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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 19 ii 
An interesting type of half-timber house in Cranford. Hollingsworth One of New Jersey’s historic roads. The Rumson Road dates 
& Bragdon, architects. from Revolutionary times 
provide capable instructors. A mile further on comes Garwood, 
smaller in size and less pretentious, beyond which is Westfield. 
Here the land values are somewhat higher, and most of the homes 
constructed by their occupants. This suburb boasts of five large 
public schools besides several private kindergartens. Near by is 
the beautiful Echo Lake, which supplements the Westfield Coun¬ 
try Club in giving opportunities for outdoor exercise. Beyond, 
the smaller towns of Fanwood and Scotch Plains act as the more 
modest suburbs of Plainfield, until Netherwood is reached. This 
is entirely a residential offshoot of Plainfield, and contains many 
beautiful residences. A few miles beyond Plainfield is rapidly- 
growing Dunellen, where, a fine new sew¬ 
age system is being installed. The 
Watchung Mountains come nearer to the 
towns here and give more diversified 
scenery. About 31 miles from New 
York is Bound Brook. Here one finds 
more of a business section and less reli¬ 
ance upon the city than is the case with 
the afore-mentioned places. There are 
many interesting homes here, some of 
them of Revolutionary origin, for Bound 
Brook can boast of an early foundation 
and long history. Scenery at this point 
begins to approach the characteristics of 
the mountain sections, and from the 
Watchung Mountains, back of the town, 
there is a fine view to be had over the 
surrounding country. The hamlet of Fin- 
derne lies between Somerville and Bound 
Brook. Somerville is the county seat of 
Somerset County, and has a thriving bus¬ 
iness section, besides streets of attractive 
residences. A feature of note is the Duke 
estate, lying just beyond, which is kept open as a park for visitors. 
Turning from this section, one finds somewhat similar features 
along the train line of the Erie, which to Suffern (32 miles from 
New York) traverses a farming country where there are many 
opportunities for the commuter to purchase acreage tracts, and 
either to remodel an old farm house to suit his needs or to build a 
new house. 
Along this line the commuting traffic is very great, and the 
principal commuting centres are Rutherford, Carlton Hill, Pas¬ 
saic, Paterson, Hawthorne, Ferndale, Glen Rock, Ridgewood, 
Hohokus, Waldick, Allendale, Ramsey and Mawah. While nearly 
all of these places are cities or large 
towns, there is a large territory contigu¬ 
ous to them which still offers splendid 
opportunities for the commuter who 
wants a garden, to purchase or rent a 
home very reasonably. There is much 
beautiful scenery, and the land has ad¬ 
vantages of being by brook and stream, 
or shaded by woods. 
C. H. Miller 
The House in the Hills 
F the level plain and well-tended roll¬ 
ing lands stretch uninteresting be¬ 
fore you, and the neat lawn and regu¬ 
larly set trees are a bore, perhaps the 
informality of the mountains will please 
you. In them you can hide your bun¬ 
galow within some glen or perch high 
on some mountain summit to overlook 
all the land. Perhaps you think that 
such wishes can never be gratified near 
At Bound Brook the scenery takes on the char¬ 
acteristics of the mountain sections. Chim¬ 
ney Rock Falls in the Watchung hills 
Echo Lake, near Westfield, gives opportunity for water sports, 
unusual in inland sections near the city 
The English rivers present no more beautiful panorama than the 
Raritan River and Canal, near Somerville 
