Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-26
WEST HILL
Coming Into Favor
As Akron's Leading Resi-
dence Section.
Something About the
Many Improvements
That Are Being Undertaken
There.
Extension Of Street Railway Opens
New Territory.

| The work of double tracking West
Market street will be commenced next
spring by the Northern Ohio Traction
improvements are just now being
considered for that section of the city,
where the growth has been simply
remarkable during the past ten years.
As has been mentioned the West
Market street line has been extended
to the new corporation line within
| a five minutes walk to the County
Infirmary and the coming year will
undoubtedly see new line built from
West Market street at the corpora
ton limits across to the West Maple
street end of the loop line near Grace
school, The new line. according to
plans already being considered, will
pass to the west of the Marvin, Good
rich and Work properties, places which
are attracting very great attention be-
cause of their locations and the archi-
lecture of the buildings.
Some time ago the property owners
on Merriman street made proposition
to the Northern Ohio Traction company
to build line out that street, but the
company refused to accept the prop
Osition, evidently for the reason that
1t could be clearly seen that the growth
of the city is destined to be out West
Market, and in that section between
Market and the historic Perkins hill
A petition is now being circulated
and will soon be presented to the
Council asking for the improvement
of West Market street from Kuder
avenue to the new city limits. The
petitioners will ask that the street be
paved and that the lighting system
be extended to the corporation limits.
A neat waiting station is to be built
by the Northern Ohio Traction COM
pany and property owners at the end
of the West Market street line and
will be lighted, heated and provided
with telephone. Great as has been
the development in this section of the
city during the past five or ten years
it is evident that 1t has but commenced
and as "a beautiful residence part of the
city its FUTURE cannot even be pre-,
dicted.
| Plans are being considered for a
number of beautiful residences TO be
built in the near future in this section
of the city. Ten years ago May &
Fiebeger purchased a tract of land on
the north side of Market street at the
end of the extension of the street rail,
way line.
Attorney Dayton A. Doyle is to builda
$4,000 mansion at what has become
known as Twin Oaks. The property
adjoins that of the May & Flebeger
tract. Mr.. Doyle will build just as
soon as he can sell his present home
on West Market street, near Balch
street.
Mr.. Michael Null is 10 build a beau
tiful residence on the opposite side
of the street from the May & Fiebeger
tract.
Mr. n. G. Work, superintendent of
the r. f. Goodrich company, is build
ing a $4,000 mansion at Perkins Hill
on Portage Path near the Marvin and
Goodrich residences. This is one of
the historic spots of the city for it is
here that the old Perkins homestead may
be seen and also the house in which
the famous John Brown lived when /.
resident of Akron. This house is now
occupied by the Portage Golf club.
Mr.. j. II, Mutt, treasurer of the Cen
trail Savings Bank company, has prr-
chased the pretty Holaday residence