Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-05-13

There is village in New Jersey where
every resident is a property owner.
There is not vacant housel
There is not single property to let.
There is not a rented property!
Think of it f! Every man his own mast
erl
Besides this every man who buys
& place there, however small a place,
and however little he pays on account
OF his purchase, stands a preferred chance
to secure employment on salary in work
OF local Improvement. Property owners
only are employed on salary in work
OF local improvement. Buy 5-acre
garden plot to-day, pay 81. on it and
the agreement you receive places you
on the eligable list OF candidates for
work, if you wish it.
Chair warmers, loungers and drones
are eschewed. The Citizen S Beneficial
League frowns on all SUCH They do
not want any man who feels he is too
| good to work, unless, of course, he has
enough money to support that sort
OF feeling. If man evinces a disposi-
ton to be industrious and shows that
he wants to settle and grow up with
the place the building association will
sell him lumber enough to build home
or will erect house for him on install
ments
This village is the largest on earth
It is so large that the railroad company
had to build two stations on it about
five miles apart One is called Milmay
and the other Estele, and now move
is on loot to build q grand central sta
ton midway between.
Estelle was born first. She is now
big, bouncing 18-months old baby
with the very brightest prospect for
long life. Her sister Milmay, only came
into existance November 26, 1885. They
already have a post office, public school
with about 80 scholars, one church and
another contemplated, a 3story, l2-
room hotel, saw mill employing number
OF hands, blacksmith shop, hardware
store and over 100 dwellings.
Eighteen months ago not one OF these
houses was thought Of Not farm
was in cultivation the soil was virgin,
and the birds sang their evening songs
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engineers, and railroad builders came
| along; and after while, for the first
| time, the little rabbits ran away alright
| ed at the sound of locomotive whistle.
| The railroad was finished and the first
train over the South Jersey railroad
| from Philadelphia to Cape May was
runningi
| One OF the passengers on that train
was D. L. Risley, the well known real
estate dealer OF Philadelphia. Mr. Risley
had already had experience in big land
operations, having opened up for sale
500 farms at Mckee City, only a lew
miles from Pleasantyille. This land he
cut into 5-acre plots and sold for f;100,
payable 81. and S j. per week.
He succeeded so well with this plan
that he was on the lookout for more
land. When his eyes fell on the beautiful
stretch OF woodland, 80 miles south
OF Philadelphia, which is now known
| as EStelle, he saw Just what he wanted
and within week he had negotiated
for the purchase OF 10000 acres, had
the title examined and guaranteed and
insured On the 18th OF October, 1884,
surveyors were put to work plotting
| the whole tract into 5-acre farms.
| Before Milmay was opened for sale
| last Thanksgiving Day, all OF the 1900
farms at Estelle had been sold an6 colin
ization had started with vim. Then
he found that still more land was neceS-
sary and he secured 10000 acres adioin-
ing Estelle and called it Milmay. Farms
are selling quite as rapidly there as they
did at Estelle and settlers are quite
| as numerous
So you can readily imagine what
an important place this will be in few
years, progressing and enlarging as
it has done in the past g months. AGioin
ing tracts are already being surveyed
with a view to being laid out when need
ed. The quality OF the land and the plan
on which it is sold have stood the test
of time and the closest Investigation.
Every buyer OF farm increases the
possible population OF The place. Every
buyer intending to settle actually increas-
es the population and doubles the value
OF his property. II your farm adjoins
an improved farm ism It it more valuable
than if it were isolated? And the more
farms that are improved around yours
the more precious yours becomes, even
if you never spend cent in improving
it. Thus it is quite possible and thorough
ly probable that the land which is now
selling at $40 and $25 an acre will IN
a year or two be worth double or triple
that sum.
Mr.. Risley sells his farms on Install
ments OF 81 down and 81 per week.
The land is all it is claimed to be high,
bry, fertile, level, and free from rocks
or stones. This is quite pleasant change
for man used to Pennsylvania soil.
The location is healthy exceptionally
so. The water is delicious, and the purch-
aser of a farm can take possession OF
his land, clear the wood OFF, which he
can sell at the station for 5 so per cord,
and begin the cultivation OF his ground,
if he wants to, the day after ne makes
his first payment on his land. The title
to the land is guaranteed. 1t is insured
in one OF the strongest title companie;
in Philadelphia, and the deed OF insur
ance can be seen at Mr.. Risley S main
office, 211 South 10th Street, Philadel
phia. Deeds are given free. There are
no notes, mortgages, obligations OF
incidental expenses OF any sort. There
is no interest charged except when q
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