The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28

Peculiarly of American Towns in Their
Growth in Residences.


ANY one who has travelled extensively in this
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country NH"N' 'i't thc 'eiuchcS oi gro"Ih III
residences in ci,!es is toward the north and
northwest. Fifty wears ago Canitol Hill was
,ho social centr, ~ W,shiprton within a
quarter of a mile of Congress resided many OF
its most influential members, AS we'll as the
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blihohi"'Ar '"FiS anu 'he cNtte"ic,S l"9hioh-
able set. Ono by one the families began set
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knows that the eastern anu hoftheaSterh parts
are high, well drained and beautifully stu
ated for rcsid.nra purnoses ynt ,he move.
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mem %a1 W'st ana nTrthWest dmn Ha2 con
taGhrd 70 th& rard o. a rltlZen means ne Is
nNitE III il" a9uiEiaotr ilLfatct, run u lev
they are, but Il handful comnarcd with hose
VINO iiNeH tnrr'i even tWth.E Etatn ago. iossl.
Dss tme Nn''n ir'hnr pcinS III IL Mrntnrt parS!
WrstWaiu, BUY ,he iM2N"nirht ga hut stop IN
inc n!fln,'y o' Ia" Mntr ii"uTr, ~ nus kei,t,
on ana 9i. tle SOCIAL "Eiltte nSlhE iuliy z nan
mi" 70 the northwest o, the presldsnts home.
pin ,ne nat,s ~ .ne S,nours n,t''
ims mnny M W. w vino mo" h i IN, WV We .sna w nam.
lltlne witnih u zone tntow ., tnr WhntFtS
Wh"fe their vessel prou9mt cnrgoes from az
sins me rTsiur,ce Gens.f chnrsnW III i WIS.,,
WARD ana HoIlnrrh IiT'c,Iom; nhvny srltling IN
the hcighhornooi oi finuht vernon Uiacc'
From there it grnIMh,iy sprMisd ont takI
M = west ana nottnWe't dlfr.ti3h. untli
"''ut th yc"'n U.s. . ~ ~ ~ ~
norm, ana mas Decn Htehuily growing IN inns
direction. since. me couhtfS 70 INC east ana
northeast OF the Guy forms u hnturai PARK IN
thc beauty OF rs scenery anu Is aImlrably
adapted Tor uw"nlhE PURPOSES, yer mas Dern
neg le"tcd. anu tle movement VI me nlRhtr
grade OF Pppulat'nn mas befh cohnileu pT!htl-
laIIy TO me west OF 4 me Ir1Wh throuEn the
centre OF the city. Suhsthhtlai houses hullt ny
the pioneers now contain tlc laihIIlrA 81 lhhor-
ers., and the foreign part ul the poruIatioh Is
III me Soulh ana east parts
me growing OF inliau'iphlh ~ a hortnWdru
direction may nave, btei favored 10y nature. as
the country along inc SchuEIklll Is perhaps ne
best adapted Tor SUBURBAN towns. lo ths
southwest OF the city. however. can De i"uhd
town sites and Dwelling sites as attractive rs
directly west. Travellers entering, the city,
however, note tho !ong stretch OF suburbs.
having from a few hundred TO lO,NO residents
each, branching out from IN" city prpuer ~ a
westerly direction The growth toward thlS
point OF the compass has locn l,uily I'VE times
IA great as to the southwest Along one rail-
road line alone q, series OF thirty towns have
been built M, within II distance, ol rs many
miles, from Paramount fark; WING so CLOSELY
together that III many eases tour or hNe reaIy
form, Que community.
\ htii dozen other large cities can ne citei
where the people seem 10 prefer me west ana
northwest parts AS IN" places increase IN pom
u.nilnl, although nature mas favored the south
and east as Well Atlanta La 5 apother sum
pie of ms Developments, FOR the laSt twenty
years bunal"hls grown Steh1IIy wtstWaTu nha
nbFtlWdfh. ShrrtiullE ON dIohS thc NldEaIh