The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-07
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REAL ESTATE BOOM.
Down in Greenyille There
is a Lively Sale
Of Lots.
RAPID TRANSIT IS DoINd II
Charming Residences in Course
Of Erection Every
where.
RAPID TRANSIT IS DOINd II

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Greenville real estate is experiencing
a lively boom. While the lower Sec
tions, of the city are practically stand
ing still, the Celery District is marching
on, and hardly a week passes but the
valuations are advanced in some de-
gree. Last spring was an exceedingly
duh one, and the real estate dealers
had grave fears that the rapid growth
which has marked Greenville's progress
during the past five years had come to
an end, at least for one year. But they
were mistaken. The past month has
been one of the ~liveliest that G~reenvilIe
has ever known. Lot upon lot was sold
and the sound of the carpenters ham
mer and the tuneful ring of the mason's
trowel began to be heard. Houses be-
gam to spring up with mushroom-like
rapidIty, and choice baseball grounds
We're broken up in a manner that made
the heart of the small boy sad.
The rapid growth of the district has
peen attributed to many things, but
the far seeing real estate dealers are
unanimous in the opinion that the troll
ley road has done more to improve the
section than anything else.
TROLLEY A GOOD THING.
or course there is the Woodlawn school,
Ocean avenue paving; but inasmuch as
neither of these improvements is as yet
completed, the. boom in real estate can
not be directly attributed to any of
them. 1t is not to be denied thai the
trolley is a first class land agent The
real estate dealers cite scores of cases
where persons were induced to locate in
of rapid transit to New York; the Con-
solidated Traction Company's line and
the Central Railroad. That the former
idents is evident from the falling off
in the travel on the Central Railroad.
This is partly due to a new departure
of the Consolidated Traction CODY which
a passenger can purchase on the Bayonne
cars, two tickets good each for one ride
on the line and two Pennsylvania ferry
Single tickets on the Contra Railroad
to New York cost eight cents each and
no reduction is made on the excursion
tickets Thus G%reenville citizens are en-
abled to ride to New York for one cent
less than on the Central Railroad. Be
sides, the trolleys run oftener than trains
and cover the distance almost as quick
ly.
A reduction of one cent in fare is not
much, it is true, but real estate dealers
say it is just little things like that
which count when a prospective buyer
visits a suburban section.
DETACHED HOUSES POPULAR.
The most pleasing feature of the
growth of G~reenville is the fact that
nearly all of the houses that have been
erected during the past two months,
those that are in course of erection now
are detached, and tend to beautlfy more
or less the streets on which they are
located. The only fats that have been
added to Greenville this season are those
in course of erection on Ocean avenue,
near Dwight street. These, houses, OF
which there are three, are in a row. are
being erected by Mr.. Joseph Ross, a
well known resident of Woodlawn. But
as Woodlawn is destined to be the tene-
ment house section of Greenville, Mr..
Ross flats had better be there than on
any of the more choice t~horoughfares
such as Danforth, Winfield or Linden
Mr.. W. B. Stowe is erecting a hand
some new frame villa on Fulton avenue,
between Ocean and Garfield avenues.
one of the most beautiful in Greenville
and will cost in the ne1ghbornooo OF
81, 600.
Two new two-story frame houses are
also going up on the south sid OF Gator
avenue. between Ocean avenue and the
new County Road. This block of Gator
avenue has improved considerably, IN
value, during the past few months TOUR
new houses having been erected:
Immediately to the rear and fronting
on Danforth avenue two frame houses
is also completing a handsome residence
for himself and family on Pearsali ave
nue., etwee Avenue E and Garfield ave
nue.. E,2f .a
at Winfield and Ocean avenues, and
fronting on the latter street, has been
moved by the owner, Mr.. Henry Lem
beck, and turned around so as to face
on Winfield avenue, The entire front
has been torn down, and cupolas and
turret-like ornaments are being erected
so as to make the house conform with
the other handsome houses on this block
which is considered the handsomest in
Greenvil1e. None of the property own
ers who have desirable houses to let
are complaining. The demand for de-
tached houses especially those of the
two-story frame variety and ~rou
by grass lawns, is increasing. Houses
of this description do not remain unoc-
cupied long, and the real estate dealers
are grumbling because there are not
more of them.