Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-11-18

in few weeks to less than half.
The population OF the Estelle colony
is made up OF Americans, with gener-
GUS sprinkling OF thrifty Germans and
Englishmen. few Irishmen and Swedes,
When this place was first opened up
for colonization it was called Estelle.
When application for a post office was
made it was found this name could not
be used because OF its similarity to an.
| other office in the same county. So the
| post Office was named Risley. Recently,
| however, in order that the station and
post office might correspond, the South
Jersey Railroad Company changed Es-
telle to Risley station. the name Estelle
now applies to the whole colony, which
| embraces three stations on the South
Jersey Railroad d-Milmay, the upper
station; Dorothy, the centre station
and Risley, the lower station. The South
Jersey Railroad has only been built two
years and few months. The growth
of Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City
and other seashore resorts along the
| South Jersey coast caused the road to
be built and it's splendid Century Fly
ers" to Cape May in connection with
the "Royal Reading Route enable Estelle
visitors to travel in luxurious style.
Supt. Beach takes great pride in his
road and there are no swifter or more
comfortable trains in the country. And
you don't have to go to Estelle on an
accommodation train, in fact, you can t.
All the Century Flyers are express
r-ains and make only one or two stops
between Camden anG ESteIIe.
Paul Groeber, one OF the largest lana
owners here, has started a mushroom
farm on First avenue. He has named
it Laura" About $4,000 will be spent
in improving it. 1t will be conducted
by Max Groeber.
The owner OF the largest cultivated
farm in Estelle is Franz ]. Hoehley, VINO
with his wife and four children have
lived there nearly year. He came from
Patterson, N. j., last November and
has forty-nine acres. Mr.. Boehley rails
ed splendid crop this season OF corn,
rye, oats, turnips, tobacco and garden
stuff. His corn was eleven inches long
and samples OF his tobacco, rutabagas
and turnips hang on the walls OF Mr..
Risley s office in Philadelphia.
r. L. Barringer place on Second
avenue is a beauty. Mr.. Sarringer goes
in largely for poultry and his white Wy
andottes would take the blue ribbon
in any poultry show.
Near the Milmay station William
Moore, proprietor OF the saw mill, is
erecting a dwelling which would do
credit to q fashionable city street. 1t
will cost several thousand dollars.
One OF the first settlers near the new
station Dorothy is Richard Ellison, OF
New York City, with mis- wife and two
daughters. Mrs. Ellison applied to Mr..
Risley several months ago for small
improved iarm in New Jersey in heal
thy neignborhood. He showed her sew.
eral and incidentally took her to Es-
telle. There she decided to locate if a
house could be built at once. This work
the Estelle Building Company took in
hand and the new house is now complete,
opposite Dorothy depot. The station
was named for Supt. Beach g daughter
and by curious coincidence, one OF Mr..
Ellison 8 daughters is also named Doro-
thy.
A valuable acquisition to the colony
comes in the persons of p. GOldsack
and his wife from London. Mr.. Goldsack
was formerly Inspector OF police under
the English government and his wife
is an accomplished linguistic and musi-
clan.
Inc postmaster at Risley, D. Bennett,
is one OF the first settlers. He came here
from Northern Pennsylvania, built a
house for his family and soon opened
store. Lately he was recommended
for appointment as postmaster and
so Cleveland concluded he was the prop
er man for the place.
In the centre OF the Milmay tract
little colony OF Germans has been iorm-
ed, and it is their intention to call their
place Fortuneyille. This section is very
heavily wooded, and Otto Ruchholtz
and his colleagues propose going into
the lumber business.
George Greller g farm on Cumberland
avenue looks well, and his store busi-
ness is good. He and his wife are well
an6 hearty.
One thing here that appealed especi-
ally to me was the excellence OF the wa
ter throughout the colony. It is aDso-
lutely pure and is positively as good
as any water to be had in America or
abroad. In getting this water the resi-
dents drive wells about IS feet deep.
In going this depth the light surface
soil and the clay subsoil is pierced and
the stratum OF gravel underneath is
penetrated. Some go deeper, but really
good water can be gotten in about 25
feet. Above that you strike surface wa
ter. the purity and healthiulness OF which
can both be questioned. A 25-foot well
can be driven and finished completely
for SIS.
They tell me that Founder Risley
sold 1 742 farms here last year, and will
doubtless sell more in 1896. Every day
Mr.. Risley 8 agent, Mr.. Vandever, brings
SQUAD OF people here to see farms they
have bought or to inspect farms open
for sale. OF the latter there are very
few, SO the map shows. Tracts 5 and
Z are sold out, tracts 8 and II are near
ly closed and there are few lots still
open on tract II. 1t is unfortunate that
when these farms were fircE thrown
open for sale that persons throughout
the country were permitted to buy them
promiscuously, regardless OF whether
they intended to improve their land
or not. The consequence is that there
are long stretches OF sold farms along
the railroad front which are unimproved,
the owners OF which are scattered far
and wide. 1t may be some time before
these farms are built upon, but never
theless in the march OF Improvements
the day will certainly come when origi-
nal buyers will build or the farms, for
an advanced consideration, will be sold
to others who wish to.
When farm has been bought and
paid for title deed is given free OF charge.
The land title is insured in the Common
wealth Title and Trust Company. OF
Pliladelphia. There is no cost to you