Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-22
THE CITY AND CLOSE BY
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND ABOUT
WILMINGTON.
Pretty SubnrbS-Ef0xv tlae City ia Ex.
tending Her limits and Taking in
Some Elegant EfuIidina Sites-Etne
CLASS OF Houses Going Up.

Pretty Subnrbs-Ed0xv the City ia Exs
tending Her Limits and Taking i'm
Some Elegant fuiidinR Sltes-Etne
CLASS OF Houses Going up.
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Wilmington continues 10 assume more
metropolitan airs TO judge from the num-
ber Of suburban towns which are now
spriuging into existence in its immediate
vicinity. The demand for such towns
probably arose in oveycrowded cnmmun-
tiles from the desire Of people 20 enjoy
all the benefits of country residence and
escaping the burdens and aunoyanoes OF
city life, without being farther removed
from the heart OF the city, relatively
speaking, than the crowded quarters in
tho remote parts Of this city proper.
Rapid transit was the means by which
these ideas were nede practical. All o2
these suburban towns il removed epy dis
tance from the heart Of o city musb be on
a welI-msnaged railroad whose accom-
tnodations are ample. Philadeiphis is q
case in point. The Quaker City has
pro badly more and prettier suburbs than
any other large city in the country and
they have all been built up by means of
rapid transit. Germantown ia a yeritable
Paradise on earth and Chestnut Eill,
Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Ridley Park and the
scores of adjacent hsmlets are scarcely
less pretty.
Quick travel has made these things pos
sible. Wiimingtonisns desiring to do
business in Phiiadelphia can reach the
heart of that city by rail as soon or sooner
than can residents of Philadelphia living
in remote parts of that oity, reached only
by the street railroads. The p, W. Il B.
railroad has number Of trains which ara
scheduled to make the run in from 40 to
As minutes, and the B. & o. railroads.
new time achedule announces several
trains which will make the distance from
Delaware avenue to Philadelphia without
stop in just SO minutes. Twenty-Five
| years ago this would have baen thought
impossible, and even ten years ago an
hour between the two places was oon-
sidered good time. But in possibly
| twenty five yearR more we may be able to
make the trip in ten minutes with the aid
of some pneumatic process or some yet
undiscovered electric agent.
These thoughts naturally suggest an
other, and that is whether Philadelphia
| aud Wilmington will ever grow to such
an extent that the two cities would be
practically united. Sueh eonsumma-
ton, from present appearances, doss not
seem such q remote possibility but rather
near probability. Philadelphia and
Chester are thus almost united at the
present time. II is an almost continuous
succession Of hamlets and houses from
Broad street station to Linwood, and the
latter Is only eight miles distant from the
eastern limits OF Wilmington. The new
P, w. d B. railroad shops in that SEQ
tion of the city will form the connecting
link between Wilmington and Edge Moor,
thus leaving but five milen Of country
which is Ssss S,s g. 6. ,i,,,;
Philadelphia's influence seems to bsys
extended downward as far Us is now prao-
ticaoie, ana 1t now behooves WiIminoson
70 grow up 10 the Quaker Oity suburba.
six such suburbs as surround Phi,adeI.
| phia nave deem p"nued in the neiphhnr-
hood OF Wilmington and the Land DIaced
upon the market with, tha ,,ast % tb;-ssa,,
months. Two OF these ~. az ga,I-, 90.
81 miles from the WilTniSis is,o, s,at;a,,'
aud these promise TO become : ,,5s.s.
and thrifty villages in the course - ! Fsr,
years. The larger tawn, called 'Sasp,.
+! Oak, ia Immediately back aud on {.
side of Holly Oak station. Facing til.
river and extending back TO the Philadel-
phia turnpike, this plot, about 2-5 of a
mile square, is divided into lots 25 by 1876
feet, interspersed by fine avenues 90 feet
| broad. Twsnty-thrsa Of theee lots have
been sold within the past few months
and some six to eight buildings will go
up as soon as spring comes. This town
is managed by Philadelphia lsnd COM
pany, with an cftiee in this city.
Adjoining ii on the north will be an
other sproun.ipg hamlet called north
Holly Oak, which will also extend back
TO the turnpike. On the summit of these
sloping lands good view of the Phiia-
delphia public buildings can be obtained
with the naked eye on clear day. The
view Of the river is o beautiful one.
"East Lake Park" which was the first
OF these new suburbs, is just on tho
northern limits of the city on the VIII
mington and Philadelphia turnpike. This
town with its established grades and
! graded streets, was started only IS months
ago. II contains S4 acres, half of which
has already been sold in single lots and
small tracts. Twenty houses have been
erected there during the past season and
Building promises to be lively in the
spring. The value of the lots sold ag-
gregates $75, 900 and $40,000 have been
invested in buildings.
EAST Newport" adjoining the town OF
Newport, on the p, W. d B. railroad,
less than three miles south Of this oity,
promises 10 bacome another prosperous
! suburb. The Fell farm there has been
divided into building lots and these are
offered at rates low enough to induce
purchasers. A number Of lots have been
sold, although the property has not been
long on the market, aud building opera
tions will begin there in the spring.
AT the terminus OF the electric railway
| portion of the Tslley estate has been
4 cut into building lots and, although only
about 400 yards distant from tue city
limits, q town promises to spring mp there
with all the advantages Of tbs city but
free from the burdens Of city taxation.
This will be called "Maplewood.n
On the summit Of the slope which be-
gins al Edge Moor and runs toward the
Philadelphia turnpike "Edgemont," the
sixth suburb, has been laid out. All of
these are managed ton similar basis.
Purchasers either pay part cash and bal
ance ON time or pay for their land in
monthly iDstalmeEte. With push and
enterprise Wilmington may soon be as
noted as some of its larger riyais for its
pretty suburbs.
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