Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-27
UP THE METROPOLITAN ROAD.
Happily Named Charming Places ON
the Line.

Happily Named Charming Places ON
SILVER SPRING, wooDsIDE, FOREST GLEN, LIN
DEN, CAPITOL VIEW, ETc.-A BKAUTIFUL AND
FINELY-IMPRovKp couNTRY-cHARMINa HOMES
ON EVERY SIDE.
The line Of improvement along the Metro
pohtan Branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, SO far as suburban Washington is
concerned, has gone many miles beyond the
limits set by men who are not yet old. In
many instances the dealer in real estate has
gone farther away from the city than he
needed to, because he could not secure the
property which seemed to him to be the most
desirable. In the latter category must be in
ciuded Silver Spring. Nowhere on the Metro
poiitan Branch is there more perfect natural
combination of the two varieties of ground
necessary for the establishment of at
trachve and prosperous rural village. On the
eastern side of the railroad track is a broad
stretch OF high plateau-a town site ready
made-while far away to the east and north
east is rolling country, which will some day
be thickly dotted with the homes of country
loving Washingtonians. Across the track is
THE REAL SILVER SPRING.
the liquid source from whence sprung the
name of the region roundabout. Here the face
OF nature is more diversified than over the way.
The grass-clad slopes ascend couple of hun
dred feet, their sides ornamented with shade
trees OF unrivaled growth and beauty. In the
midst OF the most picturesque portion of the
region around about the station and near where
the APPLY -named stream flows steadily on are
the well-known homes where reside respect
lively
THE BLAIRs AND THE LEES.
The latter property-the old Blair PLACES
owned by Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, and
Is about 225 acres in extent, 140 acres OF which
border on the spring. The remaining IS acres
are about mile east, where they are known as
Belmont" Thirty acres in the triangle lead
ing up to the conjunction of the 7th-street road
and the railroad track belong to Mrs. Mary J.
Blair. and the balance of the Blair property (of
which considerable slice purchased by
Mr.. b. F. GilberD is held by Mr.. Woodbury.
Blair as trustee for three other oeirs.
IL would not be easy to calculate the growth
which would come to Silver Spring il all the
interested parties combined to make the most
OF their abundant opportunities. In point of
altitude 1t Is among the most elevated stations
on the metropolitan Branch; the supply of
water is never-failing; there is an ample guam
tty of shade timber; natural adaptability for
town site is visible everywhere; and, of almost
as much value the railroad the great 7th-
street road runs directly through what would
be, and will be, the heart of the settlement
DISTRIBUTING FONT.
The place has been made q distributing point.
great many Montgomery county farmers use
the railroad to haul their supplies and agricui-
tural machinery far Silver Spring. and
| from thence they take them to their farms by
| wagon; therefore Silver Spring is quite busy
place The subdivider has not as yet, been
| able to accomplish anything near the station,
but he (and he is very numerous) has both eyes
open all the time and expects to get there be-
fore very long.
SILVER SPRING SURROUNDINGS
The beautiful rolling country of the Silver
Spring area, though not plated out by the real
estate operator, is dotted over with the attract
i've residences of people who have established
charming country homes with spacious sur
roundings of lawn, park, forest and farm.
South OF Silver Spring, on the 7th-street road
or Brlghtwood avenue. towers up Gov. Shep-
herds magnifcently situated BLEAK House, ;"
adjacent to the fine Clagett and Fenwick places.
Beyond Bleak House is the Lay place recently
purchased by Senator Cameron and opened up
to the charming Rock Creek region. Opposite
are the cosy country places OF Mr.. B. H. War
ner and DIR. ]. Ford Thompson, and nearer Sill
yer Spring, on that side of Brightwood avenue,
is the Shoemaker mansion, almost hidden from
sight in thicket of shade trees Of fine varie-
ties.
1ue uOLleS VI the bialTS ana the Lees IN the
immediate vicinity of the station are all sur
rounded by magnificent trees many Of them
the original monarchs Of the forest.
opposite Silver Spring station Mr.. Dan
Mason has erected a handsome house and
little further up the road is the charming home
OF Mr.. william Thompson (brother OF MIR. j.
W. Thompson), formerly owned by Geo. w.
Riggs, and which, with its diversified surface
and fine shade trees, is one Of the most attract
i've features OF that beautiful region.
Adjacent to Mr.. Thompson's place is the
farm of the late John Wilson, which has re-
Gently been subdivided, and many handsome
improvements have been made upon it by pur-
chasers OF lots, and others are in progress.
MIR. Julian Dowell has just finished beauti-
fui and timely situated residence on his prop
erty here.
The Wilson mansion, a spacious. comfortable
house, surrounded by noble trees, is still re-
tanned and occupied by the family.
The picturesque but rather dilapidated
LITTLE VILLAGE OF SLIGO,
adjoining. affords by its pleasant situation,
magnificent shade trees and fine business loca-
ton at the junction Of two great roadside
Brookviile and Ashton pikes-a fine opening
for the enterprising subdivider. Near by here
Is the handsome house Of Mr.. Wright Curtiss,
the cozy cottage Of Mr. Morton, and the at
tractiye old Fenwick homestead. Next comes
the subdivision which is known as Woodside,
containing 100 acres, purchased lately by b. H.
Warner and b. F. Leighton, who contemplate
commencing to make extensive improvements
very soon. Opposite Woodsde and east of the
Brookville pike is Alton, the home of Mr.. c. s.
Noyes, with its extensive group Of farm build
ings. In this neighborhood the elevation is SO
pronounced that extensive and beautiful land
scapes are opened up to view, the magnif-
cent shade trees giving vista effect to some
OF the more attractive spots. Farther east are
the comfortable homes and fertile acres of Mr.
j. B. Wilbur, DR.. Condict, L. j. Burnett, Oliver
Clark, the Wormleys, W. w. Rapley, ]. w. Al
baugh, Mrs. Hutchinson, widow OF the fur-seal
millionaire, ex-Secretary of the Treasury Hugh
McCulloch, and ex-Collector John F. Cook.
UP TO LINDEN.
Returning to the railroad and continuing mn
the Metropolitan Branch until point miles
from Washington is reached the seeker
after suburban growth is confronted by .Lin-
den." Linden was farm up to about twelve
years ago, and then its owner, Mr.. G. NJ. Keys,
plated a subdivision and sold about twenty
lots. Within the last year or two sales have
been numerous and many prominent improve
ments have been made by Mr.. f. r. Keys who
now controls the Linden property. In Linden,
as at present laid out, there are but IL acres.
but across the railroad are $50 acres more
which will be cut up within the next few
months Even for those who have homes in
other suburban retreats Linden has MANY
charms. There are q number of beautiful
homes there owned by well-known Washing
tonians. Among those who delight to dwell
there are o. G. Fox, Major Lawrence, Judge
Holcomb, John +. Paret, Eugene Van Week,