Complex sentence: Weightman amassed a large fortune through shrewd investments, derived from his manufacturing enterprise.He purchased hundreds of acres of farms in what is now North Philadelphia and built whole neighborhoods of middle-class housing, serviced by streetcar lines.
Split into simpler sentences: Weightman amassed a large fortune through shrewd investments, derived from his manufacturing enterprise. Weightman purchased hundreds of acres of farms in what is now North Philadelphia and built whole neighborhoods of middle-class housing, serviced by streetcar lines.