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HE i n qu i ry o ften com es from person s l iv i n g i n

crowded quarte rs o f N ew York,an d pay i ng ex

cessive ren t s %Where can I fi nd a qu i e t,h ea l t h

fu l p lace,conven ien t t o my bu s i n e s s

,where I can

econom ize w i thou t s u ffe r i ng i n m ind , and es cape th e

eve rl as t i ng squ eeze o f an ove r c rowded c i ty P

CO TTAG E S N E A R CL I FTO N D E P OT .

Some o f th em l ive ln Harl em an d speak im pa t i en t l y

o f com fo rt l es s t r i p s o n th e el eva t ed road s,where a man

mus t o fte n s tand fo r m i l es befo re h i s n e rvou s wat ch i ng

reward s him w i th a s ea t . O th ers , too weary to c l i m b

th e l ong s tairwavs , s t ruggl e fo r s tand i ng room i n th e

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d raggi ng ho rs e cars,and reach home more t i red than i f

they had wal ked .

Su ch i s l i fe i n N ew York fo r thos e whos e for tun e s w i l l

no t adm i t o f cen t ral elegan ce,and whos e s e l f - r e s pec t

wi l l no t e n du re the t enem en t hou s e,n or th e d i sma l

,fad

i ng quarters d es er t ed by th e r i ch .

The d es ign‘

o f th i s l i t t l e book i s t o g ive re l iab l e in for

mat i o n to any person s med i tat i ng a change from c i ty t o

Suburban l i fe . And by i l l u s tra t i on s from pho tograph i c

v i ews,to g ive a t ru th fu l gl impse of th e charac te r o f th e

p lace i t s pec i al ly commend s .

The fi rs t d es id e ratum i n choos i ng a home shou l d b e

hea l t h fu l nes s o f s i te and su rrou n d i ngs%then co nven i e n c e

o f acce s s to bu s i n e s s,l o ca l p r iv i l eges

,good ne ighbors ,

beau ty and var i e ty o f l and scape,fo l l owas i mpo r tan t

po in t s to con s i d e r . When to these advan tages,a t a

mod erate pr i c e fo r land,can be added a good gar d en

so i l,an abu ndance o f pu re wa t e r

,coa l a t l e s s cos t pe r

g ross to n than th e [27116 to n o f the c i ty , i s i t no t worth

wh i l e to e xamin e the c la im s of su ch a p lace %

O f a l l th e V i l lages w i th i n twen ty m i l e s o f New York ,

none comb in e th e :above at trac t io n s more compl e t e l y

than Cli f ton,i n Pas sa i c Cou n ty

,N ew Jers ey .

The s tat i o n on th e N ew York,Lake E r i e and Wes t e rn

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r oad i s abou t twe lve m i l e s from Pavon i a Fer rv,o r

m easu red by t ime , i s fo rty - five m in u te s from Chambers

S tree t,New York . Twen ty - e igh t pas s enger tra i n s on

th e E r i e road s top da i l y a t C l i f ton . There are al so

s ta t i o n s on th e D elaware,Lackawann a Wes tern and

th e N ewark and Pa t e rso n road s,g iv ing ampl e fac i l i t i e s

fo r reach ing al l th e n e ighbor i ng c i t i e s from e i th e r s i d e

o f t h e town .

The gen era l h ea l th fu l n es s o f th i s localitv i s unques

tioned. The grou nd i s ge n t ly u nd u la t i ng,th u s a fford

i ng n atu ra l s u rfac e d ra i n age . The sub - so i l i s grave l,

u n der l y i ng wh i ch i s fi n e sand %c on sequ en t l y th ere are

n o s tagnan t poo l s con cea l ed i n rock cav i t i e s,wh ich can

no t d ry ou t . There i n th e so i l o f Cl i f to n d i ffers from th e

rocky r i dge o f Bergen He igh t s,the no rth ern par t o f

N ew York I s lan d and mu ch o f Wes tch es te r cou n ty .

Chas . F . Wingate,i n an art i c l e recen t ly pub l i sh ed i n

the N ew Yo rk Trz'

ézme,on th e over - crowded cond i t io n

o f N ew York and the rem edy for i t,say s : % There i s

room fo r a m i l l io n peop l e i n the env i ron s o f N ew York,

cou l d th e ban e of ma la ri a be removed . Wha t m ore in

y i t i ng p lac es o f re s i de n ce than S taten I s lan d o r Bay

R i dge,o r Fort Hami l ton

,fron t i ng on ou r nob l e harbo r

,

i f th ey cou l d be mad e heal th fu l % I f th e synd icat e of

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cap i ta l i s ts,who co n templ ate buy i ng Cuba

,wou l d i nves t

a few m i l l i o n s i n removi ng malar ia from the s e s ec t ion s

they wou l d fi nd a bonanza i n th e specu lat i o n . S tate n

I s lan d i s notor iou s fo r i t s ch i l l s and feve r,and th e in

co nven ie nce andcos t o f t rave l h ave proved perman en t

obs tac l e s to th e grow th o f th a t beau t i fu l n e ighborhood .

Th e o ffi c i al d ea th rat e o fHud son cou n ty,i n c l u d i ng Ho

boken, Jers ey C i ty , Bayon n e , Je rs ey C i ty He ig h t s an d

Weehawken,proves beyon d any th eor i e s wha t i s th e

san i tary cond i t i o n o f that region . Wes tche s ter coun ty

i s too d i s tan t an d th e expen s e o f t rav e l too great .

%

Mr . Wingate , i n cas t i ng abou t fo r th e bes t mean s o f

rel i evi ng N ew York,quo te s from ano ther em i nen t

au tho r,fo rmerly a re s i d en t o f that c i ty

,as

rfollows :

% The grand fu ndamen tal final rem edy i s to l es s en th e

pres su re on M anha t tan I s land,by mak i ng Staten I s land

,

Wes tch es ter cou n ty and Long I s lan d fi t fo r human hab

itation by k i l l i ng th e feve r an d ague . Effec tual d ra in

age on a grand scal e w i l l d o th i s . S taten I s land,fo r

e%ample,wou ld s peed i l y be fi l l ed wi th peop l e .

%

Th i s i s al l very we l l fo r some fu tu re gen erat i on,

when M r . W .

’

s fa i th an d th e n eeded m i l l i on s are und er

th e sam e con tro l %bu t W h i l e th e fa i r fi e ld s and g en t ly

r i s i ng s lopes o f h eal th fu l grou n d beyond th e sa l t mead

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ows of N ew Je rs ey can be bough t a t p r i ces w i th i n the

reach o f a l l who are i n earn es t to s ecu re homes o f th e i r

own , those whoare l i vi ng i n th e p r esent w i l l n o t wai tfo r th e s low proce s s o f red emp t i o n u rged by M r

.Win

gate .

Ly ing be tween t h e two th r i v i ng c i t i e s of Pate rson

R E S I D E N CE OF N . VAN HOVE N .

and Passa i c , wh ich are rap i dly grow ing towa rd s eacho th e r, i t i s a qu es t io n o n ly o f t i m e when C l i fto n w i l l b e

th e cen t re of a great c i ty . N ow i s th e t im e to s ecure

hom es th ere , a t pri c es w i th i n the reach o f person s o f

v ery mod erat e mean s . I t i s no t a bare an d t ree le s s

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was t e,l i k e many o f the c ru d e

,uncanny place s s t arted

by non - re s i d en t specu l ators %bu t i s a l ready beautified

by many subs tan t i a l homes , i n wh i ch theown er‘

s have

res id ed many years . Lawn s,t re es an d v i n e s are we l l

e s tab l i sh ed and improv i ng year by year . Th e s t reet s

have been sc i en t ifi cal l y grad ed an d maps fi l ed %an d

wh a t l an d th ere i s for s al e now,i s h eld by part i e s whos e

pr ivate i n te res t s are l arge enough to s ecu re th e town

agai n s t nu i san ces o f any k i nd,and i n su re a so l id

,

s t eady growth .

Th e C l i f ton G roveHo te l i s conven i en t ly reach ed fromthe s tat i o n by a s ton e wal k . Th e G rove i t s el f

,n ear by,

i s u n s u rpas s ed by any i n t h e s tate . A coo l and charm

i ng re treat,much prized by summer board ers o f the

p l ace .

Th e % U n io n Chape l % afford s a commod iou s and tas te

fu l gath er i ng p lace for th e c i t izen s on man y occas i ons

bes i d e th e regu lar Sunday serv i c es .

A modern s choo l - hou se,cen t ral l y lo ca ted

,i s we l l

at tended,and e ffic i e n t l y managed .

A brawli ng brook,t ha t n eve r fa i l s i n any drought

,

and from wh ich many a t rou t i s hook ed,s u pp l i es the

power to several m i l l s u pon the ou tsk i rt s o f th e place,

and,w i th dams and fal l s

,makes roman ce as i t goe s .

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The owne r o f on e man s i on,Mr . G eo. V . D e Mo t t

,has

,

at great e%pen s e,d ive rt ed a port i o n o f th i s s tream from

i ts n atu ral bed,thu s form i n g %as shown on th e fron t

cover o f th i s book%a large fi sh pond i n h i s l awn, as wel l

CL I FTO N SCHOOL HO U SE .

a s amply supply i ng h i s hou s e w i th exce l l en t wate r by

mean s o f a ram,and then l e t t i ng the brook go aga i n

to%o i n th e br imm ing rive r, % th e r iver be i ng th e beaut i fu l Passai c

,wh i ch %ows w i th i n hal f a m i l e o f th e C l i fto n

d epo t . Qu i t e n ear i s th e famou s D und ee dam ,wh ich

b road en s th e r i ver i n to a pre ten t i ou s l ak e,t h ree m i l es

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i n l e ngth and makes i t a favo ri te re sor t fo r aqu at i c

sport sm en .

A s tr ik i ng featu re o f C l i f ton s cen ery i s th e d ark back

ground formed by F i rs t Moun ta i n,

% wh i ch,beg i n n i ng

at G arre t t R ock , n ear Paterso n , ex ten d s fo r m i l es to

the sou thwes t u n t i l i t dwi n d l e s to th e l e s s prec i p i tou s

h i l l s o f Mon tcla i r .

The hou s e s o f C l i fton,as w i l l b e s een by the accom

pany i ng i l l u s trat i on s,are no t o f th e mos t sumptu ou s and

expen s ive charac te r,bu t are gen eral l y fu l l o f com fo rt s

,

many of them hav i ng water and d rain age fac i l i t i e s equ a l

t o any i n th e c i ty . I t i s a qu i e t,o rd erl y

,happy commu

nity, where ch i l d re n can en%oy freed om wi th safe ty an dpare n t s can spen d th e i r d ay s i n peace .

The C l i fton Land an d Bu i l d i ng Assoc iat i on h ave for

sal e some of the mos t elig ib l e property i n th e p lace,and

are n ow prepared to o ffe r i t on fu l l y as l i beral term s as

any that are adve rt i s ed by o th er lan d compan i es .

Pu rchase rs o f l o t s who may d e s i re to bu i l d dwe l l i ngs,

bu t lack su ffi c i en t mean s to d o so a t onc e,wi l l b e as s i s t ed

on a mos t generou s s cal e . Paymen t s may be m ade i n

mon th ly i n s tal lm en t s,and any amoun t s pa id i n exce s s o f

i n tere s t on advan c es w i l l b e cred i ted on th e pr i n c i pa l .

Appo i n tment s w i l l b e mad e w i th person s des i r i ng to v i s i t

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C l i fton fo r th e pu rpos e o f i n sp ec t i ng proper ty w i th a v i e‘w

to pu rchas e . Thos e apply i ng earl i es t w i l l have the fi rs t

cho i ce o f s i t e s .

For part i cu l ar i n fo rmat i o n con cerning proper ty i n

C l i fton,add res s

L . F . SPENCE R ,

55 LE O N AR D STR E E T,

N E W YO R K .

Mr . Spencer i s agen t fo r th e C l i fton Land an d Bu i l d

ingAssoc iat i o n an d al s o fo r o ther part i e s who have som e

very de s i rab l e property for sal e .

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