Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-30
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE ADDITION.
A Reyiew Of the Splendid Prospects Of
willamette University Addition.


Never in the history of any young
educational institution was there
better prospects for financial success
ilau uOw presents itself to the Will
lamette university of the Capital
City of Oregon, There has been Sc
cured for it through the efforts of
the citizen's committee, a beautiful
tract Of eight hundred acres of land
adjoining the city at a nominal
price. This tract is located Oh the
Southern Pacific Railroad 50 that
the work Of the university will be
advertised instantly to the travel
ing public of Oregon and other
states through the passenger travel.
An amount of advertising will in
this way be secured that could not
be obtained otherwise for thousands
of dollars per year; the site is con-
veniently reached by rail from all
parts of the country; Salem's two
systems Of street railway both ter
nitrate st the University tract, will
give the best opportunity for rapid
and convenient transit into. the city
of any location that possibly could
have been secured; the site is high
and healthy.
This beautiful tract of land should
at once be surveyed by all engineer
who is accustomed to plating land
for residence purposes and should
not be cut up into right-angled lots
and blocks without any reference tt
the lay of the land, but should bt
lad out strictly in reference to the
landscape so that the streets woulC
cruss he tract in such way as t.
give abe most desirable frontage pos
sjble to all the luts no matter wha
shane the lots might be. The pla
should be made with reference to tn
artistic effect; some OF the streets
at least, should be wide enough t.
have central park running the en-
tire length, which park should b.
set out with variety of trees ant
shrubery, all of the streets should b.
wide enough for lateral parks of va
rious widths on each side of tn
streets, all lots should be supplied
with alleys; system of sewerag
should be provided for in the deed
to the lots requiring the purchase
to pay mis- pro rata part of the cos
of sewerage whenever certain mum
Der of lots were sold, thus insurin!
good clean healthy surroundings
Tne owners Of tie Addition should
also guarantee certain street i'm
provemenls.
Should this be done the Univer
sity addition to Salem would become
at once the popular residence portion
of the city and almost every person
in Salem would desire to secure one
or more lots therein; it would also
create degree of local pride which
would greatly enhance the value OF
the property.Salem has never had an
addition made to it that provided
for beautiful streets, picturesque
parks, fountains in appropriate
places, and one such in the capital
city of state such as Oregon, would
be a pronounced success in every
sense. The managers of this enter
prise should have their plat made at
once and lithograph made of the
same showing how it would appear
in complete and finished condition.
This amount of land will make 5000
nice residence lots, and if this is
properly laid out and assurances
given that the plans will be faith
fully carried outas to improvements,
of these lots can be sold before
September 1st, for $500 each, and
this would secure to the fund a snug
sum over and above the amount
sufficient to pay for the land; there
would then be left of the lots out
of which a permanent endowment
fund could be created and buildings
erected after the expense of making
the necessary improvements had
been betrayed.
The people nf Salem are deeply in
terested in this movement and are
looking to the managers of this en-
terprise as being body of enterpris-
ing and public spirited men to give
Salem the most beautiful residence
tract ever added to the city. 1t can
be done, and the people through
self interest, as well as a desire to
assist and to aid the university, will
buy the lots readily.
This is no visionary proposition.
Salem is ready for a first class resi-
dence portion to be added to its
limits. 1t can now be done, not
through personal greed of gain, but
to aid worthy and valuable edit
cational institution. Let no time