{"1": {"fulltext": "The\\nOther\\nAlternative", "height": "3026", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Gass f A\\nBook S C: K C?", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ECON r;of\u00c2\u00bbY,\\nJU12818W\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^A", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "COPYRIGHTED, 1 899 BY W. J. ROBINSON\\ntwo eopips RijceiveB,\\nJUL 13 1899\\n38795", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "A NEW VIEW\\nTHE congested conditions in New York City to-day, due\\nlargely to the circumscribed limits of the city proper\\nthe large increase in residential population, and the\\ninroads of business on residential property, has resulted in an\\nexodus of the better middle classes out of New York City into\\nthe suburbs within easy reach of the business centers. This\\nexodus has been going on for years, and one by one the healthy,\\ndelightful suburbs, with adequate transportation facilities, have\\nbeen rapidly filled to overflowing, and property has increased in\\nvalue to such an extent that the possibilities of securing a home\\nin any of these well-known suburbs is far beyond the reach of\\nthe average business man. There can be no limit placed on the\\nprobable increase in population in New York, but the limit has\\nalmost been reached in the available suburbs within the hour s\\nride of New York s busiest centers.\\nCertain natural laws control real estate investment, which\\nare as fundamental as the law of gravity. These laws discerned\\nand brought into operation, make real estate investment abso-\\nlutely secure.\\nLaw I. There can be no possible increase in the value of\\nresidence or business property anywhere, without proportionate\\nincrease in population. The limit of increase governed by the\\ndesirable or objectionable character of the population or business.\\nLaw 2. There can be no increase in population in any\\nproperty, near any large city, where desirable residential location\\nis the main incentive, unless there are proper transportation\\nfacilities, equal or superior to the transportation, in point of com-\\nfort and time, to those offered by the city itself within its best\\nresidential sections.\\n3", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Law 3. The magnetism of a crowd is exceptionally potential.\\nWherever transportation lines are, there the crowd will follow.\\nWherever the crowd is, the transportation lines will follow. Ever}\\nwhere, under all circumstances, a crowd draws a crowd.\\nMiddlebrook Heights, at Bound Brook, (a remarkable illus-\\ntration of the operation of these laws) owned by men of wealth\\nand position, has been held for years looking toward the present\\nunprecedented demand for high-class property. All the improve-\\nments have been pushed rapidly, and plans are now being drawn\\nfor a large number of high-class homes.\\nThe lots average 100 feet front by 162 feet deep. Only\\none house can be built to a lot.\\nNo house costing less than $5,000 can be built on any of\\nthe main drives, and only the best class of residents are sought\\nfor or desired.\\nThe Club feature enhances its social advantages. The golf,\\nand tennis clubs, together with other recreative features, give to\\nthe family, accustomed to city residence, a taste of life and vigor\\nhealthful and new. Boating on the Raritan, fishing in the streams\\nand river, are among the possibilities of life, within 47 minutes\\nride of New York Cit undreamt of heretofore. The universal\\nverdict of some of the most conservative business men and\\nbankers, who know the property and the high ideals of the men\\nwho are interested, is that within ten years the Middlebrook\\nCountry Club property will be the most valuable high class resi-\\ndence property anywhere within the hour limit of New York City.\\nBOUND BROOK\\nBOUND BROOK is located on the Raritan river, less than\\none hour from New York, situated on a rolling plain,\\nwith a gravel soil substratum, ensuring healthful condi-\\ntions. The ground rises toward the north to the Watchung\\nmountain range, attaining an altitude of 500 feet.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "The town, with a population of about 4,200, is under a bor-\\nough government. There is a good water supply provided by a\\nprivate company that will extend its service in any direction.\\nThe borough owns a complete sewerage system. The tax rate\\nfor the borough is $1.75 for each $100 assessed value, and for\\nthe township of Bridgewater in which the borough lies, $1.40 per\\n$100. Churches of all denominations, electric-lighted macadam\\nstreets, paved sidewalks and public schools make up the usual\\nadvanced suburban town. The cost of living is notably lower\\nthan in other suburbs adjacent to New York.\\nBound Brook is reached by the Central R. R. of N. J., foot\\nof Liberty street, New York and the Lehigh Valley R. R., foot\\nof Cortlandt street, or Desbrosses street, New York, by 43 trains\\neach way, daily, and 2 1 trains on Sunday. The Royal Blue Line\\nof the Baltimore Ohio R. R. and the Philadelphia trains of\\nthe Philadelphia Reading R. R. make their first stop from New\\nYork at Bound Brook. The running time varies from 47 to 55\\nminutes on express trains. Single fare, 80 cents excursion,\\n$1.30; fifty trips, $24.25; monthly commutation, $7.92 distance,\\n31 miles.\\nBOUND BROOK AS A\\nHEALTH RESORT\\nWE learn this from figures furnished by the New Jersey\\nState Bureau of Vital Statistics. Its death-rate is the\\nlowest, with one exception, in the entire state Bound\\nBrook being only second to Long Branch in that respect.\\nWe give below the per cent, of mortality at the healthiest\\npoints in the state\\nBurlington 25 deaths per 1000 inhabitants.\\nJersey City 25 1000\\nHoboken, 24 1000\\n5", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "Camden, 23 deaths\\nNewark 22\\nBayonne, 20\\nPaterson, 20\\nPassaic 20\\nMorristown, 19\\nElizabeth 19\\nOrange, 19\\nNew Brunswick 18\\nPerth Amboy 18\\nPlainfield, 17\\nBridgeton, 16\\nBound Brook, 13\\nper 1000 inhabitants.\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\nSOMERSET COUNTY IS EX-\\nCEPTIONALLY HEALTHFUL\\nT\\nHE following figures are furnished by the New Jersey\\nState Board of Vital Statistics\\nMortality Table showing Mortality Kate.\\nHudson County 24.47 P^ 1000 inhabitants.\\nEssex\\nPassaic\\nMercer\\nMiddlesex\\nSomerset\\n21.40\\n19-40\\n16.52\\n16.48\\n(Middlebrook Heights), 14.60\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\n1000\\nw\\nA\\nT\\nE\\nR\\nMIDDLEBROOK HEIGHTS is supplied with artesian\\nwater from deep wells driven at the base of the moun-\\ntain, and pumped by powerful engines to a massive\\nstand-pipe erected on the highest point of the mountain range,\\nand standing over 500 feet above sea level.\\n6", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The town of Bound Brook is now being supplied with water\\nfrom this source, which experts pronounce the finest and purest\\nin the state.\\nTROLLEY\\nTHE proposed Chimney Rock Trolley, connecting the New\\nJersey Central R. R. at Bound Brook station with this\\nfamous picnic resort, will traverse the entire length of\\nMiddlebrook Heights, and this will at once solve the question\\nof easy access to the depot for those wishing to go back and\\nforth to the city, daily.\\nThe lower end of this property is but six minutes walk\\nfrom the depots, while the most distant point is but little more\\nthan a mile.\\nArrangements are just being completed for the purchase of\\nseveral automobiles, or horseless carriages, which will meet all\\ntrains and run between the stations and the Club House.\\nB A N K I N\\nTHE Knickerbocker Mortgage Company has perfected\\narrangements by which satisfactory parties desiring to\\nbuild residences at Middlebrook, may borrow the money\\nfor that purpose, repaying the same in fixed monthly installments\\nin a definite term of years and at a rate not exceeding six per\\ncent, per annum for deferred payments. Or will build to order\\non any approved plan a handsome home at lowest contract\\nrates, taking entire supervision of construction and allowing the\\ncustomer to pay for it on the basis of a fair rental. Thus rent\\nmoney becomes purchase money.", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "POINTS TO REMEMBER\\nMIDDLEBROOK HEIGHTS is a mountain point at\\nBound Brook.\\nIt is less than one hour from New York, and is\\nabout forty minutes from Newark.\\nIt has four trunk lines of railroad from New York and two\\nfrom Newark.\\nBound Brook is the second healthiest town in the state\\nsecond only to Long Branch.\\nSomerset county, in which Middlebrook Heights is situated,\\nis the healthiest county in the state.\\nEvery stone in Bound Brook and Middlebrook Heights\\nmarks a historic spot.\\nBound Brook s Raritan shad is world famous.\\nThe flowers, ferns and grasses on this mountain range sur-\\npass in variety and beauty those in any other locality in the state.\\nThe mountain range on which Middlebrook Heights is situ-\\nated, parallels the sea coast. It enjoys the benefit of unceasing\\nbreezes from the sea during the summer and is protected from\\nthe cold winds of the north and west in winter. It is exception-\\nally cool in summer and mild in winter.\\nOne million baskets of peaches were picked last year, from\\nthe orchards of Somerset and Middlesex counties, the greater\\nportion of which area, with its wealth of fruitage, can be seen\\nfrom every mountain lot on Middlebrook Heights. Other fruits\\nare in marvelous abundance.\\nFrom Middlebrook Heights is displayed the Raritan valley\\nin all its panoramic beauty. In this valley for over fifty miles\\nthe eye discerns a wonderful landscape, in the highest state of\\ncultivation, dotted by scores of towns and villages. Beautiful\\nvillas and country seats can be seen in wonderful numbers.\\nIn the opposite direction, Washington valley with its moun-", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "tain gorge approach, and its wild and rugged scenery, furnishes\\na strange and delightful contrast to the highly developed Raritan\\nvalley.\\nThis beautiful mountain scenery lies midway between the\\nRaritan and Washington valleys, commanding a wide and extended\\nview of each, with their varied landscape, silver-streaked with wind-\\ning streams, dotted with fields of waving grain and orchards, inter-\\nspersed with towns and cities, presenting a scene of marvelous\\nbeauty to the eye, excelling in altitude and surpassing in natural\\nbeauty the Oranges, Summit and Montclair. It has also the\\nsame sanitary soil formation that has made Bernardsville, ten\\nmiles away, on the same mountain range, famous as the Lenox\\nof New Jersey.\\nA model Country Club forms an attractive social center,\\naffording ample facilities for all games and sports, and having\\none of the finest golf courses in the State.\\nMEMORIAL TOWER\\nTHIS is designed to be built around the water tower\\nstanding on Washington s rock on the crest of the\\nmountain where it will be a landmark for the country\\naround.\\nThe Washington Camp Ground Association, of Bound Brook,\\nwhich has been so successful in keeping alive the patriotic\\nmemories which cluster about Middlebrook Heights, has a res-\\nervation of about five acres on the site of the old camp, where\\non Independence Day, patriotic gatherings are held with interest-\\ning ceremonies. Through the efforts of this society all of the\\nlocal revolutionary traditions are recorded and from their various\\npublications may be gleaned all the local revolutionary history.\\nEventually we may expect to see an auditorium and other suit-\\nable buildings to mark this historic spot and perpetuate its\\nmemories.", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "HISTORIC GROUND\\nGENERAL WASHINGTON showed excellent judgment\\nin making his longest camp on the south slope of the\\nWatchung mountain. From the crest of the mountain,\\non the true Washington rock, he could watch all the movements\\nof the enemy at New Brunswick. The same inducements of\\nlocation which brought the revolutionary army here to recuperate\\nand prepare for the final struggle for American independence\\nmake the site of the old camp, now the property of the Knicker-\\nbocker Mortgage Company, a choice residential property.\\nThe map on page 15 shows the location of the property\\nwith reference to Bound Brook. From the entrance, inside of\\nthe borough line, the ground gradually rises to the summit of\\nthe Watchung mountain. The property covers about 150 acres\\non the mountain slope, running over the crest which has an\\nelevation of 481 feet, with 75 acres of rolling land, making 225\\nacres in all. The view from all parts of the property is exceed-\\ningly attractive. From the slope and summit the view is a pano-\\nrama, with the Raritan river winding through the foreground and\\nextending to the Highlands of the Navesink on the Atlantic.\\nThe property is wooded with fine trees, and care will be taken\\nto leave as many intact as may be possible without obstructing\\nthe view from each lot.\\nThe situation is not alone fine in outlook. At this point the\\nmountain range runs nearly east and west, so that every house\\nmay have a southern exposure with a free sweep for cool sum-\\nmer breezes, and thorough protection from the chill northwest\\nblasts of winter. An ideal exposure for an all-the-year-round\\nresidence.\\nAll lots have 100 feet frontage, with the exception of a few\\nwhich are 50 feet front. The depth varies from 125 to 350 feet.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "The deeds all contain the usual restrictions limiting the property\\nto residential purposes only.\\nA contract has just been made with a builder of the highest\\nreputation for the erection of twenty-five handsome residences,\\ncosting $5,000 each, each house plan having been drawn with\\nspecial reference to its location on the property and to the con-\\nveniences which make suburban life a luxury.\\nBATTLE OF BOUND BROOK\\nA SIMPLE monument marks the spot where 4,000 British\\ntroops, under Lord Cornwallis, surprised and attacked\\n500 Americans, under command of General Lincoln,\\nwhose headquarters still stand on the opposite side of the street.\\nThe Americans lost from 60 to 100 men and finally escaped to\\nthe mountains. The British troops returned to their headquar-\\nters at New Brunswick after destroying some stores, and the\\nAmericans came back to guard against supplies being sent to\\nNew Brunswick by way of the Raritan river. The date of this\\nengagement was April 13th, 1777.\\nBANK AND COMMERCIAL\\nREFERENCES\\nNational Park Bank, New York\\nWestern National Bank, New York;\\nCharles Frazier Company, Bankers, New York\\nTrenton Trust Safe Deposit Company, Trenton, New Jersey\\nFirst National Bank, Bound Brook, New Jersey\\nR. G. Dun Co. s Commercial Agency\\nBradstreef s Commercial Agency.", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "NATURE S ENDOWMENT", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "MAP OF THE PROPERTY OF\\nTHE\\nKNICKERBOCKER MORTGAGE COMPANY", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "MEMORIAL TOWER,\\nTO BE BUILT AROUND THE WATER TOWER.\\nTHE B A 1 1 1. M O N U M E N T", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "LOOKING WEbT.\\nLOOKING SOUTH.", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "TOWARD T H K OCEAN.\\nA V A L 1. E V VISTA.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "4 5 1 K v i k w\\nr H K R A R 1 r A N V A L I. E V", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "A GLIMPSE OF WOODLAND.\\nIN THE VALLEY.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "4^^i\\n*v\u00c2\u00bb\\n^v V ^n,\\nA BIT OF NATURE.", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "THE OLD LATOURETTE HOUSE.\\nM\\n.^tu^:^!^^\\nTHE IMPROVEMENT CORPS.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "FROM MOUNTAIN PEAK.\\nC K D A R V 1 E V\\\\", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HUGH H. HAMILI^, BARKER GUMMERE, JR.. WILLIAM: G. MOORE.\\nPHKSIOENT. TKEASUHBH. CASHIER.\\nThe Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit\\nCompany,\\n36 AND 28 West State Street,\\nTRENTON, N. J.\\nTo William J. Robinson, Esq.,\\nNew York City.\\nMy Dear Sir\\nIn answer to yours, inquiring as to the Knickerbocker Mortgage Company,\\nwhich has its main office in the City of New York, I take pleasure in saying\\nthat this Company is under the management of Mr. George La Monte, who is\\nthe President of the Company, and is also the President of the First National\\nBank of Bound Brook, New Jersey, as well as the proprietor of the National\\nSafety Paper Company. Mr. La Monte is widely known, highly esteemed, has\\nthe reputation of being a man of wealth, and is of unquestioned integrity.\\nMr. Charles Howell Cook, the Treasurer of the Knickerbocker Mortgage\\nCompany, is also the President and General Manager of the Cook Pottery Com-\\npany, of this city, and is one of the directors of the Trenton Trust and Safe\\nDeposit Company. He is a man of rare business ability and sterling character.\\nI am acquainted with the property of the Company at Middlebrook Heights,\\nhaving examined same some time since for the purpose of inspection and valu-\\nation.\\nI look upon it as a very valuable property, and as an investment, under\\npresent management, think very highly of it, indeed.\\nVery truly yours,\\nH. H. Hamill, President.\\na?", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "JOHN H. SCUDDCR. President. NO. 381. A. H. WOOD, Cashier.\\nW. H. BROKAW, Vice PRESIDENT.\\nCAPITAL. S500.000.\\nTHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,\\nDESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.\\nTRENTON, N. J.\\nKnickerbocker Mortgage Co.,\\nNew York, N. Y.\\nGentlemen\\nReferring to your letter of November 7th, regarding property known as\\nMiddlebrook Heights, at Bound Brook, New Jersey, I know the location of this\\nproperty very well, but have not made as much of an examination of same as I\\nmight have done, had I known I should be called upon to give expert opinion.\\nThis property is most beautifully situated on a graded slope adjoining the\\ntown of Bound Brook, just below the range of hills or mountains running through\\nthat section of country. In my opinion it s the most desirably located property,\\nfor residential purposes, I know of in that locality. From the present out-\\nlook of business, the future prospect for this property is exceeded by none any-\\nwhere around New York, according to my present knowledge.\\nVery truly yours,\\nJohn H. Scudder.\\n28", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "Presbyterian iparsonaoe,\\n3Boun\u00c2\u00a3i :Krooft, M. 5.\\nMr. W. J. Robinson.\\nDear Sir:\\nI am intimately acquainted with the Middlebrook Heights property at\\nBound Brook. Our new church which has recently been erected, at a cost of\\n$36,000, is located on the corner of one of the beautiful drives leading to the\\nproperty. I know of no more beautiful, healthful location for home-seekers any-\\nwhere, and the character of the men who are at the head of the enterprise is\\nvery high, both in this community and the state at large. Therefore I can\\nconscientiously recommend this investment.\\nTitus E. Davis.\\nRutgers College,\\nNew Brunswick, N. J.\\nMr. W. J. Robinson,\\n87 Maiden Lane, New York.\\nDear Sir:\\nOur commencement exercises have just closed, and, in fulfilment of promise,\\nI visited the property at Middlebrook Heights, on Friday last. I must say that\\nwhen you told me of the property I felt like discounting your statements, but\\nseeing is believing. That property is certainly the most beautiful I have\\never seen, and, if the lot which I have selected is not sold, I want it at once.\\nSincerely yours,\\nEdward Livingston Barbour.\\n29", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "Keyport Graded School^\\nKe u. JAMES T. SCHOCK, M. A., Principal,\\nKeyport, N. J.\\nMr. W. J. Robinson.\\nDear Sir\\nI was for five years the acting and settled pastor of the Reformed Church\\nat Bound Brook, and while there drove frequently over the property now known\\nas Middlebrook Heights, and have always said to friends of mine that this prop-\\nerty must necessarily some day become extremely valuable and desirable as a\\nplace of residence, on account of the splendid transportation facilities at Bound\\nBrook, which I consider better than at any other point within the hour limit of\\nNew York and secondly, because of the natural beauties of the property itself\\nand of its magnificent outlook, which is superior to that of any other place\\nwithin my knowledge. In fact, it has been my oft-expressed wish one day to\\nown a home on this same property, amid these surroundings.\\nI have known Mr. George La Monte and his son for upward of ten years,\\nand am confident that any business enterprise in which these men are interested\\nmust in the nature of things succeed, so great is my confidence in their ability\\nand probity.\\nI will take the lots you have selected for me, and shall expect the papers\\nin a few days. Yours in good faith,\\nJames T. Schock.\\nJO", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "FRESBYTEB TAN MAJSTSE,\\nRed BAifK, N. J.\\nMy Dear Mr. Robinson\\nI reached home in safety last evening feeling a little tired, but also feeling\\nready for a good rest after the pleasant outing which you so generously sup-\\nplied. I fancy that if you had been within earshot you would not have hesitated\\nto add my vote to the many others that you have received in endorsement of\\nyour enterprise. My representations, at least, were such as to lead Miss Piatt to\\nrequest that I write you and inquire whether you had any other lots near the\\nones which I have bought. In case you have, she would like to consider an\\ninvestment. If you find it convenient, take the train early some evening, and\\ncome down and spend the night with us.\\nI desire to add my assurance of deep appreciation of your personal kindness.\\nSincerely yours,\\nR. G. Davey.\\nStref (Keformeb C^urc^,\\nMr. W. J. Robinson, Knickerbocker Mortgage Co.,\\nNew York.\\nDear Sir\\nI have just returned from a visit to New Jersey, and have seen my lots at\\nMiddlebrook Heights.\\nI want to express my thanks for your good selection, and to say that in\\ndescribing the property, I think you understated both its beauty and advantages.\\nI prophesy that Middlebrook Heights, when your people have finished your\\npresent improvements, will be the most desirable residence park anywhere within\\nthe hour limit of New York City.\\nYours sincerely,\\nW. H. Nasholds, Pastor.\\n31", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "(t^ Stref (\u00c2\u00abefonnc6 C^urcg),\\n\u00c2\u00a9ffiang, (tt. TJ.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acM\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abr^ g). go?nBon, (Jjorfor\\nMy Dear Mr. Robinson\\nMy trip to Bound Brook and Middlebrook Heights impressed me very favor-\\nably, and, as you had hinted to me, satisfied me that you had not in the least\\noverdrawn the great attractions and superior value of the property you offer for\\nsale there. You have not even done justice to the commercial value of that\\nproperty, when it is carefully compared with other desirable property near New\\nYork and other large cities, which is equally within reach of small investors.\\nVery truly yours,\\nE. P. Johnson.\\nPHESBYTERIAUST MAJSTSE,\\nPnTT.T.rPSBXTRG, N. J.\\nKnickerbocker Mortgage Co.,\\nNew York City.\\nGentlemen\\nThrough the courtesy of your Mr. W. J. Robinson, Mrs. Cline and myself\\nhave had the pleasure of seeing the property purchased by us some time since\\nat Middlebrook Heights. It is but fair to say that the property is all we\\nexpected through Mr. Robinson s description. And, from the amount of money\\nyou are expending in improvements, one cannot doubt your faith in its final large\\nincrease in value, due not only to the beauty of the property, and its proximity\\nto New York but to the push and energy of business men, who seem to know\\nwhat they are doing. Sincerely yours,\\nE. C. Cline.", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "C. G. BO LAND,\\nInsurance,\\nScranton, Pennsylvania,\\nMr. W. J. Robinson,\\nNew York City.\\nDear Sir\\nI visited the property of the Knickerbocker Mortgage Co., at Middlebrook\\nHeights and was very much impressed with the beauty of location, its access-\\nibility to New York and the character of the men who have it in hand. The\\ncongested conditions in New York have made it necessary for the last few years\\nfor the better class of business men on the lower end of Manhattan Island to\\nget out to the suburbs within easy distance of their business. The property at\\nMiddlebrook Heights offers to such a class, in my opinion, an unequaled oppor-\\ntunity. There has been erected on the property a handsome Club House, and a\\nmagnificent artesian system, with stand pipe furnishing water to all parts of the\\nproperty, has just been completed. I consider the property a particularly safe\\nand profitable investment. Very truly yours,\\nC. G. BOLAND.\\nSTUDY\\nCENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH,\\nTRENTON, N. J.\\nAfter having visited Middlebrook Heights at Bound Brook N. J., I feel\\nprepared to recommend the property to any one seeking a safe and profitable\\ninvestment. The situation is unsurpassed for natural beauty, while its proximity\\nto New York enhances its commercial possibilities. Its natural advantages are\\nimmensely improved by drainage, macadam roadways, and water facilities. Thus\\nnature and man have combined their efforts in making this property a location\\nfor homes without doubt second to none within easy reach of New York City.\\nThe constant tendency of our great civic centers to push out into rural dis-\\ntricts must inevitably foster a steady and substantial rise in the values of the\\nlots now on the market.\\nKnowing some of the business men financially interested in the property I\\nhave no hesitancy in recommending them to the confidence of any prospective\\npurchaser. Alfred W. Wishart.\\n33", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "GENERAL AGENCY\\nNORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.\\nTRENTON, N. J.\\nMr. W. J. Robinson, Knickerbocker Mortgage Company,\\nNo. 87 Maiden Lane, New York City.\\nMy Dear Sir\\nYour proposition to invest in lots on Middlebrook Heights has received my\\ncareful attention and I have given much thought and thorough investigation to\\ndetermine the merits of your suggestions. Yesterday I visited the properties in\\nquestion, in company with gentlemen from the Lawrenceville School and from\\nthis city.\\nYour enthusiastic descriptions of the advantages offered by that site for\\ninvestors and home builders are more than borne out and justified by what I saw\\nyesterday. Professional men rarely have equal opportunities offered them for\\nsecure and profitable investment of their savings. No one ever approached me\\nwith as good a proposition in the seven years of my connection with the Law-\\nrenceville School as Master of the Department of Modern Languages and of the\\nGriswold House.\\nJudge Lanning, of Trenton, a trustee of the Lawrenceville School, said to\\nme the other day, in answer to my question, Do you consider the property on\\nMiddlebrook Heights a good investment? I do, indeed. I think it is bound\\nto become very, very valuable. Since my visit to the property yesterday, I\\nmost heartily concur in the opinion expressed by Judge Lanning. Even your\\ndescriptive powers fall short, and that spot must be selected by many for delight-\\nful homes. It has suffered from under-description in all you have said in its\\nfavor. Very truly yours,\\nMills Whittlesey.\\nYou should let me know soon what\\nlots you have selected for my\\ninvestment there.\\nM. W.\\n34", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "DICKINSON HOUSE,\\nLAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL,\\nLAWRENCE VILLE, N. J.\\nMr. W. J. Robinson\\nDear Sir I was very much pleased with the location of the Middlebrook\\nHeights property; with its nearness to the town and the railroad station on the\\none side, and to the beautiful hills on the other, it presents exceptional attrac-\\ntions for suburban homes. The great natural advantages of the situation and\\nthe good business management of the Company having the property in charge,\\nmust soon make it a most delightful neighborhood.\\nPlease send final papers on the lot purchased at your earliest convenience.\\nYours very truly,\\nCharles H. Willcox.\\nPKESBTTERIAN PARSOJSTAGE,\\nSECOOTJ PBESBYTEEIAJr GhUBCH,\\nTRENTON, N. J.\\nMr. Wm. J. Robinson\\nDear Sir: In reply to your request asking what my opinion is of the\\nMiddlebrook Heights property, I will say that I have had the handling of\\ninvestments, in connection with my grandfather s estate, for the past ten years,\\nan estate consisting of securities amounting to some $200,000, and I have not\\nas yet met with any investment that appears as safe and profitable as these lots\\nnear Bound Brook.\\nKnowing the reputation of those who are at the head of the Knickerbocker\\nMortgage Company, and being personally acquainted with some who have\\ninvested in these lots, I am glad to have the privilege to invest here myself, and\\ntake pleasure in recommending the same to my friends.\\nVery truly yours,\\nWm. S. Voorhies.\\n35", "height": "2890", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "W. M. LANNINQ,\\nCOUNSELOB AT I.AW,\\n6 W\u00c2\u00a3ST SIAXB STBWICT,\\nTKEirroM IT. J.\\nW. J. Robinson, Esq.,\\n87 Maiden Lane, New York City, N. Y.\\nDear Sir\\nI am acquainted with the location of the property of the Knickerbocker\\nMortgage Company, near Bound Brook, and have been attorney for that Com-\\npany in matters relating to its affairs. I regard the property as being the finest\\nfor residential purposes of any that I am acquainted with, and the water and\\nother improvements made and to be made will, in my judgment, make it an\\nexceedingly desirable location, especially for any of that class of people who,\\nhaving business in the city, appreciate a country home.\\nVery respectfully yours, W. M. Lanning.\\nliAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL,\\nMr. W. J. Robinson,\\n87 Maiden Lane, N. Y.\\nMv Dear Mr. Robinson\\nI am very glad that you have gone to Princeton, for I know that the men\\nthere seldom have as clear and solid opportunity for secure investments as that\\nwhich you are now bringing them.\\nYour wide success in directing the investments of professional men else-\\nwhere, should assure you great hope for a pleasant and profitable visit to the\\nprofessors of Princeton.\\nI have visited the property at Bound Brook, and heartily believe in the\\nultimate success of the enterprise. Supported, as your proposition is, by such\\nsuccessful and honorable men, and guaranteed by such unquestioned security, I\\nfail to see how you can come short of highest expectations among the good\\npeople of Princeton.\\nWith best wishes for your perpetual prosperity, I am\\nYours very sincerely,\\nEdw. R. Robbins.\\n36", "height": "2921", "width": "2017", "jp2-path": "otheralternative00knic_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "JAMES ^^r, LANNINa.\\nGeneral Contractor,\\nTRENTON, N. 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