The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-08
BEAUTIFUL SUMNER
HOMES NEAR SCRANTON
Men Who Are Causing Tfansfor.
nation to Be Wrought North of
the Mountain.

What Tuxedo is to New York, the
region in and about Waverly. Glen
burn and Dalton promises, eventually
to be to Scranton.
Many of the citizens of Scranton who
have wealth and a taste for country
life have, OF late, been acquiring ex-
tensive tracts of farm land in the
north h-of-the-mountain region, with a
view of establishing for themselves
country homes. Among these are f..
J.. Fuller, president of the Internation-
al Salt company and railroad magnate;
c. d. Simpson and Il. II. Watkins, of
Simpson & Watkins, the we'll known
capitalists; j. A. Linen, president of
the First National bank; Henry Belin,
jr., banker and cashier of the County
Savings bank; James p. Dickson, rail-
road man; c. S. Woolworth, merchant;
a. j. Casey, of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Brewing company.
Mr.. Fuller has purchased the Glenn
ons farm and fifty acres of the Coray
farm. besides smaller tracts necessary
to the rounding out of the tract, the
whole making 20S acres. 1t includes
n good portion of Lily lake. Event
ually. Mr.. Fuller proposes to acquire
all of Lily lake. The cottage which
eX-Sheriff Clemons recently built on
the farm, will be used temporarily by
the Fullers for their summer residence.
1t is being enlarged and improved at
an expense equal to the original cost
of the cottage. Next year the cottage
will be supplanted by a country house
of magnificent proportions. Plans for
its construction have been completed
and submitted but not yet adopted.
A large force of men under the
direction of professional landscape
gardner is at work laying out the
grounds, building roads, planting trees
and shrubbery and erecting rustic en-
bellishments. This work will be COM
pleted this year.
Plans are also being prepared for
stock and poultry houses, stables,
creamery and the like. They will like
ly be constructed this year.
The Fuller farm is located on hill
top overlooking Dalton station on the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
road. Mrs. Fuller selected the site. She
has travelled very extensively but no.
where she has declared, has she seer
a more delightful place. The land
experience in his work says the site
is most beautiful one and offers rare
opportunity for picturesque gardening
Mr.. Simpson has taken the Maloney
farm at Waverly and proposes tt
make of it a very inviting home. Re-
Gently the Waverly borough council
granted him permission to close up {
road which divided his farm. He has
plans for fine country home and ex'
poets it will be ready for occupancy
before the year is out.
Mr.. Watkins place is at Glenburn. II
is confined mainly in the Franz
Jermyn farm. Like Messrs. Fuller ant
Simpson he proposes to greatly beauti
fy the place and erect handsome
rural residence.
Mr.. Linen has been making his sum
mer home at Dalton for number
of years. Mr.. Belin has taken the ole
Van Vleet farm at Glenburn. Mr.
Christy. Mr.. Woolworth and Mr.. Casey
each have an extensive tract in tht
same region.
When all these and other Scranton
ians who contemplate locating there
have become permanently established
it is likely that extensive improve
ments will be made to the public roads
of the region, and that various othe
general convenenoes will result.
The country is one of the mos
beautiful imaginable i'm scenery and al
that goes to make up AN ideal rura
residence place.