The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
SUMNER HOME.
RUMOR HAS ALREADY SELECTED TWO
SITES NElR WAsHINGTON.

RUMOR HAS ALREADY SELECTED TWO
SITES NElR WASHING TON.
Don Cameron. Ro--Ie Park, Valued at $780,
900 or Thereabouts. and ex-(sov. Shep-
herds Bleak House, FurtherUP the Road.
WASHINGTON. Dec. "a. Real estate lawy ers In
Washington. and there are many OF thcm. arc
on the an rire over the Information that Prcsi-
dent. elect Grover Cleveland Is again on the
lock out for a suburban residence. He can be
accomm odated In any locality he prefers. for
n Presidential resident is {; good advertise
mcnt for any suburban property The first
report was that law partner Bissel had,
through representatives. bought tho old Lay
farm on tho Seventh street road from Don
Cameron for price somewhere near 900.
which would be little over $1,000 an acre.
The second rumor soon followed and was to
the effect that 1t was not Don Camcron's place.
but ex-Gov. Shepherds Bleak House estate.
further up the road. The price was not given
and the story was not 80 circumstantial rs the
other. Then it was asserted that eX-Marshal
AL Wilson was looking for n country place for
Mr.. Cleveland in Maryland. somewhere along
the beautiful rocky stream known as tho
Northwest Branch. As it was Mr.. Wilson who
In 1886 bought Oakview for Mr.. Cleveland. his
Reconnaissance in that region were iounda-
ton enough for the story.
None Of tho agents or lawyers who have
charge OF the lands said 10 have been bought
for the President elect will say q word about
the alleged sale. 1t is believed thnt instead OF
having bought farm Mr.. Cleveland has
taken an option on two PLACES until ne ana
Mrs. Cleveland can inspect them In person
and decide which they want One thing seems
certain. Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland will live in the
White House lust as little as possible during
nj n hNr o. 1 4.
life ut Oak View much moro comfortable than
town life In the hot sumner and iail months
be al the more desirable with a baby In the
family.
rcseataives Is ihe az farm THIS IS now
known as kossie Park. and embraces ninety
one acres. Don Cameron bought It five years
slbdiyiding. building roads. planting trees.
md otherwise improving It. It was put on
BODY Would buy. AMI It has remained intact
rs one holding: 1t is bounded on the north by
the Bleak SusH on the east
SooueHt last summer Tor sIU,o6o. and on
There is n line large frame house on the place
and the greater part Of the ninaty-one acres is
II a sSos s0a9 9 Ss %
Park. which would be Mr.. Cleveland's nearest
Mr. Cooper. the lively Indiana Congressman:
b. H. Warner. a well-advertised real estate
ana Louis i Shoemaker. a country gentleman
with n fine stable OF riding horses and q
splendi pack Of hounds
Of the owner in Mexico. The big stone man
ins. il Mr. cleveland sEoaId Iay Is BieaE HOUSE,
nH you'd ay S tia ss ssa
II up In the sunnies; period Of his stormy ca
reer. and not dollar was withhold that could
mcnts. The region Is one Of rare natural
beauty and Seventh street road. a wide high
way, well macadamized for eight miles out
ouGhfare leading out Of the city. 1t was down
tbs read hH, Ju9a Ear in 1864 and
that Mr. CLEVELAND is said to have in mind for
riddled with bullets. and for over a quarter OF
u century the schooboys have been uieGins
them ont Of th" doors and N ntes With Their
battlefield Of Fort Stevens. where nearly 200
rebels bit the dust before the retreat was
is the old Montgomery Blair place. whore the
barrel OF wAiskcy is alleged to have been
ttious intervrnton OF Troyi,lencs The defence
and rescue OF the capital by tho Union troops
the boys in blue who fell at Fort stevens. The
ment, and is heautifni lily Improved, From a
Flagstaff in this cemetery MIR. Clevelond may
see the national colors from sunrise to sunset
tho year around. To the south OF tho Lay
farm. and on tho same side OF the road. is u
picturesque little Gothic church known as
land and little ltuth may wend their way any
fair Sunday and hca- stalwart Method ist
sermon long enough to give them some idea
Of eternity.
These proposed homes for the Cleveland
family are on the highest land in the District
0f fnI IFYoh In hn~ M (l.lS...-
land wanted to GO in 1886 and from which he
turn his face toward Oak View He then
selected tho former home OF Mayor Emory In
the little village Of Brghtwood. "A mi o and a
half south Of where 1t is now proposed he shall
purchase. buying, it for $4,000 and selling it
for 81 10000. 1t has been cut up. into block 5
aud lots. roads have been built. sidewalks put
| down. terraces graded. houses built. and
various other improvements made, so that Mr..
C!eveland's Jersey heller and the seal brown
pasture. Either of tho other farms that Mt:
Cleveland is reported to have In Wow would
prove nearly as good an investment as Oak
View. They border on Rock Creek Park the
| eastern boundary OF which in that neigh hor-
hood is Sixteenth street extended. That
street leads directly to the White House and
the m, most hGhly Rnrt Of the
ward along Sixteenth, street extended Mr.
Cleveland's farm would be greatly improved
What is now the bnck would then be the
front. But such n change could, bc philo.
sopically borne in consideration OF an nd
vance Of 100 or zoo per cent In tho marke,
value OF the tract.
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