Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-31
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GROWTH Or CI1IL5.
Popularity of American Towns in
Spreading Out
The Trend Of Building Operation j..
Nearly Always in the North
west-Instances In the
Big Cities.

Anyone who has Travelled extensively
in this country knows hat the ten
dGncy Of growth in residences in cities
is toward the north and northwest.
Fifty years ago Capitol Hill was the
social center Of Washington. Within a
quarter OF d mile OF Congress resided
many Of ito most influential members.
rs we'll AS the diplomatic corps and the
extremely fashionable sst. One hy one
'Lv faGl.iIs Logan settling elsewhere.
Every visitor to the capital city knows
that the :~Stern ard n~Drthcasttrn part
are hiT.-. %cil drained and beautifully
situated for residence purposes. Yetthe
move! 1t .T@a west and northwest ard
has continued to this day, until the
initials y. w. attached 10 the card Of
a citizn can ne is living in the fash
ionabie quarter. True. a few OF the
older families still cling to the hill, but
they are but a handful compared with
those who lived there even % years ago.
Possibly the white house being in the
western part Of the city may have drawn
the smart set" westward. But the
movement did not stop III the vicinity
of the white house. 1t has kept on and
on, the social center being fully 4 half
miic to the northwest OF the presidents
home.
In the early part OF the century Eell's
Point, Baltimore, was the home of the
weaithiest families, many of whose
heads were shipowners living within a
stones throw of the wharyes where
their vessels brought cargoes from all
parts OF the world. As the city in
creased in size the residence center
changed in a westward and northern
direction, finally settling in the neigh
eorhood Of Mount Vernon place. From
there it gradually spread out, taking
q west and northwest direction, until
about ten years ago, ~hen it shifted
TO the north, and has been steadily
growing in this direction since. The
country 10 the east and northeast Of the
city forms a natural park in the beauty
of its scenery, and Is admirably adapted
toT dwelling purposes, yet it has been
neglected, and the movement of the
higher grade of population has been
confined principally to the west of a
line drawn through the center of the
city. Substantial houses built by the
pioneers now contain the families of la
hnrers, and the foreign part of the pop
~uiation is in the south and east parts.
The GROWING Of Philadelphia in a
~northward direction may have been ia
yored by nature, as the country along
the ~Schuylkiil j. perhaps the best
adapted for SUBURBAN towns. To the
southwest Of the city, however, can be
found town sites aEd dwelling sites as
attractive as dix lily west. Travellers
entering the city, however. note the
long stretch OF sui urhs, having from
a few hundred (" 5000 residents each,
branching out ira the city proper in
a westerly direction. The growth
toward this point of the compass has
been fully five times as great as to
the southwest. Along one railroad line
alone 4 series of 80 towns har been
built up within q distance of as many
miles from Paramount park, lying so
closely together that in many cases four
or five really form one community.
A half dozen other large cities can
be cited where the people seem to prefer
the west and northwest parts as the
places increase in population, although
nature has favored the south and east
as well. Atlanta, Ga, is another sam
pie of this development. For the last
p years Buffalo has grown steadily
westward and northward. spreading
out along the Niagara river TOWARD Nj
arara falls, and leaving the south and
,Gs, parts TO be settled by the masses
and % be given up largely to manufac
turing. The city of Cleveland is an
other example, while Chicago Of late
years has been also developing in thu
same way. OF course the growth o.
New York city is affected largely by
its water boundaries, and the same ap
plies to Brooklyn and Jersey City. Thu
development Of Manhattan island mus
extend northward. But although TIL
part of Harlem toward the East rive
is as favorable for the construction O
the finer residences and apartment
houses as that adjacent 10 the Nortl
river. it is a Wcll-known fact that til
social line is drawn north and soutl
very close to Central park. and tina
Tar more money is being spent in builo
ingS for residential purposes IN tn