. Homes on the Central railroad of New Jersey for New York business men .. . he completion of the Centrals all rail route to NewYork in 1865, and the consequent demand for country homesfor business men. But it has been and is steadily growing,and ha;s now several hundred inhabitants, two churches,schools, stores, a good market and a hotel. There is fairwater power offered manufacturers on the streams back ofthe village, and the sportsman may be sure of good huntingand fishing in the immediate vicinity. Land sells here in plots of 50x100 or 150 feet near thedepot for from $6 to $20 per foot, an
. Homes on the Central railroad of New Jersey for New York business men .. . he completion of the Centrals all rail route to NewYork in 1865, and the consequent demand for country homesfor business men. But it has been and is steadily growing,and ha;s now several hundred inhabitants, two churches,schools, stores, a good market and a hotel. There is fairwater power offered manufacturers on the streams back ofthe village, and the sportsman may be sure of good huntingand fishing in the immediate vicinity. Land sells here in plots of 50x100 or 150 feet near thedepot for from $6 to $20 per foot, and that more remote,say half a mile away, at from $2000 to $3000 per acre. A mile and a half south is the beautiful village of New-market, by which name in fact the station was known untilcalled by that it now bears. Dunellen derives, moreover, an additional importance asthe nearest connecting point for Washingtons Rock, a boldcliff four hundred feet high, plainly visible on the face of theadjacent mountain abdut a mile distant, and from the summit 42 HOMES ON THE HOMES ON THE CENTRAL. 43 a v////-/A t--/xxx//.» \///////^, V/Z^/TTA {/yz/y\lY////A r^^^
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