. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . cross. As to the reasons that swayed us in favor of Dunellen,we found it to be an altogether charming borough-gov-erned community located at the base of the shelteringWatchung Hills, twenty-six miles from New York on themain line of the New Jersey Central. As I have said, thetrain service more than satisfies the most exacting—thirtytrains to the city and thirty-six westward, and they makethe run in less than an hour. It is a typical commuterscolony, and yet we look upon it as in a c
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . cross. As to the reasons that swayed us in favor of Dunellen,we found it to be an altogether charming borough-gov-erned community located at the base of the shelteringWatchung Hills, twenty-six miles from New York on themain line of the New Jersey Central. As I have said, thetrain service more than satisfies the most exacting—thirtytrains to the city and thirty-six westward, and they makethe run in less than an hour. It is a typical commuterscolony, and yet we look upon it as in a class by itself. Itsmost representative men are engaged in business or pro-fessional pursuits in the city and their homes are fromwithin one to fifteen minutes walk from the station, anindication of the compactness of the borough. A wordabout those homes, or rather the word that spells our firstand our last impression of them. Cosy is the are homes that are really homelike—nothing ornateor ultra-pretentious about the houses. The modern freaki- as scarce as snow in the good old summertime. Not a. Sttcactiue il^unaaloUi of ^corgr 31. ItaU) few of the houses are obviously old-fashioned in designand construction, but so much the more desirable, as ourtastes in this direction dictate. Then another thing we noticed was the air—air whichjustly can be called ozone. Topographically it is in lineto get the finest quality of this vital suburban staple—themountains at its back—a shelter from boisterous elements—and the farmlands and meadows at the south and west,with the rural township of Piscataway to suggest delight-ful possibilities of fresh garden truck at low prices—possi-bilities which as realities have grown into the habit classwith exceptions only in the cases where home gardensserve as substitutes. This real ozone is one of the primary factors which con-tribute to the healthfulness prevailing in Dunellen—therecan be no doubt of that. At the same time, othe
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