Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-17
CIRCULATION UNRIVAL-ED
IN ELIZABETH.

aeA, A New Yorker, who attended
the auction sale of real estate at North
Elizabeth, few days since, thus writes
to the Newark Evening Journal:
North Elizabeth is four miles south
of the centre of Newark, and although
the adjacent lands bear the aspect of
primitive rural simplicity, yet the spa
cious mansions and neat cottages of the
city of Elizabeth were visible in every
direction, and some of them in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. This is one Of
oldest towns in the State, but being III
habited by a wealthy, aristocratic peo-
pie, has not until recently felt the ne
nessity of any exertion to keep up with
the advance of neighboring cities.
Hence, while others were developing
their advantages Elizabeth remained in
a dormant state. Within few years,
however, the inhabitants have been
aroused to consider their position, and
have begun to use them. The conse-
uuence of this is visible in a wonderful
expansion. The contracted limits of
the old village have given place to the
extension of streets and avenues in
every direction. The retired village of
former days has grown to be city OF
twenty five thousand people, with its
superb market and public hall, its nu-
merous and well-appointed churches
and public and private schools, its broad
and well paved streets lighted with gas,
and speedily to be provided with water
from the neighhorhood OF Crawford its
six railroads farnishing the means OF
frequent and cheap transit to New York
as we'll as the South and West, and nu
merous manufactures and warehouses.
The growth of the city northward has
been such as to render desirable the To-
cation of new depot in the northern
section by the New Jersey Railroad
Company. Six trains per day each way
stop at this station, and the railroad
company have entered into agreement
with property owners to construct a
bridge across the track and build a de-
pot at this point, which are to cost unit
edly $4,000
Arrived at the station, the company
We're piloted to the property to be sold,
where the owners had provided sump-
tuous collation., to which ample justice
was done by the guests. After
this was dispatched they proceeded to
the business in hand.
The property to be sold was owned
by Robert Davis, Esq, of New York,
and was divided into one hundred aud
twenty seven plots so by $50 feet. Ii
lay directly east OF the depot, and a
large number of men were employed in
grading the streets and lots. Three
streets are graded and gas pipes, curb
and gutter stones laid in adjacent
streets. Jefferson avenue, handsome
street one block west of this property,
is paved with Belgian pavement. All
these advantages We're stated by the
auctioneers, and also that these i'm
provements would be made without ex-
pense to the purchasers of the plots.
The owner offered only portion of
plots which had been surveyed, Twenty
nine plots were sold at prices varying
from $3.50 to 500. A well-built cot
tage on Adams avenue, two story, with
Mansard roof, containing eleven rooms
sold for $500. Another cottage on
Madison avenue, within two blocks of
the depot, was sold for "a, $50. The
whole amount of property sold footed
up SCI, 500. The sale was satisfactory
to the owners, although the property
was knocked down at prices greatly be-
low those ruling in the vicinity. But
their design was mainly to introduce
the property to the notice of the public
and in order to do this they were will
ing to part with portion at prices be-
low the market rates. 1t occasioned
not little surprise to see property so
advantageously located as this sold SC
low, and no little enthusiasm manifested
by buyers. The auctioneers dealt hon
orably with their guests. We presume
that every plot knocked down was real
ly sold, and this property is certainly
very desirable to all seeking cheap
homes. A number of the purchasers
were real estate men from Elizabeth
who know the value of the local prop.
erty.