The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
LOVELY SUBURBS
ABOUT RICHMOND
To the North, the East.
the South and theWest
They Abound.
COSTLY HOMES AND
HOMES NOT COSTLY
Magnificent Suburbs Fit Every
Purse and All Kinds Of Con-
ditions-Little Farms With
All of City Blessings and
Charms-Superior Trans
portation Facilities.
BY FRANK s. wOoDsoN,
Industrial Editor.

Industrial Editor.
Richmond has grown much faster
than some of It's old fogy inhabitants
are prepared to admit The time was
in the history OF the city when cTery- y
body thought that the ultimate city
limits would hit somewhere about First
Street. or maybe Adams Street and
everything beyond that would he
IL such a word as suburban
was known In the vocabulary Of that
day and time.
But In the last few years, owing
to the coming of the trolley lines. the
suburbs had to take much wider
range and now they go, thanks to one
of the finest street car and trolley lire
services In the United States, many
miles in the country, and If this thing
keeps on towns of now considerable
Importance will become simply Rich
mond suburbs Suburban development
Is In all directions--to the north. TO
the west, to the east. and. since the
annexation of Manchester far to the
south, away out beyond Washington
Ward to Woodland Heights. to ForcsE :
Hill. to Chester to Bon Air, to Mid
lothian. and elsewhere, even to Pc
tersburg. but Petersburg would not
like to be considered as n suburb to
anything, not even to Richmond. and
as I do not wish to call down upon
my head the anathemas of the good
people of that town will not treat 8.
as such. not II I know the value 1t
life. Petersburg is city unto Itself.
and has some very fine suburbs of iti
own, some among the 1oveitest TO DO
found anywhere In America, but TINT
Is a different story that will In duo
time be talked about in this column
am now talking only about Richmond
suburbs.
The Necessity OF il.
The rapid growth of Richmont
necessitated suburbs. for the popula-
ton became greatly congested. Tho
people had to have homes. and homes
that afforded az and more grounl
upon which to breathe and to raise
chickens and vegetables and flowers
and all of that kind of thing.
Suburban enjoyment became neces-
sity, and then came along the electric
car lines that made suburban life pos
sible for the hurried business man.
and he was quick enough to take adj
vantage OF it. OF course, the man who
had unbounded wealth and could at
ford fine horses and fine carriages
and all that kind of thing could enjoy
suburban life even before the trolley
lines came. but 1T remained for these
trolley lines TO open UP the suburbs
to the man of smaller means. the
salaried man and all the other kinds. of
good men who did not own the car
riages and the horses.
The New Ern.
Now Richmond business man can
live away up at Ashland. or even
Fredericksburg. to the north. away
beyond Fulton. to the east. just across
the creek in Barton Heights or Chest
nut Hill or Highland Park, or Battery
Court. or Broo1land Park. Or Ginter
Park or Monument Heights. or Cham
berlayne Place or Warwick Place. or
Bloomingdale or Westhamptcn or
Westham. Or, il he does not like the
north or the west side of the raging
James he can Just hop over TO the
south side, and anywhere around
Washin gton Ward he can find magnifi-
cent suburbs that are we'll arranged
for good and comfortable living,
among them Bensley Village Harrow
gate, Woodland Heights. Forest Hill.
etc am naming now only such as
are touched by the trolley lines and
other means OF quick Transportation.
In fact, the general development OF
suburban Richmond has made 1t pos
sible for man and all of his family
to be city folks and ruralites and far
mers on a small scale. and all at ono
and the same time. Could any sort of
life be more delightful? Could any
thing that has ever been done In the
history of Richmond so farther to
make Richmond the most delightful
place in which to live and do business
than has resulted from the efforts OF
the suburban real estate boomers and
the trolley car management?
Nnture's Work and Art Combined.
Nature has played very important
part in making suburban Richmond a
series of Gardens of Eden. No section
OF LEND on the earth Is better located
for suburban homes than the hills
and the wales which surround Rich
mond to the north. to the east, to the
south and to the west. Beautiful
Views, beautiful scenery. rich and pro-
ductive lands, forests. springs and
water courses, great and small, mag
niticent hills and small mountains, and
lovely wales all combine to make
suburban Richmond all that tho fond
est dreams Of poets and the eloquence
OF orators and the brushes OF painters
could possibly picture
1t was only within the last decade
that the people of Richmond COM
menced to realize the advantages of
suburban life. Possibly this WAS due
in n measure ia the Unborn loyalty OF
Richmonders. They had an idea that
there was very little II ANYTHING good
beyond the corporate limits OF the
CITY. ana the iuea OF hosoits Np1pa
privileges or teN-payng rights or
any other kinds OF rights and prlvi-
leges beyond the city limits was q
little repugnant to their notions OF
Richmond loyalty. But they have been
getting bravely over that kind OF an
idea and for decade or more they
have been investing in lands around
the good old city and making tina
loveliest suburbs that surround any
city on earth bloom and blossom as a
spring rose bush.
Transportation Facilities.
This suburban growth has been
simply wonderful, as VIII be shown In
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