Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-05-01
fRIRD EDITION


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nEAUrirUL SUBURBS.
Ghs Place for Suburban Homes for tho
MMsscs -Oa Popular avenues, and on
Ossy railway L,nes-ro be Sold ut
n I.ssrs As.s.
OfAlt tho beautiful suburban trscts
~ p'ensant homes that lie In and around
ne cry Of Wilmington, there arc mono
more picture. que, iuore romantically
bituaied, more pleasant than the Ke,t-
Gefe property, twenty-five scies of tho
IAsues riddle estate, lying between
Dol. and Lowering or Park avenues and
Union and Woodlswu avenues. The
t.ac is we'll known to the greater ma
l0rlty Of tho elder people OF Wilmington,
aho have often viewed 1t from tho Riddle
pcnic grove, . part Of the tract not yet
Tor sale.
Re'ore the popular days Of the Della
ware river and bay reaorts but few people
svsr looked farther than y great picnic
10 Riddles woods, and they were not I'M
Known to pleasure seekers from towns
Instant from Wilmington. But how
changed the situation now. AZ excur-
sion grounds the Kentmere woods, only
N Old ancestral name substituted for
Riddles woods. have been abandoned.
sud the great solid granite rocks. split
INTO pieces and SLABS, are being sent all
over tho country for the curling OF streets
knd The building OF 81. Anne's cottages.
The music OF cong aud the voice OF the
Fourth OF July orator. disturbed BY the
pncroAchments Of trade and explosions
81 dynamite, have disappeared, and in
ptsad hereafter Of being heard In wood
bnnd shades aud groves Will bs heard in
eoahtc halls aud vaulted domes a. the
stsAdy march of improvement. up the
brandywine leaves churches and halls,
palaces and cottages in its rear.
All tbs section described Is now In
ne market for sale. 1t has great I'D
sAutages. What are theyi The lots In
Ill probability will not bs sold at such a
high price that the people belonging to
The masses cauuot purchase. They will
b 10 a healthy location. Families re-
dding here will be away from the noise
md hustle Of the city. They will have
puro CIR from the wooded hills OF the
Brsadywin They will have churches
and schools almost ct Their doors. The
lsrthest will be but three squares away
from the city railway line, that lands
Ghem almost At the doors of all the
principal manufactures OF the city. For
many years taxes will be low. Being On
he line Of the great Park avenue, $50
leet wide, that will In short time run
from Market street at the BrAndywire
ny to Mt. Salem Church, aud possibly
% Rising Sun, there Will be constant
scenes oi attraction aud Interest.
The tract may bs said to lie between
Two great parks, one, the Brandywine,
Ding eaAt, and the other. the Bancroft
lrnct Of 81 acres, lying west. From
Dnion avenue 10 the entrance to th,
Brandy wine Park, and from Woodlan
avenue 10 the entrance to the Bancroft
lract, con IiDuatlcn OF the Brandywlne
Park. Park avenue, formerly Lowering
avenue, connects the two.
IL seems . wonder that such an eligi5ly
btuated tract should not Lave bseu
fsugbt alter ard brought Into the market
long ago. But now that it has beet
bought by q syndicate paying S75, 900 to-
he purchase, 1t 10 TO be ole ell Tor snlC
~ lots, the first sale to be os Saturday,
Nay 10. At that time two whole squarcl
unl DO offered. They lie bttweeu Della
uAro and Shsl!cross and between Gran
md Bayard avenues, the central square
n the tract. The picturesque beaut,
Nd eligibility OF the lots should com
maud . ready sale. and before uea
lutamn number oil buildings will 1
ADubt be under way.
The outlook Is brigh ching for larg
boom In real estate. Prices are trendin
upwards. and those who want chea
homos In choice sections of the city ba
hotter strike tho tide at Its ehb aud b
carrie upward with it.
Wilmington is throw ns off its cit
Eao.hes aud coming out in The br.gl
polors Of metropolis, AMI she mu
have room to spread herself. While hi
machine shops and manufactures grad
Aliy go towards the Delaware, the plea
snt homes for her mechanics and busipe
nsn must extend in the other direct,u
Aad tho inward ids has struck Eentml
Boon 1t will be absorbed for pleas,
homes for W.lmngto MS teeming the
ssnds.