. Essex county, , illustrated . system of transfers in operation,affordmg cheap transportation toevery part of the city, as well as tothe Oranges. Bloomfield. other suburban places. Easyaccess to the great city across theHudson is obtained by taking of the New York and Green-wood Lake Railroad, either at theSilver Lake station of the Orangellranch. or those of the main Forest Hill station, which isal the junction of the two ^?ork. indeed is only nine andoiii miles distant, and the com-muter is landed at the foot Street in abou
. Essex county, , illustrated . system of transfers in operation,affordmg cheap transportation toevery part of the city, as well as tothe Oranges. Bloomfield. other suburban places. Easyaccess to the great city across theHudson is obtained by taking of the New York and Green-wood Lake Railroad, either at theSilver Lake station of the Orangellranch. or those of the main Forest Hill station, which isal the junction of the two ^?ork. indeed is only nine andoiii miles distant, and the com-muter is landed at the foot Street in about thirty-live minutes from the moment tin- at a cost ofeighteen cents for the rouinl trip,including ferriage over ihe the residinls of iliristI lill ale neaiei ihe business Centre. IAll. li. , sKCKtTAKV. ESSEX COUXTY, X. J., ILLrSTRATED. 227 of Xew York than are the citizens of Harlem or the remoterparts of Brooklyn, while the comforts of the transit to and frois incomparably superior for the New Jersey suburban resi-dent. This is a fact beyond dispute. It is, therefore, not to111- woiulered at. taking into consideration the high rents,impure air and generally unwholesome surroundings of citylife, that so many New York business men have shaken thedust of the metropolis from their feet and established them-selves in homes at Forest Hill, where their houses are largerand more comfortably arranged than are any that could besecured, even by a far greater expenditure of money, within thelimits of the city. lUit the advantages which give this suburb its distinguish-ing character and make it a place of ha])py and conte]itedhomes are not yet exhausted. Situated within the corporatelimits, it is subjected onlv to the low tax rate for which Newark from every poin
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