Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-19
kAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS
the GREAT SEASIDE RESORTS or
ENGLAND.

ofthe sheIlsys-Inturcsting Association.
copyright, 1871. BY Edgar L. wakemAn.l
BouRSRMoUTn, England, Aug. 2L-Re.
raried from almost any standpoint,
Boufnomouth g. unique among the great
seaside resorts Of England. II Is truly u
health giving spot without oertlneation
Its scenic outlook f. grandly beautiful
without appeal to guidcbook, which IL docs
not possess, or to tho Imagination, which
IL lovingly prompts. Il Is rich without
being vulgar, arisiocra,ic. though not IN.
sunerably 80. popular. aud yet drcamfnlly
quiet The omnprvscnt AIRY. 'Arrlot
snd Tommy Atkins' Of every other
known resort Of England arc hero un.
known. And. more noticeable than all
else to tho American loitcrcr. IL Is In Eng.
land and yet glows with ncwncls aud
progress
Many romanccs OF sudden wealth have
been written Ia Bourucmouths growing.
Sidney Brown, one Of tho men who helped
rebuild Chicago after the flames had swept
that city into world.heart fame, learned
there his lesson Of opportunity 40 well that
in building here he Is now become one Of
tho milllonniros of this paradise Of
Pines" Tho great Durant estate. com.
pHslng the entire Bourne valley. three
miles long. running through the enter Of
Bouruemouth, aud covered by IT, most
prlncely buildings aud lovely pleasure gar.
dcns, Is owned by ono marringcblc maiden,
Ms, Durunt. This lady's father came
into possession Of tho property after years
Of litigation aud encouragement ~ great
that 10 finally offered his solicitor, one
Fox, an attorney Of Norwich, c3,O00 10 ao.
cent hls cquitlc. In tho property, pay the
costs aud rid him u responsibility. Tho
honest or hositant Fox refused. but has
made In fees aud commissions hundred
times that amount out Of tho estate, while
the lonely heircss II worth millions. Tho
Shelley estate. formerly few hundred
ACRES 81 sand dunes aud pines, now owned
~ Lady Shelley, widow Of tho late Baron
Percy Byehc Shelley the poets son. IL
valued ~ u million pounds sterling aud IN
vcoivng GO annual ground rents foe
countless half ncru lots. II lies between
Bournem0uth pier and Chrstchurch Head.
or what l. known ~ East Clin.
The present lord Malvern. one Of tho
Bank Of Englapd directors, though Away
man of great wealth, added millions 10
his properties through the peculiar iunl.
ruco ho exercised over two old lldirg-
Lady Talbot aud slsicr--who both died
within a few months period nj abova
ninety years u age some soycn years
since. They owned 500 agfrs Of this once
Nnc wilderness. Lord Malvern nccommo.
dailngly became thcir business "adyisef'
--u Hnri 81 financial lndyH mald % tln
eCccutrio old couple On. thcir death the
community was startled 90 learn TINT
every iota Of tho vast estate had been b.'.
quuhihed 70 Lord Malvern. who immcdi.
Htely mAde short shfift % all tho Old serv.
nuis and other dependents
Pages OF similar romanccs aud tragedies
IN tho inarynlou. Increase of values IN
bourncmouth, though the oity's history Il
~ brief one. could bc related. Tie practical
aide Of this development !, also ouriou.
aud entertaining. The city hns no "strccts."
An It's thoroughiarcs ~ roads" ave.
nues, ""orcsceuts' aud "quadrants.n They
are all winding and there are no Squares.
The splendid Improvements have been al.
most exclusively made BY speculative
architects and builders. As values I'D.
yanccd, parcels or tracts were nppoftioucd
latter providing Improvements la adjoining
thoroughiarcs. Thclo sites are all acre OF
half acre lots, and with tho exception OF
those OF ono estate they arc loAsehoIds Of
ninety and nlnoty-niuo years duration. on
annual ground rentals OF from 80 o. 80
pet lot, payable half yearly, and with wha,
4 known here a. "pepperuorn," or free
ground rent for the frat year, In difference
10 the builders risks.
The curious thug about nourncmoutl
residence property from first 10 last -,
that no sooner Is any villa erected aud
ready for occupancy, whatever IT, price,
than II Is already sold 20 some London
rcntlemanor nohlcmRn. Thettrugslo here
isnot tosell houses already built, but mere.
ly 10 force building sites FROM the rich -.
tates. Tho rcsuit must be that with uulim'
tied outlying piney tracts, the city will be'
come one ot tremendous AREA and always a
city Of villas and gardcn'g lrdled, palntlAl
homes, Only ono estate sells irsohold sites.
aud these nre on conditions which render
The word n ridiculous misnumer An equity
If redemption I, sccurablu on thirty
years purchase. To Illustrator II build.
Ing site N secured Mt $50 per year ground
rental, after thirty years aud the payment
Altogcthtrof $1,000, Il becomes freehold"
subject 90 all manner OF restrictive cove,
rants, such ~ that the property b. not
used for business purposes, that the build
iag upon II shall not be- In any manner
changed. that no additional buildings shall
he erected on the same site etc. Every
such change imposes a new agreement and
additional fees. believe II requires a H.
conso fec Of twenty-five dollars TO merely
add bow window TO ones house. a iow
rooms are being added 10 the Bourne Hall
hotel property on Poole road, aud the H.
ccnsc fee for the change Is e.. 500 So that
while there aru from r0 10 100 residence
in Bournemouth each Of which cost S3i ,O0l
aud upward, aud from twcutyto ilfty which
have each cost tl9j 900 aud upward, therc
Arc practically no people In Bournemouth
who absolutely own their own homes, say,
The half dozen possossors OF the great IS
t4tes.
Nature and inyalldsm have mad,
liournemouth. The climate OF Great Brit
ain Is Death yelled In humidity, ever leay
lug In nearly every household lncradcabl,
pulmonary disease, There are In tho two
Islands enough arlstocratic inyallds, ol
titled aud untitled rich people who have
this sort of invalldlsm In their families, 10
build anywhere IN England another city
rich and great IA London, IN which &C
house them The pines the sands, the SEA
ana an almost somitropioal climate ar,
found In this magical city OF the "Engllst
Riviera" They altogether exist now her,
else In Britain. This il solely why vii
uerness, where heath covered, Pine bid