. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . THE SUBURBANITE. Approach lo railroad station,Bayonne, N. J. is lower than that of New York since the incorporation of the towncareful attention has been paid to san-itary conditions. Surrounded as it is onthree sides by tide water and with anaverage elevation above sea level of 30feet the question of sewerage disposalwas not a difficult one to solve. Thefirst attempts at securing an adequatesupply of pure water proved to be aharder problem. After experimentingfor a number
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . THE SUBURBANITE. Approach lo railroad station,Bayonne, N. J. is lower than that of New York since the incorporation of the towncareful attention has been paid to san-itary conditions. Surrounded as it is onthree sides by tide water and with anaverage elevation above sea level of 30feet the question of sewerage disposalwas not a difficult one to solve. Thefirst attempts at securing an adequatesupply of pure water proved to be aharder problem. After experimentingfor a number of years without satisfac-tory results the plan first adopted wasabandoned and twelve years ago thepresent system of water supply was in-stalled. The mains extend to a pointabove Little Falls in the Passaic Riverwhere there is no possibility of con-tamination and the water obtained is ofunusual purity. Professor Doremus ofNew York, who a few years ago analyzedthe water at the request of the municipalauthorities of P)ayonne, made a highlyfavorable report upon it and it is no ex-aggeration to say that few cities canboast of
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