Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-04
apew Yaren 9ailg aNnrning Sunrnal and Gpnrier
HOWARD AVENUE.

Rapid Growth of That Section of the
 Cfty-Several Fine Houses Recently
 Erected.
 Probably no section of the city has grown so rapidly within the past few years as the southeastern portion, from Columbus avenue east to Oyster Point. Fifteen years ago this was nearly all fields with only an occasional house here and there Since that time sev- eral new stre cts have been opened and the land cut up into building lots. AS these be- gan to be bought up and built upon by
 respectable class of people, the price of land
 has steadily and continually advanced until
 the greater portion of it has more than dou-
 bled in value within the past ten years.
 This has gone on quietly and without any
 great amount of speculation except in very
 few instances. MT. A. c. Smith the builder,
 has perhaps been the most prominent and
 successful man in this respect. He purchased
 several building lots on Cedar and Spring
 streets and after erecting very pleasant dwell
 ing houses sold out to persons desiring to set
 tie in that vicinity. Several blocks of tene-
 ment houses have been erected in this section
 but for some reason have yet failed to fulfill
 the expectations of the builders from fnan-
 cial stand point The greatest change, how
 ever, IS to be seen on Howard avenue With in the past year not less than fifteen first class houses have been erected on this auenue
 
 Beginning near Columbus avenue, Miss Rose A. Cain had handsome two-family house erected last spring, and about the same time Nicholas Countryman completed a double house between Columbus avenue and Portsea street. On one corner of Spring street MT. H. J. Kettendorf has @ two-fanily house and oU the opposite corner is w. A. Beckleys. Just below him is w. A. Beard, the builder, and MT. Arthur Treat. Both these houses are of brick, neatly trimmed with stone, and are probably the finest houses on the avenue. The entire square on which these three houses stand was bought by 3 man about | twelve years ago for $500. His friends l secuted the idea of going so far out into the country and after holding it year he sold | it again for 8 slight advance. To-day the | land which fronts on Howard avenue alone 1 could not be bought for less than fifty dol lars foot. Across the street the old ball ground has been sold for building lots and l MT. Beard is finishing a house and barn 1 for J. B. Garlock, timer on State street, and ] below near the railroad Charles Clarke is erecting a two-family house for Charles B. 1 Foote. Below Lamberton street w. A. 1 Beckley has built three very nice dwelling l houses. On the opposite side L. I. Thomas | has just finished a house for w. T. Slater, | and is now at work on house and barn for himself Berkley & Co. have just started on
 a house for R. w. Law which, when com | pleted, will probably be one of the best on 1 the avenue. All or these houses nave been finished in first-class style both inside and 1 out, and every new building of course tends to enhance the value
 of property throughout the neighbor- l hood. This avenue, being on the direct road l to Savin Rock and all the pleasant drives
 along the west shore and connected with the
 center ol the city by two horse car lines, promises to soon become one of the most 1 popular streets of the city, and those who l possess houses or property there may indeed 1 consider themselvef fortunate.