Ridgewood, New Jersey and why . lly, that— In Order to get safely outsidethe Malarial, the Mosquito, andthe Salt Air Belts which encirclethe Metropolis, one must go atleast Twenty Miles away fromthe New York City Hall! With this condition in view, and the fact that next in im-portance to healthfuhiess is accessibility, the problem growscomplicated. The Garden of Eden would be no place to livefor a man doing business in New York—not so much on ac-count of snakes^ but because it is too far, by time measure-ment, from Broadway. His home must be where he can getto it easily and quickly; otherwise
Ridgewood, New Jersey and why . lly, that— In Order to get safely outsidethe Malarial, the Mosquito, andthe Salt Air Belts which encirclethe Metropolis, one must go atleast Twenty Miles away fromthe New York City Hall! With this condition in view, and the fact that next in im-portance to healthfuhiess is accessibility, the problem growscomplicated. The Garden of Eden would be no place to livefor a man doing business in New York—not so much on ac-count of snakes^ but because it is too far, by time measure-ment, from Broadway. His home must be where he can getto it easily and quickly; otherwise the bi-daily trip becomesirksome and fatiguing. And transportation should not beexpensive. Pleasant surroundings are of course, desirable; as areadequate school and church facilities, agreeable social rela-tions, and good neighl^ors. With the great majority, it isessential also that real estate be not too high-priced. Bearing these several specifications in mind, let us see hownearly Ridgewood comes to filling the bill. [6]. R I D G E W 0 0 D New Jersey Ridgewood is situated in Northern Newnotation Jersey, on the main line of the Erie Railroad, acccssifailitp ^^-^ miles beyond Paterson, tvvent^y-two milesfrom New York. It is also the western ter-minus of the Bergen County Railroad, acquired by the Eriein 1881, and which, leaving the main line at Rutherford,avoids the Passaic River and shortens the distance chief advantage to Ridgewood is that it gives us fourtracks to the city, and betters the train service materially,there being thirty trains a day each way, one making the ... 5 . ? ? ? V ???ji^ umimi^ ^ ENTRANCE TO KATHAWOOD PARK time in the morning to Jersey City in 41 minutes, and one inthe afternoon from Jersey City to Ridgewood in 33 schedule time of other trains between Ridgewood andJersey City, is from 50 to GO minutes. Trains leave the Eriestation in Jersey City via the undcr-river route, for the Ter-minal Building (down town) every 2^^ min
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