Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-24
NINTH WARD IMPROVEMENT.
p. Aliens Beautiful HOme-Piek'
els & FOulk's Homes for Mechan.
ies-Grsdin8 Mark ct etAtreet-Queer
Clay Deposits.

Wilmington is particularly favore1
with high, healthy, eligible building
sites. Amongst the latter Is all lha
section stretching out Delaware avenu.
from Market street, all west of Frank
lin street, the highlands along Broomt
street, and in the Eleventh ward, and
the elevated plateau in the Ninth ward
receding back from Vandever avenue
and Jessup's lane to the next natural
terrace formed by the high grounds
upon which stand the residences of the
Elliotts. From all Of these localities
named, there Is splendid view of the
Delaware rivera view that never tires
the sight-but from none of them ID
there more beautiful view than that
from the elevated plateau In the Ninth
ward, on the north side of Market street
from Twenty-third to Twenty-sixth
streets.
This section Of the city for long time
resisted the march ofcity improvements
simply because the grade of Market
street was not established and water
could not be introduced until the street
was graded. Latterly, however, the bar
riers have been broken through and full
scope has been given to real estate
agents, contractors and builders. Since
then the terraced grounds on the north
side of the street are being covered with
beautiful dwellings fronting the river.
Amongst these fine residences that of
Pancoast Allen from novelty of cottage
architecture, beauty Of finish, and being
located on lot 125 by 1870 feet, amidst
winding garden walks, and flower plats
of varied designs, stands pre-emincnt
To the rear is well supplied prolific
fruit gardens, and Mr.. Allen has Just
finished the erection of a green house
in which to propagate his flowers. Di-
rcctly al joining are four beautiful new
houses, built in the latest style of archi-
lecture, by j. & Pickels and William
II. Foulk. Double terraces lead from
the building line up on the front porches
from which two-thirds of the manuiac-
tories Of Wilmington, the F., W. 4 B,
Railroad and the Delaware river lay in
plain view.
These houses are built with an eye to
comfort and convenience, and Il hand
soinrr home for wrll-to-do mechanic
or business man cannot be found in
Wilmington. The lots are "a bv lO7.
with "A feet for double terraced yards,
six feet for front porches, and six feet
wide side yards. The houses are con
veniently divided into seven rooms, be-
sides an outside kitchen and a bath
room, and supplied with hot and cold
water, and gas if desired. Mr.. Fouk
himself did the carpenter work in ii
substantial and handsome manner.
Without particularizing, the houses are
everything that could be desired for
convenience and comfort, and they are
40 elevated that the view Of the Della
ware will not he ubstructcd. One has
already been sold to George w. Borrell.
the head foreman Of II. f. Pickles
foundry. MeSArs. Pickels K FOulk in
tend to proceed with the erection of
three more houses, fronting on Twenty
Fourth street, as soon as the city grades
the street. Some sixteen more new
houses, ii is said, will be built in the
immediate nrighborhood during the
summer.
The grading of Market street will add
greatly to the beauty and advantages of
this section of the city. Martin Kcoeh
men ut work, and already has one side
Of the street cut through from Twenty
Third 20 Twrnty-SiXth street He eX-
poets this week to turn the travel into
the newly cXcavated side, and next
week he will attack the other side, He
cA poets to finish his entire contract by
tue first of June. The cXcavated clay
Is dumped on Twenty Eighth street
near he boundary line of the city, thus
forming Il solid street Of made earth
across the marsh in that section. The
geological formation of the earth here
is curiosity, the first layer of earth
being a rich soil, the second gravel, ,and
the last a greasy loan, easily mistaken
at sight for sand, but which proves to
be- Il damp, soft loan.
The deepest excavation is between
seven and eight feet, sufficient to show
the peculiar formation of the earth.
On" Of the qucerest sights il the depos-
its Of white earth resembling pudding
clay. These deposits look as if they
had been dumped into ladle shaped
holes in the earth, and they seem to be
located at equal distance from each
other. The strata Of turnpiking is of
very little account. In fact the pi
king was completely worn out-so much
- that it was thought not worth max
ing an effort to save it,
Mr.. krogh is making a good job of
his contract and when it is finished
Market street, from the Brandywinc
bridge TO Riverview cemetery, will be
one Of the prettiest drives in the coln-
try. 1t is no surprise that mechanics in
search of pleasant and picturesque
homes are attracted to this locality.
Here they are convenient to the great
work shops of the city, and public
schools and churches all lAy within two
or three squares. For the present the
Pioneer Coach Line runs ont to1wenfy-
fifth street, and after the completion OF
the grading OF Market street, it Is -aid
the coaches will run on ont to river
view cemetery. No doubt The VIII
mington City Railway will soon take
the place of the coaches.