The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
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property has changed hands in the
regions round about. It Is likely that
In no previous year has suburban
property attracted SO much attention.
Richmond. like New York, is getting
too crowded, and the people arc look
ing to tho suburbs for relief. Rapid i
transit is solving the congestion prob
lem, and the time is not far distant
when the trolley lines will be taking!
pretty much all of business Richmond
to the suburbs and back to business
every day in the year. 81
Fan,ou. Gintcr Park. s.
Unborn generations will rise up
and call Major Lewis Ginter blessed
for the great work he did in Develop
ing n residence park section of Rich
mond, where home life can be- brought
to its highest state of perfection in
the midst Of beautiful /. and healthful
surroundings. When Richmond shall
have become q great city, as 1t IN /
adoubtedly will, and tho ad jacent ter 4
ritory is built up in the usual CT yss
fashion, then Ginter Park. with It's i
wise restrictions as to- building and
the most sought after residence ter
ritory. There Is no other place SO I
carefully safeguerded from disagree "a
able encroachments, and study OF n.
map will prove this" Thus aid a park
resident deliver himself Yesterday 4
Maybe he is right, for 1t is now ASSERT
ed that very soon beautiful boulevardse
will run from the city over fine yta.$
ducts ii ght into the heart Of this terri
tory, and the preliminary, steps to this j
end have already been taken In q e8
extensions of Chamherlayne Avenue
Few persons know that these exter; sc
,sions will make q magniflcen parked \
avenue 100 feet wide and nearly four
miles long, from the int.north Of the
Valentine Companys property, where
1T IS DETECTED and narrowed down bee
.fore being brought into Brook Avenue;
Most OF the cities Of the country
would shout3this news from their 8tur-s
rets and towers. from sun to sun, and
let the whole world know about it,
Why is Richm ond SO modest and shy9?8g
1t does not take much o q a. prophe tss tosi
foretell what such q ahighWayAwills do
for tito adjacent properties and 4 for
tho cltyaas well.
In time 1t will be lined from end y.
to end with handsome mansions : iless
homes of Oilrs most Observation-Disclosures
Walton. Avenue, Ginter Park. Is y he
watershed between the Jalnes and
Ghickahominy Rivers. and during tho I
.Civil War long lines OF breastworlss
and fortifications stretched along ttss
crest. This Is one of the highest pointaS
within five miles of Richmond and
very handsome homes are fast being
erected along it's entire length, The
new ,schoollstands on n propli men ora
.ner and Episcopal and Pres hytertarF
churches will shortly be built on two 4
others There is only one lot---a corner
Remaining unsold on Walton, Ave-
nue., @ s sa
The public school will be opened In
the fall, With compel ent tea cheers and h
up to date equipment. The newly Q
ganised Presbyterian Church. under
the pms torate of the Rev. Thomas Cary
Johnson. uses tho chapel Of the, sselni-
nary and the Episcopal services inS
charge OF the Rev. Frank a, Rldos,tiiSSS1
are held temporarily In the handsome
new assembly hall at tho corner q AS
Walton and Cottage Avenu as. Both
congreg lions are growing 81 eadil. !,
Ii Many sales OF lots have been mad n
recently. and another resld nee WA y
started last week that OF the Rev. I'm "A II
,Hersma non Cl,amberlaylte AvennAs x
adjolnins the home of Colonel 9. sPercys Y 4
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