Evening journal., 1909-07-14
10000 REALTY
SALE RECORDED
Track Along Boulevard And
Concord Avenue 10 be Cut
Up In Building Sites


At noon yesterday a deed was filed
Of record of transferring the remainder
OF the Isaac S. Elliott estate held by
Mrs. Holstein Harvey. to a realty
company recently Incorporated, known
as the Concord Heights Company"
The tract conveyed comprises a
large area of valuable residence prop
erty extending for a considerable
distance along the Boulevard from its
Intersection with Concord avenue to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks, and also a frontage of nearly
half mile on Concord avenue. be-
sides, several thousand feet Of frontage
ON tn adjoining streets and avenues
extending from Twenty-fourth to
Thirty-first street. The purchase price
was S6O,O00. Every foot of this prop
erty lies within the city limits. and
no section of Wilmington has shown
such rapid and high-class building
operations during recent years as in its
immediate vicinity.
The tract is high and commands an
exceptionally fine view Of the river.
country and city surroundings, and
will be beyond question most attrac-
tive section for home builders and in
vestors.
The officers and directors OF the Con-
cord Heights Company are well-known
Wilmington business men. The per-
sonnel of the officers being as follows:
President, Albertus b. Stayton. realty
operator; first president, Howard
ID. Ross, city treasurer; secretary,
treasurer and counsel, e. w. Cooch:
second vice-president and general
manager, w. Alan Sands. All of these
men are also members Of the direc-
torate of the company. The fifth
director being Francis E. Gallagher
the well-known druggist.
In an interview to-day. Mr.. Sands
who will have charge of the develop
ment and sale Of this property, said:
1.-THE tract just purchased by the
Concord Heights Company. is in my
judgment, the finest unsubdivided
residence property within the limits OF
the city of Wilmington. with its ex.
tensive frontage on Concord avenue
one of tho famous drives Of this Sec
tion Of the country with the Boule.
ward bsecting its entire length. il
would be hard. practically impossible
TO find any land Of like kind in the
city.
1T IS the intention OF the Concord
Heights Company to Immediately i'm.
prove this tract in a thoroughly mod.
ern and up-to-date manner. and [,
push the sale of the property almost
at once. or Just as soon as the plottin,
/ is complete and street improvement
work started. It is expected that w
will be ready to offer this property
generally to the public, by the first o.
4 September next.
ALREADY three or four well-knowI
/ Wilmingtonians have approached m'
for home locations, and we have ever
reason to believe that concurrent,
with the opening Of the tract severa
fine homes will be in course of con
struction.
'I am extremely pleased to hav
been selected by the Concord Height
Company % handle this tract for them
as I have rarely. Il ever, seen s.
favorable a location for building pur
poses. We were able to secure thi
tract at a very low figure, and inten
to pass il along to the individual pur
chaser at prices and terms that can
not fail to bring ready buyers.
"While I am not prepared at thi
early day 20 outline our full plan O
operation, in many respects, it will b
unique. and entirely different fror
anything that has been offered in thi
section Of the country. The stree
Improvement work will be of the besi
most careful. yet not prohibitory re
strictions will be installed, and induce
ments offered to immediate hom
builders that will, beyond question
secure their active cooperation.
"At the eastern edge of the trac
between Thirtieth and Thirty-frs
street. a forest of fine trees exists. an
the company contemplates creating
permanent park of this section for IN
benefit of its purchasers. I am yer
much pleased to state, also. that in th
sale of this property, I will have tn
assistance of John J. Sweeney, VIII
has 50 ably seconded my efforts q
Riverview Heights, for the Guarante
Title and Trust Company.
"It has been considered appropriat
TO name this operation Concor
Heights, as aside from its elevation
the name Concord designates II
locality Concord station on I'll
Baltimone and Ohio Railroad being a
one corner of the property, and Con
cord avenue extending along its princi