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PASSAIG, 
 
 NEW JERSEY, 
 
 AND ITS ADVANTAGES AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 
 
 ISSUED BY 
 
 FRANK HUGHES, REAL ESTATE, 
 
 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE AND PROSPECT STREET, - PASSAIC, N. J. 
 
 COPYRIGHT BY FRANK HUGHES, 
 
 1893. 
 
 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 
 
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To tbe Reader. 
 
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 MUCH time, labor and money have been expended upon this 
 little book and it is designed to reach, those who have not 
 seen Passaic or heard of its many advantages. It is not sold but 
 will be mailed free to you or any of your friends who would 
 be interested in knowing more about our charming little city 
 by sending address and four cents in stamps to pay postage to 
 
 FRAHK HUGHES, 
 
 Passaic, M. J. 
 
RESIDENCE OF OSCAR DRESLER, Esu., SUMMER STREET. 
 
PASSAK5. 
 
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 ImF the people who build homes for themselves, there are three classes; those who have 
 ' "^fjl acquired money for which they desire a safe and permanent investment; those who by 
 $ the betterment of their conditions and prospects feel warranted in taking this important 
 step ; and those who feeling that they cannot afford to go on paying rent which will never 
 return to them, preferring rather to see this money go out in the shape of partial payments 
 for a home to which they will ultimately hold the title. To these three classes, living in 
 New York and its suburban towns, this little book is intended to appeal. 
 
 The advantages of tbe country over a great city as a place of residence are manifold, as 
 evidenced by the fact that all those who can afford to do so, leave their city homes for a 
 large portion of the year and go elsewhere. The expense of owning and maintaining a city 
 house excbules the majority of people from possessing one, and the same argument holds good 
 with reuts in desirable parts of the city. 
 
The home builder of moderate means must therefore choose between living in the count n' 
 or the remote outskirts of the great city, and in the latter case, he misses the advantages he 
 sought and meets with the inconveniences he tried to avoid. He spends a considerable fraction 
 of his time in holding on to a strap in the elevated and surface cars ; his every movement 
 and almost his every pleasure involve expense ; the danger to himself and family from conta- 
 gious diseases is enhanced ; and to the wholesome influences of nature, he must remain 
 a comparative stranger. 
 
 On the other hand, the man who lives in the country enjoys advantages which his city 
 friend misses or must pay heavily to grt. 
 
 The social problem is easier, his surroundings are more wholesome, and in common with 
 his wealthier neighbor he may derive benefit from them. The cost of living and the expendi- 
 ture of time and money in getting to and from business are about the same in either case ; 
 but what would be an impossibility, generally speaking, in the city, is a problem of compara- 
 tively easy solution in the country ; namely, the ownership of a home. 
 
 Taking it for granted — as we safely may — that few men will build for themselves a home 
 in New York, the first question that presents itself to the prospective home-maker is "Where 
 shall 1 build in the country?" We do not define the country town for desirable residence 
 
RESIDENCES ON AYCRIGG AVENUE. 
 
RESIDENCE ON AYCRIGG AVENUE. 
 
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 RESIDENCE OF WM. S. FRIEDHNDER, Esq., BROOK AVENUE. 
 
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as a place made up chiefly of great expectations, remote from railways, unimproved and so 
 sparsely settled that a man's house might burn down without his nearest neighbors knowing it. 
 The only argument in favor of such a place is the cheapness of building lots, which are 
 usually expensive in the end. 
 
 No man can afford to establish himself permanently in a place which does not j ossess the 
 following requisites : — 
 
 Good elevation, pure air and pure water. 
 
 Accessibility to his place of business and excellent railway service thereto. 
 Improved <iml shaded streets, stont sidewalks and good sewers. 
 11",// equipped local stores and markets. 
 Good schools and churches. 
 Good society and plenty of if. 
 
 If in addition to these it can offer still other inducements to those who are seeking a habi- 
 tation, so much the better, and of such a place we desire to speak. 
 
 Passaic, New Jersey, is located within thirty-one minutes ride from New York and is 
 at head of navigation on the Passaic River. It has a population of about 17,000, a bonded 
 
PARK PLACE LOOKING EAST. 
 
indebtedness of $176,000.00 and an assessed valuation of over §5,000,000.00. It has four stations 
 on the main line of the Erie Boad, two on the D., L. »fe W., and one on the N. Y., S. & W., 
 with a total of 84 passenger trains daily. Also an electric street railway to Garfield and 
 Paterson. It is probably the best nagged city of its size in the United States, having nearly 100 
 miles of flagged sidewalks and several miles of macadamized streets. 
 
 The public schools of Passaic are of the best sort and are based on the graded school 
 standard of New York city. It has three banks, three Building & Loan Associations, sixteen 
 churches, six fire companies, one daily and four weekly newspapers, three Athletic Clubs, a 
 free Public Library and free Postal delivery. It has the Waring System of Sanitary sewers 
 throughout, a gas system with fourteen miles of main, and an electric light system both arc 
 and incandescent. It also possesses a new water system with 32 miles of mains, the source 
 of supply being from the upper water shed of the Passaic and Pequannock and is pure spring 
 water. Some of the public buildings are the finest of their kind in the State and the manu- 
 facturing interests are very large. 
 
 Added to these interesting facts are the natural beauties of the place, its high rolling 
 ground, its shaded streets, its picturesque walks and drives, its boating on the river and various 
 other attractions which go towards making Passaic an ideal place of residence. 
 
RESIDENCE OF MRS. H. A. BARRY, PASSAIC AVENUE. 
 
RIVER DRIVE LOOKING NORTH. 
 
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 RIVER DRIVE NEAR PASSAIC BRIDGE STATION. 
 
There are numerous pleasantries indulged in at the expense of New Jersey and which are 
 studiously circulated and emphasized by those who live outside its borders. Nevertheless the 
 inhabitants of Passaic have neither been devoured by mosquitoes nor destroyed by malaria, 
 and it is proverbial that those who leave the town to live elsewhere generally return to it to 
 
 slay. 
 
 Although in a decade the population of Passaic has increased above 100 per cent, leading 
 all other towns and cities in New Jersey in this respect, nevertheless there has been uo 
 sudden and fictitious boom in properly but rather a steady and legitimate growth due to favor- 
 able location and exceptionally good railroad facilities. 
 
 Passaic is no place for the sensational real estate speculator with his flaring advertise- 
 ments, excursion trains, free lunches and other pyrotechnic displays including the occasional 
 gift of a building lot. Land in Passaic is too valuable to give away, but there are good and 
 sufficient reasons why it is so. It possesses an intrinsic marketable value which insures a safe 
 investment and enables the purchaser to dispose of his property without loss if he should 
 decide to sell. It is of course, possible to secure land more cheaply in unimproved places, 
 such as an- caricatured in the papers as "Lonelyville'' &c, but investments in property of that 
 sort promise a very undesirable sort of permanency; namely a permanent inability to dispose 
 of it without sacrifice. 
 
LAFAYETTE AVENUE, BETWEEN PENNINGTON AVENUE AND MQH STREET. 
 
We have merely alluded to advantages possessed by Passaic, in the way of railroad 
 facilities, fine schools, improved streets, &c. It would be easy to dilate upon these 
 
 things and tn make comparisons with other towns and cities in regard to them; but to the 
 prospective buyer of property in Passaic, most of these advantages speak for themselves. It 
 will nevertheless be interesting to know that so far as railroads are concerned, the end is 
 not vet, and that the electric roads are to be extended so that one can make the round 
 trip to and from New York for twenty cents, and the trip to Newark and neighboring towns 
 for ten cents. To those who have children to educate it is only proper to say, that in the 
 six free school buildings, where over 2000 pupils are in attendance, children of all grades can 
 receive the best of instruction and be prepared for entrance to the best colleges in the 
 country. The school books are furnished at public cost. 
 
 Passaic is surrounded with fine farm? ami market gardens, and it is no small satisfaction 
 to know that milk, fruit and vegetables can D3 had absolutely fresh each day. 
 
PROSPECT STREET LOOKING EAST FROM PA5SAIC AVENUE. 
 
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. 
 
PUBLIC WARD AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL BUILDINGS 
 
VflERE ap flow jf@ Boy in P/i&smc. 
 
 SOU the benefit of those who desire to locate in Passaic and to possess homes there, 
 we call attention to the following land Companies, believing that the necessarily brief 
 descriptions of the properties, will at least t;ive the buyer a general idea of their sit- 
 uation and advantages and enable him to make an intelligent examination of them. The names 
 and standing of the men connected with these companies are such as to inspire confidence 
 and are a guarantee of good faith and fair treatment. 
 
 MINERVA LAND COMPANY. 
 
 J. H. Coffin, President; T. I). Terry, Vice-President; Fbane Hughes, Treasurer and 
 Manager. About six hundred of the choicest lots in the City of Passaic in the famous 
 "Hill Section" or Eastern slope, are owned by this company. They are on the highest 
 
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY BU'LOING CITY HALL PARK 
 
RESIDENCES ON PASSAIC AVENUE. 
 
PASbAIC AVENUE LOOKING NORTH FROM GREGORY AVENUE. 
 
portion of the City, and for flue location and magnificent views, can hardly he matched by 
 any building lots in this part of the country. Many of them are thoroughly improved and 
 ready for sewer connections. 
 
 They front on Pennington Avenue, Van Houten Avenue, Ascension Street, Eeid Avenue, 
 Barry Place, Passaic, Elmwood and Bradford Avenues, All don and Garfield Streets. In the 
 immediate neighborhood are the finest residences in the city, and the whole section will soon 
 be built up with costly homes. The prices have been kept low, namely $'200 to $400, per 
 lot, and when the accessibility to the Prospect Street and Bridge Stations, the character of 
 the homes already established and the magnificent location are taken into consideration, these 
 figures are very reasonable and insure a good investment to the purchaser. The new depot 
 of the D. L. A; \V. R. R. at Passaic and Van Houten Avenues will be within 200 yards of 
 this property. 
 
 THE PASSAIC AVENUE LAND COMPANY. 
 
 M. E. Worthed President; W. P. Aldrich, Treasurer; Frank Hughes, Manager. 
 
 This company's propert) li*'s on the Southwestern side of the City and is probably the 
 fines! in Northern New Jersey. It comprises about 1400 lots in one body and the entire 
 
PASSAIC AVENUE LOOKING NORTH FROM LAFAYETTE AVENUE, 
 
RESIDENCE OF W. I. BARRY, Esq , PASSAIC AVENUE. 
 
RESIDENCE OF PETER REID, Esq., PASSAIC AVENUE. 
 
property slopes gently to the East from a magnificent hill 300 feet above sea level, command- 
 ing views in all directions for nearly 15 miles. 
 
 The property is naturally graded and is intersected by Passaic and Franklin Avenues and 
 the River Drive and new streets and avenues will soon be opened, graded, flagged and sewered 
 and the property put in market this Summer. The South Passaic station on the D. L. & W. 
 is within 100 yards of the property and the new Passaic Avenue Station will be within easy 
 walking distance while the Passaic Bridge depot on the Erie is less than ten minutes walk. 
 The Passaic A- Newark Electric Railroad to be built this Summer will run through the 
 property on Franklin Avenue bringing it in direct communication with the centre of the 
 city. 
 
 It is designed for the finer class of residences and will be rigidly restricted. Very easy 
 and liberal terms will be made to purchasers desiring to build. 
 
 HILLSIDE LAND COMPANY. 
 Andrea Mc Lean, President ; G. McLean, Treasurer; Frank Hughes, Secretary and Manager. 
 This company owns about 200 lots fronting on Bloomtield and Van Houten Avenues, Albion 
 
RESIDENCES, HIGH STREET. 
 
RE5ID5NCE OF T. M. MOORE, Esa., COR. PASS"IO AND GREGORY AVENUES. 
 
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GREGORY AVENUE LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM BLOOMFIELD AVENUE. 
 
GREGORY AVENUE LOOKING SOUTHEAST. 
 
ami Richard Streets and Hillside Way, in immediate proximity to the Delaware, Lackawanna 
 <fc Western depot. There are rigid restrictions governing these lots and they can be sold 
 for residence purposes only and for erecting houses of an excellent class. The land is high 
 and level and particularly desirable. Its accessibility to D. L. & W. depot adds to its value. 
 The prices ruling are from $200, to $300 per lot and terms can be arranged which will be 
 advantageous to the purchaser. 
 
 PASSAIC BRIDGE LAND COMPANY. 
 
 President, E. M. Hale ; Treasurer, P. F. Griffin ; Secretary and Manager, Fbank Hughes. 
 
 The holdings of this company comprise over two hundred lots situated on Park, Franklin 
 and Van Houten Avenues, Carlton Place, Rutgers Place and the River Drive, and located within 
 four hundred feet of the Passaic Bridge station of the Erie. Many of the lots are all im- 
 proved, graded, curbed, guttered and flagged and all of them are especially attractive and 
 desirable for the location of homes. The restrictions are sufficiently firm to insure the 
 building 'if an excellent class of houses and this section of the city is rapidly becoming more 
 valuable. The price per lot varies from $300 to $450 and terms will be made satisfactory to 
 buyers. 
 
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PASSAIC HOMESTEAD COMPANY. 
 
 President, S. B. Mills, of New York; Treasurer and Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 
 
 The tract of land owned by the company is a large and fine one located just west of 
 the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. It is particularly fitted for fine residences. The 
 restrictions on the property are such that no undesirable or inferior buildings can be put 
 upon it, and the high, rolling character of the ground renders it effective and picturesque. 
 The proposed additional facilities of the D. L. & W. at this point will make it all the more 
 desirable and valuable as a safe investment aside from its natural advantages. The lots are 
 held at $250 to $100 each and easy terms can be arranged for. 
 
 COOLEY LAND COMPANY. 
 
 President, C. E. Mac Chesney, of Paterson ; Treasurer, Alfred Cooley, of New York ; 
 Secretary and Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 
 
 This land is located in the centre of the city and there are still about 100 lots fronting 
 on Monroe, Quincy and Jackson Streets and Hope and Parker Avenues. In close proximity to 
 them are the great Botany Worsted Mills, the largest concern of its kind in the world 
 and employing 2500 hands ; also the Me Lean Netting Company, employing over 500 hands 
 
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These lots are within four blocks of the Main station of the Erie and the Electric Road and 
 the new Electric road will pass them. They are suitable for business or resilience and are 
 being rapidly built up with high class brick houses on the Philadelphia plan. The prices are 
 $300 and upwards per lot, payable monthly if desired. Vreeland Lake constitutes the bound- 
 ary on two sides of this tract. It is one of the purest and clearest sheets of water in the 
 State and adds greatly to the value and picturesqueness of the property which it touches. 
 These lots are adjacent to the great mills, and the Railroad depots of the Erie and Susquehanna 
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 PASSAIC CITY LAND COMPANY. 
 
 Organized in October, 1880. President, H. E. Bowers; (General Manager for the United 
 States of the Guardian Assurance Co., of England, i Vice-President, S. B. Mills, (of Rogers, 
 Peet & Co., ) Treasurer, R. M. Strong, of New York; Secretary and Manager, Frank Hughes, 
 of Passaic. 
 
 41)0 lots on Burgess Place, Highland Avenue and Main Avenue and Federal and "Wilson 
 Streets. This property is especially adapted to the needs of well to do working people. 
 The lots range from $125 to $300 each, ten per cent, to be paid down and the balance in 
 monthly payments if so desired. The land is splendidly located on high, level ground and 
 
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is suitable for both residence and business purposes. Main Avenue which divides the pro- 
 perty is macadamized and flagged its entire length and the Electric Railroad runs through the 
 property. It is located Iwo blocks distant from the Harrison Street station from which 
 seventeen passenger trains run each way daily making the trip to New York iu 37 minutes. 
 About 200 lots have already been sold, excellent houses are being built and this tract bids 
 fair to be one of the most desirable sections of the city. It is constantly enhancing in 
 value. 
 
 PASSAIC PARK CO. 
 
 President, Alfred Cooley. of New York; Treasurer, H. P. Doremus, (Cashier Chatham 
 National Bank ; i Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 
 
 The property is located on the Passaic River, opposite the city and the big mills. It 
 has between 4000 and 5000 feet of water front along which runs a tine drive. Broad Avenues 
 have been laid and opened and picturesque cottages erected. This laud is particularly adapted 
 to the residence of laboring people and the prices have been made veiy low to meet their 
 requirements. There are nearly 1000 lots ami the figures range from |100 per lot upward. 
 Payments made in monthly installments. The new Electric Railroad will run through this 
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Many people prefer buying bouses already built rather than to construct them themselves ; 
 and to all such we would say that there are in the market from time to time, houses which 
 can be had for $1,200, and upwards. Very desirable and favorably located houses, fitted up 
 with all the modern improvements, can be purchased at prices ranging from $3000 to higher 
 figures. Buyers can also make favorable arrangements to have houses built for them and 
 thus be certain of having a home which shall be in accordance with their needs and their 
 tastes. 
 
 No small proportion of Passaic's growth has been due to the existence there of three 
 excellent and prosperous Building and Loan Associations. Several hundred houses, some of 
 them among the best in the city, have been built, through the medium of these Associations, 
 and many people who would otherwise be living in rented houses, now possess homes of 
 their own. Persons desiring to build can take shares and borrow money up to $5000 from 
 these Associations, giving security on the real estate and paying off the mortgage in small 
 monthly installments which are about the equivalent of rent. In about ten years, by this 
 method of building, one may own a home free and clear, without assuming meanwhile any 
 difficult burden. So popular and feasable are transactions' of this sort that many people 
 have built houses in this way as an investment and found the business profitable. Building 
 
RESIDENCE OF W. R. BROWN, Esq., L4FAYETTE AVENUE. 
 
VIEW IN CITY HALL PARK, LOOKING WEST FROM GREGORY AVENUE. 
 
RESIDENCE OF M. E. WORTHEN, Esq., PAjSAIC AVENUE. 
 
and Loan Associations Lave long siuce passed the experimental period, and have now become 
 a recognized and important factor in every large community. 
 
 Arrangements can he made for you by Mr. Hughes to build or buy already built through 
 the Loan Associations or through private clients of his office, and as nearly every property in 
 Passaic and vicinity is in his charge almost any want in this line can be satisfied, or plans 
 can be selected at his office if desired, and a house built to suit your taste on any of the 
 different Land Companies' properties. 
 
 From this brief description of these several properties, in which no attempt has been 
 made to go into details or to give highly colored statements of advantages which actually 
 exist, we believe anv prospective purchaser can make a selection of some favorable and at- 
 tractive site for a home. If he does this, and identifies his interests with the thriving and 
 substantial city of Passaic, it is more than improbable that he will ever find cause to regret. 
 
 But if he still hesitates to buy and is not prepared to believe what he sees and hears 
 without a more abundant knowledge of the place, we heartily advise and cordially invite him 
 to come to Passaic and rent a house for a year and we are confident we will be able to retain 
 him thereafter as a permanent fixture. 
 
 Pull particulars regarding Passaic, its properties and values can be secured by addressing 
 Mr. Frank Hughes at his office, corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Prospect Street. 
 
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 HE career of Frank Hughes furnishes a striking example of what individual enterprise 
 and energy can do, not alone in advancing the fortunes of the individual, but in building 
 ^p^ up a town and benefitting one's neighbors as well. To Mr. Hughes, more than to all others 
 is due the extraordinary growth of Passaic during tbe past few years. He was born in Baltimore 
 Md., 29 years ago. His father, John Hughes, was a man of great wealth at the time. He 
 made his money importing Irish linen to New York, and invested in southern real estate. 
 He sent his son Frank to Plainfield, N. J., to be educated. In the panic of 1873-4 Mr. 
 Hughes lost all his wealth and was forced to retire to a farm on the shore of Chesapeake 
 Bay, where his son joined him and remained until he reached his 21st year. His health had 
 always been delicate, but he was too ambitious to live the life of an invalid, so with no 
 particular object in view, but with a firm purpose to do something he set out for Philadelphia 
 
found that lie was too old to engage in mercantile business as a beginner, and made up 
 his mind to learn telegraphy. In due time he entered the service of the Delaware, Lacka- 
 wanna and Western Railroad as an operator at $35 a month. The fact that a good part of 
 his father's money had been sunk in property in Athenia, formerly Centreville, and that the 
 mills and houses were lying idle, led him to ask for the position of station agent there. 
 That was the lucky move that brought him to Passaic. He was not long in finding tenants 
 for the mills and houses, a task that nearly every real estate ageut in Passaic county had 
 given up as hopeless. His success in this transaction was what first led him into the 
 business df dealing in real estate. He desired to make a start, but lacked the means and 
 hail no friends and nothing to depend on for a living but his salary. He tried to establish 
 a branch insurance office here, but found that branches would not work successfully. In the 
 spring 'if 1886 the Citizen's Association undertook the issue of Picturesque Passaic, and seeing 
 that the town had a future before it and that our citizens were enterprising, Mr. Hughes 
 made his appearance at one of the meetings, introduced himself to Mr. A. Swan Brown, then 
 president, unfolded his plans about locating here and was heartily welcomed by Mr. Brown 
 and others. Mr. Hughes always recalls his first meeting with Mr. Brown as the first step in 
 the career of success which lie lias since been pursuing. He says Mr. Brown was his first, 
 
and is still among the best friends lie has in Passaic. Mr. Hughes joined the Citizens' 
 Association, contributed as much as any other citizen to the cost of Picturesque Passaic and 
 prepared to reap the advantages of the boom which he knew the book would produce. He 
 looked for an office and made special effort to induce Warren S. Colegrove, then engaged in 
 the insurance business to go into partnership with him. Failing in this he hired an office 
 at S Bloomfield avenue and hung out a sign. He did not have a foot of Passaic property 
 to dispose of at the time and those who were cognizant of his advent into town remarked 
 that he would not last long. That they were false prophets is now quite evident. At this 
 writing there is hardly a piece of property for sale in the city or vicinity that he cannot 
 dispose of with the consent of the owners, and in most cases he has the exclusive agency. 
 He opened the office, a picture of which is herewith presented, in June 1888. Since May, 
 1886, he has sold a million dollars' worth of property in and around the city besides organiz- 
 ing the Passaic Park Association, the Passaic Park Company, Passaic City Land Company, 
 Passaic Homestead Company, People's Building & Loan Association, and a number of associa- 
 tions for developing large tracts of laud. He is manager of all those corporations and agent 
 for the sale of the property. He is also agent for the Liverpool and London, and Globe, 
 Guardian, and Queen Insurance Companies of England, and the Pennsylvania Fireman's Fund, 
 National, German-Ainerican, and Union Insurance Companies of this country. In addition to 
 
the mills and workshops he has located here, Mr. Hughes spent some months last year locating 
 several big establishments at Muncie, Indiana. As he is still a young man there is no telling how 
 extensive a career of success he still has to run. Unlike the average man of the world Mr. 
 Hughes' success has not made him so self-reliant as to be careless about his duty to the 
 Master. He is a devoted member and prominent officer of the North Reformed Church. 
 He was elected a member of the Consistory when only '27 years of age, being the youngest 
 man ever elected to such an office. He is also an indefatigable temperance advocate. 
 

 
 VIEWS OF THE SUBURBS OF PASS4IC. 
 
PASSAIC ATHLETIC CLUB HOUSE. 
 
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 ra|N account of the excellent Fire Department and splendid Water Supply of Passaic, insur- 
 
 i\rw/l' ance is lower than in any town or citv in the State, reducing to a minimum one of the 
 
 necessary expenses of a house owner. The business is represented by the largest and 
 
 strongest companies in the World, giving absolute protection against loss by fire, and whose 
 
 names are household words. 
 
 THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE, of England, THE GERMAN-AMERICAN, of New York, 
 THE GUARDIAN, OF England, THE AMERICAN OF Philadelphia. 
 
 THE QUEEN, of England, THE PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia, 
 
 THE UNION, of England, THE NATIONAL, of Hartford, 
 
 THE FIREMAN'S FUND, of California. 
 
 The, combined assets of these Companies are nearly $100,00. ',000, and their records for fair 
 dealing and prompt settlement unquestioned. Special forms for Pafsaic dwellings are used, and 
 rates and information can be secured by addressing the resident agent, Mr. Frank Hughes, 
 Passaic, N. J. 
 
Fio&oci&I Statement of tbe City of Passaic. 
 
 PERCENTAGE OF DEBT. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 VALUATION 
 
 TOTAL DEBT. 
 
 PERCENT. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 VALUATION. 
 
 TOTAL DEBT. 
 
 PERCENT. 
 
 .March 1, 1882 
 
 §2,958,520 
 
 $162,800 
 
 0550 
 
 January 1, 1888 
 
 $3,470,360 
 
 $167,000 
 
 1)481 
 
 1883 
 
 2,028,615 
 
 158,500 
 
 0526 
 
 1889 
 
 3,875,690 
 
 173,000 
 
 0446 
 
 1884 
 
 3,167,403 
 
 155,500 
 
 0490 
 
 1890 
 
 4,006,717 
 
 168,000 
 
 0424 
 
 1885 
 
 3,276,870 
 
 157,500 
 
 0474 
 
 1891 
 
 4,464,315 
 
 196,000 
 
 0439 
 
 1880 
 
 3,270,170 
 
 103,000 
 
 0497 
 
 1892 
 
 4,914,450 
 
 186,000 
 
 0378 
 
 1887 
 
 3,336,520 
 
 182,500 
 
 0547 
 
 1893 
 
 5.500,000 
 
 176,000 
 
 0320 
 
 COMPARED WITH SISTER TOWNS, FROM REPORT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER. 
 
 Ha hway.— Population, 7,000 ; total valuation, $2,700,000 ; 
 percentage of debt, .35; debt per inhabitant, $110. 
 
 Batonnk.— Population, 20,000 ; debt, $1,500,000 ; valua- 
 tion, $10,500,010; percentage of debt .15; debt per 
 head of population. $75. 
 
 Hoboken.— Population, 43,000; debt $1,500,000; percent , 
 .08; per head, $35. 
 
 New Brunswick.- -Population, 18,000: debt $1,500,000; 
 valuation. $10,000,000; per rent., .15; per head, $84. 
 
 Paterson.— Population. 80,000; debt, $2,000,000; percent., 
 .07; per head, $25. 
 
 Elizabeth —Population, 37,000; debt, $3,500,000 ; valua- 
 tion, $14,500,00; per cent., .25; per head, $95 
 
 RuTiiERFOitD.— Population, 3.000; debt, $80,000; valuation, 
 $1,000,000 ; per cent. , .08 ; per head, $33. 
 
 PASSAIC— Population, 15,000; debt, $176,000: val- 
 uation, $5,500,000; per cent., .032; pi r head. 
 $11.00. 
 
-h 
 
 Vital Statistics. 
 
 4* 
 
 FROM THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE STATE 
 OF NEW JERSEY, AND REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1891. 
 
 A comparison of the death rate of the Cities ami Towns having 5,000 inhabitants or over, 
 shows Passaic up in an enviable light, Passaic's death rate is the second lowest in all the 
 Ions list. 
 
 OITIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 00 UNTIES. 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 181)0. 
 
 Newark, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 181,830 
 
 Jersey City, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 1 68,008 
 
 Paterson, 
 
 Passaic, 
 
 78,347 
 
 Camden. 
 
 Camden, 
 
 58,313 
 
 Trenton, 
 
 Mercer, 
 
 57,458 
 
 Hobokeu, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 43,648 
 
 Elizabeth, 
 
 Union, 
 
 37,764 
 
 Baj onne, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 19,033 
 
 ( (range, 
 
 Essex. 
 
 18,814 
 
 NevvBruuswiek, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 18.603 
 
 Atlantic City, 
 
 Atlantic. 
 
 13,0.")") 
 
 DEATH RATE PEH 
 
 1,000 
 
 Passaic, Passaic, 13,02; 
 
 •27.20 
 25.96 
 21.87 
 23.15 
 17.35 
 25 02 
 19 30 
 20.37 
 24.50 
 17.71 
 20.01 
 
 16.81. 
 
 CITIES AND TOWNS. COUNTIES. 
 
 1'dl'l l.ATION 
 
 IS! III. 
 
 DEATH KATE PEU 
 1,000. 
 
 Bridgeton, 
 Plainfield, 
 
 Union Town, 
 
 Jlillville. 
 
 Perth Amlioy 
 
 Phillipsburg, 
 
 Harrison, 
 
 Morristown, 
 
 Burlington, 
 
 Railway, 
 
 Gloucester, 
 
 Hackensack, 
 
 Salem City, 
 
 Cumberland. 
 
 Union, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 Cumberland, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 Warren 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Morris, 
 
 Burlington, 
 
 Union, 
 
 Camden, 
 
 Bergen, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 11,424 
 
 11,267 
 
 10,643 
 
 10,602 
 
 9,512 
 
 8,044 
 
 8,33^ 
 
 8,150 
 
 7.201 
 
 7.103 
 
 0,564 
 
 6,004 
 
 5.516 
 
 17.70 
 10.89 
 23.42 
 19.4S 
 17.41 
 14.00 
 27.07 
 19.91 
 18.30 
 19.32 
 18.89 
 
 17,«0 
 
•:• P^g^IC-f P©P + 0FFICE -fDUPM^Y. 
 
 FREE DELIVERY. 
 
 CIVIL SERVICE. 
 
 INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER. 
 
 Office Opens at 7 A. M. and Closes at 7 P. M. 
 
 Money Order Department Open from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. 
 
 ARRIVAL OF MAILS. 
 East. -7.00, 9.00 10.30 a. m. 1.00, 4.30 5.30, p. m. 
 West. -7.00 ami 9.00 A. M. 1 00, 3.15, 130, 5.20, p. m. 
 Patkrson.— 7.00 and 9.03 a. m. 1.00, 3 15, 4.30 i>. m. 
 Rutherford.— 9.00 a. m. 1.45 and 5.20 P. M. 
 Registry. — East, 9.00 a. m. West, 9 00 a. m. and 3. 15 p. m. 
 
 DEPARTURE OF MAILS. 
 East.— 8 20 and 10.10 a. m. 12 M. 2.45 and 7.00 p. \i. 
 West.— 8.20 A. m. 4.50 and 7. OH P. M. 
 Patehbon.— 8.20 a. m. 12 m. 2.45, 4.50 and 7. no p. m. 
 Rutherford. — 8.20 a. m. 2.45 and 7.00 P, M. 
 Registry Mails Close.— East, 2.30 p. M. West. 8.00 a. m, 
 and 4.30 p. m. 
 
 DELIVERIES BY CARRIERS. 
 To Resident Section of the City, 7.00 a. m. ; 1.00 and 
 
 5.20 p. M. 
 To Business Section of the City, 7.00 and 9.40 a.m.: 1.00 
 
 and 5.20 P. M. 
 
 COLLECTIONS. 
 From Resident Section of the City, 7.00 a.m.; 1.00 and 
 
 5.20 p. M. 
 From Business Section of the City, 6.00, 7.00 and 9.40 
 
 a. M. ; 1.00, 4.(i0 and 5.20 p.m. 
 
TIME TABLE 0E TRAIN SERVICE. 
 
 ERIE. 
 
 Leave Passaic fok New York.— 5.29, 6.09, 0.3(1, 7.07, 
 7.23, 7.50, 8 07. 8.22, 8.43, 9.29, 10.33, 10.51, 11.21, a.m. 
 1-3.07, 12.27, 1.15, 2.16, 3.04, 4.02, 4.57, 5.31, 6.17. 7.01, 
 7.52, 8.20, 9.16, 10.01, 11.33, p. m. 
 
 Sunday Trains.— 7,28, 7,59, 9,30, 10.2."). 11.21, a.m. 12.32, 
 1.26, 2 23, 3.04, 3.56, 5.01, 6.57, 7.57, 9.00, 9 58, 11.33, p. m. 
 
 Leave New York for Passaic— 4.00, 4.45, 5.45, 7.00, 
 8.00, 9.30, 10 30, 12 a.m. 1.00, 1.50, 2.40, 3.07_L ::::7i, 
 4.07^, 4,37i, 5.00, 5.15. 5.30. 5.45, 6.00, 6.15, 6.30, 7 00, 
 7.30, 9.00, 10.30, 11.30, p.m. 12.15 midnight. 
 
 Sunday Trains.— 4.00, 4.30, 8.15, 9.30, 10.30, a. m. 12.00 
 noon. 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4,o0, 5,00, 6.30, 7.30, s.45, 9.30, 
 10.30, 11.30, p. m. 12.15 midnight. 
 
 PROSPECT STREET. 
 Leave for New York.— 5.31, 6.11. 0.38, 7.00, 7.30, 7.52, 
 8.09. s.45, 9.31, 10.34, 10.53, 11.23, a.m. 12.29, 4.04, signal, 
 l.v.i, 6.19, p. M., signal. The following trains stop on sig- 
 nal, 8.22, 9.18. 10.03, 11.35, p. m. 
 
 HARRISON STREET AND PASSAIC BRIDGE. 
 Leave fou New York. —5.33, 6.13, 6.40, 7.11, 7.32, 8.11, 
 8.47. 9.38, 10.36, 10.55, 11.25, a. m. 12.31, 1.18, 2.19, 4.05, 
 5.01. 5.34, 6.21, 7.04, 8,24, 9.20, 10.05, 11.37, p. m. 
 
 DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN. 
 
 Leave Passaic for New York.— 6.49, 7.41, 8.44, 8.55, 
 11.59. a. m. 1.10, 2.19, 3.59, 4.48, 6.37, 7.34, p. m. 
 
 Leave New York for Passaic — 7.05, 7.20, 9.30, 10.30, 
 a. m. 1.00, 4.10, 5.30, 7 30, p. m. 
 
 NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN. 
 
 Leave Passaio for New York. — 0.33, 8.18, 11.08, a. m. 
 1.13, 5.50, 6.33, p. m. 
 
 Leave Xew York for Passaic. — 10.30. a. m. 3.30, 
 5.30, p.m. 
 
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