The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-26
"CORLlSS HEIGHTS"
A Real Estate Deal That Will Make a
New Residence Property.

The largest and most important sale OF un-
improved real estate in the city Tor a long
time has just been completed Though the
agency OF :. A. Nightingale
A tract Of 1875 acres fjrmerly owned by the
late George ii. Corliss has been sold TO the
Mari agansett Real Estate Co. CT Providence.
n. ]. Thi, land 1, Oh the eastsry side of
Admiral street on which 1t measures upward
OF 1000 feet and ouuds northcrly about
/ 90 feet on Hawkins street and
,asteily and southerls on lind OF
the silver Spring Lleaciiil q Dyeing Com
pany. Its within quarter Of "a mile of the
Charles street railroad bridge, and convenient
to all the large mnnuf c,ories in
that vicinity. Oriental Mills, Silver
sping Bleaching and Dy,iag Com
pany. Aliens Print Works. American
Screw Company, Corlss Steam Engine Com
pany, Franklin Machine Company, and
Wanskuck Mills. Tie land A. high and level
and will be plated into lois suitable for rcsi-
Gence and put on the market as soon as il can
be- put in shape and grades establis ed on the
streets. Some nine acres viii be dedicated
To highway purposes and J. A. Latham
T. engaged already in making surveys for
FLATS and taking levels 'r grades. The prop
erty fronts tie Admi al street lectiic car
line AMI is within one ard half miles of
Market square. fhe average running time Of
cars from Market square Is about III minutes.
Tho lioldiag of large tracts. such a., the Cor
is. Eaton aud Bailey lands. has prevented
and retarded Luidins in this vicinity. but
all tie md which has been put on the market
thero is well bulls up for mile beyond
with u good class IF houses, and there
is no more Pleasant or desiral L. location To lie
found 20 convenient TO the center Of the city
Than this tract viii offer. The tract will be
appropriately cal.el ''Doiliss Heights"
she Narrag gsnsett Real Estate Company is
u heal concern. ID. f. Goff. pre-. .iient. and
William y. Randall, treasurer ahd they have
success fully handled several well known
ira, L.. The Wanskucs plat on
Lanedon st'eci; the sprague Home
stead plat on ttranston street; the
Auhurndale lat on Flmwood avenue. ali of
Nhich are now W, II built mp 10 good class of
residences. They seek the better cl,ss
of buyers aud aim 10 furnish
their customers with such location and
prices as viii give ssfe invest
ments and ersble anyone buying on their
plHis 10 c able TO sell II they shoull desire to
do so NJ profit which uyers on plats they
have handled have uniformly been abl. TO do.
Their policy has been to handle only land SO
located as to be readily accessible
and they will put this LIANT on the marke. at
about the same price as Is asked for land
double the distance OUT and with all neccssary
-af guards 20 cure n proper c.ass OF
buyers TO make tho locality desirable TO
good class of residents aud TO add
10 the ultimate value cf the property. They do
net hanIlI property on the weekly payment
system. While there Il larg, amount of out
Il q property being put on tho market and ihe
dull times Existing have made sales Of such
property slow. the demand for
Desirable Investments cl 'se in l.
improving. The sale of this property
will not be In comp,ttion at all with
outside hands and will Offer an opportunity
g. investors. and 10 tn.cDnni's from the
numerous manufactoriss in that vicinity
which VIII doubtless result In the rapid sile
amt ptovemeni OF - lss Heights.