New-York tribune., 1899-06-14
GROWTH OF BATH BEACH.
AN IDEAL PLACE FOR SUBURBAN
HOMES.
WHERE TOWN AND COUNTRY ARE CONFINED
EASY OF ACCESS AND PLEASANT WHEN
REACHED-wHAr A HOME COSTS
NEAR THE SEA.

Oceanward lies Bath Beach, a home OF cot-
tages and broad fields and stately trees. under
whose branches the Dutch settler and his chill
dren in the good old days made friends with
the red man. attended TO their own business
worshipped the Almighty, loved nature. never
dreamed of the trolley car age, OF British occu-
patton. of the Revolution or OF the new form Of
republican government. without kingship OF
despotic sway or Of the creation of nation
In which life liberty and the pursuit OF happi-
ness in a broad liberal and fraternal spirit OF
equality were to be assured by constitution
TO the oppressed OF all nations.
Even the phlegmatc Dutch would have ac-
cused a prophet OF being visionary had
he the temerity and courage 10 predict
such a future for this country In that age
Bath Beach. Manhattan and other places. In
which there were no skyscrapers trolley lines
or anything else with which are familiar
nowadays were satisfied with their life and
conditions. and did net bother their heads about
automobiles. bicycles. politics or the Darwinian
theory.
1t is a long cry back TO those days. Natural
evolution, the needs and requirements OF modern
life the swift tremendous tide Of Immigration
the inevitable congestion in great cities when
followed the desire OF man in his progress In
culture AMI accumulation Of means 10 own ms
own home and to rear his children amid con-
genial surroundings have changed the geog-
raphy Of this country and the topography OF
suburban places.
Bath Beach is an illustration OF this, and also
of the passing away OF the Dutch. The names
remain The sons Of Holland are gone. Where
they greeted the morning sun and welcomed the
stars the children OF nearly every other race Dut
theirs now dwell These latter are not tillers OF
the SOIL but business and professional men VINO
like to ride by horse through green fields
within sight OF the ocean. to their own garden
gates and comfortable homes after the heat and
stress and work of the day.
COMPROMISE BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY
II God made the country and man the town. as
a poet Of note has said they seem TO have come
10 compromise in making the Bath Beach Of
to-day. 1t is half town, half country with the
advantages Of the one and the delights Of the
other
Only twelve years ago It was really unsettled.
Just as when in the primitive plan II was spread
out in its own little segment of the globe. There
were a few old houses Of the Dutch type. TO De
sure. picturesque enough in their own way, and
later on a striking contrast to modern types OF
architecture; but they were only fosslls after AL
decaying and decayed monuments OF civlliza-
tion and period which were bound TO be swept
away by the great, feverish inrushing tides OF
immigration. development, progress and general
evolution in every branch OF Industry IN every
phase OF society and. indeed. in every walk OF
life
CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE.
How is # to-day? What the changes that
have been wrought in these twelve years! Chi-
dren OF many natonalities now have homes on
the camping ground OF Bath Beach. Streets
broad beautiful. tree lined. have been laid out;
a sewerage system developed and introduced by
the best of modern engineers exists great sea
side park in Dyker Meadow Is being made' ana
all modern improvements and accommodations
In houses sanitation and everything else essen
tial TO the comfort Of man have been provided.
Dyker Meadow Park stretches from the mill
tsry reservation at Fort Hamilton 10 Fifteenth
ave and from Bath Beach TO the water line aI
Elghty-sixth-st The park consists OF 10 s' acIe
and has shore front with excellent oppor'unl-
ties FOR bathing Of 800 feet. The city Dousht
this mark two wears ego, and is now beautifylng
II Two artificial lakes will be made trees WIN
be planted and landscape gardens are making
the old meadows TO bloom win "ea"" Vi
beauty and an infnty OF colors -
the nIace is easy OF access. In the old days
the brooklyn Bath Beach and West End hMalI- M
road charged % cents for round ttlp t lrotA
To show how significant cheap fares are IN tne
development Of outlying districts IL ls ohy
necessary 20 quote the statements Oh " ~.
Morrissey. who has nVed IN bdth DeaOH 'N
twenty years.
DEMAND FOR LAND AND HOMES
why" said Mr. Morrissey yesterday. our
boorn down here started the very day OF the
,rtroduction OF fve-cent fares. With the troll
lev cars and the ive-cent fare came great
dsnand for land hereabouts These cars opened
nm MANY farms. which have been cut into build
ing lots Six years ago these lots cost from
s5oO IN 500 To-day they sell easily for from
50 600 10 $4,000. They are bound 10 inCreass
greatly in value cars. by the construcuoh oI
Iii be able TO run directly from Park Row
over the elevated roads down TO behsonhurs' III
at least thirty-ive minutes ,.....o-.
Speaking of the terms onered 10 lnNestois,
Nr Norrissey said: Usually 30 per cent OF
the purchase price is required cash down. WINE
the 10 per cent is allowed TO remain on oI !IoIo
gage at per cent interest In exceptiondI
cases only 10 per cent down is necessary. whie
the balance may go into mortgage al per
cent interest" .,.o.
IN path Reach are Of the Queen Anne anu
Colonial form OF architecture. They are gen
eraIlv two-story buildings. with attic ana ceila,'
have ten 70 twelve rooms. with bath all Ihou-
- conveniences and are constructed accord
ing IN the laws and regulations OF the Board OF
Health and the Building Department, me lots
noo IN nrice from $1,000 upward. In the
current year 125 cottages and houses have been
erected in Bath Beach
FROM HARLEM AND THE BRONX.
Real estate dealers down that way say 'na'
,nos, of the new investors or settlers have come
from Harlem and The Bronx. They seem 10
like the place. with lis churches. schools. uh-
surpassed facilities for sea bathing. ana I'S
proximity to the sheepsbesd Bay brighton
Reach and Brooklyn Jockey Club racetrachs'
and all of the popular seaside resorts
Bath Beach is an attractive pace LOT ,.o
,r,caI neonle There in the long ago the late
Barney Williams. a celebrated comedian pun Jul,
kathleen villa and every summer stage ioth
nut up at the different hotels ana speho '"'"
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