New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-17
SEEKING A SUMNER HOME.
DIFFICULTIES THAT BESET THE WOULD
BE, SUBURBANITE
NOT so EASY TO FIND HOUSE NEAR NEW
YORK WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT. IN
GLIDING THE PRICE

YORK WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT. IN
GLIDING THE PRICE
With each recurring summer the city man yearns
for the country. His pulses are stirred with some
thing OF the feeling that animated Adam when
he first looked upon the completeness OF the garden
on the Euphrates and found 1t good he th'nKs OF
cooling streams. green spaces and twining vines as
contrasted with the burning pavements and Eeated
skyscra pers with which he is surrounded the pct
ure beckons tantazingly. The impulse is too strong
to be resisted The month OF May finds the real es-
tate offices beseged with inquirers ABOUT suburban
homes and daily outgoing trains carry use'hunt-
ers in groups OF wos and threes bent on exploring
strange neghborhoods in person and consulting with
the local agents quarters that may be hired Tor
| the season.
These prospective summer residents encounter
many obstacles that must be overcome ere their
household gods can be set up with any assured ue
gree OF comfort Those fortunate enough TO near OF
the convenient cottage halfcottage 10 De vacated
by the regular occupants during the warm season
Chose occupants being anxious TO secure 'e"ai''!
do we'll enough. but those essaying ne" anu "h''eu
fields have much to contend with.
A country house for the summer in the neighbor-
hood Of New-York comes high. nne water we"
IS first OF ALL desired Shade trees and grass are
next sought for The combination OF the three near
enough to the City Hall TO enable the householder 10
come in to his business each day, Is unattainaoie
Of the family who has borne with the restrictions Oh
boarding all winter In order to be free TO migrate
whithersoever he will in summer finds himseit con-
fronted with the problem OF cost In relation 10 co
for, and many an unknown quantity that did not
before obtrude itself
I'VE want a place where the children can play
ont Of doors without having nursemaid always
tagging at their heels. where the neighoorhoou II
tolerable and where the cost OF living Will not eat
I'D a mans entire income" he confdes TO the dealer
in out-of- town homes.
That individual tugs meditatively at his mustache
Long Island is cheapest" he begins par
t.cularly II you take the place by the year inc
Hamptons Babylon. Flushing. any such places nave
good cottages for from si2 to 81 a month. and In
forty minutes you're in town..
Don't fancy the Sound Mosquitoes" objects his
interrogation.
Staten Island comes next in rank regarding ex-
pense delightful sail over and the place is being
built up wonderfully.
Malaria: know they have malaria there" in
terposes the applicant.
..Tba Jersey towns are next cheapest" affrms the
real estate agent and for easiness OF access to the
city they are superior to all other adjacent places
The Hudson OF course, is the F1fth-ave OF All OUT
of-town residences. Land Is constantly getting
higher and higher there
ooh know The Hudson is out OF the quef tion.'
admits the young man What about Westchester?
Harlem roads,?
81 think OF Just the place for YOU" comes the an
swer within an hour and seventeen inmates OF any
Office In Wall-st. You get home on me Put
nam Railroad with from eight TO ten rooms IN thor-
oueh repair perfect plumbing. every convenience
hot and cold water on both doors. piazza on TWO
sides OF the house the lot plenty large enough 10
raise all tho vegetables and fruit you want for $500
a year"
rs 1t in town."
NO but only ten minutes trolley from
good-s,zed town Trolley not finished yet bui VIII be
finished by August. Good schoolhouSe WITHIN 'hree
minutes walk"
What about the cost OF living. prices OF groceries,
provisions etc. ?" he is asked
From personal experience" replies the agent. l
am obliged to admit that groceries ana other heces
Stiles are higher out OF town than they are III New
York. There those rho Insist that they are not
but differ with them. However. man living out
OF town and coming into business every day can II
ne wishes. buy all his auppes in Washington Mar
ket where he certainly would get them at far less
than out-of-.ow prices"
BUY them and carry them out with MIN asked
his questioner.
the getting rid OF artcal!;es OF city life. the di'-
ference in rent and the many advantages OF a oouh-
fry residence more than compensate for the higher
cost OF living or any personal inconvenience
The lack OF theatres and amuseinents u an ai-
vantage" commented tho house-hunter
Sometimes. distinctly So" said the agent Out 10
my way of thinking a man OF moderate mems WIN
a growing family should not squander his mon'y
foolishlv IN any way At such time as they planned
10 20 TO play though. his wife could meet MIN al
some central place IN town, they could line com
fortably together attend the theatre ana reach nome
in reality quite as early az some city residents VINO
stopped for a midnight luncheon
The housed hunter seemed to be reviewing the STU
alton. .
81 have an idea that frequently We might be With
on, coffee for dinner II 1t depended on my remem-
herring to bring 1t from town.. he SAID rueiuiy'
Indeed It il more than probable that II l under
took to supply the family iarler In person my wite
and might come open rupture owing to my
misieeds in that line. mus; look further into the
matter of tradesmen's charges before decide on
location When one goes into the country one likes
10 have ones friends come TO make things enjoy |
able In the matter OF entertaining tradesmens ac-
counts are Of vital Importance
other authority Nonsense, am a practical house
holder Ny wife Is practical honsekeepe ,, We
have kept account OF every pound OF yea SAT- ~ ~
per -four every gallon Of kerosene ana ever otner
commodity that has come INTO our mouse 'oa .ne s
we find that the difference Is scarcely worth men
prices rtItss we paid while living in town people To-
cate near place OF some Importance whsre
wnSth 6ts while 10 be accommodating. II stands TO
reason that he will not charge more than "a living
price for his groceries. Why should me- MS rent Is
much less than that OF his city rival
"Rut houses In the country important and
convenient places are too expensive for The pure OF
,be n,ddle-class householder" 1t Is objected. THE
house he gets is out In the crude. unim- |
nroved country where letter boxes here and there,
The distant whrr OF the trolley and the ground IN |
the vicinity being leveed for lots are the only |
tokens that he neghborhood is destined to become |
a town. That mai dependent on his resources IN
tho matter OF purchase. =. -.
Not necessarIly Nineteen miles out Of New-York.
in prosperous town. q desirable cottage. uhiur-
nished can be had for SO month. Inc cOniiuta-
tIon railroad tickets sold at a great reduction.
and thu resident buy any OF the ordinary neces.
sarles OF life at prices nearly approximang those OF
The bIg department stores in the city
at il amazing how utterly dense some people are
regarding tae matter OF summer homes REMARKED