New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22
TO IMPROVE GARDEN CITY.
A COMPANY HAS BOUGHT OVER 1000 ACRES OF
THE STEWART ESTATE.

COMPANY HAS BOUGHT OVER 1000 ACRES OF
THE STEWART ESTATE.
Garden City, Long Island, will unmlstakably
suggest It, name to the most proSaic mind. Many
of the broad acres which belonged TO A. T.
stewart. and have lain In ldlcncSs through the many
years of litigation. will have the cohwebs Of
neglect swept from them. A handsome, well-kept
park Will take the place Of the fields. Drives walks,
all the artistic devices Of landscape gar
dcnlng will be laid out There VIII BE- hne
new clubhouse. comfortable homes and such improve
N, mt, and conycnlcnc,s to make Il winter stay in
Garden CITY rs ENJOYABLE a summer outing there.
\ few days ago the Garden City Company filed Its
articles OF Incorporation at Albany. Its purpose.
there forth is 10 acquire real estate In Queens
County 10 construct dwelling houses, casinos parks
and roads. The company is capitalized at s., ,JoO,-
600 and the principal Onicc will be at Garden
city The directors Charles J. Clinch. Of Paris;
Francis Horace Russell, Jabsh Holmes, r.. Prescott
Hall Iuicr Allen W. EvartS and stanford White, OF
this city: Maxwell F. Butler Of south Orange y. j.;
Jane, Clinch smith. Of smilhiOwn. l.. l.. Devereaux
Emmett Of st James. L. l., and Frank eayre Osborne,
of Chicago.
Franc, Horace Russell was seen at his home at
Park ave. and Wet Thirty nth-st, last night lie
said with reference TO the Garden City Company, in
which he +, actively interested:
We bought about 3,GOO acres from the benefcaries
under Mrs. stewart will. Much Of the property Is
still uuimprovcd. bat purchase includes Sixty
houses. II hotel. gas works, and some parks already
laid ont. We have now 100000 In cash In the
treasury. and. a, land IS sold and more money comes
to IL, will put in stl further improvements than
are now contemplated our object Il TO make pai-
den t1ty a place Of residence all the year around
The branch road under construction to valley
stream will give cottagcrS opportunity u lake
"A bath at R0oltIwny and the other beaches. The run
the will u" short one, ana the re'ideh'S
~ Garden city can then ENJOY the salt water while
living at "A quiet. orderly and well-kept resort Gar
den CTS will become place where people can edu
cate their children aud have comfortable nome WIN
nl,uty of land about hem. We shall make some pro-
vision, in selling the land that the houses VIII
IA. well APART | think the smallest plots SOLD VIII
he, about one hundred feet front
"u will be- one object to keep ont all uhpie's""V
and Objectionable people. For that reason tAe COM
many will erect all th" business blocks ltN.i 50
that # can control all their occupants We mean 10
MAKE. the casino special feature We sl'ail lay
ont the finest tennis courts In the country lneTr
viii h. u fine country club, and, III ia't we shaii
, lnyr "A ulac. something in the nature "l luNeuo.
rli, pnject (, only III" beginning ol otn'r enter
nri,r, Of II like kind To bc started al ';irueh 'ny'
\ r,mpnI, % be- called the Meadow hrook company
which will control another part ot thr stewart lthuS'
viii be ncnrp, rated sOor. II VIII also 40 mfh 10
MAKE. Garden City most attractive place ol resi-
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