{"1": {"fulltext": "F\\n144-\\nCsLs", "height": "3469", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class.\\nBook\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPCSII", "height": "3373", "width": "2631", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3373", "width": "2631", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "E. W. THORNTON,\\nHOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,\\nOpera House Block, Cranford, N. J.\\nThe Best Goods at Low Prices.\\nTHE STMDJIRD PUBLISHING CONCERN. PRIVATE SCHOOL For\\no u,- u YOUNG LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN.\\nPrinters and Publishers, p^y, m,ss vv,ng, ^.o. Pn\u00c2\u00ab.\\nvir-\u00c2\u00bbw ir-nonv Mile. LE PAGE, Fteitck.\\nNEW JERSEY.\\nUnion Avenue, Cranford, New Jersey.\\nWESTFIELD.\\nDIEDRICH KREIE, MOORE MARTIN, BENBOW FERGUSON,\\nContractor and Builder, I^MM McatS, FiSh, aild Vegetables, ^6 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.\\nCranford, NEW JERSEY. MILLER BLOCK, (Contractor and tS^iilder,\\np^* Builder of the Morrison. Banker, and Bennett\\nresidences, the Presbyterian Church, and the Cranford\\nCountry* Club, herein illustrated.\\nTOWNSEND S GRANITE WORKS,\\n30 32 SOMERSET ST\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nIt g employ no Agents to drum trade, and personally\\nattend to this tvork in all its branches.\\nCRANFORD. NEIV JERSEY.\\nW. W. MENDELL,\\nBuilder of the Purcell residence Csee page 12).\\nHAVE YOUR CARPET CLEANED\\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Old Reliable steam carpet Cleaning works,\\nCRANFORD, NEW JERSEY. ,,,s.JS ^^..^.:.^^^S!iB^TH. n. j.\\nE^ Builder of the Cochian and Parvin residences, and I j^- Altering and Laying Carpels and Furniture Up-\\nHampton Hall. as herein illustrated, and scores of other bolstering, Specialties. No extra charge for work out of\\nbuildings in Cranford and vicinity. i city.\\nDAVID B. LENT, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Etc.,\\nOPERA HOUSE BLOCK, CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.\\nCDCPin I nCCUD sale.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Lent residence (see pages lO and 12). A Complete Suburban Home on high ground at Cranford.\\nUlLuinL UrrLrV, AU improvements. Private Gas, City Water, Furnace and Steam Heat, etc. Lot 125 x 160. Price Sio,ooo. Easy\\nterms. N. B. This place cannot be duplicated for the money. Possession given at any time.\\nW. W. GILBY,\\nWESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.\\nI CIIN SAVE YOU 25^ ON GROCERIES.\\nSe.nd Your Order by Mail.\\nprompt deuvery free of charge.\\nC. A. SMITH CO.,\\nLUMBER MD MASON MATERIAL,\\nDoors, Moldings, Tnrmg.anl Scroll sawiog.\\nAgents for Lister s Botie Fertilizers.\\nWESTFIELD. NEW JERSEY.\\nW. H. SMITH S CO..\\nSTONE-CUTTERS\\nTHE SANDFORD CLARK CO, I R- shove,\\nWESTFIELD PHARMACY.\\nMASONS rlATERIALS, Drugs, Medicines, and Toilet Articles, Ice\\nELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.\\nCENTRAL HOTEL,\\nPETER FINGER, Proprietor,\\nCRANFORD, N. J.\\nCHOICE LIQDORS, WINES, CIGARS, Etc.\\nCream Soda, Strawberry and Peach Crush.\\nCor. BROAD PROSPECT STS.\\nMounted Maps of Cranford.\\nMaps similar to the Souvenir Map, mounted\\non wooden rollers, etc., and suitable for hanging\\nin office, residence, or store. May be had at\\nSouvenir Office. Room 8. Opera House Block.\\nPrice 50 Cents Each.\\nESTABLISHED 1867\\nROBERT RINDELL,\\nSTONE-MASONS.\\nOffice: Cor. Pearl and Warren Sts,,\\nPLAINFiELD, NEW JERSEY.\\nEstimates given on all kinds of Stone Work,\\nfrom Foreign and Domestic Stock. We carry a\\nheavy lot of Stone for Bridge and Cellar Work.\\nDE.\\\\LER IN\\nHIRAM L FINK,\\nManufacturer of\\nFINE CARRIAGES. WAGONS, I SLEIGHS.\\nDealer in\\nHarness, Blankets, Robes, Whips, etc.\\nELM STREET. WESTFIELD. N. J.\\nCOAL MP LUMBER,\\nDrain Pipe, Lime, Lath, Plaster, Etc.,\\nCRANFORD. N. J.\\nPHILIP JAHN,\\nPAINTER AND DECORATOR,\\nCRANFORD AND ROSELLE, N. J.\\nPAPER HANGING A SPECIAL TY.\\nJOHN INGRAM,\\nSANITARY PLUMBING,\\nSteam and Gas Fitting, Tin, Copper,\\nand Sheet Iron Worker, Stoves,\\nRanges, Home Furnishing Goods, etc.\\nWESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.\\nJAMES G. MOORE.\\nMASON AND CONTRACTOR\\nCranford, New Jersey.\\nArtutic Stone IVork a Specialty. Conlraiior\\nfor tnasonrj/ in most o/the bousi^\\nherein illmlrated.\\nHENRY A. RATH, Jr.,\\nCONTRACTOR FOR\\nPLUMBING HEATING,\\nCranford, New Jersey.\\nContractor for work in residences of J. W. Banker, Jos\\nPurcelL Hampton Hall, and dozens of other buildings\\nin Cranford.\\nHENRY MILLER,\\nPractical Electrician,\\nWESTFIELD. N. J.\\nll iring for Electric Lighting a Specialty.\\nCopyright, 1894, BV Frank T. Lent.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nRESIDENCE G. A. MORRISON ESQ.\\nGEOGRAPHICALLY Cranford, New Jersey, is\\nsituated southwesterly from New Yoik Cit}-, about\\nseventeen miles distant, and on the southern slope of\\nthe Orange Mountains. It is almost directly south of\\nSummit and Short Hills, and about five miles distant\\nfrom either of these places. Elizabeth is directly east\\nfive miles away, Pl.iinfield directly west seven miles\\naway, and Railway to the south about five miles off.\\nThe Rahway River, an extremely picturesque little\\nstream, winds its way gracefully around through the\\nvillage and is spanned by seven or eight bridges.\\nCranfortl is in Union County, New Jersey, the county\\nrenowned for its magnificent macadamized and Tel-\\nford roads. The Central Railroad of New Jersey runs\\ndirectly through the town, and is the principal con-\\nnecting link between it and the metropolis of New\\nYork. The Lehigh Vallc\\\\- Railroad runs through the\\nsouthern part of the township, but is yet little used by\\nthe commuters and business men. The population of\\nthe town is about twentv-five hundred.\\nPROFESSOR GEORGE H. COOK, late State\\ngeologist, once said that the red soil and red shale\\ndistricts of New Jersey were its healthiest sections.\\nGeologically, therefore, Nature has done all that could\\nbe done for the health of Cranford in this matter. But\\nwhile Nature has given Cranford the foundation of a\\ngood, healthy soil, that gift is rcalK- nothing in com-\\nRESIDENCE PETER DUMONT, ESQ.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nparison to the magnanimdus kiiulness which she has\\ndispla_\\\\ ijd in tlevcloping tiic \\\\illage surroundings into\\nthe most picturesque to be found around any of the\\nliundreds of towns suburban to New York. The coun-\\ntry is siiglitly rolh ng, is well grown with shade trees,\\nand well carpeted with a lu.xuriant growth of wild\\nflowers.\\nRESIDENCE GEO. W. NIX, ESQ.\\nA COUNTRY home is perhaps the most satisfac-\\ntory for a residence one can possibly acquire.\\nThere is more substance and solidity to be found in\\nsuburban life to say nothing of better and more air,\\nmore light, more room, and more quiet comfort than\\nin the narrow residence of the city, with its minimum\\nof light, its impure atmosphere, and ceaseless noise.\\nTaking all these matters into consideration, and then\\nadding the fact that a city house in a good neighbor-\\nhood costs several times as much as a country house\\nequally well located, it is easy to see why our country,\\nand especially our suburban, towns are rapidly building\\nup. To business men of large cities the daily travel to\\nand fi o is disagreeable at least until the habit is\\nformed. It takes about a month to get used to this.\\nIn large cities the transit is so slow that one can go\\ntwenty miles away from town on a good railway quite\\nas quickly as three or four miles are traversed by\\nstreet railway, so that no time is lost and the cost of\\ntravel to and from near Ijv towns is but little different.\\nWhen one thinks of the health secured, of the addi-\\ntional charms of a country house, of country life, and\\nof the money sa\\\\ ed, it is really no wonder that people\\nare turning their attention to suburban residences.\\nThere is now a steady and increasing flow of people\\nfrom the larger cities to the neighboring country, inde-\\npendent of the fashion of city people of spending a\\nfew months or weeks at their country i^laccs. These\\nare the reasons why country towns are growing, anil\\nCranford, with its natural charms, its healthfulness, its\\nnearness to New York, and its many improvements, is\\none of the foremost to attract attention and secure its\\nshare of the many sensible people who are seeking a\\nfirst-class village in which to locate.\\nTI IM town is built on high ground lying one hun-\\ndred or more feet above tide water, which eleva-\\ntion is sufificient to raise it above the banks of\\nmalaiial fog which gather and cling with a sickl_\\\\^ grip\\nto the lower lands of New Jersey. The Orange Moun-\\ntains, a few miles to the north, act as a sheltering wall\\nagainst the north and northwest winds, and the steady\\nsouthwest wind which prevails in summer renders the\\natmosphere delightfully cool. No one ever thinks of\\nlying awake nights because of excessive heat.\\n\u00c2\u00abv t\\nI jtintiiiMiinir\\nRESIDENCE IIENRICH IMHORST, ESQ.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\n3\\nC RAN FORD possesses to-day more improvements\\ntlian any of the suburban towns of the same size;\\nIts capital water supply; its fire department; its\\nelectric liglitcd streets; the abundance of good\\ncountry roads; the fact of its being out of debt and\\nthe class of buildings now built and being built both\\nfor business and residence purposes. The amount\\nof buikling for the year i(Sg3 reached more than\\nthe good round sum of $200,000, and this sum was\\nequaled, even though times were hard, during the\\nyear 1893. In i8g4 the investment in building ought\\nto reach $250,000. Arriving at the station the first\\nbuilding which attracts attention is the large brick\\nbusiness block where the greater part of Cranford s\\nbusiness is done. The event which marked the era of\\n1892 was the building of this Opera House Block,\\nwhich building affords ample accommodation for\\neight shopkeepers, the post office, a dozen and a\\nh ilf fine business offices, one of the [irivate schools,\\na barber s shop, a magnificent suite of lodge rooms,\\nand lastly, that which everyone in Cranford is very\\nproud of, namely, its Opera House or Music Hall, in\\nwhich the majority of the larger entertainments take\\nplace. The Opera House Block was built at a cost\\nof some fifty odd thousantl tlollars. It is a thor-\\noughly equipped building, being heatetl throughout\\nby steam, lighted by electricity, well arranged, well\\nventilated, and well kept.\\nMR. JAMES RODGERS, who two years ago, at\\nthe head of a syndicate of New York gentlemen,\\nl)urchased the property directly opposite the station\\nand built the Opera House Block, a sketch of a part\\nof which is shown on the cover, has recently pur-\\nchased the large and beautifid tract, Roosevelt\\nManor, comprising some two hundred of the best\\nbuilding lots on the high ground of Cranford, and\\nis prepared to build on these lots or sell them.\\nThis offers a splendid opportunity for investment\\nand building.\\nTHE Opera House is managed by Edward Beadle,\\nwho every fortnight or so secures a good com-\\npany to produce a play.\\nRESIDENCE JAMES RODGERS, ESQ., CLAREMONT I LACE.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nTHE churches are of denomination\\nas follows: Presbyterian, Episcopal,\\nMethodist, and Catholic. The Presby-\\nterian people are about to move into\\ntheir new church, which will olfer ample\\naccommodation to that growing congre-\\ngation. The Presbyterian Church was\\norganized in 1851, and the original church\\nedifice was a little frame building with\\na seating capacity of one hundrctl. In\\n1868 it was rennned to the reai of the\\nsite now occupied and used as a chapel.\\nAbout a year ago the present edifice, as\\nshown by the cut, was begun. In it will\\nbe seating accommodation for six hun-\\ndred, arranged in the stj-le of an am-\\nl)liitheater. The cost of the present Ll/ i i ^ltT^ f j r^ft^\\nchurch will be about twenty-five thou-\\nsand dollars. The Rev. G. F. Greene was\\ninstalled in 1885. A year ago, when the\\npresent building was begun, there was ?:Si T^^ ^-0S:^\\nnot a pemi}- of indebtedness against the\\nchurch. It is confidently expected that\\nin the near future the church will again\\nbe entircl_\\\\ free from debt. A number\\nof memorial wimlows ornament the \\\\\\\\c\\\\\\\\\\nbuilding; among those honored being Josiah Crane, service held in the church was in February, 1S76, Dr.\\none of the founders of the church, J. .S. Williams, Langford, then rector of St. John s, Elizabeth, ofificiat-\\n\\\\V. U. Wood, Henry H. Cowan, the Rev. .V. A. ing. The church was consecrated on the l6th of\\nMacConnell, and .Mrs. Phoebe Rindell.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\u00c2\u00bb.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.w\\\\ JS v^- _W\\nTHE NEW rRESIiVTERIAX CHCRCU.\\nT\\nOctober, 1 88 1, b\\\\- the Right Re\\\\-. John Scarborough.\\nHE first service of Trinity Church was held in The Revs. E. M. Reilly, J. 11. Young, W. C. Roberts,\\niS/i at the residence of IMrs. Mills, and for nearly\\ntwo years thereafter Sunday services were held at\\nprivate lesidences and at the schoolhouse whenever a\\nclergyman could be procuretl to ofificiatc. The church\\nwas organized in 1873, and subscriptions made to erect\\na church building. The foundation was laid, the\\nbuilding erected and inclosed the same year; then\\nwork stopped for lack of funds, and the building stood\\nunfinished for about two years. In 1875 bonds were\\nWilliam Ileaks, Floyd E. West, and John Etlgecumbe\\nliave been rectors of this parish the latter being the\\npresent rector.\\nTH IL Methoilist Chuich. like man\\\\- others, began\\n\\\\\\\\ith a .Sunda_\\\\- School. In April. 1S61, a Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Sunday School was organized, and in\\n1862 the corner stone of the chapel was laid, and the\\nchapel was dedicated in 1863. Until 1868 this organi-\\nzation was cared for by the pastors of the estfield\\nissued to the amount of fi\\\\e thousand dollars, and with M. E. Church. The first pastor was the Rev. R. P.\\ntile money thus obtained the church was completed Christopher. In 1869 the corner stone of the church\\nthe chancel window, Trinity wimlow, all the pews, and I was laid on the Walnut Avenue site. In 1870 the\\na [ifjrtion of the chancel furniture having been pro- chapel was moved on this lot, and in 1871 the\\ncured from a disbanded church in Westfield. The first church was dedicated. Among the pastors have been", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nSill t}f; K*imi --ik- y}-\\n-*s \u00c2\u00abiifeii^\\n\\\\w\\\\^\\\\ mWA^v^ w ~_^\\nTRINJTy CHUKCH\\nRevs. R. P. Clnis.oph,, J. L.\\nJames Marsiu,!!, s. Jamieson F J.\\ni;..scopc. A. F. Can.pbcll, C. S. Benson,\\nf ^\u00c2\u00abo ^-man, M. F. Con,],tun, S P\\n-cy C. F. Sittcly, W. Jl J,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\\nl^.C. Mooncy. The niembersliip .,f il\u00e2\u0080\u009e.\\nclun-ch at present n.nnbers 1,4, i\u00e2\u0080\u009eclucl-\\nl batione,s. In connection witl,\\ntl cluMcl, there is a Woman s Home\\nMissionary Society; the Oucen Esther\\nCircle of young ladies, organised for\\nboth home and foreign work; an Epworth\\nI^eagueand a Junior League\\nCT. MICHAEL S R^an Catholic\\nChurch is situated on Elizabeth and\\nBloomingdale avenues. It was cstab\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^iKxl in i S;3. Services on Sunday at\\nJ I A. M. The present pastoi (s the\\nRev. J. p. Smith.\\nTHERE is also the Baptist Church of\\nthe colored people which, likx- the\\npeople, is very thrifty and prosperous.\\nPastor Wallace officiates.\\n^x.\\n-iii iS^SEo^., _\\nTHE METHODIST CIILKCH.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\n\\\\l.\\niX\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i iMUiUiii(i\\nTHE CRANFORD COINTRY CLUB.\\nIN social advantages the town is well developed;\\nthere is a well-managed Country Club, with a pretty\\ncolonial clubhouse on the banks of the ri\\\\-er; there\\nare all kinds of societies connected with the churches,\\nas well as those which are indcpemlent and there is a\\nDramatic Club of no mean ability. The Wednesday\\nMorning Club (a book and literary association) is a\\nvery admirably directed instituticm. Then there are\\ntennis, bicycling, baseball, bowling, an athletic and\\nother clubs devoted to amateur sport, including\\na boating association. A thiifty Ivoyal Arcanum\\ncouncil and other lodges occup\\\\ the lodge rooms in\\nthe Opera House Block, and a blight ami enterprising\\nmusical society the Alcacus furnishes delightful\\nentertainments of an operatic and musical nature.\\nONE of the special charms of country life is to be\\nwithin reach of a well-managed country club,\\nwhere friends can be met and friends be made. Such\\nsocial organizations as these have been the making of\\nsome of our most successful country places. Every\\nyear it is getting to be more fashionable to live in a\\nthriving country town. Now the town to pick out\\nmust be one of easy access to the metropolis, one of\\nunquestioned healthfuiness, and one that is wide-awake.\\nCranford can offer all these, and in its deliglitful\\nCountry Club, with the bowling, billiards, dances,\\ngames, dramatics, baseball, tennis, ])icycling, boating,\\netc., etc., can afford a ery important and additional\\ncharm. There is no one thing in the village that is\\nmore attractive to the newcomer than the pretty club-\\nhouse up upon the bank of the river, and the warm\\nwelcome given by the members, who are always\\ndelighted to greet strangers. The club numbers a\\nhundred members, and an especially nice feature is that\\nthe ladies wi\\\\es and daughters of the members are\\nalways welcome. It is not necessary to break up\\nhome life when you go to the Countrj Club you can\\ntake it with \\\\-ou.\\nRKSUIKNCE JOH.N W. HANKER, ESQ.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nRESIDEN CE MRS. M. U. HENNEIT.\\nTHE Cranford Dramatic Club began its existence\\nin 1S91, when A Box of Monkeys was played.\\nThis play was presented so successfully that the people\\nof the new club felt much encouraged, and at once\\ndetermined to attempt something more serious. The\\nsecond effort, Comrades, a well-developed and solid\\npla\\\\ was presented, and scored a greater success than\\nthe first. Our Regiment, given on Janaury 19, 1S93,\\nwas a much more difficult and higlier class play than\\neither of the others, and the local actors proved that\\nthey could handle it with success. Then in 1893\\nfollowed the farce Rebecca and Rowena, wliich many\\npeople thought the greatest of all the work done by the\\nclub. The last play given was Freezing a Mother-\\nin-law, in which the club held up its reputation again.\\nEverything done so far by the club has been the result\\nof hard and faithful stutly; and has been accomplished\\nwitliout outside aid. The cffoits of the amateurs have\\ngiven many pleasant hours to their friends, and earned\\nmany hundreds of dollars for worthy and charitable\\nobjects.\\nTHE Cranford Tennis Club (now merged into the\\nCountry Club) has produced some very clever\\nplayers, and has organized several first-rate tourna-\\nments. There are a number of fine tennis courts in\\nprivate grounds. The Baseball Club was a great suc-\\ncess last year anil the year before, and this }-ear a per-\\nmanent baseball grountl will be established. The\\nBicycle Club, with numerous club runs, road races, and\\nsociety meetings, was extremeh^ well patronized. On\\naccount of the miles of fine roads all around and about\\nthe town bicycling is not only a favorite amusement\\nfor both gentlemen and ladies, but the wheel is used\\nlargely for business purposes.\\nRESIDENCE R. E. COCHRAN, ESQ.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nTHE SOURCE OF THE RIVER.\\nI ME first tlie writer ever heard of Cranford was\\nback in iS8o, when his artist friend Bruce-Crane\\ntold him that he was packing up liis skctcliing appa-\\nratus and impedimenta preparatory to going to sk-etch\\nin tlie neighborhood of Cranfonl. which he considered\\none of the most deliglitfully picturesque sections of\\ncountry anywhere around or near New York Cit\\\\-.\\nTile National iXcadcmy of Design, as well _^.-,\\nas other metropolitan art exhibitions, have\\ncontained many charming landscapes by sucli\\nmen as Bruce-Crane ;uid Bolton Jones, the\\nmaterial for which was gathered in Union\\nCountw\\nNnW lIERE near New York can a more\\nequable and moderate climate be found.\\nIt is just far enougli away and just high\\nenougli to be free from sea fogs and tlamp-\\nncss, and \\\\-et not so far as not to be in range\\nof tlie cooling sea breezes which each evening\\nset in from the ocean. The intense heat of\\nsummer is avcrteil by the fine trees and woods,\\nand there is enough sharp winter to afford a\\nfew tlays sk:ighi)ig and several good old-fash-\\nioned snow storms.\\nTH\\nre\\nHE Boating Association has had charge of the\\n;gattas on the river, and these, in years past, have\\nbeen \\\\-ery successful cntci tainments, esjiecially some\\nof the canoe races. There is about a mile of good\\nboating on the river. But the greatest work done by\\nthe association has been the organizing and carrying\\nout of the Venetian carni\\\\als, which occur usuallv on\\n3V -=^~333?5J7\\nTHE RAU.KO.\\\\D BRUJGE.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CRANFORO SOUVENIR.\\na niitlsumnicr s nii^ht, and are p\\nwitliout question vei}- beauti-\\nful ami cIiarniiiiL; On these\\noccasions the depths of the\\nfoliaLre and the trees alon the\\nwind-iny ri\\\\er banks are deco- i?\\nrated with myriails of lanterns\\nof all shapes and colors, and\\nthe banks are ablaze witli\\nchemical fire and fireworks.\\nThe crowd thront^s the banks\\nand the bridges; the bands\\nplay their sweetest strains:\\nand the procession of beauti-\\nfully and fantastically deco-\\nrated boats, peopled by Cran- vji^\\nford s prettiest girls and their IWf^\\nswains, gliiles in mysterious\\narra}- the entire navigable\\nlength of the stream and back.\\nAs many as ten thousand visitors have been present at a\\ncarnival, and it is impossible to be too enthusiastic over\\nthe beauty of this water pageant. The ri\\\\ er, which is\\nsuch a source of delight to boatmen in the summer, is\\nin winter equally fascinating for the skaters. Some\\nVr.- i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0W\u00c2\u00ab i:,v\\n^%^^ff^^S^^^^P^^\\nA oriET NOOK.\\nwinters there are as many as thirty days good\\nskating. One can fiiui no prettier picture than that\\nof a winter s evening when the skaters glide to\\nand fro past the many fires and beacons which are\\niiehted on the wooded banks.\\nDOW.N Tlir. RIVER.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nCRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\n,3\\n/_^ ^k^^;-\\nTWO CRANFORD AVENUE RESIDENCES.\\nCRANFORD offers as many excellent qiinlifications\\nand inducements in the line of improvements as\\nany town within twenty miles of New York. It is sup-\\nplied by the Union Water Company with an excellent\\nquality of water for both fire and domestic purposes\\nfrom the companj^ s inexhaustible artesian wells at\\nNethcruood. The streets and many of the residences\\nare well lighted by electricity. The town has practi-\\ncally no debt, and is very admirabi} governed by a\\nTownshi[) Committee. The drainage system is capi-\\ntal there are good schools, several churches, a num-\\nber of shops and marlcets, and twent} -sevcn trains\\nevery daj- to and back from New Ymk at short intervals\\non the very excellentl}- managed Central Railroad of\\nNew Jersey. A trolley line connecting Cranford with\\nl dizabeth and I lainfickl i now projected, and the\\nLehigh Railroad offers facilities for tra\\\\-el to New\\n^^lrk to those who live on the south sitle.\\nTHE people who make up this little town are\\nlargely city people from New S oik and P)rookl\\\\-n,\\n\\\\vhieh accounts to a great extent fur the brilliant social\\ngatherings, etc. Cranford is not a town with an uncer-\\ntain future; its future and its success are already\\nassured. It is not gi\\\\ en up to booming by numer-\\nous real estate agents, and is remarkable for the steadi-\\nness of its prosperity and growth. For the past few\\nyears there liave been about the same number of new\\nhouses built each year, and consequent!}- the same\\nnumber of newcomers arrive ycarlw It is a rare thing\\nto find houses standing empty in this town.\\nTHE school advantages of the village are man\\\\- and\\nwell regulated. The public school is under the\\ncontrol of the usual school board, superintendent, antl\\nhis assisting teachers. There are several well-managed\\nprivate scliools, where music and the languages are\\ntaught, and during the winter season there arc dan-\\ncing, physical cidture, and other schools. There is a\\nfree library, which circulates quite a large number of\\nvolumes and many magazines.\\nAliRIGHT newspaper, the Cranford Clironiclc,\\ndeviites itself to the town news and general affairs\\nin a fearless and independent manner. There arc\\nCranford notes in the Elizal)eth Erciiiiij^ Joiiriid/, and\\nthe New York papers are always on sale.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nII\\nIN the Alcaeus Society Cranford possesses an amateur\\nmusical aiul operatic association of unusual merit.\\nThe society was organized about two years ago witii\\nsome thirty members, its object being the rendering of\\nvocal music, the giving of light operas, and the social\\nenjoyment of its members. So great has been its suc-\\ncess that at the beginning of last season it was found i\\nnecessary to increase the limit of membcrsliii) to fifty.\\nIn addition to this the present active membership\\nthere are about one hundred subscribing members.\\nThe society has presented, altogether, ten operas,\\nincUuling Patience, Pirates, Mikado, lolanthe,\\nand Doctor of Alcantara, and with such phenomenal\\nsuccess that it has acquired a far-reaching reputation.\\nThe annual receptions of the Alcaeus Society, to\\nwhich none but members and their friends can gain\\nadmission, are social events in tlie village each season.\\nAll of the entertainments of the society are given in\\nthe Opera House at Cranford, where it has its meeting\\nand rehearsal rooms.\\nThe society closed its season this spring with a very\\ndelightful concert which, like all of its entertainments,\\nwas well attended b\\\\- the elite of the town as well as\\nthat of neighboring towns.\\nTHE Wednesday Morning Club is made up of ladies,\\nand by its literary efforts, the circulation of books\\nand magazines, and the many lectures given under\\nits auspices has made for itself a commendable and\\neducating influence. The members number thirty odd,\\nand all of the stantlard magazines are to be found in\\nits circulation.\\nCRANP ORD is governed, as a township, by a\\nTown Committee of five elected b\\\\^ the resi-\\ndents. There is also a Board of Health, a School\\nBoard, a Road Board, etc., etc. The taxes arc about\\nas light as can be found in an}- suburban town wliere\\nthe assessor s valuation is equally low.\\nAN excellently managed Building and Loan Associ-\\nation is also to be found here, and from money\\nloaneil by it some thirty houses have been built.\\nThe expense of building in Cranford is very moderate,\\nand every year a number of comfortable homes are\\nerected at costs varying from three tliousand dollars\\nupward.\\nTHERE is first-class express, telephone, and tele-\\ngraph service, a good livery and boarding stable,\\nand the town seems to be considered a very desirable\\nlocation by all classes of good servants.\\nRESIDENCE FRANK T. LENT.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nCRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i;^sa^\\ni^SiliiSii^^^^^\\nRESIDENCK JOSEPH I UKCELL, ESQ.\\nTHE Cranforcl IIotL-l, a thrcc-story brick structure I HERE are few tramps to be seen in Cranford.\\nwitii a frame annex, an I the Central Hotel It is not in their line of migration evident!}-,\\naccommodate the main biillc of the transient guests j There is no police force, nor any special use for any,\\nin the town. Hampton Hall, u]i upon the bank of for robberies and drunkenness are very seldom heard\\nthe ri\\\\ei a new colonial structure accommodates\\nquite a large number of guests and is a first-class\\nfamily hostelr\\\\-. There is also annthei- large boanl-\\ning house, known as the Fairleigh Villa, quite near\\nthe station, which offers tlie same class of liospitality.\\nThere are also a number of prix ate boarding-houses,\\nso that the large number of transient guests are easily\\naccommodated.\\n7rM jX L*\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E*\u00c2\u00abA^\\nnA M-TON ItAI.I..\\n.^..\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m imp-?i ii;i. j(rjv, ;,ii\\\\i iumriilinir j^-^f- i^u-\\nRESU)ENCE J. H. CUTHBERT, ESQ.\\nof. The fire department is of volunteer service and well\\nregulated. Cranford has no factories; the neighbor-\\ning town of Garwood offers accommodation for this\\nclass of business and its people.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nTHE Cranford Athletic\\nClub was organized last\\nyear and is now a good, healthy\\norganization, matle up of young\\nmen who revel in the gj mna-\\nsiuni and promise this \\\\ear to\\nbe heard from in baseball and\\ncycling. Next year, it is said,\\nthe club will put down bowling\\nalleys and go in for that biancii\\nof winter sport.\\nIt is also proposed to put\\ndown good tennis courts, aiul\\nin the due course of time to\\ndevelop all branches of athletic\\nsports and games.\\nllf^\\nli -ii^\\nTt\\nRESIDENCK GEO. G. ELY, ESQ.\\nimW M- ii\\nM-irw?\\nN\\nP\\nRESIDENCE HENRY M. JACKSON, ESQ.\\nO one man deserves more credit\\nfor building up the town than\\nGeorge G. Ely, Esq., who is the owner\\nof six of the best designed houses built\\nfor investment purposes. Others lia\\\\ e\\nbuilt as many houses, but they are\\nprinciijally of the pattern house style.\\niROMINENT among the pioneers\\nof the town are the Bigelows,\\nAlden I l. and W m. 1). Twenty years\\nago these gentlemen came to Cranford\\nand settled down to develop a town.\\nFor all these years these men have\\ngiven e\\\\ery effort to this purpose, and\\nTHE Miller Block, a frame structure, adjoining the to-day they own some of the most valuable property\\nOpera House Block, accommodates some four or in the village. Over forty houses have been built by\\nfive shopkeepers; and there are now in contemplation them\u00e2\u0080\u0094 many of which have passed into the hands of\\nfor immediate erection several other business blocks, other residents.\\nwhich will provide for Cranford an ample accommo- T ARGE tracts of building lots have been opened\\ndation for all its business men. The other business up by Dr. AlacCnnnell. Edward Beadle, lienc-\\nblocks in the town are the Jahn Pilock (now build- diet Moodey, Gray Van Deventer, James Rodgers,\\ning\\\\ with three stores and four flats: the Rath Block and others here\u00e2\u0080\u0094 each one having its one special\\n(nor building), consisting of a store and four flats;\\nand a half dozen similar edifices. There are also some\\nother large projects for the erection of several mag-\\nnificent residences and business blocks during this\\nyear.\\ninducement to hold forth to the home seeker.\\nMessrs. Styles and Cash own a fine piece of property,\\nas does also G. W. Thomas. .Since January i, 1894,\\nthe real estate investment has reached at least\\n\u00c2\u00a775,000.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "4\\nCRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nRESIDEN CE H. \\\\V. DESMOND, ESQ,\\nSli1lljiW^;-(l!!!CTr^lS,;;l^(|l|||i\u00c2\u00bb,jiiauj\\nTHE prospective home seeker usually wishes to\\nrent a place and live in it for a few months or so\\nbefore deciding definitely whether it will be suitable\\nfor a future home. With the large majority of coun-\\ntry towns this would be a very wise plan to adopt,\\nbecause before the lease ran out the tenant would\\nprobably be tired of it and sadly disappointeil but in\\nCranfortl an\\\\ newcomer is perfectly safe to buy and\\nbuild without making any such tiial trip. If land it\\nhas ne\\\\ er occurred yet) the new resident should find\\nhimself disappointed and w ish to leave\\nhe would have no trouble in selling\\nout at an advance. \\\\W selecting a\\nfirst-class town one has the advantage\\nof the yearly rise in real estate; as\\nthe town gets larger and stronger so\\nthe value of [)roiierty increases. This\\nis not the case with a large percentage\\nof villages. It is far more connmrn to\\nfind \\\\-alues falling off as soon as the\\nbooming ceases. During the jiast three\\nyears there have been many periods\\nwhere towns in the \\\\icinity of Cranford\\nseemed to ha\\\\ e come to a standstill\\njjcriods when there was no building, no\\nsale of real estate, and no improvement\\ngoing on, yet Cranford has been stead-\\nily forging ahead.\\nTHE Camera Club is made up of a score of amateur\\nphotographers who are very skillful in their busi-\\nness. The many picturesque spots of the surrounding\\ncountry make this a \\\\er\\\\ interesting and infatuating\\namusement. Se\\\\eral charming e\\\\ ening entertainments\\nhave been gi\\\\ en by this cUd) \\\\\\\\itli the aid of the stere-\\nopticon, and in almost e\\\\-er_\\\\ home one finds a collec-\\ntion of beautiful photographs by some of the club\\nmembers. ]\\\\Ian\\\\- of the cuts herein are from photo-\\ngraphs by the chdj experts.\\n-,ilWu\\nRESIDENCE T. W. SUTTON, ESQ.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "CRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\n15\\nTHE careful manner in which the\\nlawns, grounds, and gardens are\\nhandled goes a good way toward mak-\\ning the town attractive. Fences have,\\nto a great extent, disappeared, and the\\ngrounds run into each other in park\\nfashion. The attention given to trees,\\nhedges, and flower beds is \\\\cr}- com-\\nmendable, as is also the case with ecjui-\\npages and iiorses, as the town is in the\\nmidst of many miles of good roails,\\nand great interest is taken in driving.\\nOf late one of the interesting moments\\nill the dail\\\\ routine of town affairs is\\nthe arrival of the New Yurk-rhiladel-\\nphia coach. Fresh horses are put on\\nhere on the coaches going cither way,\\nand the ga\\\\ parties have a moment to\\nlook around and inspect the town.\\nTHE fine roads which offer inducements to horse-\\nmen are also very alluring to wheelmen, and the\\ntown is at the west end of the well-known Elizabeth-\\nCranford ten-mile road-race track, where man}- of the\\nbic}-cle flyers have made great records. As many as\\nfi\\\\-e hundred wheelmen per day from other towns have\\nbeen counted as they passed through.\\nm:s^^\\nRESIDENCE GEORGE G. TELLER.\\nRESIDENCE E. C. RUUERTS, ESQ.\\nWHEN one is selecting a suburban location it is\\nnatural to inquire about the men who make up\\nthe town. What class of men are tlie\\\\ What arc\\ntheir ocations? A very satisfactory answer to these\\ncan be made as far as the men of Cranford are con-\\ncerned. There are writers and authors; first-class doc-\\ntors (both the practicing and preaching kinds); many\\ncollege men; men of tra\\\\el and men of leisure. Some\\nof New York s brightest brokers, bankers, and business\\nmen may be found in the list of commuters of this town.\\nThe New York Stock and other exchanges are repre-\\nsented, the ocean steamship lines, banks, insurance\\ncompanies, and hundreds of great business houses. If\\nit was possible to make an accurate estimate of the\\nworth and salaries of the men of Cranf(u-d. and com-\\npare it with similar estimates of the men vi other\\ntowns, it would probably show that Cranford men were\\nworth more and earned more than those of any similar\\ntown. These are the kiiul of people out of which to\\nmake a town; they aie jjrogressive, active, and alert\\nfor every possible advantage or improvement and it is\\nbecause of their vigilance and keen interest that Cran-\\nford is to-day so far ahead of her sister towns.\\nAs for the better halves of these men one has only\\nto look at the social life here to become satisfied that\\nthe ladies are of a superior class.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "i6\\nCRANFORD SOUVENIR.\\nRliSIDENXE A. II. I UMMER, ESQ.\\nIF any suburban town is entitled to a great future\\nCranfnnl is. The most conservative man could not\\nliesitatc to agree that the town will grow during the\\nnext year at least as much as it has during the past\\nyear, anil that is all that is necessary to [)rove to any-\\none the future of the place. For if the increase in\\npopuhitinn, in money invested, anil in new buildings\\ncontinues in the same latio as it has fur the past year\\nor two Cranford will be twice its present size in 1899.\\nThe last two years has shown a great improvement in\\nthe character, style, and cost of the houses and build-\\nings which have been erected. Most of the buildings\\nillustrated herein arc recent, and they tell their own\\nstory. The j^ast year has seen two excellent homes\\nbuilt here, one in\\\\-olving a cost of twenty and the\\nother of thirt_\\\\- thousand dollars. These two invest-\\nments show clearly that newcomers ha\\\\ e confidence in\\nthe future of the town.\\nIf the place has all that Nature can do for it together\\nwith all that bright, enterprising, and progressive resi-\\ndents have done, what more can be expected? Not-\\nwithstanding these paragraphs and sketches one must\\nsee the town for one s self in order to thoroughly\\nappreciate what is really here and what delightful\\nhomes are possible in this the queen village among\\nother suburban places.\\nHALF of the new town of Garwood is within the\\nboundaries of Cranford Township, and it is here\\nthat the great work s of the C. C. Motor Co. and\\nThe Ilall .Signal Co. are located. The Garwood\\nLand and Improvement Co. is the projector of this\\ntown scheme and the success of the town is already\\nassured. A }-ear ago Garwood was an undexxloped\\nwild. To-day it is full of the hum and whiz of a\\no-ahead town.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*y.* ..i.. ^G?^^ ;|ir:^,\\nRESIDENCE 1-R.\\\\NK I .VRVIN, ESQ.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "FAIRLEIGH VILLA,\\nCRANFORD. N. J.\\nCentral Railroad of New Jersey.\\nLarge rooms modern conveniences near station; pine\\ngroves air beneficial to throat and lung diseases open all\\nwinter.\\nE. A. MUNOZ.\\nFIRST NATIONAL BANK\\nG. B. DOTY,\\nOF IVBSTFIELD, N. J. CUSTOM TAILOR.\\nA. D. Cook, Pros. C. G. Endicott, V.-Pres.\\nR. H. Cook, Cashier.\\nCAPITAL STOCK, \u00c2\u00a350,000.\\nOpera House Block,\\nCRANFORD, N. J.\\nJ. M. C. MARSH,\\nAUCTIONEER,\\nWESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.\\nOffice First National Bank Building.\\nWM D BIGELOW J- goodliffe,\\nREAL ESTATE, and furnace work\\nCranford.\\nAgent for Graff Co. s Furnaces Ranges.\\nI Opposite Guyon s Bicycle Emporium,\\nNEW JERSEY. (^[^^^PQI^D, NEW JERSEY.\\nDAVID B. LENT, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Etc.,\\nOpera House Block, CRANFORD, N. J.\\nAGENT FOR\\nFurnished and Unfurnished Homes\\nLARGE AND SMALL, TO LET, THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO,\\nFOR LONG OR SHORT TERMS.\\nOF LONDON\\nAnd Other equally strong companies, both Fireand Life,\\nPROPERTIES IN GARWOOD,\\nWESTFIELD, and all of the neighbor-\\ning towns for SALE and to LET.\\nSeveral excellent farms and country seats.\\nLANSLEY BUSINESS COLLEGE,\\nELIZABETH, N. J. jo years teaching. Shorthand. A position for every graduate. Circulars free. Call and see us\\nCENTRAL RAILROAD\\nOF\\nNEW JERSEY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb0^0\\nAnthracite Coal used exclusively, insur-\\ning cleanliness and comfort.\\n^.o^..\\nTRAINS FROM CRANFORD TO X. Y.\\nA. M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3.53, 5.53, 6.47, 7.16, 7.47, 8.17,\\n3.32, g.04, 9.48, 10.43, 1223 (noon), p. M.\\nI. 31, 2.45, 4.iS, 5.07, 6.12, 7.19, 9.09, 9.43,\\n10.32, 11.44.\\nTRAINS ARRIVE FROM N. V\\nA. M. 1.52, 5.27, 6.52, 8.00, 9.23, 10.44,\\n12,28 (noon), p. M. r.52, 2.17, 3.11, 3.27,\\n4.16, 4.49, 5.19, 5.47, 5. 58, 6.17, 6.47. 6.58,\\n7.1S, 7.51, S.52, 9.21, 10.10, 10.52, 12.22.\\nK B. Time table June 20, :894.\\nTHE CENTRAL\\nBuilding and Loan Association,\\nMeets the third Wednesday of each month.\\nFor particulars apply to FRANK T. LEN T. Cranford,\\nor F. W. MORSE, Westficld.\\nP IERSON B ROTHERS,\\nHIGH-CLASS\\nPHOTOGRAPHY.\\nMakers of Picture Frames.\\n84 Broad St, Elizabeth, N. J.\\nPHILIP j, BINDENBERGER,\\nOPERA STABLE,\\nCRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.\\nA First-class Livery and Boarding Stable.\\nOFFICE OPPOSITE STATION.\\nEVERETT PIERSON,\\nMASONS and BUILDERS,\\nCranford, New Jersey.\\nContractors for the Jahn Block, the Rath Block, and a\\ndozen other buildings.\\nM. F. WHEELER,\\nDEALER IN\\nLAKE HOPATCONG ICE.\\nLeave Orders at Irving s Market.\\nJOHN M. CRANE,\\nDEALER IX\\nFINE FAMILY GROCERIES,\\nCrockery, Glassware, Flour, Feed, Grain, etc,\\nCRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.\\nHOFFMAN,\\nThe Opera House Barber,\\nCRANFORD, N. J.\\ni My place is at head of stairs in Opera House Block.\\nj FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY.\\nI Special attention to Ladies and Children.\\nJOHN j. SCHMITT,\\nPies, Pastry, Bread, Etc.,\\nWESTFIELD, N. J.\\nRemember my Wagon goes to Cranford\\ntwice every day.\\nBALL LESLIE.\\nNURSERYMEN IMPORTERS,\\nWESTFIELD. N. j.\\nFRUIT, SHADE, AND ORNAMENTAL TREES,\\nRoses, Gr.apevines, H.ardy\\nShrubs of all kinds are our Specialties.\\nNursery on Springfield Road, i;.-\\nmiles from Westfield.\\nCRANFORD OPERA HOUSE.\\nTo Rent for Balls, Parties, Receptions,\\nPublic Meetings, Etc.\\nFOR TERMS APPLY TO\\nE. BEADLE, Jr., Manager.\\nJAMES P. GILLOGLY.\\nCarpenter and Builder,\\nCranford, New Jersey.\\nRESIDENCE: ORCHARD STREET.\\nJobbing promptly attended to.", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "FIRST NATIONAL BANK\\nOF ELIZABETH, N. J.\\nCranford Meat Market.\\nJ. N. IRVING,\\nW. p. Thompson, Pres. I E. L. Tillou, Cnshr. Dealer in CHOICE BEEF, MUTTON, LAMB,\\nPORK, VEAL, POULTRY, PROVISIONS, etc.\\nCapitar Stock,\\nSurplus,\\ns 200,000.\\nS 1 68,300.\\nHAMPTON HALL\\nMrs. F. E. BATES,\\nCranford,\\nNew Jersey.\\n(See page 12O\\nRead the CRANFORD CHRONICLE.\\nFEARLESS\\nBRIGHT.\\nPROGRESSIVE.\\nDevoted to the news, interests, and people of a\\nthriving town.\\nJOHN ALFRED POTTER,\\nEditor and Proprietor.\\nOPERA HOUSE BLOCK. Next door to Post Office.\\nCRANFORD, N. J.\\nFRANK T. LENT, Architect,\\nOpera House Block, CRANFORD, N. J.\\nArchitect for a hundred of the best buildings in Union\\nCounty, N. J., including the Opera House Block (see\\ncover), the Diimont. Imhorst, Rodgers. Banker, Cochran\\nHouses, Hampton Hall, and Country Club, herein illus-\\ntrated.\\nHARTS PHARMACY.\\nW. J. HART,\\nOpera House Block,\\nCRANFORD, N. J.\\nR. G. LAGGREN,\\nAWNING DEPOT,\\nC. R. R. Building, ELIZABETH, N. J.\\nResidence Awnings, Flags, Tents,\\nWindow Shades, etc.\\nMaker of the majority of the Awnings in this vicinity.\\nELECTRO-LIGHT ENGRAVING CO..\\nCor. Rose, Pearl New Chambers Streets,\\nNEW YORK.\\nMakers of all Engravings in Mr. Lent s pttbiications.\\nDAVID B. LENT, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans,\\nOpera House Block,\\nCRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.\\nAGENT FOR HOME INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK.\\nHOUSES (Furnished and Unfurnished) FOR SALE and TO LET, and Agent for the Choicest Building Lots\\nin town at bottom prices.\\nLots For Sale in MacCONNELL S ADDITION, GRAY VAN DE VENTER S ADDITION,\\nROOSEVELT MANOR, BEADLE S ADDITION, And in all locations.\\nSOUND SENSE IN SUBURBAN ARCHITECTURE\\nSENSIBLE SUBURBAN RESIDENCES.\\nTwo New, Valuable, and Popular Books on House Building. Cloth. loo\\npages each. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED with Plans, Sketches, etc., of\\nHouses Actually Built by an Architect who for twelve years has made a \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J^ _._\u00e2\u0080\u009e^,^_ _\\nSpecial Study of Suburban Architecture. M| HI PiilpM [HSBfJ\\nThese books contain practical and artistic information, and will save i?^75^4f4l^ iS- -iP^^^^^^\\nmany times their cost to anyone intending to build. rs.:i^^li^^.^^^;;j^-^\\nCirculars Containing Revieivs and Description on Application.\\nSENT, POSTPAID, TO ANY ADDRESS FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH.\\nFRANK T. LENT, Suburban Architect,\\nCRANFORD, NEW JERSEY.\\nCHARLES GRANVILLE JONES.\\nARCHITECT,\\n280 Broadway, NEW YORK.\\nArchitect for the Presbyterian Church\\n1,1 ih,. riv Ho\\nSee page 13.)\\nJOHN WATERSON.\\nCARPENTER and BUILDER,\\nResidence and Shop: Central Ave. and Sixth St., jFINE FAMILY GROCERIES.\\nJOHN L. DERBY,\\nDEALER IS\\nCRA.NFORD, N. J.\\nOffice Room 4, Opera House Block.\\nOpera House Block (Adjoining Post OiBce),\\nCranford, New Jersey.", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3383", "width": "2581", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3338", "width": "2498", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "iiii\\n1!\\nI\\niU .:A Wi", "height": "3454", "width": "2642", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcranfo00lent_0028.jp2"}}