New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
A FINE INVESTMENT FIELD
STATEN ISLAND APPEALS STRONGLY TO WIDl
AWAKE REALTY OPERATORS.
It's Real Estate ASSETS Include Many Miles OF Shore
Charms of the Varous Districts

form a direct means of communication between
one district and the other, In the centre OF tiie
island however. the roads run in zigzag style anu
the casual traveller there will have difficult task
in keeping in the direction in which he desires
TO go.
SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL TO" No.
Some of the principal settlements of the lsiand
are St George Tompinsvile, Stapieton New
Brighton West New Brighton, Port Rchmord anu
Tottenville The charms of St. George and Ne"
Brighton are probably better known TO the casufi
visitor than those of any other place on the island
Residential owners in St George and New brlsh'on
have well preserved the natural attractiveness OF
those places A person of artistic temper aiheH'
likes 10 see choice plots OF ground improved III INV
most approved style. Such a person Wohlu ho' os
attracted to a place having wide avenues, wea
paved streets other city improvements oesides
snlendid shore front property. if the houses were
fmsily built and were not superbly located on 'he
plots which they occupy. The greater part vi Iio
choice residential sections of St George anc Ne"
Brighton have been built in the best manner pos
sible The majority of houses sit well BACK from
+be street and are hemmed in by beautiful hedges
or large trees The houses not only look ihVitiiS,
but the casual visitor is refreshed by The rural
charms of the surroundings
THE RETAIL BUSINESS AVENUES
The main road leading from 81 George throush
the various settlements along the south shofe
forms one of great retail business arteries OF
borough,
the towns along the north shore being the other Dig
business thoroughfare. OF course, these two re-
tail business arteries are intersected at various
places and those intersections the cross streets
form important links to the retail shopping thor
oupbfares There are few places with such splen-
d,d sbore front property and possessing so many
ruraI charms numbered among those in the 1O-cent
fare zone of the greater city In the determination
Of real estate values the of travelling on steam
or trolley lines every district between the dis
trct and City Hall, Manhattan, is one of the chlef
factors One of the most attractive realty assets of
the Borough of Brooklyn is the fact that nearly
every section of that borough is in the 5-cent fare
zone and that fact is, never overlooked by wide
awake real estate investors and spectators IN
sneaking about its realty vigor trying TO arouse
the interest OF prospective home seekers 10 become
identified with the realty growth of the borough.
Because It is in the 10-cent fare at least
the greater part IT, Staten Island values may not
be as attractive to myriads of prospective home
seekers as some other sections of the city. but
there according to many real estate spectators,
the fare question does not play important part
in the determination of values 1t does elsewhere
for reason that the price of land throughout the
entire island is considerably belo" Inc VaIualloh
that they place upon II.
VIEWS OF REALTY EXPERTS
Moreover, these same operators hold firmly to the
opinion that 1t is a matter of only few years be-
fore the island will be linked to the great
subway system of the greater city, and when such
connections are made the island will be thriving,
hustling part of fare of the greater
city MANY big operators also think that the day
is not far distant when the shore front property
of the island will be estimated at its right value