Evening journal., 1902-09-27
WILL SELL PART
OF LANDENBERG
|llag0 Near Delaware Line
Under Hammer
AY Be SOLD IN A BULK
Jose Living There Wish TO Purchase
Their Own Homes History
Of The Settlement

Marked for the auctioneer's hammar
Lnds the fair little city Of Banden-
-g, whose teeming sounds Of industry
40 and re-echo among the mighty
Is that shelter it.
Jandenberg Is to be sold, bag, bag
5 be, good will and fixtures. Although
has 600 inhabitants. it is almost en-
Neley owned by one interest, that of |
estate of Thomas Lund, of England.
III is a pretty village, situated near
b Delaware line on the 3. and o. |
.ilroad. The estate. of which it is
|iefy a part, consists OF 240 acres of
nd. nearly fifty dwellings,, a large
prsted mill in successful operation,
rec valuable water powers and sew
hl large business houses and trade |
lnds.
Following the DEATH of the last lega-
p the entire property is to be sold.
rely is there such an opportunity Of
Jed for investment. In healthy
ighbOrhood. quick communication
Tn our great cities, two railroad lines
y d unlimited cheap power if devel-
Ned, 1t Is an ideal sDot for manufact-
eEs.
James Fisher with his SONS, trained
anufacturers. came here in 1853. They
ION acquired the larger part of the
lage. When the war came on in 1861
veral of MIR. Fishers sons, together
th much OF his help, enlisted. The
rmer then sold in 1864 his whole in
rest to Martin Iandenberger. The
tier bought more land and added
Hany improvements. At this time his
Iyroll was from $4,000 to $1,000 a
onth from the extensive business he
#ntrolled
Duning the panic of 1873. Martin Ian
nberger failed. For several years the
Nwn languished. when James Lund,
Ither Of Ezra, the present operator.
4ught the property and did a thriving
n siness for several years.
Through an unfortunate endorsement
a large philadelphia wool firm, Mr..
md was obliged to sell his property to
S brother Thomas. a successful Eng
h manufacturer. who had already &C
mulated a large fortune.
James Lund died in 1891, at which
ne he was on the high road to sue
SIS. and had he lived few more
ars. would have redeemed his prop
sty. He was popular with his en-
oyes. always being strictly prompt
tn their paw. a feature that his son.
.ra. has always maintained.
In the spring of 1878, the upper or
4lurel mill. was burned. and has never
en- rebuilt. although its fine 100
,rse water power has been going to
|lste ever since. This is a superb
wer and still in fine condition. Buy
S have sought to get control, but ow-
E to the inability to sell in part, no
le has ever been effected.
The residents of the village are anx-
is that the property be sold in parts.
Il will give them a much better
ance to expand and attain their am
. ton of being a borough at some fu-
re time. There lis included in the es-
te a valuable coal and lumber yard,
lres. public hall. etc, and a large
reage that could be divided into
ilding lots and business stands.
All of the merchants engaged in busi-
IS are successful. One of the best
AIDED schools in lower Chester county
located there. as well as two flourish
z churches. It is surrounded by a
osperous and highly developed dairy
farming district, giving the best
silities for getting provisions at first
st.
It is but natural that a property so
luable and full of promise as this
ould attract the attention of capital
or manufacturers looking for
vorable investments or sites. AS a
turallv located manufacturing cen
2 Landenberg is unequaled in the
,alth Of advantages it affords. Those
no seek to profit by this important
e will find the residents ever ready
encourage any legitimate enterprise
ev NAV advance.
The Chester County Trust Company
the trustee Of the estate.
Yesterday Alfred p. Reid, of
lest Chester. attorney for the Trust
mpany was asked about the extent
the property to be sold. 1T is not
whole town." he said, only the
lis and ten or twelve houses with
sm. l believe there lis one store on a
0und rent. There is a good portion
the town on the higher ground, in
dition to this. We do not know how
property will be sold. as a whole
in parts"
A legal notice published in a Chester
inty paper names the Chester Coun-
Trust Company as the administrator
m testamento annexo OF the estate of
rah Lund. late of Rockville, Rudsey.
sunty of York. England.