Evening journal., 1901-07-22
SURROUNDING COUNTRY TEENS
WITH HOMES OF BUSINESS MEN

awaits those Wilmingtonians who
know not the delights of country life
: Nearer Wilmington are Gordon
Heights and Edge Moor, the former
another delightfully."- situated country
whose natural scenery is being appre-
ciated by Wilmington business men
Among its residents are George r
Townsend, Harry Emmons. William
Be2denkopf, J. 1alley Smith. Robert
J. Writ and John l.. Yates. Homes oc
cupied by them are attractively stu
ated, and present all the interio.
charms that are necessary to mans en-.
joyment.
On the banks of the Delaware just
opposite Edge Moor station, surround.
ed by handsome trees and shrubbery
is one of the largest houses in the
State Ellerslie. as it is known, has
been vacant for a number Of years
. Henry G.. Morse occupied it when NJ
was president of the Edge Moor Iroa
Company, but removed to Wilmington
! when he became the head of the Har-
Ian and FIollingswOrth Company. Many
years ago it was the charming home O!
Henry Price. This year William f.
I Sellers and Harry r. Bradford, Of this
' city have rented portion OF the house
for their families, with a dozen or SO
rooms to spare.
The handsome stone house, surround
ed by oaks, on the hill west of Edg,
| Moor, is the home of William Sellers
Although president Of the William
Sellers Company. Of Philadelphia, MIR
Sellers is frequently seen in Whining
ton. and is well-kn0Wn here.
~ a no
miles back from the river, but over
looking a stretch of beautiful country
are found the homes of busy men who
depend on the Baltimore and Philadel-
phia railroad to bring them into the
city for their daily work.
At Harvey station, embowered in the
trees, we find the home of Christopher
l.. Ward, a lawyer, who also claims to
be a farmer. He rebuilt the old Bush
farmhouse, which was burned some
years ago, and has delightful all-the-
yearshennd residence. The property
is the one which David Bush devised
to the fire companies of this city.
At the Cliffs. surrounded by acres
of old forest trees. is the real "old Eng
llsh" home OF Edward Bringhurst, Jr.,
who Is in Wilmington almost every
day. 1t is better known as the Ship
ley place, and is without a nyal in this
part Of the country for pure English
style.
In 1850 the spot was a wilderness,
but it was just what the banker, Joseph
Shipley, wanted, and he transformed
It into one of the famous places Of
Delaware. Mr.. Bringhurst's love for old
forest trees guarantees that the place
wll retain all of its beautiful charac-
teristics.
On the hin Just above the railroad
IS the home of Alexander p. Sellers.
Mrs. Sellers. who was Miss Edith
Bringhurst. retains the quaint old
home OF her grandmother, Mrs. Ed
ward Bringhurst, Sr., just as 1t existed
a half century ago.
The home OF Samuel M. Trump,
president of tho Trump Bros Machine
Company. at Silyers.de station IS pc
turesque i'm style. and has c)llHlan nu-
ing view Of the distant river.
/ Nearby W. Harold Smith, of William
b. Sharp G. Co.. has fitted up the isaac
N. Grubb farmhouse in a way that
: provides all OF the modern comforts
within the solid walls of a hundl cd
years ago.
Just south of the station, among the
rocks and chestnut trees, is the nome
Of Frederick y. Stone. treasurer Cl the
Delaware Electric and Supply Company
H. Scott Townsend. teller in the e.
curity Trust and Safe Deposit CON-
pany. has chosen q fine old house out
ut Rockland for his Summer home. Mr..
Townsend makes no claim 90 river
Via,vg or fO trolley cOnvpnionces but
he is contented, nevertheless. While
about his homehe is farmer travelling
as the farmer doesand enjoying the life,
perhaps, mere 50 than the average Eli-
er Of the soil.
Returning in the direction of the city
the residence Of Isaac G. Elicit, Levy
Court commissioner, shrewd business
man and thrifty farmer is seen Al
though the occupant Of each suburban
home in the hundred considers that he
is the most delightfully."- situated there
are many people who agree with Mr.
Elliott. that his location surpassos, in
many respects. all others. As cOunuS
home. overlooking the river. his is hard
TO equal. One of its advantages is thai
its occupant has use of either trolley Oh
steam car when he desires to transact
, business here.
These arc only a few Of the men ac
tive in Wilmington's business world
who are spending the Summer in beau
. tilul old Brandywine hundred. Latel
we shall speak OF those who arc Sum.
; mering in other sections Of The country
adjacent to Wilmington.