the Bay.\\nA short distance beyond Claremont we cross the Morris\\nCanal, spanned here, as at another point further on, by a\\nsubstantial bridge of iron, and gain a charming view of the\\nBay on our left, while the green upland on our right is dotted\\nby the marble stones and monuments of Bay Cemetery. A\\nmoment more, and we have reached the depot at", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 9\\nGREENVILLE,\\n(20 minutes 26 trains daily.)\\nwhere, as at Communipaw, the road passes below the level\\nof the streets, and where an ascent of the stairway to the\\ndepot affords us at its summit a commanding view of the\\nsurrounding scenery. But, if one would gain a true idea\\nof the natural beauty of this locality, let him stroll up Dan-\\nforth Avenue, from the depot to the summit of the ridge or\\nneck, here dividing New York and Newark Bays. For\\nthere, looking westward, he will see the blue waters and wide\\nstretch of meadows, with distant trains creeping snail-like\\nacross their surface, the spires and chimneys of Newark, and\\nin the blue distance, the Orange Mountains, while, turning\\neastward, he may see, through the leafy vista, the villa-lined\\nshores of Long and Staten Islands, and the Narrows, alive\\nwith craft.\\nPOST OFFICE BUILDING,\\nGREENVILLE.\\nFiMM E^ wB mMM rmiLm biteb.\\nAVAILABLE FOR\\nSuburban Residences.\\nAmid such scenes as this, homes at Greenville may be se-\\ncured. Recently incorporated a part of Jersey City, it yet\\nretains many of its rural beauties, while offering many of the\\ncity s conveniences. Horse-cars run direct to Montgomery\\nStreet, while stores and market wagons supply residents with", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "lO HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nthe wants of daily life. The grand Boulevard projected by\\nthe Jersey City authorities, to extend from the Palisades to\\nBergen Point, will pass through Greenville and the adjacent\\ncity of Bayonne, materially beautifying both, and adding\\ngreatly to their direct communication with all points above\\nand below.\\nThere are churches of nearly all denominations, a private\\nacademy, and a first class public school, with a principal and\\nseven assistants. Market gardening is carried on here to a\\nconsiderable extent. In short, Greenville is a charming I lis\\nin urbe, where the New York business man may find quiet\\nand repose at the close of his daily toil.\\nProperty here is all of it high and desirable, and a man\\nof salary or moderate means can buy lots at $400 each,\\nhave a house built for him, pay a small percentage down,\\nand leave the remainder on mortgage for five years.\\nJAMES R. WILLIAMS,\\nREAL ESTATE AGENT,\\nPOST OFFICE BUtLDiNC,\\nGREENVILLE, HUDSON CO., N. J.\\nA ride of three minutes more, during which we again\\ncross the Morris Canal, forming at this point the south-\\nern boundary line of Jersey City, brings us within the Hmits\\nof the new and growing city of Bayonne, in which our first\\nstopping place is the station called", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. II\\nPAMRAPO,\\n(23 minutes 26 trains each way daily,)\\nderiving its singular title from a corruption of the old town-\\nship name of Pembrepock. This is now the Third Ward of\\nthe city of Bayonne, and is regularly laid out in streets and\\navenues, the former, which extend across the neck, being\\nnumbered the latter, which run lengthwise, or parallel with\\nthe bay, being lettered. Pamrapo, or the Third Ward, ex-\\ntends from Division Avenue, or Thirty-fifth Street, to Fifty-\\nsixth Street, or the Jersey City line.\\nFOR HOMES IN PAMRAPO\\nAPPLY TO\\nCor. Bayonne Ave, Aye. D., cr M. 1 ExcMnge PI, Jersey City.\\nAdjacent to this depot one finds an abundance of loca-\\ntions eligible for homes. The ground rises westward from\\nthe railroad, and at almost any point commands a fine view\\nof the water. There are here an Episcopal Church, a fine\\npublic school, and stores of all kinds. The Bayonne Yacht\\nClub has its club house here. The adjacent drives, too, are\\npretty and varied. Half a mile from the depot is the quaint\\nlittle hamlet of Saltersville, a vestige of the days when city\\nlimits hereabout were never dreamed of, while further back,\\non the shores of Newark Bay, are some sylvan retreats which\\ncannot but charm the lover of natural beauties.\\nUpon the second page of the cover the reader will note\\nthe advertisement of the estate of Jas. Currie, deceased, call-\\ning attention to some desirable building sites, which are\\noffered for sale by lots, plots or the acre, -located on curbed\\nand flagged streets and avenues, within five minutes walk of", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nthe depot. The property commands a glorious view of the\\ntwo Bays and Narrows, and of Long and Staten Islands, is\\ncovered with a fine growth of shade trees, and has the addi-\\ntional advantage of horse car communication direct with\\nthe Jersey City Ferry. The purchase of any portion of this\\nproperty may be safely recommended as an investment.\\nNot over a dozen squares beyond Centre Street, or Pam-\\nrapo station, we stop at Bayonne Avenue, where is located\\nthe central station in\\nBAYONNE.\\n(25 minutes 26 trains each way daily.)\\nClose at hand, on Avenue D, are the City Offices and the\\nCity Hall, where weekly assemble the City Fathers to discuss\\nmeasures for the improvement of their growing city. Bay-\\nonne was incorporated in March, 1870, has now a popula-\\ntion of about six thousand, with four public schools, three\\npost offices, churches of all the leading denominations, a\\nweekly paper, a Masonic Lodge (Bayonne No. 99), a gas\\ncompany, uniformed poHce force, and a good system of sew-\\nerage. Its avenues stretch in a magnificent sweep from the\\nJersey City line to the Kill Von Kull, its flagged sidewalks\\nextend in all directions as far as the eye can reach its pub-\\nlic buildings are creditable in their size and architecture, and\\nits private dwellings are most of them models of beauty and\\ntastefulness. This description may be considered as apply-\\ning to the entire city of Bayonne, for, throughout its whole\\nextent, there is apparent an infusion of energy, and a spirit\\nof improvement from which some larger and older cities\\nmight well take example.\\nLots in the vicinity of the Bayonne Avenue station can be", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 1 3\\nhad at prices varying from $500 to $1200. The intending\\npurchaser can obtain accurate information as to particular\\nlocahties by calHng at the Real Estate Headquarters of\\nMessrs. Bramhall Seymour, one square from the depot.\\nFOR HOMES IN BAYONNE\\nAPPLV TO\\nE6:FL.A.3VE oca. T iT eft; SES-TCIVEOXJn.,\\nCor. Bayoee Ave. Ave. D., or No. 1 Excliange Pi, Jersey City.\\nAt\\nCENTERVILLE,\\n(28 minutes 26 trains each way daily.)\\nwhich is another station established at 27th Street for the\\nconvenience of residents of this portion of the city, including\\nConstables Hook, the prices of land are about the same as\\nthose last quoted. Residents in this vicinity are within con-\\nvenient distance of the churches, school house and stores.\\nAnd now, on our left, as we proceed, the view grows each\\nmoment more varied. Close at hand is the Kill Von KuU,\\nand beyond it are the wooded hills of Staten Island, adorned\\nwith cottages and country seats. Nearer still, we presently\\nsee the company s great coaling depot and wharves at Port\\nJohnston, whence annually are shipped hundreds of thousands\\nof tons, brought direct from the great fields of the Lehigh\\nValley. As an outlet from the coal regions to the seaboard,\\nthe Central Railroad of New Jersey is the most available\\nof all routes.\\nBERGEN POINT,\\n(31 minutes 32 trains each way daily.)\\nBut here we are at what is probably the best known, as it\\nis the most densely populated section of Bayonne, compris-", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\ning the first and fourth wards of the city, and long famous\\nas a summer resort for New Yorkers.\\nFOR HOMES IN BERGEN POINT\\nAPPLY TO\\n:]BS=B.-A.3^^3E2:-A.Zj2j *5 S53E33r33Wa:OTJ3F8.,\\nCor. Bayoniis Ay8. Ave. D., or No. 1 Excliange Pi, Jersey Ciiy.\\nUpon alighting at this portion of the city, the visitor is at\\nonce struck with the evidences of neatness, enterprise and\\nliberality visible on all sides. The streets are wide, well\\npaved, and kept in splendid condition, the sidewalks flagged\\nand lined at frequent intervals with handsome gas lamps,\\nwhile the beauty of the dwellings, public edifices, lawns and\\nshrubbery gives assurance that here both wealth and culture\\nabide.\\nOpposite the depot stands the commodious and elegant\\nbuilding of the Young Men s Christian Association, and if,\\nafter admiring this, the visitor will pass up Sixteenth Street\\ntoward the high ground overlooking Newark Bay, he will\\nfind it lined with costly villas, the abodes of prominent New\\nYork business men, with here and there a broad roadway,\\nsewered and flagged, running to the water s edge, and offering\\nattractive sites for the erection of homes. The view at this\\npoint, too, is superb. And now, let the visitor retrace his\\nsteps, and pass through the more densely settled portion of\\nthe ward. He will find Episcopal, Dutch Reformed, Roman\\nCatholic and Lutlieran churches, a brick school-house said\\nto have cost $20,000, an Institute for young ladies, a gymna-\\nsium, and stores of all varieties. And, passing all these, he\\nwill reach the shores of the Kill Von Kull, skirted by a splen-\\ndid drive, and lined with attractive residences.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 1 5\\nHere is that famous summer resort, the Latourette House\\nhere, too, the Club House of the Argonauta Rowing Associa-\\ntion, and here, on pleasant summer evenings, when the cool\\nbreeze blows in from the bay, one may find in a stroll or ride\\nthe perfection of quiet comfort and beauty.\\nWithin the past few years Bergen Point, which, by the\\nway, derives its name from the fact of having been originally\\n(in 16 t6) settled as a trading port by some colonists of Nor-\\nwegian extraction, has been annually growing in importance\\nand popularity as a home for New Yorkers. Property is in\\nconstant demand, lots within ten minutes of the depot sell-\\ning at from $1000 to $1500, and at good points overlooking\\nNewark Bay at $1200. And yet, a Httle over two hundred\\nyears ago the entire section which we have traversed from\\nthe Jersey City ferry to this point, and the land covered by\\nthe present Jersey City besides, was sold by the Indians for\\n80 fathoms of wampum, 20 fathoms of cloth, 12 brass kettles,\\n6 guns, 2 blankets, i double brass kettle and half a barrel of\\nstrong beer. Poor Lo was a better fighter than speculator\\nin real estate.\\nBut the train is here and we, must be off again. Now we\\nrush through a heavy cutting, crossed at intervals by street\\nbridges, and in another moment dash out upon the long\\nbridge spanning Newark Bay, and the view breaks upon us\\nin all its beauty. On the left we see the wide expanse of\\nwater stretching away into Staten Island Sound, and amid\\nthe numerous sails can discry the neat little lighthouse on\\nShooters Island. Here, too, the hills of StaJ:en Island slope\\naway into fertile fields and meadow lands, dotted with farm\\nhouses, and lined at the water s edge with successive villages.\\nOr, looking up the bay, we see Newark, stretching out her", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "1 6 HOMES ON THE CENIRAL.\\nboundaries on all sides, while beyond loom up the uplands\\nof Morris and Passaic. Now we are fairly out on the bridge;\\nit is about two miles long, and we may almost imagine our-\\nselves skimming over the bay in a sail-boat, so novel is the\\nisolation, so distant seem the shores behind and before us.\\nNow we slowly pass the iron draw and are off again. Now\\nthe western shore grows rapidly nearer, and, almost before\\nwe know it, we are on terra firma again in the third success-\\nive city on our route the great city of Elizabeth and now\\nwe dash under the shadow of the gr^t cluster of elegant\\nand substantial brick buildings which the Singer Manufac-\\nturing Co., have recently erected at this point, at the cost of\\nover two millions of dollars, with a view to combining in one\\ngrand establishment all the various departments of their\\nenormous manufacturing business, hitherto carried on at\\nvarious widely separated points in this country and abroad.\\nWhen completed, this mammoth structure will cover nine\\nacres of flooring. The main building, fronting on First and\\nTrumbull Streets, is an imposing fire-proof edifice, iioo feet\\nlong, 50 feet deep, four stories in height, and covered with a\\nsla te mansard roof, from which rise stately towers. In magni-\\ntude the building reminds the observer of the much admired\\nGrand Central Depot at Forty-second Street, though the latter\\nin dimensions is much the smaller of the two. Then, in addi-\\ntion to the main building, we see the foundry, which, fronting\\non the railroad, is 600 feet long, and 1 00 wide. As we\\nclatter by, we catch glimpses through the grated windows of\\nhundreds of Vulean s votaries, hurrying hither and thither\\namid the glowing furnaces. Then we see, too, the building\\nused for cleaning castings, forging, japanning, etc., which is\\n530 feet long and 50 deep, with two wings of 75 by 130 feet", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 1 7\\neach, and last of all, a cabinet-case shop and a box factory,\\neach 200 feet long, 50 feet deep and three stories high. The\\nboilers, engines, elevators, hoistways and stairways, are all\\noutside the main buildings. About twenty miles of steam pipe\\nare used in heating the premises, together with twenty boilers\\nworked by engines of seventy-five horse power each. The\\ntotal frontage is about 3000 feet. On the grounds which\\ncover 32 acres, are five stationary engines, aggregating nearly\\n1000 horse power, and nearly two miles of railroad track,\\nconnected by switches with those of the Central R. R., of\\nNew Jersey. This, with a water frontage of more than a\\nthousand feet, gives the Company unusual facilities for re-\\nceipt of iron and coal from the West, or the shipment of\\nmaterial to all parts of the world.\\nIn the construction and organization of the various works\\nof the Company, it should be stated that great credit is due\\nto the well directed energy of Mr. George R. McKenzie, who\\nis identified with the manufacturing department of the busi-\\nness, and who superintends the construction and organization\\nof the various factories. He may be said to be in that de-\\npartment what Mr. Inslee A. Hopper, the President of the\\nCompany, is in its extensive and successful commercial re-\\nlations.\\nThe Singer Company will employ upwards of three thous-\\nand men here when the works are fully in operation, and\\nwill be ready to turn out five thousand machines per week.\\nBut even this immense supply will barely serve to keep pace\\nwith the demand, as will be seen by a statement of their last\\nyear s sales as compared with those of other companies, pub-\\nlished on the last page of this.work.\\nNor is the indirect advantage of this magnificent piece of", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "1 8 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nenterprise to be overlooked, for it will probably increase the\\npopulation of Elizabeth by ten thousand, and its business by\\nhundreds of thousands of dollars, annually disbursed by the\\nCompany to their employes. Here, too, the operatives will\\nfind convenient homes for their families, and amid the health-\\nful surroundings of this attractive spot will recall brighter\\ndays, and feel that they are beginning life anew, while about\\nthe works, where now are open lots, will spring up a new\\nsettlement of neat and tasteful dwellings. Lots which two\\nyears ago sold here at $250 now command, in some instances,\\nfrom $1000 to $2000.\\nSo then as we whiz by this little city on the shore, we can-\\nnot but moralize a little on the fact that the Singer Manu-\\nfacturing Company are true philanthropists in this, that\\nwhile enhancing their own interests, they do fully as much,\\nif not more, good to all about them. But we are startled\\nfrom our reveries by the harsh rattle of the brakes, and in a\\nmoment more, have reached the station at\\nELIZABETHPORT,\\n(38 min. 32 rains each way daily.)\\nthe first of the four depots established by the company\\nwithin the limits of this great and growing city. Now, here\\nwe shall alight, for aside from the claims presented by this\\nportion of the city as a place for residence, there is much\\nmore of historic and local interest to entertain and instruct\\n.the visitor. North of the track, the meadows stretch away\\nin an almost unbroken sweep to the city of Newark in the\\ndistance. But, turn about, and the scene is one of life and\\nimprovement. Here is the hoi^e car in waiting to take us\\nif we please, to the other end of the city. But perhaps we", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 1 9\\nhad better walk. Before us are innumerable cottages and\\ndwellings, the homes of the humble but beyond these\\nsimple abodes, we shall find business streets with handsome\\nstores and offices, a public park, and then dwellings on all\\nsides, combining every element of luxury and taste. On\\nour left, we see the immense coal wharves which draw to\\nElizabethport five million tonnage annually, and give it a\\nprominence as a commercial point, which promises ere long\\nto estabhsh it as an independent port of entry. A visit to\\none of these, and an inspection of the rapid and systematic\\nmanner in which vessels are loaded will repay the observer.\\nElizabethport comprises the first three wards of the city,\\nyet retains its own name and Post Office. Its growth within\\nthe past few years has been marvelous. The visitor of a\\ndecade ago, will remember it as the point at which, after a\\ntedious steamboat sail from New York, he disembarked to\\ntake the cars for Elizabeth and points beyond it. Now we\\nare whisked hither in less time than it would take Puck to\\nput a girdle round the earth, and lo, we find the quaint old\\nElizabethport of the past replaced by a great active, bustling\\ncity, full of life and industry, every day becoming more and\\nmore a manufacturing and commercial center, and possess-\\ning a water front or dockage of one and a half miles, with all\\nthe prolific coal, iron and lumber regions of Pennsylvania at\\nits back, and directly connected with it by rail.\\nWith such natural advantages, with good churches, schools\\nand stores, and with an enterprising people to avail them-\\nselves of them, it is not difficult to prophesy for this section\\nof the city of Elizabeth, a substantial and permanent com-\\nmercial prosperity. And with it, too, will come hundreds\\nof new seekers after homes, tired of the Metropolis, and\\nliiiiiMiliiiii", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 homp:s on the central.\\nanxious to secure a quiet retreat in one of the many pleasant\\nstreets in which this portion of the city abounds. Aheady\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL AT ELIZABETH PORT.\\nROPES POTTER,\\nReal Estate and Insurance Offices,\\nAt CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT,\\nNo. 50 FIRST STREET.^ ELIZABETHPORT, N. J.\\nHouses and Lots in Every part of ELIZABETH PORT and ELIZABETH.\\nVilla and Villa Sites, Building Lots, Farms, Manufacturing Property, and\\nLand by the acre throughout Central and Eastern New Jersey.\\nS^~ Ask for Ropes Real Estate Register.\\nELIHU H. ROPES. GEO. N. POTTER,\\nthere are eight hundred daily travelers from this point to\\nNew York, and three thousand from the entire city. What\\nwill be the demand for transportation at no distant day when\\nall these available sites for homes are occupied by men doing\\nbusiness in the Metropolis And in this connection the\\nreader s attention is directed to the foregoing card of Messrs,\\nRopes Potter, a firm dealing largely in real estate at this\\npoint, and able therefore to give accurate and reliable in-\\nformation to purchasers regarding it.\\nSPRING STREET STATION\\n(40 min. 21 trains each way daily.)\\nis the depot estabHshed for the convenience of those residing\\nin the populous section lying midway between the port\\nand the original business center of the city. Within a square\\nor two about it may be found for rent good dwellings with\\nall the city conveniences, at four or five hundred dollars per\\nannum, while lots can be purchased at from $350 to $750.\\nAnd now, as we proceed, the great brick blocks close in", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 21\\nmore closely about us, the indications of our approach to the\\ncity s center rapidly multiply, and almost before we know-\\nit, we cross the track of the New Jersey R. R., which here\\nintersects with our own, and are at the depot at\\nELIZABETH.\\n(36 min. by Express trains, 45 min, by Ace. 42 trains each way daily.)\\nAnd now, as we alight, and slowly stroll up the shaded side-\\nwalks of Broad Street, past the long rows of store windows,\\nin their display rivaling those of the Metropolis, past the\\nbrick and brown stone rows of dwellings, past Library Hall,\\nthe churches, the Court House, and the pleasant lawns to the\\nquieter beauties of the hill beyond, let us recall a few of the\\nincidents and traditions which have combined to make this\\nground on which we tread, historic*\\nThe first white settlers, it seems, were three adventurous\\nLong Islanders, Bayley, Denton and Watson, who, in Octo-\\nber, 1664, effected the purchase of some four hundred thous-\\nand acres lying between the Raritan and Passaic Rivers, for\\na petty consideration in the shape of a few guns, kettles, and\\nother articles precious to the aboriginal heart. They estab-\\nlished a settlement forthwith, but, before they had enjoyed\\npossession for a twelve month. Lord Berkeley and Sir George\\nCarteret, under the grant of the Duke of York, assumed\\ncontrol as Lord Proprietors. Two years later, the village\\nwhich had increased to four score families in population, was\\ncalled Elizabeth Town, in honor of Sir George s beautiful\\nwife. It enjoys the name of having been the third settle-\\nment made in New Jersey, and the first by the English.\\nThe author is indebted to Mr. E. H. Ropes admirable little pamphlet entitled\\nEhzabeth in Olden Time, for much of the i. formation here given.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nThe surrender of New York to the Dutch in 1673, also\\nbrought Elizabethtown temporarily under the sway of the\\nNetherlands, but, in the following year, English rule was re-\\nstored, and Carteret reinstated. Thenceforward, the place\\ngrew and prospered. In 1680, there were seven hundred\\ninhabitants, and thirty thousand acres under cultivation, and\\nglowing accounts of the fertility of the soil and healthfulness\\nof surroundings of this modern Canaan, were sent back to\\nthe Old World by the settlers. In 1703, New Jersey became\\na Royal Province, and in 1740 the Free Borough and\\nTown of Elizabeth was incorporated under a charter from\\nKing George the Second. Twenty-four years later, Eliz-\\nabeth celebrated its centennial by a grand public barbecue\\nin the center of the town.\\nBut it was when the troublous times that tried men s souls\\ndawmed upon the American Colonies, that the most heroic\\npages of the history of EHzabeth were recorded. As early as\\nFebruary, 1766, the people, it is stated, threatened to hang\\nwithout Judge or Jury, any one giving adherence to the\\nodious Stamp Act. And when the call to arms came ringing\\nfrom Lexington and Concord, this plucky little borough\\nsent not only a large supply of powder to the front, but fol-\\nlowed it with sixteen companies of infantry and OJie of cavalry.\\nThe latter company, by the way, served as Lady Washing-\\nton s escort on a portion of her purney to join her husband\\nat Cambridge.\\nAs might have been anticipated, such a display of patriot-\\nism provoked no small hostilities on the part of the enemy,\\nwho held possession of New York and Staten Island, lying\\ndirectly opposite. On the night of the day on which the\\nDeclaration of Independence was signed, a British sloop of", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 23\\nfourteen guns appeared off the town, but vias attacked by\\nthe citizens, armed with two howitzers, and, after losing\\nseveral of her crew, was fired and destroyed. This exploit,\\noccurring within three hours after the birth of the United\\nStates of America, is justly claimed to have been the first in\\nits military annals.\\nHere, in these memorable days, dwelt Governor Livingston,\\nthe first Chief Magistrate of the State; here, that fiery\\npatriot Rev. James Caldwell, pastor of the old Presbyterian\\nchurch, from whose congregation went forth five Generals,\\nthree Colonels, five Majors and a host of subaltern officers,\\nto take commands in the Continental army. Mr. Caldwell\\nDy his fervor and zeal, became so odious to the enemy that\\nduring his preaching it was necessary to post sentinels about\\nthe church, and to keep his own pistols on the pulpit beside\\nhim, to prevent, if possible, his surprise and capture. In\\nfact, in 1779, the British did essay to surprise the place by\\ncrossing a detachment from Staten Island, but were repulsed\\nwith severe loss. The good old church was however fired in\\nthe following year by the torch of a refugee. Mrs. Caldwell\\nwas murdered by Knyphausen s troops, and the reverend\\ngentlemen himself was, in 1781, shot and killed by an Irish\\nsoldier of the American army, who was supposed to have\\nbeen instigated to the deed by the British authorities at New\\nYork, and who was subsequently hanged for the crime.\\nAfter the close of the war, Washington en route to his in-\\nauguration at New York, passed thorough Elizabethtown,\\nand was met at the port by a flotilla with music and artillery.\\nThe old hotel known as the Pountney House, at which he\\nbreakfasted, still stands, being on Trumbull Street, within the\\nenclosure of the Singer factories previously spoken of.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nSince the revolution the growth of Elizabeth has been\\nsteady, and of the last few years all but incredible. In 1830\\nher population was 3445; in 1840, 4184; in 1850, 5583; in\\n1855, the city was incorporated in i860, she had 11,567\\ninhabitants; in 1865, 17,373; i860, 20,848; and to-day\\nhas about 25,000.\\nBut, after all^ it is in the Elizabeth of to-day that the New\\nYork business man in search of a home, is most interested.\\nThese scenes and memories, tis true, give a flavor to the\\nenjoyment of a residence in their midst, yet serve but poorly\\nto supply the sound, practical information which the modern\\nbusiness man desires in his selection of a spot where he and\\nhis family may abide. So let us look at EHzabeth, not in\\nhistory, but as we see it with our own eyes. The name has\\nbecome, first and foremost among the New Jersey cities, the\\nsynonym for all that is enterprising and progressive. Take\\nthese figures for instance. The city covers an area of nearly\\n12 square miles, has over 69 miles of streets, about one-third\\nof which are paved, 31 J miles of sewers, and 85. V miles of\\nflagged sidewalks. There are between 90 and 100 manu-\\nfacturing establishments of various kinds, and T4 coal ship-\\nping docks. Then, turning to another side of the picture,\\nwe find that there are thirty churches, (including the famous\\nWestminster church, costing $200,000), the best of schools,\\nboth public and private, twelve hotels, three daily, one semi-\\nweekly, three weekly and one monthly newspaper, five insur-\\nance companies, six banks, an eighty thousand dollar market,\\nan Arcade building which cost $150,000, an Orphan Asylum\\ncosting $50,000, and hundreds of private dwelhngs, which in\\nelegance of style and construction would grace any city.\\nThe ratio of taxation to the actual value of property is com-", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 25\\nputed to be only four-fifths of one per cent., an exceedingly\\nlow rate for a city developing so rapidly.\\nWhere, then, can one seeking a city home out of the city,\\nbetter seek it than amid such surroundings as these. Such\\na one will find wide shaded avenues, paved and underlaid\\nwith gas and water pipes and sewers, stretching away in all\\ndirections antenn?e-like from the city s center and on these,\\ntasteful cottages and villas, built with every convenience of\\nmodern times, awaiting his occupancy if he would rent, at\\nrates far lower than those in New York if he would i)ur-\\nchase, on terms so moderate that no man, careful of his own\\nand his family s future, would be justified in treating them\\nwith unconcern. And such in brief are the claims of EHz-\\nabeth as a place for a Home on the Central Railroad of\\nNew Jersey.\\nUpon resuming our ride westward, we pass on through the\\nthickly settled western section of the town, cross the Eliz-\\nabeth River, (which, passing through the city s center, finds\\nan outlet at Staten Island Sound), shoot under the Cherry\\nand Chilton Street bridges, which in turn span the track,\\nand presently come to a standstill at the depot at\\nWEST ELIZABETH.\\n(42 min. II trains each way daily.)\\nHere we are still within the city limits, and, within a stones\\nthrow of us, on Grand Street and Westfield Avenue, may be\\nseen rows of attractive dwellings, while here and there are\\ninterspersed grateful reminders of the old regime when Man-\\nsard roofs were unknown, pleasant country seats, embowered\\nin foliage, fronting on shaded, close cropped lawns, and sur-\\nrounded with broad verandahs, where one may sit comfort-", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nably ensconced, and watch the tide of travel pass and repass\\nbefore him. Possibly the following anecdote from a recent\\nnumber of Le Journal Aimisajit had its origin here.\\nA friend paid a visit to a country house.\\nThe view from here leaves little to be desired, said he\\nto the proprietor.\\nDo you think so It looks toward the railroad station.\\nYes, I observed that That certainly does not add to\\nthe charm of the thing.\\nPardon me. It is very funny. We see all the people\\nwho miss the train.\\nWe pause but a moment at West Elizabeth, and then\\nwith a shriek and a roar are off again. Now, for the first\\ntime since leaving New York, we are out in the open coun-\\ntry, among the clover and daisies and buttercups we whiz\\npast green fields, over water-courses, past substantial farm\\nhouses, and barns and orchards, when suddenly the whistle\\nblows, and we find ourselves at the charming village of\\nROSELLE.\\n(43 min. 16 trains each way daily.)\\nHere the arriving passenger finds his surroundings decidedly\\nnovel and attractive. No dreary waste of dusty road\\nstretches away, no decrepit rows of grocery stores, and liquor\\nshops stare him into despair as he steps upon the platform\\nand takes his first glance around him. If first impressions,\\nas is generally conceded to be the case, are everything, the\\nvisitor to Roselle will have been prepossessed with the place\\nbefore the train which brought him has disappeared in the\\ndistance. The station grounds in front and rear are laid out\\nin lawns, flower-beds and serpentine walks, in the most ap-", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 2^\\nproved style of landscape gardening, and are lavishly adorned\\nwith flowers and shrubbery, while a picturesque bridge, ap-\\nproached by a stairway at each end, spans the track, thus\\nobviating any danger or detention from passing trains, (see\\ncut on page 28). In short, one might easily fancy he had\\nbeen set down upon some gentleman s private estate instead\\nof at a public depot.\\nBut come, let us cross the track. From the bridge we\\ngain a commanding view of the road in both directions, of\\nthe adjacent landscape, and of Staten Island and Elizabeth.\\nTo the southward, not over two or three miles away, is the\\nvillage of Linden, on the New Jersey railroad, and this street\\non which we are going runs directly thither. Here is the\\nMansion House, a well patronized resort in the summer\\nseason. Further to the left, and ahead, are many beautiful\\ndwellings, including those of Chancellor Ferris (deceased) of\\nthe N, Y. University, Reuben Van Pelt, a retired merchant\\nof New York, and several gentlemen prominently identified\\nwith the Central road and its interests. The streets are laid\\nout at right angles, and there are good side-walks which ever\\nway we turn. During our stroll we shall find churches of\\nthe Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist persua-\\nsions, one private and two public schools, a public Hall, in\\nwhich Azure Lodge No. 129 F. and A. M. holds its com-\\nmunications, well stocked stores of various kinds but\\ntopers take notice and don t stop at Roselle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 not a solitary\\nplace where liquor of any kind is retailed.\\nTo such salutary influences as these, doubtless combined\\nwith its perfect drainage and consequent healthfulness, we\\nmay mainly ascribe the magical growth of this beautiful vil-", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 29\\nSosi M d Immd k\\nHAVE FOR SALE\\nHOUSES,\\nLOS AiB miM mm,\\nADJACENT TO THE DEPOT,\\nO IX EASY T E R^ 3X S\\nAPPLY TO A. D. HOPE,\\n119 Liberty Street, JVew York.\\nOR W. W. DILTS,\\n3Iansion House, Moselle^ N. J,\\nlage upon a spot where but four or five years ago were only\\nwoods or open farm land. Yet, within that short time\\nhas sprung up a village of villas, with a population of about\\none thousand cultivated well-to-do people. Nor does it stop\\nhere. Building is constantly going on, seventeen buildings\\nhaving been erected during the last half year, and there is a\\nfair prospect that at no distant day this neat and select little\\nborough will find itself incorporated as a ward of the great\\nneighboring city.\\nLand at this point is seventy-five feet higher than at Eliz-\\nabeth. Building lots may be secured at prices varying from\\n$250 upwards, or villa plots at corresponding prices. The\\nRoselle Land and Improvement Company offer (see above)\\na choice selection of property, well worthy the inspection of\\nthe intending purchaser.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nBeyond Roselle our line lies parallel with the old turnpike\\nroad to Westfield, and presently brings us into the good old\\nvillage of\\nCRANFORD,\\n(53 min. 17 trains each way daily.)\\nCranford is a pleasant and a pretty place of about two\\nthousand people, and has been growing rapidly of late years.\\nThe Railway River, flowing directly through it, gives a beauty\\nand variety to its surroundings. The streets are well laid\\nout and kept, the sidewalks are planked from end to end of\\nthe village, and among the private residences and grounds\\nare some that in rural beauties and elegance cannot fail to\\narrest the visitors attention.\\nThere are Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches,\\n(the Roman Catholics will also shortly erect one) two schools,\\none public and one private, where the idea of juvenile Cran\\nford is taught how to shoot, and stores where may be pur-\\nchased all the necessities of daily life.\\nShould the visitor feel disposed to purchase here, he is\\nrespectfully informed that he could not choose a healthier\\nlocality, and that the price of lots varies between $400 and\\n$1500.\\nOff again through the fertile farm lands which line our\\ncourse to the ancient town of\\nWESTFIELD,\\n(59 min. 19 trains each way daily.)\\nwhich, though like Cranford founded in the olden time, has\\nlike it, begun to feel the impetus of suburban travel, and has\\nof late attained a reputation for remarkable growth and", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 3 1\\nenterprise. As we dash up to the depot it is not difficult to\\ndiscover that we have reached an active, thrifty place. We\\nsee mills and spires, and business streets, and out beyond\\nthem attractive villas, just such as a city man vv ould Hke to\\noccupy with his family, while about this depot, as that at\\nRoselle, the grounds are handsomely laid out and ornamented.\\nWestfield was first settled in 1720, but it was not until the\\ncompletion of the Central Railroad s all rail line to New York\\nthat its progress actually began. Then, there were but 250\\nhouses and 1500 inhabitants, where to-day there are 1000\\nhouses and a population of over 5000, of whom two hundred\\nare daily commuters to New York. These figures need no\\ncomment.\\nThere are five churches in Westfield, (Episcopal, Presby-\\nterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Roman CathoHc), a well con-\\nducted and equipped public school, a public hall and library,\\nand Masonic, Odd Fellow and Good Templar Lodges. The\\nhealthfulness of the place is proved by the longevity of its\\npeople, it being stated that in 1839 one half of the popula-\\ntion were over seventy years of age.\\nLots sell here at from $250 to $750, and land by the acre\\nat from $2500 to $5000, according to location.\\nLeaving flourishing Westfield with its far stretching avenues\\nand pleasant homes behind us, we pass through a well settled\\nopen farming country, then dash through two or three heavy\\nearth cuttings, and emerge from the last to gain suddenly\\nand for the first time, a glorious view of the Blue Ridge\\nMountains of New Jersey, distant about two miles on our\\nright. And nestling neath their shadow in the intervening\\nvalley, lies the pretty village of", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nFANWOOD PARK.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 33\\nFANWOOD, (or scotch plains.)\\n(i hour. 14 trains each way daily.)\\nIt is only a few moments ride to the center of the place from\\nthe station, and the agent has vehicles in waiting on the arri-\\nval of each train. The station itself is a cosy spot, shaded\\nby oaks, and commanding a most attractive view of the back\\ncountry. But we must see the village, so let us ride over.\\nScotch Plains, the historian tells us, was settled in 1684 by\\nScotch Emigrants, the spot being selected on account of its\\npeculiar fertility. Its more modern name of Fanwood has\\nbeen bestovved^ince the advent of the railroad, and Fanwood\\nPark (see engraving) is now, thanks to skillful landscape\\nengineers and its natural advantages, known as one of the\\nmost beautiful and attractive suburban dwelling places about\\nNew York. The land is gently undulating, and through it\\nflow the waters of Green Brook, a powerful tributary of the\\nRaritan. The adjacent mountain roads afford charming\\ndrives and scenery. In the village we shall find a population\\nof five or six hundred, a fine public school and two churches\\na Methodist and Baptist, the latter of which furnished to\\nBrown University its first President, Rev. James Manning, D. D.\\nThere are also here a public hall, a Hook and Ladder Com-\\npany, a Good Templar organization, two hotels, and a variety\\nof stores. The fine water power afforded by Green Brook\\nhas been utilized by the erection of several mills along its\\nbanks.\\nThe spirit of improvement and development are visible\\nhere as elsewhere along the line. The re-survey of ^this\\nportion of the road and other contemplated improve-\\nments by the Company will bring Fanwood Park directly\\nupon the line, and place within a moment or two of the", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\ndepot some of the most eligible villa sites that even the most\\nfastidious purchaser could desire. Land already commands\\nhere prices varying from $500 to $2000 per acre, and is in\\ndemand at those figures. The Company will also shortly\\nerect a new depot at this point.\\nBeyond Fanwood, still following the line of the mountains\\non our right, our course turns a little to the southwest, and\\npresently brings us to\\nPLAINFIELD,\\n(i 1 our by exp., i hour, lo min. by ace 19 trains each way daily.)\\nwith a population of ten thousand people, and justly claiming\\nin enterprise, convenience and beauty the foremost place\\namong New York s suburban cities. For though Elizabeth\\ntis true, has her many miles of paved streets and her wide\\nspread improvements, Newark her railroads, and broad\\navenues, Paterson her mills and her beautiful Falls, Bayonne\\nher majestic scenery and her Boulevard, Hackensack, her\\nquaint and interesting antiquities, it may yet, without dispar-\\nagement to either, be truly said of Plainfield, that proportion-\\nally she is equalled by none of them in the substantial\\ncharacter of her business streets, the extent and system of\\nher public improvements, and the uniform elegance and\\nbeauty of her private dwellings and the grounds about them.\\nThe business portion of the city, located to the right of\\nthe depot, is compactly built up with brick and stone the\\nremainder of the place may be better described as one vast\\npark or flower garden, while so densely is it shaded with\\nmaples as to have won for Plainfield the not inaptly applied\\ntitle of The Maple City.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 35\\nCor. Second and Cherry Streets, Plaiufield, N. J.\\nGEORGE MILLER, Proprietor.\\nGuests will find here all the accommodations a first-class hotel can afford.\\nBilliard Room attached.\\nGOOD STABTjING.\\nOne arriving at tlie depot, sees, it is true, little or nothing\\nof these attractive features. But, if he will cross North\\nAvenue, (which, by the way, with South Avenue, runs par-\\nallel with the railroad on either side, hence to Elizabeth),\\nand turning to his left pass on to Cherry Street, and thenee\\nto Front, he will in a moment or two find himself in the most\\nthickly built portion of the town. He will see the First\\nNational Bank, and the City Hotel, a model and well kept\\nhouse, (see cut); the streets he will observe are lit with gas,\\nthe sidewalks paved everywhere some of the new brick or\\nstone rows of stores on Front Street are Metropolitan in their\\nsize and finish. And then, if with interest excited by these\\nevidences of thrift, he make inquiries of any intelligent by-\\nstander, he will learn that Plainfield is governed by a Mayor\\nand eleven Councilmen, has a Fire Department, (with two\\nsteamers, one hand engine, Hook and Ladder and Hose\\nCompany) a Police Force, good sewerage, three Newspapers,\\ntwo Banks, three Insurance Companies, fifteen churches, (one\\nof which, the Second Presbyterian, is built of Ohio sand\\nstone, and cost $75,000), a Masonic Lodge and Chapter,\\nYoung Men s Christian Association, schools, both public and", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\niliiliiili", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n37\\nprivate of a high order, and the best of marketing facihties.\\nIf he ask how the city is suppHed with water, he will learn to\\nhis surprise and delight that underlying the gravelly subsoil\\nupon which he stands is an unfailing supply of clear, cool\\nwater, which can be obtained in any quantity and at all times\\nby simply sinking a pipe to the distance of about twenty feet.\\nThe gravelly formation, moreover, ensuring a natural drain-\\nage renders Plainfield the healthiest of all healthy places, and\\nentirely banishes those domestic pests, the mosquitoes, while\\nits southerly and westerly exposures give it a genial tempera-\\nture at all seasons.\\nPARTIES FITTING UP\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL\\nCAN PURCHASE THEIR\\nHarliare aM House Faraisliiiii Goois\\nOP\\nF. T. J. VETTERLEIN,\\n(SIGN OF THE BIG PADLOCK,)\\nFront Street, near Somerset, Plainfield, N. J\\n^T IV K TT O li It I\u00c2\u00bb li I O K s\\nAnd now, having inspected the heart of Plainfield, let us\\nwander out toward its extremities. Its pleasant shady streets\\nstretch away in all directions. First, we will take a look at\\nNorth Plainfield. Just over Green Brook, which passes close\\nto Front Street, and divides Union from Somerset County,\\nour walk brings us in full view of the mountain again, the\\nslopes of which already indicate that they are to be soon\\noccupied by stately villas, A stone-paved roadway from the\\ncity to the mountain is, in fact, being already constructed.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nAbout a mile distant are the picturesque Wetumpka Falls.\\nNow we turn down Grove Street, and see before us square\\nafter square filled with tasteful dwellings, all of them fitted\\nup as conveniently as city houses. The Washington Park\\ngrounds, comprising about three hundred acres, and impera-\\ntively restricted against nuisances, are located just beyond,\\nand driving through the serpentine roadways, one knows not\\nwhether most to admire the scenery of valley and mountain\\nbeyond, or the taste displayed in the buildings and grounds\\nbefore him. Yet three years ago this was all an open farm.\\nThen, crossing Green Brook again, we may pass through\\nCenter Street, and, after riding past a succession of shaded,\\nsmooth cut lawns, and cozy homes, most of them surrounded\\nwith broad verandahs, may reach Prospect Hill, where we\\nobtain the capital view herewith presented of the city, half\\nhidden among the luxuriant foliage.\\nBut, by a paradox, what must be termed the West End of\\nPlainfield is that section of the city lying to the east of its\\nbusiness center. Here the visitor will find among many\\nother charming places of residence, those of John Taylor\\nJohnston, Esq (a view of which is presented herewith), and\\nof the son of the lamented Admiral Farragut.\\nWith such natural attractions and advantages as these the\\ngrowth of Plainfield to the dimensions of a large inland city\\nis simply a question of a very few years. Its growth and de-\\nvelopment within the past nine years have been so rapid\\nand substantial as to justify the great expectations of its people\\nwith regard to what is in store for it.. The proposed\\nerection of a new and elegant depot by the Central R. R.\\nCompany, and the depression of the city streets beneath their\\ntrack the liberal inducements held out by real estate owners", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n39", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40 Homes on the central.\\nGEO. A. MARSH,\\nOFFICE OPPOSITE DEPOT,\\nF. o. BOX 671, PLAINFIELD, N. J.\\nand, perhaps more important than all, its perfect healthful-\\nness, all combine to mark out for Plainfiekl a brilliant and\\nprosperous future.\\nThe purchaser can secure here good building lots (50 x\\n100 feet) at from $1,000 to $1,500, and can build at a cost\\nof $3,500 and upward, according to the size of his family\\nand his purse.\\nIt is only after leaving the Plainfield depot that tlie pass-\\nenger, who has not alighted, gains any correct estimate of\\nthe extent and beauty of the city. Street after street stretches\\naway on either side, then finally the buildings grow fewer,\\nand we are once more in the open country. Only for a few\\nmoments, however, for here we are at\\nEVONA,\\n(i hour and 12 minutes. 6 trains each way daily,)\\nWhere, as if by magic, have recently sprung up, upon the\\ngreensward, as Robin Hood s merry men were wont of\\nyore to spring forth when a rich bishop s train was passing\\nthrough their domain, houses and stores and all the charac-\\nteristics of a thriving suburban village. The depot at this\\npoint is a remarkably large and handsome one, and is sur-\\nrounded by a park laid out on a liberal and tasteful scale.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 4I\\nLand near the depot sells at from one to three thousand\\ndollars per acre.\\nEvona boasts a population of about three hundred, and\\nrelies on Dunellen, only three-fourths of a mile distant, for\\nher church and school faciHties. In fact, even now we are\\nvirtually within the limits of\\nDUNELLEN,\\n(i hour and 14 minutes. 14 trains each way daily,)\\nDunellen is charmingly located in full view of the whole\\nvalley and the mountains beyond, and is moreover a growing\\nand thrifty place, as the view on page 42 indicates. Like\\nmany of its sister stations with romantic names, it owes its\\norigin to the completion of the Central s all rail route to New\\nYork in 1865, and the consequent demand for country homes\\nfor business men. But it has been and is steadily growing,\\nand ha;s now several hundred inhabitants, two churches,\\nschools, stores, a good market and a hotel. There is fair\\nwater power offered manufacturers on the streams back of\\nthe village, and the sportsman may be sure of good hunting\\nand fishing in the immediate vicinity.\\nLand sells here in plots of 50x100 or 150 feet near the\\ndepot for from $6 to $20 per foot, and that more remote,\\nsay half a mile away, at from $2000 to $3000 per acre.\\nA mile and a half south is the beautiful village of New-\\nmarket, by which name in fact the station was known until\\ncalled by that it now bears.\\nDunellen derives, moreover, an additional importance as\\nthe nearest connecting point for Washington s Rock, a bold\\ncliff four hundred feet high, plainly visible on the face of the\\nadjacent mountain abdut a mile distant, and from the summit", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n43\\na v////- /A t--/xxx//.\u00c2\u00bb V/Z^/TTA {/yz/y\\\\ l Y////A r^^^", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 HOMES ON TtiE CENTRAL.\\nof which the revered patriot whose name it bears, was wont,\\nduring the campaign of 1777, to watch the movements of the\\nenemy. During the skirmish between the troops ofSirWm.\\nHowe and Lord SterUng, near Plainfield, Washington was on\\nthis rock inspecting the movements of the two armies on the\\nplains below. For many years past this spot has been a\\nfavorite one of resort for pleasure excursion parties, not for\\nits historical associations alone, but for its majestic view\\nwhich embraces an area of sixty miles, including New York\\nCity, Newark, Staten Island, Raritan Bay, the Highlands of\\nNavesink, New Brunswick, and the heights of Princeton and\\nTrenton. In short, one sees mapped out before him, and\\ndotted with countless villages, towns and cities, the entire\\nstretch of New Jersey landscape, from the Hudson to the\\nDelaware.\\nExcursion parties from New York, Newark or Elizabeth\\ncan conveniently reach the Rock early in the forenoon, enjoy\\na delightful day amid its surrounding beauties, and return\\nhome before dark.\\nIn a spot so enchanting, it were tempting to linger longer.\\nBut our iron horse snorts, impatient for the many miles\\nyet before him, so let us be ofif again. Another moment\\nbrings us to Brookside, formerly known as West Dunellen,\\nand an embryo suburb of the prosperous parent town.\\nDeriving its name from its proximity to the beautiful Green\\nBrook, which passes directly through it, Brookside presents to\\nthe seeker for a rural home, many intrinsic attractions. It\\nfronts directly upon the Central Railroad, and is intersected\\nby the main avenues of the county, connecting with both\\nPlainfield and Somerville.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n45\\nMAP or I\\nCENTRAL R.R. OF N.J\\n2^ MILES FROM NLWYQilKi\\nAddress^\\nJ.B. Norton,\\nElizabeth,\\nN.J.\\nOR\\nJohnF.Dryden,\\nii2Broadway,Room7\\nN.Y\\nORONTHEPROPCRTY.\\nI I", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nHere is a site upon which it is hoped at no distant day\\nwill spring up a thriving and attractive village, laying claim\\nto the attention of New York business men. The scenery\\nand surroundings are especially charming. The historical\\nWashington Rock is here, as at Dunellen, in plain view on\\nthe adjacent mountain side, while hill, valley and meadow-land\\nscenery, fine drives and excellent roads, combine to make a\\nresidence here one of undoubted attractiveness. Within a\\nmile of the place are no less than five churches, and the ex-\\ncellent school and store faciUties of Dunellen, while, for health-\\nfulness, one could not find a spot more free from malarial or\\ncontagious diseases, there being no low swampy ground in\\nthis section of the country.\\nThe diagram which we publish herewith directs the pur-\\nchasers attention to the improvements which have been\\nmade at this point, and conveys a fair idea of its con-\\nvenience and advantages. Building sites on high well\\ndrained ground may be secured at most reasonable terms, or\\nat prices varying from $90 to $500 per lot. In view of its\\npromised prospective growth and improvement, property\\nat Brookside may prove a safe and profitable investment.\\nOur next stopping place is the time honored village of\\nBOUND BROOK,\\n(i hour, 22 min. 15 trains each way daily.)\\nnamed from a neighboring water course forming the bound-\\nary line between Somerset and Middlesex Counties. Others\\nattribute its title to the fact of its being bounded by brooks\\nor rivers on every side. The former derivation appears how-\\never to be the best substantiated of the two.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 47\\nBound Brook is mentioned in Smith s History published m\\n:,6s, as being a village. In the winter of .778-9, a porUon\\nof Washington s army were in barracks in the vicm.ty. fhe\\nplace has always been a thriving one, its location on the\\nRaritan River and more recently the Raritan Canal, render-\\ning it quite an important shipping point, especially in grain.\\nThere has also been more or less manufacturing earned on.\\nThe view from the car window on the left as we stop at the\\ndepot embraces what was formerly South Bound Brook, now\\nBloomington The elevated and beautiful day of the land,\\nand the elegant residences, with masts of shippmg m the fore-\\nground, form an exceedingly pleasant and rather novel scene\\nat an inland town. ^^^_____\\n^W^fc^l^J\\nje:ml^9\\nLan d. Fu-roliasing ^gent.\\nBOUND BROOK, N. J.\\nIn estois sUo\u00c2\u00abld Apply Early.\\n~^^^:^^^^^^^:^^^r^M^A^^^^^^ of 9 feet water has\\nlocks of 210 feet in length and 25 feet in width, and forms\\nnart of the great inland water thoroughfare for Steamers,\\nBarnes Propellers, Schooners and canal boats of every des-\\nSio^^^rNe; York and the East to Philadelphia, Balti-\\nmore and the South, besides delivering the tonnage from\\ncanals running into the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Upon\\nits banks are seen rare facilities for manufacturing and for\\ngeneral business.\\nBound Brook is the diverging point in roads running south\\nor west from New York, and bids fair to become an impor-\\ntant railroad center, because of the protection on the north by\\nthe mountains, and on the south by the canad-draws, which are\\nonly to be avoided by running new roads through this place.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nJ. VS^. PRATT S\\nJ^TE A.] i:\\nmk iii lib Pflatli\\nESTABLISII3XEIVT,\\n75 FULTON STREET,\\nNEW YORK.\\nA Boulevard of scarce two miles length, from the river to\\nto the mountain slope, is under agitation as among the re-\\nquirements of the place. It should be of sufficient width to\\ncontain a horse car railroad through its center, connecting\\nthe depots on all the intersecting railroads. This straight\\nshoot from the river to the mountain will show the great\\nnecessity as well as the proper location for the new and\\nelegant iron bridge so long talked of for spanning the river at\\nthis place. The mountain slopes at the rear of Bound Brook,\\nlike the heights of Bloomington at the front, afford the most\\ncharming landscape scenery in the distance are to be seen\\nthe church spires of Plainfield, Dunellen, New Brunswick,\\nMiddlebush, Millstone and Somerville, and equally as charm-\\ning are their bells heard on the quiet Sabbath morning calling\\nto the sanctuary.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 49\\nThe population of Bound Brook and Bloomington are\\nabout equal, and together full t2oo. These places contain\\nfive churches, five schools, a Masonic Lodge, three hotels,\\nand extensive lumber yards, where those contemplating the\\nerection of Homes on the Central can purchase building\\nmaterial at reasonable figures, and have it shipped direct.\\n(See advertisement of L. D. Cook Co.) There are a\\nvariety of stores and shops to supply the demands of daily\\nlife. This valley of the Raritan abounds in fine drives, fertile\\nlands and general healthfulness. The scenery from the\\nmountain top is grand, extending as far as the eye can reach,\\nand is unsurpassed in its beauty.\\nL. I COOIS: 4Sc CO.,\\n^WjiW\\nNear the Eail Koad Depoti Bound Erook.\\nConstantly on hand, a full assortment of all kinds of Lumber, planed and in\\n,thfe rough. Scranton and Lehigh Coal, at the Lowes. Prices.\\nFrames for Buildings cut to order at Short Notice, and delivered at any point on\\nCentral Railroad, N. J. and Delaware and Raritan Canal.\\nLEWIS D. COOK. G. R. GILES.\\nImproved farms a mile or two from the depot can be ob-\\ntained at about $200 per acre, but the most convenient lands\\nare priced as building lots at much higher rates.\\nAbout a mile and a half from the village, the sight-seer\\nwill find in a wild and romantic ravine the famous Chimney\\nRock, a singular pyramidal shaped stone, fifteen or twenty\\nfeet high, on the summit of a bold and nearly perpendicular\\nledge over one hundred feet high. Tradition says that an\\nIndian pushed his wife off this rock.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50 HOMES ON THE CEN IRAL.\\nClose at hand, too, is another attractive resort, Buttermilk\\nFalls, where a few years ago Blondin performed one of his\\ndangerous exploits on the tight rope. Had the Indian Blue\\nBeard lived at the present day, it is possible that, under\\nJersey justice, he, too, might have become famous by a tight\\nrope.\\nBut here we go again. Now we cross Middle Brook by\\nan iron bridge, catch a view of the level landscape stretching\\nfar away before us to the distant blue mountains in the south-\\nwest, and presently stop again at\\nFINDERNE,\\n(i hour, 27 mill. 9 trains each way daily.)\\na small station with, however, a quite handsome depot.\\nThere is here a population of not over an hundred, with a\\nschool. The place is in reality a sort of suburb of the im-\\nportant county town which we are now approaching.\\nSOMERVILLE\\n(i hour, 24 min. by exp., 1 hour, 34 min. by ace. 15 trains each way daily.)\\nis pleasantly situated on a knoll on the right of the railroad,\\nand directly on the line of the old turnpike road from Eliza-\\nbeth to Easton, which, passing through it, forms its main or\\nprincipal business street. The village itself is comparatively\\nof modern date. During the revolution a tavern was kept\\non the site of the Somerville House, but it was not until the\\nburning of the Court House at Millstone by the British in\\nOctober, 1779, that this was made the county seat. In 1784\\na log court house and jail were built here, the former about\\ntwelve rods east of the present court house, which was\\nerected in 1798. A visit to the court house, and a view", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 5 1\\nfrom its cupola, should be the visitor s first object on arriving\\nat Somerville. Let him pass up Railroad Street from the\\nDepot to Main Street, then turn to his right, and a few steps\\nwill bring him to the spot where, in the midst of a handsome\\npark and embowered in a dense growth of foliage, stand the\\ncounty buildings, overlooking the village and all the adjacent\\ncountry. Having admired the view from this point, let the\\nvisitor retrace his steps, and stroll along the shaded sidewalks\\nof Main Street to and through the western portion of the\\nvillage. He will find churches of the Dutch Reformed?\\nMethodist, Presbyterian and Baptist denominations. Masonic\\nK. of P., Good Templars, and Sons of Temperance Lodges,\\nfour hotels, one large public school and several private ones,\\ntwo banks, a savings bank, and no less than three newspaper\\noffices. The beauty and taste displayed in most of the\\nprivate residences will surprise and please him, while what\\nwill especially claim his admiring attention is the number\\nand luxuriance of the trees, which provident hands in days\\ngone by have planted along the streets, and in almost every\\ndoor yard and lawn, to shade and beautify the homes of\\ngenerations to come after.\\nThe importance of shade trees in laying out one s country\\nhome can not be too strongly urged. How many associa-\\ntions of a childhood s home are interwoven with the memories\\nof the old trees which waved their branches over its door.\\nHow often on the dusty road of life s noonday does the\\ntraveler look back to recall the grateful shadows of the\\nboughs though which his eye first looked in love to the\\nsummer sky. And to how many a wanderer far away from\\nhis native land, has the home tree been the Mecca to which\\nall his hopes and longings have been anchored.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nYes when thy heart in its pride would stray\\nFrom the pure first loves of its youth away\\nWhen the sullying breath of the world would come\\nO er the flowers it brought from its childhood s home^\\nThink thou again of the woody glade,\\nAnd the sound by the nestling ivy made,\\nThink of the tree at thy father s door,\\nAnd the kindly spell shall have power once more.\\nSomerville has a population of about three thousand, and\\nis growing at a moderate rate. Among its projected im-\\nprovements is a horse railroad connecting it with Raritan\\nand Bound Brook. In common with Plainfield, and its\\nother sister towns, it enjoys a healthful atmosphere, while its\\nquiet beauty gives it a charm to those in search of a peace-\\nful retreat from the din and dust of the city.\\nLand sells in the village at from $150 per lot upwards,\\nwhile, within a mile or two from the depot, it can be pur-\\nchased at $300 per acre.\\nFrom Somerville the branch road to Flemington diverges.\\nThat thread we shall follow up on some other day. For the\\npresent our line lies straight on to\\nRARITAN,\\n(1 hour, 39 min. 4 trains each way daily.)\\na lively manufacturing village of twenty-five hundred inhabi-\\ntants, situated on the north bank of the Raritan, which here,\\nwith a fall of i6 feet, furnishes motive power for extensive\\nwoolen mills, and agricultural machine shops. There are\\nhere three churches, (Dutch Reformed, Methodist and Roman\\nCathoHc), a public and a private school, a savings bank,\\ngood stores, and a market. Public enterprise has also dis-\\nplayed itself in the organization of two Building Loan Asso-\\nciations. Land sells in the village at $50 per foot on the\\nmain street, and from $6 to $20 per foot on the side streets.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 53\\nGood farms a mile or two distant can be bought at $200\\nper acre.\\nAmong the residences on the river bank, near the village,\\nis that of New Jersey s distinguished statesman. Senator\\nFrelinghuysen.\\nNORTH BRANCH,\\n(i hour, 46 min. 7 trains each way daily,)\\nour next stopping place is the point at which passengers\\nalight for the village of the same name, distant about one\\nmile to the northward, and situated, as its name indicates,\\non the North branch of the Raritan River. It is on the old\\nSomerville and Easton turnpike, and has a population of\\nabout six hundred, with a Dutch Reformed church, a school\\nand three stores.\\nThe growing popularity^ of this immediate locality as a\\nplace of residence for men who have to some extent with-\\ndrawn from active participation in business affairs, yet find\\nit necessary to visit the city occasionally, is worthy of notice.\\nHere may be found many attractive sites upon which such\\npurchasers may locate within half an hour s ride from the\\ndepot, and enjoy, in all its perfection, country life within a\\nshort distance of the city. Let us, for instance, visit Hope-\\nwood, a model farm of about seventy-five acres, lying on a\\nverdue-clad knoll to the south of the station. Our ride\\nthither brings us along the wooded banks of the north branch\\nof the Raritan, and opens many a lovely sylvan vista, at one\\ntime seen upon the level with our road, at another looked\\ndown upon from overhanging bluffs and through luxuriant\\nfoliage. But presently we turn to the right, leave the river\\nbehind, and by an ascent almost imperceptible find ourselves", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nentering the gateway and traversing the serpentine roadway\\nthrough the lawn at Hopewood. But how remarkable we\\nare on but a slight elevation, yet, we command a complete\\nview of the horizon for fifteen or twenty miles distant, on all\\nsides, can see Plainfield, New Brunswick, Whitehouse well\\nfifteen important towns and villages in all, and a landscape\\nso fair and cultivated as to remind one of Longfellow s des-\\ncription of peaceful Acadia.\\nBefore us is the house, large, modern and commodious.\\nBehind it are barns and outhouses, on every side orchards of\\nand peach and apple trees, fields of corn and wheat and oats\\nstretch away, enclosed by a hedge of evergreens. The pecu-\\nliar fertility of this soil should alone suffice to recommend it\\nto the purchaser. Grapes grow profusely, as indeed do all\\nkinds of fruit and grain, and abundant harvests of any kind\\nreward the tiller.\\nJust beyond North Branch, we cross Chambers Brook, and,\\npass through a beautifully diversified region of hill and\\ndale here we see great knolls rising almost abrutly from the\\nlandscape, yet cultivated to their summits, and forming in\\ntheir vari-colored grain fields a natural patchwork or mosaic.\\nThen we see farm houses and pasture grounds and presently\\ncome to the village of\\nWHITE HOUSE.\\n(i hour, 56 tnin. 8 trains each way daily.)\\nFor a time, in the early history of our road, this point was\\nits terminus, from which passengers were booked through by\\nstage to Easton and Delaware Water Gap. Then it was a\\nmere hamlet, but later years of railroad communication have", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 55\\ndeveloped it to a village of considerable size. It derives its\\nname from an old settlement about a mile to the north, on\\nRockaway Creek and on the turnpike road before mentioned,\\nwhere stands an ancient dwelling at which Washington is\\nsaid to have halted to take dinner.\\nThe present White JHouse has about seven hundred inhabi-\\ntants, Dutch Reformed and Methodist churches, two schools\\nand three hotels. About a mile to the south is the village\\nbearing the euphonious name of Scrabbletown.\\nFarm land can be purchased hereabouts at $80 or $90\\nper acre. Quarter acre lots in the village sell at from $200\\nto $400.\\nIt will be observed that since leaving Somerville we have\\npassed through a region which, though comparatively remote\\nfrom the Metropolis for men engaged in daily active business\\npursuits, is yet rich in attractions as a place of residence for\\nthose who wishing the quiet and repose of a rural home, are\\nyet desirous of visiting the city two or three times a week, or\\neven for an hour or two daily. One may leave White House\\nfor instance, about half past ten, pass three or four hours in\\ntown, and yet be home again in season for an early supper,\\nor before six o clock. For those who have passed the hurry\\nand bustle of life, retired business men, and men of studious\\nhabits, who would live within easy distance of New York,\\nyet be in the midst of perfect rural repose, no section of New\\nJersey can be more enchanting than this picturesque and\\nfertile valley of the upper Raritan.\\nAnd now, as we leave White House we see confronting us\\non our left, and thence stretching southward, the rugged\\nslopes of the Pickles Mountain, and to the right, broken into\\ngentle undulations, a well tilled farming country. Presently", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "5\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nwe enter the Lebanon Valley, where to the right we dis-\\ncern, standing boldly out against the hills in the background,\\nthe little village of\\nLEBANON,\\n(2 hours. 6 trains each way daily.)\\nsituated in the center of a fertile tract, literally flowing with\\nmilk and honey. Nearly one hundred cans of milk are shipped\\nhence to New York daily, and a large creamery is among the\\nimportant industries of the place. Many fine peach orchards\\nadjoin the village, which itself has a population of about\\nthree hundred, with Dutch Reformed and Methodist churches,\\nan Academy, a High School, Hotel and Post Ofiice.\\nThe price of land vaiies from $150 to $500 per acre.\\nAfter leaving Lebanon our line intersects that of the turn-\\npike road to Easton, and presently brings us to\\nANNANDALE,\\n(i hour, 54 min. by exp., 2 hours, 6 min. by ace. 8 trains c.ch way daily)\\nformerly known as CHnton, and earHer still as Hunt s Mills,\\na Mr. Hunt having been one of the early proprietors of the\\nvaluable water power furnished by the South Branch of the\\nRaritan at this point. In 1820 there were but three houses\\nhere. A Post Office was first established in 1838. The\\nPresbyterian church was erected in 1830, the Episcopal in\\n1838, and the Methodist in 1840. The village proper is dis-\\ntant about one mile from the depot, and still retains its post\\noffice name of Clinton, that at the railroad being known as\\nAnnandale. Stages run to and fro on the arrival of every\\ntrain.\\nThe adjacent region is very fertile, and as many as 5000", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 57\\nbaskets of peaches have been shipped in a single day. There\\nare also numerous beds of limestone in the valley, while in\\nthe mountains, mines of hematite and magnetic ore exist,\\nand are about being developed by a company recently organ-\\nized for that purpose.\\nFor manufacturers, this spot offers undoubted advantages.\\nLand sells at $200 per acre, or town lots (50x175) at\\n$500. At\\nHIGH BRIDGE\\n(2 hours, II min, 6 trains each way daily.)\\nwe cross the Raritan s south branch and valley by an em-\\nbankment (formerly a wooden bridge only), thirteen hundred\\nfeet long, and one hundred and five high. The view both\\nnorth and south, as we are whirled over this great viaduct, is\\nsuperb. We look down upon roofs, tree tops, the river, and\\na mosaic of cultivated fields far below us, while stretching\\naway in the distance are a succession of fertile uplands ter-\\nminating in distant blue mountains.\\nHigh Bridge derives its existence, as it does its name, from\\nHIGH BRIDGE, N. J.\\nNew York Office, 93 Liberty Street*\\nMANUFACTURERS OF\\nCar Whe els and C ar Axles.\\nLEWIS H TA VLOR, Pres t. JAS. H. WALKER, Sec. Ass t Trcas.\\nW. J. TAYLOR, Treas. Man. S. P. RARER, Superintendent.\\nE. L. BROWN, General Agent.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "58\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nthe railroad.\\nYet, within the\\npast few years\\nit has attained\\na population of\\ntwelve hundred,\\nand now pre-\\nsents, with its\\nthree churches,\\nDutch Reform-\\ned, Methodist\\nand Roman\\nCatholic, its 3\\nhotels, its Iron\\nWorks, (see ad-\\nvertisem nt and\\nviews), employ-\\ning 150 hands,\\nand its numer-\\nous large stores\\nand dwellings,\\nquite an impos-\\ning appearance\\nto the visitor.\\nVillage pro-\\nperty is quoted\\nhere at from\\n$500 to $1000\\nper acre, 6 lots.\\nFarm lands can\\nbe had at $ioc\\nper acre.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL\\n59\\nc 6/)\\nO rt ra\\nS r^ \u00e2\u0080\u0094I\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-I S C3\\nc a\\n|l!ilii;ii:!itiiiPI ;i;iwfe.#)g^tiiiiili!to^\\nt! iJ\\nu rt it:", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "6o\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nOur route, since leaving Annandale, has been toward the\\nnorthwest. And now presently we skirt the mountain side\\non our left, and on our right look down upon the Easton\\nturnpike again, here lined by a dense growth of evergreens,\\nthrough which flows the water course known as Spruce Run.\\nThe scenery here is wilder than any we have hitherto seen\\non our route, and forms an appropiate setting for the ex-\\nquisite picture which awaits us on our arrival at\\nGLEN GARDNER,\\n(2 hours, 20 min. 6 trains each way daily.)\\nsituated in a romantic and picturesque dell among the moun-\\ntains, and presenting in its busy streets, its substantial build-\\nings, its handsome churches and dwellings, and its extensive\\nmanufactories, all the characteristics of a thrifty, growing\\ncommunity.\\nIn its younger days it was known as Clarksville, a title for\\nwhich that more romantic one which it now bears was a few\\nyears ago substituted. If we alight, and first stroll up the\\nGlen we shall be surprised and delighted at the industries", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 6 1\\nFactories, Glen Gardner, N. J.\\nAVAREHlOOmS, 110 BOWERY, NEW YORK.\\nMANUFACTURERS OF\\nAlso, Chair and Car Seats for the Trade,\\nand improvements whic^ the enterprise of man have wrought.\\nProminent among these are the extensive chair works of the\\nGardner Manufacturing Company, a view of which we give\\nthe reader herewith. These works employ nearly two hun-\\ndred hands, and not only contribute largely to the life and\\nactivity of the village, but supply the lower part of it, or that\\npart lying on the left of the railroad, with gas and water.\\nIf after inspecting the works, we turn our steps to the\\nvalley below, we shall see there, too, abundant evidence of\\npublic spirit. There are in all, three churches, (Methodist,\\nPresbyterian and Lutheran), two schools, a hotel, a large\\npublic hall, and Masonic, Good Templars, S. of T., and\\nO. U. A. M. Lodges.\\nNor are the neighboring mountains lacking in productive-\\nness, for beneath their rugged slopes are to be found rich\\nveins of iron, which are now being worked.\\nThe purchaser who would establish himself as a manufac-\\nturer or resident in this bustling little place, with its popula-\\ntion of fifteen hundred, can secure building lots (50x100) at\\nfrom $250 to $1000. Good farm land over the hill sells at\\n$200 or $300 per acre.\\nFive minutes further ride through some heavy cuttings in\\nthe mountain side brings us to", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nNEW HAMPTON JUNCTION.\\n(a hours, lomin. by exp. 8 trains each way daily.)\\nHere, we see, on our right, the diverging broad gauge track\\nof the Del, Lack, and Western Railroad, and here passen-\\ngers for Washington, Belvidere, Delaware Water Gap, and\\nthe many beautiful spots in the north and east portions of\\nWarren County, change cars. Directly under the shadow of\\nthe neighboring mountain, the base of which the road reaches\\nby a long and almost dizzy descent along its side, the tourist\\nwill find one of the loveliest of sylvan spots, the little hamlet\\nof Changewater, where the Musconetcong River flows through\\nshaded banks, and under the shadow of an old stone mill\\nand bridge.\\nBut we must not wander off too far from our main line.\\nQuite a settlement has grown up about the junction, but the\\nprincipal village of New Hampton is on the river in the\\nvalley below. It was called New Hampton half a century\\nago. The visitor will find it a quaint rambling place, with a\\npopulation of about a thousand, several churches, a hotel or\\ntwo, and many cozy homes.\\nAnd now, resuming our journey, our road makes a sharp\\nturn to the southwest, and we find ourselves skirting the\\nslope of the Musconetcong Mountains overlooking the lovely\\nvalley named from the river of the same name which winds\\nits way at their base. Certainly in all New Jersey there can\\nbe found no more fertile or peaceful landscape than that\\nwhich, stretching away to the Pohatcong range, Hes mapped\\nout below us. Let the traveler by all means secure a seat\\non the right hand side of the car during this i)ortion of the\\nride. He will have an opportunity to enjoy a panorama of\\nvivid and ever changing beauty; a landscape completely", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 63\\ncultivated, and dotted with villages and spires and clusters of\\nfarm houses. Under the shadows of the opposite range, the\\nMorris and Essex railroad locomotives push their rapid way,\\nand the horses drag their weary loads along through the\\nsluggish waters of the Morris Canal. The valley gradually\\nnarrows as we advance, and very soon the whistle sounds\\nfor our stop at\\nASBURY.\\n(2 hours, 34 min. 7 trains each way daily.)\\nThe village of the same name we can distinctly see nestling\\nin the valley about a mile distant. It is an old place, and\\nwas once called Hall s Mills, but in 1800 the corner stone of\\nthe old Methodist church was laid by the venerable Bishop\\nAsbury, in whose honor the village was re-named.\\nThere is a mine in the mountain at this point, and, in the\\ntownship, a mineral spring said to be nearly equal to that at\\nSchooley s Mountain.\\nAsbury has a population of four hundred, two churches, a\\nschool, a hotel, three large grist mills, and a basket factory.\\nVALLEY,\\n(2 hours, 3S min. 5 trains each way daily.)\\nour next stopping place is the connecting point for the village\\nof Bethlehem, about half a mile to the south. It has a school,\\nchurch, (Methodist), hotel, and a population of about two\\nhundred. At\\nBLOOMSBURY\\n(2 hours, 45 min. 8 trains each way daily.)\\nwe cross the Musconetcong, now grown to a stream of con-\\nsiderable dimensions. From the summit of the neighboring", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nmountains may be obtained a splendid view, stretching over\\na great extent of country, and even comprehending the dis-\\ntant city of Easton.\\nThe principal part of Bloomsbury lies on the south side of\\nthe river. It has Presbyterian and Methodist churches, a\\ngood school, a hotel, four stores, and a population of seven\\nhundred. At\\nSPRINGTOWN\\n(2 hours, 50 min. 4 trains each way daily.)\\nour route crosses the Pohatcong Creek. The village which\\nis about a quarter of a mile southwest of the depot, has a\\nchurch, school, hotel, and only about one hundred inhabit-\\nants.\\nAnd now our course turns once more to the northwestward,\\nand presently brings us to\\nGREENWICH,\\n(2 hours, 55 min. 3 trains each way daily.)\\nwhere once more, and for the third time on our journey, we\\ncross the Morris Canal. Yet we have accomplished in three\\nhours the distance which, by its tiresome towpath, requires a\\njourney of at least as many days. The view at this point is\\nextremely picturesque and attractive. The village itself is a\\nsmall one, deriving its name from the township, and contains\\none church and a school.\\nAnd now we near near the Delaware river, and the western\\nborder of the noble little Commonwealth which gives our\\nrailroad its name. On all sides of us as we advance, we dis-\\ncern indications of our approach to another great business\\ncenter, and presently see on our left the smoky chimneys\\nand forges of the Pittsburg of New Jersey.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 65\\nPHILUPSBURG,\\n(3 hours. 8 trains each way daily.)\\nThe visitor, fond of mechanical industries, will find in a\\nstroll through the workshops of Phillipsburg fully as much to\\nadmire as he will in the beautiful scenery that surrounds it.\\nBut a view even more striking and beautiful awaits him\\nwhen he resumes his ride. For, in a moment after leaving\\nthe depot, he finds himself whirling along as it were in mid-\\nair with the Delaware far below him, and side by side with\\nthe immense bridge over which he is passing, is another\\nequally imposing structure. And now, if he look to the\\nsouthward, he sees the river winding and finally losing itself\\nfrom sight amid bold high banks, where the hand of man, as\\nif in defiance of nature s obstacles, has planted countless\\ndwellings and manufactories. To the north, however, he\\nturns to catch the brightest and most inspiring side of the\\npicture. On the right, the upper part of Phillipsburg over-\\nlooks the stream, a densely built locality, teeming with hfe\\nand industry. To the left, the Lehigh s waters commingle\\nwith the Delaware s and, ensconced beneath the hills which\\nform the background of the charming picture, lies the active\\nand prosperous city of\\nEASTON.\\n(3 hours, 3 min. 8 trains each way daily.)\\nTo the north of the city, the eye rests upon the spacious and\\nelegant buildings of Lafayette College, while a glance over\\nthe intervening space reveals a crowded medley of spires, and\\ndomes, and chimneys, extending back from the river as far\\nas the eye can reach. Now, we are over the Delaware, cross\\na bold promontory of sohd rock, through which the skill of", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nthe engineer has hewn for us a cutting fully an hundred feet\\nin width, and but what is this another bridge yes, this\\nis the Lehigh we are crossing now, and the view is totally\\nchanged. Glancing up its current, we see South Easton on\\nthe southern bank, with numberless foundries beyond, the\\nriver itself dotted with canal boats and smaller craft; and to\\nthe right, and ahead and beneath, the city wh ch is our tem-\\nporary destination.\\nNo one who has visited Easton can truthfully deny that it\\nis an unusually neat and pretty city. When we alight and\\nstroll or take the horse car up South Fourth Street, and\\nthence to the circle, the name given to the pubHc square\\nin the heart of the city, we shall not fail to be pleased with\\nthe cleanliness of the streets, the abundance of well grown\\nshade trees, and the substantial character of the private\\ndwellings, principly built of brick or free stone. One sees\\nmuch in their style and finish to remind him of the Quaker\\nCity.\\nThen, in the business portion of the city, one sees in the\\nrows of handsome stores, the banks and the large new Opera\\nHouse, gratifying evidences that the enterprise which brought\\nhither- the early German settlers who founded the city is not\\nlacking in their descendants. Easton is, in short, the seat of\\nwealth, culture and refinement, and the New Yorker strolling\\nthrough its delightful streets, or experiencing its courtly hos-\\npitalities has but one regret, What is it, does the reader\\ninquire Why, that it is not an hour or two nearer the\\nMetropolis, so that he might daily repair from the toil of\\nbusiness to find repose amid its grateful shadows.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 67\\nFROM EASTON TO MAUCH-CHUNK\\nOur line skirts the Lehigh River, passing through one con-\\ntinuous and varied scene of beauty. We pass furnaces and\\nfoundries innumerable, lining the river bank, and possessing\\nin the aggregate an annual capacity of hundreds of thousands\\nof tons. Thus we are v/hirled in turn to Glendon and\\nFreemansburg, and reach our first important stopping place,\\nthe quaint old Moravian mission city of Bethlehem,\\nwhich the latter days of railroad enterprise have transformed\\ninto a thriving and prosperous commercial center. Here the\\ntourist will find many objects to interest him. The immense\\nvv orks of the Bethlehem Iron Company and the Lehigh Zinc\\nCompany the spacious and beautiful buildings of Lehigh\\nUniversity, founded, and thrown open /r f of expense to the\\nyouth of the country by the munificence of Hon. Asa Packer\\nof Mauch-Chunk the view from Nisky Hill, where is situated\\none of the most tastefuly laid out cemeteries in the State\\nall these will in turn attract and interest the visitor at Beth-\\nlehem.\\nAt Bethlehem we intersect the great line of pleasure travel\\nfrom Philadelphia to Saratoga, Sharon Springs, Albany, Lake\\nGeorge and Canada. This route, newly opened, carries the\\ntraveler through the picturesque coal regions of North-eastern\\nPennsylvania, and up the fair valley of the Susquehanna,\\naffording a most convenient and attractive route for tourists\\nand pleasure-seekers during the present season.\\nOnly five miles further on we came to the busy city of", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nAllentown, with its 16000 people, situated in the midst of\\na rich agricultural district, in close proximity to valuable\\nbeds of iron ore, zinc, limestone and cement, and connected\\nby rail with all four points of the compass. Here are manu-\\nfactured iron and steel rails, engines, machinery, carriages,\\nfire-brick, and a host of lesser useful articles. Here, too, are\\ntwo educational institutions, Muhlenberg College and the\\nAllentown Female College. Here are the Fair Grounds,\\nannually visited by forty thousand people here a bridge of\\n19 arches, 1800 feet long and 59 high, spanning Jordan\\nCreek, and here the visitor will find scenery and natural\\ncuriosities well worthy a day s leisure. The view from Big\\nor Bauer s Rock, a thousand feet high, embraces a rich\\nvariety of landscape in the Lehigh and Saucon valleys, and\\nthere are several romantic springs much frequented by sum-\\nmer visitors.\\nCatasauqua, four miles further up the river, is the point\\nwhere anthracite iron was first successfully manufactured in\\nthe Lehigh Valley. Now 25000 car wheels alone are aunu-\\nally made here. Just above the town stands a building\\nnearly two hundred years old, once occupied by George\\nTaylor, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independ-\\nence.\\nAnd now we pass in turn Laubach, Siegfried Bridge,\\nTreichler and Walnut Port, and, in little over an hour after\\nleaving Easton, find ourselves amid the grand scenery of the\\nLehigh Gap, where the river forces its way through the Blue\\nRidge. To many, the beauties of this point would prove a\\nsufficient temptation to alight. But the knowing one will tell\\nyou that there are even grander beauties beyond, so let us\\nride a few miles further. Now, we see busy Parryville with", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 69\\nits three furnaces, and then Weissport and Lehighton situa-\\nted on the opposite side of the river. Here we cross by a sub-\\nstantial bridge from which we gain a novel and striking view\\nboth up and down stream. As we pause for a moment at\\nthe depot, we may be interested in knowing that this locality\\nhas some interesting traditions of its own. It was first settled\\nin 1746 by Moravian Missionaries, eleven of whom in 1755\\nwere murdered by Indians from Canada. Th^mission house\\nwas burned at the same time.\\nIn Weissport is the site of a log hut built by Benjamin\\nFranklin when he was in charge of the then northwestern\\nfrontier.\\nBeyond Lehighton we have the river on our right, and the\\nhills gradually closing in more closely about us. What a pig-\\nmy our train seems to be, winding its way through the verdure\\nclad battlements towering above it. Here v/e see Packerton\\nwith its park of seventy-five acres stocked with antelope,\\ndeer, elk and trout, and presently a sudden turn in the\\nvalley brings us suddenly in view of our destination\\nMAUCH CHUNK,\\nnestling lovingly in the embrace of the giant mountains\\nabout it.\\nAlighting for the first time in this picturesque spot, where\\nthe enterprise of man has engirdled with railroads and canals,\\nthe wildest mountain solitude, and has brought within a half\\ndays pleasure ride of the Metropolis, regions once deemed all\\nbut inaccessible, one knows not whether first to bow in awe\\nat Nature s majesty, or exclaim with delight at the triumph\\nwhich engineering skill has achieved in bringing it so readily", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nwi- hin our grasp. For see this narrow gorge through which\\nthe Lehigh through ages of soHtude plashed its way seaward,\\nnow furnishes an avenue for two railroads, a canal, and, at\\nthis point, for a village street, all crowded into this narrow\\nspace and monopolizing every inch of room they can__ever\\npossibly expect to occupy,\\nLook out of the window before we alight. That cone-like\\nmountain opppsite is Bear Mountain^ or in Indian language\\nMauch Chunk. Under its shadow is the brick depot of\\nthe Lehigh Valley Railroad, and from its platform a bridge\\nspans the river just before us. Then, looking this side of\\nthe depot, we see that it stands upon a walled embankment,\\nbelow which winds the Lehigh Canal then comes another\\nwalled embankment, and below it, upon the third, or lowest\\nlevel, the river flows over its rocky bed. On this side, our\\nrailroad runs on the level of the street, while facing us, and,\\nbuilt almost into the mountain side, stands that famous hotel\\nthe Mansion House.\\nFortunately it is our destination, and the cars have brought\\nus from Jersey City to its front door. These wide verandahs\\nwith their cozy arm chairs, and their view of everybody and\\neverything, were sufficient to tempt one twice the distance.\\nSo, without unnecessary delay, we hasten to our rooms, re-\\npair our toilets, take a royal dinner, light a cigar, and prepare\\nto do Mauch Chunk.\\nNow, first make up your mind to do it coolly. Don t rush\\nabout in a hurry, and fancy you are leaving something un-\\nseen. In that way you will enjoy nothing. A day v, ill\\nsuffice to see the whole place comfortably, provided you go\\nabout it systematically.\\nFirst, we will sit down here on the hotel piazza, and take", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n71\\nMAUCH CHUNK FROM THE SOUTH.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nour bearings. This gigantic mountain south of us, which^\\nturning abruptly to the eastward, seems at first glance to\\noffer an impenetrable barrier to the river s progress, is known\\nas the Flagstaff, and along its rugged slope can be discerned\\na carriage road which, engineering skill has constructed as\\nanother means of communication with Lehighton and Pack-\\nerton. A rustic foot path, within a few steps of where we\\nsit, points the way up this steep mountain side to a famous\\nledge, entitled Prospect Rock, commanding a glorious\\nview of the valley below. An ascent to this point will well\\nrepay us, ere we start on our trip toward Upper Mauch\\nChunk.\\nBut first, what say you to a run up to the Glen It is\\nonly two miles away, and here comes a train that will take\\nus up there in^ a fev/ minutes. So jump aboard. We whiz\\naway up the river bank, the thickly built street on our left,\\nthe river on our right; presently the houses end, and an em-\\nbankment takes their place in our vision. Then we pass the\\ncoal shutes, rattle along under the base of Mount Pisgah^\\ncross the river to East Mauch Chunk, shoot through a tunnel\\nand over a bridge, and here we are at the pretty depot guard-\\ning the entrance to\\nScale of distances of stations on the Central Rail Road of New Jersey,\\nabove mean low tide water.\\nPier 1 4 North River 10.5\\nElizabeth 313\\nRoselle 79\\nCranford 74-6\\nWestfield 13\u00c2\u00b0- 3\\nFanwood new. 158. i\\nPlainfield 107.9\\nEvona 780\\nDunellen 56. i\\nBound Brook 31 -4\\nFinderne 81.5\\nSomerville 61.9\\nRaritan 72-8\\nNorth Branch 87.1\\nWhite House 178. r\\nLebanon 296.0\\nAnnandale 346- r\\nHigh Bridge 33 2.\\nGlen Gardner 450 7\\nJunction 508.5\\nAsbury 439 2\\nBloomsbury 336 2\\nSpringtown 303-7\\nGree iwich 262.3\\nPhillipsburg 222.2", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 73\\nGLEN ONOKO.\\nIt is a wild and tangled spot this to which our quest for the\\nromantic has brought us. We are completely shut in by the\\nmountains for on either side the valley makes an abrupt turn,\\nleaving us as it were enclosed in a deep basin. And before\\nus is a gorge, or glen, from which a noisy waterfall comes\\nbabbling, foaming, plashing out to swell the Lehigh. That\\nis Glen Onoko.\\nA few steps along a shaded pathway bring us to its portals,\\nbut not until we have had opportunity to slake our thirst at\\na wayside spring where the cool water spurts up in a stream of\\nan inch in diameter, and to a height of at least two inches\\nabove the ground. To our left is Sentinel Rock, and a\\nshort distance beyond. Hidden Sweet Cascade.\\nNow we commence the ascent, shaded all the way. We\\npass, in turn, Entrance and Crystal Cascades, and, looking up,\\nsee above us a rustic bridge spanning the mountain stream.\\nUpon this our path soon brings us, and we find ourselves\\nface to face with Moss Cascade. At its base is a limpid pool\\nknown as the Lovers Bath, while overlooking it are two\\nimmense boulders to which has been given the name of the\\nPulpit Rocks.* Now onward and upward we go again. The\\nroad is steep and trying, but there are new charms at every\\nturn to repay us for our trouble. Here we cross another\\nbridge and view the Spectre Cascade, deriving its wierd name\\nfrom a resemblance, real or fancied, to the figure of a woman\\nin white. Now we are in the Heart of the Glen, and, looking\\nfar up the vista, catch a sublime view of Chameleon Falls,\\nThe author acknowledges his indebtedness to the columns of that complete\\nand attractive publication the Monthly Souvenir, (J. Lynn, Publisher), for much\\nof his information relative to this .ocality.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nand the Falls of Onoko, the former over forty, and the latter\\nnearly ninety feet in height.\\nAh here is a stairway ingeniously hewed on the trunk of\\nan immense hemlock. Then beyond we reach Sunrise Point,\\nand, for the first time, gain a commanding view, as well as\\nan idea of the altitude which we have reached. Looking\\ndown from this eyrie we recall the lines from the Lady of\\nthe Lake.\\nFrom the steep promontory gazed\\nThe Stranger, raptured and amazed.\\nAnd What a scene were here, he cried,\\nFor princely pomp, or churchman s pr:de\\nOn this bold brow a lordl} tower\\nIn that soft vale, a ladle s bower\\nOn yonder meadow far away.\\nThe turrets of a cloister gray.\\nAfter a feast of scenery which will have surprised and\\ndelighted even the most stoHd, we resume our upward jour-\\nney, pass Terrace Cascade, and reach Cave Fall, so called\\nfrom its proximity to a rocky recess, which the Indians are\\nsaid to have frequently sought as a place of concealment.\\nThen our path leads us by a lumbermen s cabin to the Sum-\\nmit and to Packer s Point, where amid an extended view of\\nthe surrounding country, we have reached the climax of\\nGlen Onoko s beauties.\\nYet, so admirable are the arrangements for travel to and\\nfrom the Glen, that in two hours after starting thither we are\\nback again at the Mansion House, more than pleased with\\nthe charming scenes which we have visited.\\nBut Mauch Chunk s grandest attraction yet awaits us\\nLet us now start out on", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 7 5\\nA RIDE OVER THE SWITCH-BACK.\\nBut what is the Switch-back, and whence its singular nanie\\nBriefly this. In 1796 one Philip Ginter, a pioneer in this\\nregion, accidently discovered the existence of immense beds\\nof anthracite coal in the adjacent mountains. In 181 8 the\\nLehigh Coal and Navigation Company was organized to\\n-develop these rescources. Their first problem was to solve\\nthe difficult question of transportation for coal from the\\nmines to the river. There were the mines, inexhaustible in\\nwealth, but buried in the heart of the mountain there were\\nthe river and canal flowing at the mountain s base, nine\\nmiles distant, avenues of connection with all the populous\\nworld without. The problem was to connect the tvvo, so\\nscience and enterprise joined hands to solve it. First the\\ncoal was carted by mule teams but this tedious and expen-\\nsive method was obviated in 1827 by the construction ot\\nwhat was called the Switch-back or Gravity railroad, running\\non a descending grade from Summit Hill to the river. Cars\\ndescended on this by their own gravity, carrying wnth them\\nthe mules which were to drag them back.\\nIn 1844 the mule system was entirely abandoned by the\\nerection of incUned planes on Mount Pisgah and r\\\\]ount\\nJefferson, up which the cars are drawn by steam to the re-\\nquired elevation. And since that time the ride over these\\nplanes, and back over the Gravity road has been annually\\nmore popular among tourists, until now it has become an in-\\nseparable feature of a visit to Mauch Chunk.\\nIs it safe, do you ask The best evidence of its safety is\\nthe fact that in all the years that this enterprise has been\\nin operation, not a single passenger has met with an accident\\ngoing up this mountain. But come, let us see for ourselves-", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nHere is a carriage awaiting us, though we can walk to the\\nplane in ten minutes, if we prefer. But there are some\\nchoice views by the carriage road, and we can take the foot\\npath on our return. So we drive up Susquehanna Street,\\nturn off to the left up Broadway, a closely built business\\nstreet, crowded in curiously between the hills^ and presently\\ncommence ascending the mountain slope. Ah, now the\\npicture commences. Look down into the gorge behind us,\\nand what a magical surprise awaits us. Here is the entire\\ntown below us, the river flowing before it, the engines whiz-\\nzing by on either side, while standing out, prominent above\\nall, is the symmetrical outline of St. Mark s F piscopal church,\\na feature indelibly impressed upon the memory of every one\\nwho has seen Mauch Chunk. And at every step that we\\nadvance the view seems to present some new and more\\nbeautiful aspect. Now we are at Upper Mauch Chunk.\\nAh i what is that a railroad track and see, there comes a\\ncar whizzing along with nobody in it. That is an excursion\\ncar returning by itself from Summit Hill to the foot of the\\nplane. Just here we turn off at a zig-zag to the right, driv6\\nalong the summit of the hill, pass the old cemetery, situated\\non a shaded bluff overlooking town, valley and river, and\\npresently behold us at the foot of Mount Pisgah.\\nThe view even here is fine enough to satisfy any reason-\\nable sight-seer. But above us, rising at the rate of about one\\nfoot in three, is the plane, double tracked, and 2322 feet\\nlong, and when we shall have reached its summit we shall be\\n864 feet higher than we now are. So we v/ill take our seats\\nin the car, and start on our upward journey. The safety car\\ntakes its place behind us, the great heavy iron bands which\\nextend from end to end of the plane, and form the medium", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n77\\nMT. PISGAH AND PLANE.\\nof our motive power, commence to move, and off we go, up,\\nup, np. What a novel sensation it is how ste^p the descent\\nlooks behind us how far off the summit seems to be. This\\nmust be much the experience of a balloonist, when he first casts\\nloose from his anchorage. Now we look over the tree tops,\\nand every second the vista widens and widens below us.\\nWhat were mountains a moment ago have dwindled now", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "7 8 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\ninto mounds, or seem level with the landscape around then^\\nNow, we pass the downward bound car which meets us mid-\\nway. Now, we really begin to realize our immense elevation.\\nThe foot of the plane looks far, oh how far, below us. And,\\nas we wonder and gaze in admiration, we are carried into-\\nthe engine house at the summit, and the ascent of Mount\\nPisgah is achieved. We are now 1500 feet above tidewater.\\nBefore us is a trestle bridge spanning a wild ravine, and\\npassmg over this we alight for a few moments and follow a.\\nwinding pathway leading to a still higher point, the Pavilion.\\nHere, from the summit of an observatory, which might well\\nbe named Tip Top, we gain a view as lovely as mortal eye\\never gazed on, a view which justifies the assertion that we\\nhave found the Switzerland of America. Away to the\\nsoutheast is Lehigh Gap, and peeping through it, sixty-five-\\nmiles distant, the rounded blue of Schooley s Mountain.\\nFarther north is Wind Gap, and then following the hoiizon\\naround we see a mingled panorama of blue hills and green\\nforests bewildering in its extent and grandeur. No pen can\\ndo justice to this scene no canvas can truly portray it. Ta\\nsee it is alone to appreciate it.\\nSo wondrous wild the whole might seem.\\nThe scenery of a fair}- dream.\\nResuming our seats, our car by the force of gravity shoots us\\nalong the mountain side a distance of six miles, (a descent\\nof 302 feet)-, to the base of Mount Jefferson, where a second\\nplane 2070 feet long and 462 high, awaits our ascent.\\nAgain we enjoy the novelty of an aerial ride, and again we\\nlook down upon the landscape dwindHng beneath us. Now\\nwe take another mile of gravity riding, (descending 45 feet)^\\nand but what is this a village Yes, Summit Hill, a", "height": "3122", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 7^\\nmining town of about 2000 people, built here on the mount-\\nain top, 975 feet above the Lehigh. A curious place it is,^,\\nwith rambling streets full of old buildings, among which we\\nsee a stone arsenal with loopholes for riflemen, and castel-\\nlated towers. Here are stored the arms for a company of\\nstate miUtia, stationed here to suppress disorders. Yonder\\nis the original switch-back railroad, from which the present\\none derived its name, and by which coal is brought up from\\nthe mines in Panther Creek Valley beyond. And here, too,\\nis the burning mine, which caught fire thirty-one years ago\\nand has been ever since burning in its subterranean depths\\nwith a fiery heat, searing and blighting whole acres of ground\\non the surface above it.\\nBut, the crowning delight of our ride awaits us. The re-\\nturn over the nine miles of descending grade to our starting,\\npoint at Mount Pisgah s base. It only wants half an hour\\nof supper time. Yet we can accomplish the distance in that\\ntime. Seated in the car, it is given a gentle push and off we-\\ngo, down through long stretches of shaded roadway, down\\naround wondrous curves, down along the edge of giddy pre-\\ncipices over which we look down upon tree tops far below j,\\ndown under the shadows of great crags and walls of rock\\ncovered with luxuriant ivy, and still down, down, down, at\\na dizzy speed, and as if on the wings of the wind. Oh, this,\\nis exhilarating; the cool mountain air fans our brows, the\\nsweet fragrance of the woods and wild flowers greets us;,\\nthe entrancing scenery far below seems to shoot up to meet\\nus as we momentarily near it On we go with the speed of\\na race horse nothing now dares obstruct our course. Ah,\\nthere is Mauch Chunk again, like a toy village in the distance\\nbelow. With what wondrous rapidity we approach it. Faster", "height": "3195", "width": "2245", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "8o\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nMaueh Chunk, Pa.\\nIn a cool and pleasant location, within sight of all the depots.\\nm\\nPUREST WATER IN THE WORLD.\\nBALCONY SERENADES DAILY\\nEle\u00c2\u00abf^nt R^ooms for l^amilies.\\nE. T. BOOTH, Proprietor\\nand faster still we rush on. Yes! there is the carriage road,\\nthere the old cemetery, and, before we know it, our invisible\\nsteed has come to a halt at the base of the plane whence we\\nstarted.\\nThere, reader, ends the ride over the Switch-back Railroad.\\nOnce having enjoyed it, you will never forget it. It may be\\nsafely said that there is no jaunt in all America, or perhaps\\nin the world, that equals it in grandeur and exhilarating effect.\\nSo, retracing our steps by the foot path to the village, and\\nthe Mansion House, in the cool of this summer evening, we\\nrecall with joyous wonder the scarcely yet realized beauties\\nof the ride, and thank the kindly fortune which prompted us\\nto visit, sometime in our lives, Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko\\nand the Switch back Railroad.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 8 1\\nNor need our journey end here; for following our\\nline still further northward, and skirting the Lehigh s waters\\ntoward their course, we may, after bidding adieu to Mauch\\nChunk and its pleasant memories, reacli in turn White\\nHaven and the bold declivities beyond it, Wilkesbarre and\\nthe lovely Wyoming Valley, prosperous Scranton in the heart\\nof the Pittston coal region, and thence continue on to\\nNiagara Falls, Saratoga, Watkins Glen, Sharon Springs,\\nAlbany, Lakes George and Champlain, and the Canadas.\\nWhat more fascinating or delightful summer excursion could\\neven the most blase tourist desire\\nNEWARK AND NEW YORK RAILROAD.\\n(See page 7.)\\nAfter leaving Communipaw, we whiz across a strip of\\nmeadow, and stop for a moment at the signal station at\\nLAFAYETTE,\\n(15 min. II trains each way daily.)\\nthe name originally pertaining to this whole section, which\\nis now a portion of Jersey City. Just beyond the depot we\\nfind ourselves running along a high embankment, and pres-\\nently cross in turn the Morris Canal and the Bergen Plank\\nRoad, each of them spanned by substantial bridges of iron.\\nBut suddenly the land rises on either side of us, and almost\\nere we know it we are in the Bergen Hill Cut, and look\\ndown from the car windows on our left upon a cut fully as\\ndeep again, an immense excavation in solid rock, destmed\\non its completion to afford our line a much easier grade of\\nroadway to the meadows beyond the hill Now, as the\\nwhistle blows, we come to a stop at", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nBERGEN AVENUE,\\n(17 min. 27 trains each way daily.)\\na magnificent highway, extending to the heart of the city,\\nand forming the main avenue of communication in this\\nsection of it. The short time required to reach this station\\nfrom the city, its frequent trains, and the number of unusually\\nattractive building sites within its immediate vicinity, render\\nit noticeable as the most important point we have yet reached\\non the Hne. (See advertisement of Woodward Sherwood,\\npage 7). At\\nWEST BERGEN\\n(19 min. 17 trains each way daily.)\\nwe find ourselves on the shore of the Hackensack River,\\nhere grown to a considerable width and depth. Now we\\ncross the Morris Canal again, shoot out upon the long trestle\\nbridge, and, in a moment or two have passed over it, over\\nthe neck of green meadow land, dividing the Hackensack and\\nPassaic, over the Passaic itself, and are whizzing on to\\nBrill s Junction, where the Newark and Elizabeth Branch\\ncomes in. Now we are already in Newark, and our first\\nstation within its Hmits is at\\nEAST FERRY STREET,\\n(29 min. 21 trains each way daily.)\\nwhere already numerous indications of city conveniences\\nappear, in the way of gas lamps, curbed streets, sidewalks,\\nhydrants, and substantial brick rows. Here our track is\\nabove the level of the city, necessitating a bridge at every\\nfew hundred feet. It is a pecuHar advantage that this line\\nhas in passing through the entire city above the level of its\\nstreets^ thereby obviating the delays and collisions incident", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 83\\nto Other lines on the level. In so constructing it the Com-\\npany have simply anticipated what must in a few years be-\\ncome a general system of railroad transit through cities. We\\ncome next to\\nFERRY STREET,\\n(31 min. 27 trains each way daily.)\\nwhere we are in a thickly settled portion of Newark, and\\nwhere our attention is especially attracted by the elegant and\\nspacious brick depot, erected for the accommodation of resi-\\ndents in this section of the city. The gas works may also be\\nseen to the right of the railroad at this point.\\nWe now find ourselves carried along over the level of the\\nhousetops, and can, if curious, look down into many a second\\nstory window, or back dooryard. Now we find ourselves in\\na moment or two at the\\nBROAD STREET DEPOT.\\n(35 min. 27 trains each way daily.)\\nConveniently located in the heart of the business portion of\\nNewark, and with horse-cars in waiting to convey us to any\\npart of the city.\\nSOUTH BRANCH RAILROAD.\\n(See page 52.)\\nUpon leaving Somerville, we first cross the Raritan, and\\npassing through a fine, open farming country, come to\\nRICEFIELD.\\n(i hour, 55 min. 4 trains each way daily.)\\nA small village, once known as Royce Field, lying southeast\\nof the road. One gains here a fine view of the Pickles Mount-\\nain, on the northwest. Two and a half miles beyond is", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a74 HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nFLAGTOWN.\\n(2 hours and 2 minutes. 4 trains each way dail}^)\\nA depot where passengers alight for the village of the same\\nname, about half a mile to the south.\\nNESHANIC.\\n(2 hours, 10 min. 4 trains each way daily.)\\nSituated on the south branch of the Raritan, is, next to\\nFlemington, the most important point on this branch.\\nNinety-three thousand, baskets of peaches were shipped\\nfrom here during the last season. About the depot may be\\nseen many tasteful dwellings, while the village proper, at the\\ncross-roads, half a mile south, is quite a center of population.\\nFollowing the line of the south branch, we come next to\\nTHREE BRIDGES,\\n(2 hours, 20 min. 4 trains each way daily.)\\na village boasting a Church and a Post Office, but chiefly\\nimportant as an outlet for the farming country about it.\\nBeyond the village we again cross the south branch, enter\\nHunterdon County, and suddenly catch a glorious view of a\\nwide-spread, fertile valley, in the midst of which is seen the\\nrespectable county town of\\nFLEMINGTON.\\n(2 hours, 30 min. 4 trams each wayfdaily.)\\nOf this place we may to-day with correctness repeat the\\ndescription by a writer of upwards of thirty years ago, who\\nrefers to it as principally located on a single street, on\\nwhich are many handsome dweUings and the general ap-\\npearance of the place is thriving and cheerful. It being\\nthe Hunterdon County Seat, we find here a stone Court", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 85\\nHouse, and County Offices. There are three or four\\nchurches, good schools, some fine stores, and an estimated\\npopulation of from three to four thousand. Gas lamps and\\nhydrants give a sort of metropoHtan air to the streets, and\\ntwo steamers are provided for the extinction of fires.\\nNEWARK AND ELIZABETH BEANCH.\\nThis branch, which passes across the Newark meadows,\\nand is regularly run as a local line between the cities of New-\\nark and Elizabeth, furnishes to the people of the former city\\na close connection from and to nearly all the trains on the\\nmain fine, and, judging from the amount of travel passing\\nover it, is a great public convenience.\\nBRANCH TO\\nFTH AMBOY, S. AMBOY LONG BRANCH.\\nThe manifest need of an all rail connection betvy;e,ei-\\ndetermined the Company in the construction of a branch\\nline to the latter, and the work now nears completion.\\nThe line diverges at Elizabethport runs thence to Wood-\\nbridge and Perth Amboy; crosses the Raritan to South\\nAmboy by a substantial and handsome bridge of 3,\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0\\nfeet and thence runs through Red Bank to Long Branch.\\nIt is expected to open the road to Long Branch next season\\nand to Perth Amboy this summer. Already the ^^^f\\ndirect communication by rail with New York, and by bridge\\nwith its sister town South Amboy, are visible at Perth Amboy\\nin the enhanced value of property, and the constant acces-\\nsions to its population.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "86\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nm w Tmm qf ^QEmm^ qpi^iq^b\\nFOR THE\\nBRADBURY PIANO\\nITS ADAPTATION TO THE HUMAN VOICE as an accompani-\\nment, owing to its peculiar sympathetic, mellow, yet rich singing quali\\nties and powerful tone.\\nt^ From present acquaintance with this firih we can indorse them as\\nworthy of the fullest confidence of the Christian public. We are using\\nthe Bradbury Pianos in our families, and they give entire satisfaction.\\nPersons at a distance need feel no hesitation in sending for their illus-\\ntrated price-list, and ordering from it, or to order second-hand Pianos.\\nThey are reliable.\\nMrs. IT. S. Grant, Wash., D. C.\\nChief-Justice Chase, Wash, D, C.\\nVice-Admiral D. B. Porter, Wash.\\nD. C.\\nHon. Columbus Delano, Wash.,D.C.\\nP. M. General Cresweil, Wash., D.C.\\nRobert Bonner, N. Y.\\n(Irand Ccntrai Hotel, N. Y.\\nSt. Nicholas Hotel, N. Y.\\nMetropolitan Hotel, N. Y.\\nHon. J. Simpson, M. P.\\nBishop M. Simpson, Phila\\nBi^shou E. S. Janes, N. Y.\\nWm MorelyPunshon\\nT S Arthur, Phila\\nDr. John Chambers, Phila\\nRev S. W. Thomas, N Y\\nRev. I. W. Wiley, Chica.\u00e2\u0080\u009e.^^^ ^^^^^y\\nrenT a ppIied?r;:;, ch:S! ZZ^ t P^\\nOld pianos take^Tn exc anr /v, -i\\nORGANS AND MELODEONS\\nSeTd fofltfttd p ^ctus? P discount.\\nAttorney-Gen. Williams\\nRev J M. Walden, Chicago.\\nRev R M Hatfield, Cin\\nRev L B Bugbie, Cin.\\nDr. J. M. Reid, N Y.\\nDr. C. N. Sims, Bait.. Md\\nDr. H. B. Ridgavvay, N. Y.\\nPhilip Phillips, N. Y.\\nRev. Alfred Cookman, N. Y.\\nRev. John Cookman, N. Y.\\nW. G. Plscher, Phila Pa.\\nChaplain M Cabe.\\nRev. A. J. Kynett, D. D.\\nRev. Daniel Curry, D. D.\\nTheodore Tilton^ N. Y\\nDr Daniel Wise, N. y\\nRev. W. H.Ferris, N. Y.\\nRev. Dr. Fields, N. Y\\nF.\\nH]\\\\XrTH oo.\\nLate Supt. for and successor to WM. B. BRADBURY\\n4^^ Bioonio Strc3et, ]Xew Yoik.\\nFREEBORN G. SMITH.\\nH. T. M COUN.", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "HOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\n87\\nTHrS COMPANY IS PREPARED TO FURNISH\\nP^l\\n(See page 45)\\nCUTS OF BUILDINGS, Etc.\\n(See page 60)\\nBILL OH LETTER HEADS,\\n(See above)\\nBelief Plates for JNewspaper, liOOK ana uaiaiogue iimstraiiuus,\\nAND\\nENGRAVING WORK IN GENERAL,\\nat prices which average about\\nONE-HALF or HATES CHAH ED TOR WOOD CUTS.\\nrhXeslrrdefper thari ^tSose orhand-^cut enfravings. We guarantee all our\\nthe lines are cieeper iii tn either wet or dry paper, and on\\nP^ Wind Sf S ess wher? type or wooS 4ts can be printed, the attencion of\\nmYnufactureKprl^osfnl t^Lue Illustrated Catalogues is particularly invited.\\nL. SMITH HOBART, Pres t. J. C. MOSS, Siip t.\\nD. I. CARSON, Geii l Agent.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "88\\nHOMES ON THE CENTRAL.\\nNew\\nFainilf\\nDURING 1872\\nTie Singer Maiinfaclnring Comiiauy soli 219,158 MacMues,\\nWheeler Wilson Manufacturing Company\\nHowe Machine Company (estimated)\\nGrover Baker Sewing Machine Company\\nDomestic Sewing Machine Company\\nWeed Sewing Machine Company\\nWilcox Gibbs Sewing Machine Company\\nWilson Sewing Machine Company\\nAmer. B. H. O. Sewing Machine Company\\nGold Medal Sewing Machine Company\\nFlorence Sewing Machine Company\\nB. P. Howe Sewing Machine Company\\nVictor Sewing Machine Company\\nDavis Sewing Machine Company\\nBlees Sewing Machine Company\\nRemington Empire Sewing Machine Company\\nBartlett Reversible Sewing MacWhe Company\\nBartram Fanton Manufacturing Company\\nbecor Sewmg Machine Company\\nNew Jersey Agency for The Singer Sewing Machines,\\nNo, 766 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.\\nO. T. HOri^ER CO., J^eT^Z^trect, JElizaheth.\\nP OPE Bit OS. Front Street-JPlain field.\\nWM. a SHAFER, Main St.-Somerville\\nA. CARTER, Phillij^sburff, ojyjyosite D. R. R. R. station.\\ntT. S. J. N. CI. ARK, Eebanon.\\nWM. a. FVLPER, Main 8t.^FIemington\\n174,088\\na\\n145,000\\nit,\\n52,010\\nil\\n49,554\\nn\\n42,444\\na\\n33,639\\nn\\n22,066\\nn\\n18,930\\na\\n18,897\\nii\\n15,793\\na\\n14,907\\nu\\n11,901\\n(I\\n11,376\\n6,053\\nu\\n4,982\\nli\\n4,262\\na\\n,v/l^\u00c2\u00bb,^\\nL i.\\n1,000\\nl\\n1,000\\nii\\n311\\nii\\nffl\\nSCHENK\\n3i^77..251\\nT,\u00c2\u00abt-38", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "1^\\nuP\\n31\\nTH\\nEXCELS ALL OTHERS IN\\nTONE AND DURABILITY\\nThe Arion Piano-Forte contaics in its construction four valuable\\npatented improvements that make it more durable than any other piano.\\nThe sales of these pianos have increased over six hundred per cent, m\\nthe past three years. The Arion Pimos are used exclusively by the N.\\nY. Conservatory of Music because of their unequalled Tone and great\\nDurability. Great inducements to cash purchasers. Write for illus-\\ntrated CIRCULAR, and mention where you ^aw this notice. Address,\\nARION PIANO-FORTE CO.\\niVo. East 14tU Str-eet,\\nNEW YORK.\\nNo. 1308 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.\\nNo. 211 State St, Chicago.\\nNo. 214 North 5th St., St. Louis.\\nNo. 20 O Farrell St., San Francisco.\\nPianos sold on easy Monthly Payments and\\nold pianos taken as part pay.", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "CENTRAL NEW JERSEY\\nLand JMPf^ovEMENT Co.\\nHAVE FOR SALE\\nhiWim, Ltts ui Villa, Site:\\nLAND BY THE ACRE\\nSUITABLE FCR\\nManufacturing Purposes\\nAT\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI\\nApply to\\nOr\\nA. D. HOPE.\\nEI.STON MARSH,\\nM9 Liberty Street, New York.", "height": "3162", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3195", "width": "2184", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3117", "width": "2291", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "o\\n.0\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^0\\n1?\\nOK\\n^^R^\\n1 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ft* n\\n6^\\nO H\\n0^ t^^\\no\\n^^0^\\n^oV\\no-o^ ^0\\n1\\n^0\\n1-^^", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS", "height": "3195", "width": "2275", "jp2-path": "homesoncentralra00catl_0102.jp2"}}