{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3026", "width": "2116", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "s^V^-^\\nFOR INFORMATION\\nCONCERNING\\nPROPERTY IN CLIFTON, N. J.,\\nADDRESS\\nL. F. SPENCER, 55 Leonard St.,\\nNew York.\\n-i^(i^f\\n(See Inside Back Covek.)\\nm:", "height": "3108", "width": "2075", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "QuFTQU, pl\\nLIFTeN, %^\\\\N\\nERSEY. e\\nILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS,\\nL. K. SF^KNCER\\nPUBLISHER.\\n(fW^^\\nmttrr\\nMAR 30 1885\\nCOPYRIGHT SECURED.\\n-o", "height": "3088", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "f", "height": "2974", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7lfBI[EMJf*KOMES*\\nKi^^j-jj^.:^^\\\\^\\\\j^A^\\\\xxx:KXij^\\\\j^\\\\xjjjijui^^\\nI KOl ERTV OF (iEO. W ])K MOll", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "f*\\nD\\no\\no\\no o\\nO O\\nLO lo O O O\\no\\no\\nc^\\nCO\\nLO\\n(N lo\\nO\\nvo lO LO I-\\nl-\\nl-l\\nO\\ns\\n\\\\o\\nt^\\nr^\\nCO CO\\nCn O\\nM M i- lO O\\nt^\\no\\nD^\\nSz;\\n88\\n1\\nJ\\n1\\nPlH\\nt.\\n1\\nH\\n1\\nD^\\n\u00c2\u00ab1\\nZ\\nD^\\nW\\nM\\nh\\n1\\ni\\nz\\nU\\n3\\nr^\\nM\\n1-1 (N\\nO CO\\nr^ M rl- o\\no\\n-1-\\nJ\\no\\nrO O\\nri M\\nO CO O LO\\nLO\\nM\\nGQ\\nm\\no\\nf-^\\nt-\u00c2\u00ab CO\\n00 CN\\n(N C) ro LO LO\\no\\nON\\ncia\\nUJ\\nUJ\\nS\\n1\\nS;\\nIS\\nCi :i\\ns\\nW\\nh\\nU\\nPi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00bbf\\nV^\\nCO\\no\\nro O\\nto o\\nto O t^ LO LO\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr^\\nW\\no\\nCO\\n-t CO\\n-1- r4\\nLO M UO M HH\\ni-i\\nCO\\nCO\\no\\nN rj\\nrO LO\\nuo O t^ CO\\nHH\\nM\\nW\\nOQ\\nJ\\nl-H\\n0^\\nEH\\no\\ng\\nH\\nH\\n/r.\\nS Cm\\nX\\no\\no\\no\\nO LO\\nO O\\no o o o o\\no\\no\\nw\\nM\\nU-)\\nro\\no -t\\no -Tt-\\nK- ro 1^ ro ro\\nrO\\no\\nr^\\nt^\\nON\\nc^\\nfO\\nLO LO vo vo r-.\\nO\\nM", "height": "2984", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "NEW YOEK, LAKE EEIE WESTEEN E.E,\\nCOMMUTATION\\nNEW YORK AND CLIFTON, INCLUDING FERRY.\\nYearly Tariff, 3 oo\\nHalf Yearly 38 oo\\nQuarterly 21 50\\nFirst Month,\\nSecond\\nThird\\nFourth\\nFifth\\nSixth\\nSeventh\\nEighth\\nNinth\\nTenth\\nEleventh\\nTwelfth\\nIvI C iT T- 2E\\n8\\n25\\n7\\n35\\n6\\n30\\n5\\n95\\n5\\n85!\\n5\\n65\\n5\\n50\\n5\\ni\\n4\\n75\\n4\\n50\\n4\\n25\\n3\\n90", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "MAIL ARRIVES AT CLIFTON 8.20 A.M. AND75.26 P.M.\\nMAIL CLOSES, 8.10 A. M. AND 5.20 P. M.", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "10", "height": "2984", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "11", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "12\\nHE inquiry often comes from persons living in\\ncrowded quarters of New York, and paying ex-\\ncessive rents Where can I find a quiet, health-\\nful place, convenient to my business, where I can\\neconomize without suffering in mind, and escape the\\neverlasting squeeze of :in over crowded city\\nCOTTAGES NEAR CLIl ToX DEPOT\\nSome of them live in Harlem and speak impatiently\\nof comfortless trips on the elevated roads, where a man\\nmust often stand for miles before his nervous w^atching\\nrewards him with a seat. Others, too weary to climb\\nthe long stairways, struggle for standing room in the", "height": "2984", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "13", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "14\\ndragging horse cars, and reach home more tired than if\\nthey had walked.\\nSuch is life in New York for those whose fortunes will\\nnot admit of central elegance, and whose self-respect\\nwill not endure the tenement house, nor the dismal, fad-\\ning quarters deserted by the rich.\\nThe design of this little book is to give reliable infor-\\nmation to any persons meditating a change from city to\\nsuburban life. And by illustrations from photographic\\nviews, to give a truthful glimpse of the character of the\\nplace it specially commends.\\nThe first desideratum in choosing a home should be\\nhealthfulness of site and surroundings; then convenience\\nof access to business, local privileges, good neighbors,\\nbeauty and variety of landscape, follow as important\\npoints to consider. When to these advantages, at a\\nmoderate price for land, can be added a good garden\\nsoil, an abundance of pure water, coal at less cost per\\ngross ton than the little ton of the city, is it not worth\\nwhile to examine the claims of such a place\\nOf all the villages within twenty miles of New York,\\nnone combine the Jabove attractions more completely\\nthan Clifton, in Passaic County, New Jersey.\\nThe station on the New York, Lake Erie and Western", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "15", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "1(^\\nroad is about twelve miles from Pavonia Ferry, or\\nmeasured by time, is forty-five minutes from Chambers\\nStreet, New York. Twenty-eight passenger trains on\\nthe Erie road stop daily at Clifton. There are also\\nstations on the Delaware, Lackawanna Western and\\nthe Newark and Paterson roads, giving ample facilities\\nfor reaching all the neighboring cities from either side\\nof the town.\\nThe general healthfulness of this locality is unques-\\ntioned. The ground is gently undulating, thus afford-\\ning natural surface drainage. The sub-soil is gravel,\\nunderlying which is fine sand consequently there are\\nno stagnant pools concealed in rock cavities, which can-\\nnot dry out. Therein the soil of Clifton differs from the\\nrocky ridge of Bergen Heights, the northern part of\\nNew York Island and much of Westchester county.\\nChas. F. Wingate, in an article recently published in\\nthe New York Tribune, on the over-crowded condition\\nof New York and the remedy for it, says: There is\\nroom for a million people in the environs of New York,\\ncould the bane of malaria be removed. What more in-\\nviting places of residence than Staten Island or Bay\\nRidge, or Fort Hamilton, fronting on our noble harbor,\\nif they could be made healthful? If the syndicate of", "height": "2959", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "17", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "21\\nI lllll llllllilllllillllllllllllllllliMl", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "22\\ncapitalists, who contemplate buying Cuba, would invest\\na few millions in removing malaria from these sections\\nthey would find a bonanza in the speculation. Staten\\nIsland is notorious for its chills and fever, and the in-\\nconvenience and cost of travel have proved permanent\\nobstacles to the growth of that beautiful neighborhood.\\nThe official death rate of Hudson county, including Ho-\\nboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, Jersey City Heights and\\nWeehawken, proves beyond any theories what is the\\nsanitary condition of that region. Westchester county\\nis too distant and the expense of travel too great.\\nMr. Wingate, in casting about for the best means of\\nrelieving New York, quotes from another eminent\\nauthor, formerly a resident of that city, as follows\\nThe grand fundamental final remedy is to lessen the\\npressure on Manhattan Island, by making Staten Island,\\nWestchester county and Long Island fit for human hab-\\nitation by killing the fever and ague. Effectual drain-\\nage on a grand scale will do this. Staten Island, for\\nexample, would speedily be filled with people.\\nThis is all very well for some future generation,\\nwhen Mr. W. s faith and the needed millions are under\\nthe same control but while the fair fields and gently\\nrising slopes of healthful ground beyond the salt mead-", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "23", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "24\\nows of New Jersey can be bought at prices within the\\nreach of all who are in earnest to secure homes of their\\nown, those who are living in the present will not wait\\nfor the slow process of redemption urged by Mr. Win-\\ngate.\\nLying between the two thriving cities of Paterson\\nRESIDENCE OF N. VAN HOVEN.\\nand Passaic, which are rapidly growing towards each\\nother, it is a question only of time when Clifton will be\\nthe centre of a great city. Now is the time to secure\\nhomes there, at prices within the reach of persons of\\nvery moderate means. It is not a bare and treeless", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "25", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "waste, like many of the crude, uncanny places started\\nby non-resident speculators but is already beautified\\nby many substantial homes, in which the owners have\\nresided many years. Lawns, trees and vines are well\\nestablished and improving year by year. The streets\\nhave been scientifically graded and maps filed and\\nwhat land there is for sale now, is held by parties whose\\nprivate interests are large enough to secure the town\\nagainst nuisances of any kind, and insure a solid,\\nsteady growth.\\nThe Clifton Grove Hotel is conveniently reached from\\nthe station by a stone walk. The Grove itself, near by,\\nis unsurpassed by any in the state. A cool and charm-\\ning retreat, much prized by summer boarders of the\\nplace.\\nThe Union Chapel affords a commodious and taste-\\nful gathering place for the citizens on many occasions\\nbeside the regular Sunday services.\\nA modern school-house, centrally located, is well\\nattended, and efficiently managed.\\nA brawling brook, that never fails in any drought,\\nand from which many a trout is hooked, supplies the\\npower to several mills upon the outskirts of the place,\\nand, with dams and falls, makes romance as it goes.", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "27", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "38\\nThe owner of one mansion, Mr. Geo. V. De Mott, has,\\nat great expense, diverted a portion of this stream from\\nits natural bed, thus forming (as shown on the front\\ncover of this book) a large fish pond in his lawn, as well\\nj^w\u00c2\u00ab^v:\\n1 4s-iij \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^^i;^? *-*^jt^,iiELi^i^\\n1f f/\u00c2\u00ab|t^\u00c2\u00bb^?i\u00c2\u00ab^ P^j ./-s^wpv.s,^!^^ ^S- -i,,^-^^?:^V-=\\nCLIFTON SCHOOL HOl SE.\\nas amply supplying his house with excellent water by\\nmeans of a ram, and then letting the brook go again\\nto join the brimming river, the river being the beau-\\ntiful Passaic, which flows within half a mile of the Clifton\\ndepot. Quite near is the famous Dundee dam, which\\nbroadens the river into a pretentious lake, three miles", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "i:^", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "30\\nin length and makes it a favorite resort for aquatic\\nsportsmen.\\nA strikin g feature of Clifton scenery is the dark back-\\nground formed by First Mountain, which, beginning\\nat Garrett Rock, near Paterson, extends for miles to\\nthe southwest until it dwindles to the less precipitous\\nhills of Montclair.\\nThe houses of Clifton, as will be seen by the accom-\\npanying illustrations, are not of the most sumptuous and\\nexpensive character, but are generally full of comforts,\\nmany of them having water and drainage facilities equal\\nto any in the city. It is a quiet, orderly, happy commu-\\nnity, where children can enjoy freedom with safety and\\nparents can spend their days in peace.\\nThe Clifton Land and Building Association have for\\nsale some of the most eligible property in the place, and\\nare now prepared to offer it on fully as liberal terms as\\nany that are advertised by other land companies.\\nPurchasers of lots who may desire to build dwellings,\\nbut lack sufficient means to do so at once, will be assisted\\non a most generous scale. Payments may be made in\\nmonthly installments, and any amounts paid in excess of\\ninterest on advances will be credited on the principal.\\nAppointments will be made with persons desiring to visit", "height": "2964", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "81", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "32\\nClifton for the purpose of inspecting property with a view\\nto purchase. Those applying earliest will have the first\\nchoice of sites.\\nFor particular information concerning property in\\nClifton, address\\nL. F. SPENCER,\\n55 Leonard Street,\\nNew York.\\nMr. Spencer is agent for the Clifton Land and Build-\\ning Association and also for other parties who have some\\nvery desirable property for sale.", "height": "2979", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "33", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "POPULAR RECREATION!\\nINSTANTANEOUS\\nPICTURES\\nCAN NOW BE\\nTAKEN BY\\nANY ONE\\nSEASON OF 885,\\nOur Manual of Instruction\\nin Amateur Photography,\\nHow to Make Photo\\nqraphs, mailed free\\nlo those who are\\ninterested in\\nearning the\\nfascinating\\nart.\\nlNG CO^.^^\\n^^^^-fronii.o in price U9\\n.C^", "height": "2979", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "35", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "36\\nFOR\\nILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING\\nCSLENDSRS, SHOW CARDS.\\nRNAMENTAL PrINTING,\\nADDRESS.\\nL. F. SPENCER,\\nrUULISHER OF THIS BOOK,", "height": "2979", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2979", "width": "2110", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "COLORED SILKS.\\nJAMES McCREERY CO.\\nare now showing a stock of un-\\nnsual excellence in COLORED\\nGROS GRAINS, MERVEIL-\\nLEUX, RHADAMES, DUCH-\\nESS, FAILLE FRANCAISE,\\nc. They also offer the follow-\\ning SPECIAL MAKES at very\\nattractive PRICES:\\n135 pieces Gros Grains, 20\\ninches wide, at $1.00; excel-\\nlent value for $1.35.\\n200 pieces Satin Merveilleux\\nand Rhadames, 21-inch wide, at\\n$1.25 they are worth $1.50.\\n100 pieces Satin Duchess, 23\\ninches wide, at $2.00 the pre-\\nvious price has been $3.00.\\nAn examination especially in-\\nvited.\\nBroadway and 11th Street.", "height": "2979", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "yS-S*:)^*^\\nutuol Qlfe insurance Oompany\\nOF EW YORK,\\n^f S beyond question the strongest and safest institution of the kind\\nin the world. Its principles are sound, and its methods above\\nreproach. It has paid over $216,000,000 to its policy-holders, and\\nhas now securely invested for their sole benefit $104,000,000.\\nAny persons desiring policies on any of the plans issued by this\\nCompany, or seeking information in regard to Life Insurance, will\\nreceive prompt and careful attention by addressing\\nL. F. SPENCER,\\nAt the Office of JOSIAH T. BROWN,\\nAgent of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York,\\n145 BROADWAY. N. Y.", "height": "2979", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;:^^$mi^^^\\nthp: old mill-pond.\\nV\\nX", "height": "2979", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "cliftonnewjersey00spen_0042.jp2"}}