The San Francisco call., 1910-10-01
BEAJIT'IES0F7'..
PENINSULA
Pretty Bungalow Homes
and AlIKinds Of City
Improvements. s.

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The peninsula. is, becomiflg & reeogn gnized
more and more as. an. ideal region for
residences. Every new. home iduielkly
becomes a. bower OF. ..bea utys. owing. TO
the fsxora BILE Conditions. of soil and
climate. =: -
The real #est&te* developers. of :tlle.
region have rad tile foresight for. the
most part to. lay .o,lt fheir subdivisions
in large lots. 3. I. This. encourages every
householder to MAX the. most of the
opportla1ty. THUS presented to give: his:
place the. :.senitropic DECORATIONS IS. :. OF
palms and the ma NY kinds of. fruits
and flowers that are possible: here.
The peninsula: suburbs really pre-
sent quite as much. charm as the*south-
ern California tow that: are famous,
and sttrsct.. TO ourists from the world
over. ~ ;. -. -. t:---- g.. -
The advent~of. the. bun galow. in the
last few years on peninsula: has
made ii possible. for: the: person: :1of
srall.means~ TO build#a home with at
trscttve architectural. features. SUCH: as
formerly Only. the wealthy. could af-
ford IN I tazir. country. homes. This is
now. the. prevailing: style of architect
.ure In: al the peninsula towns from
Burlin game -sodtlIw ard -.
-Irsis well worth wlile-to- take a: "trip
doNne the: peninsula to. see the~.pretty
homes~of. these fast growing suburbs.
They now possess practically- every
convenience of the city. with the added
advantages of country life, such as
can be enjoyed: nowhere @else. in the
world: as here. -. ~...@ -:
Nothing being so Important to the.
health OF 2. community as its water
supply. the owners Of the. Easton: ad-
-
ply the entire tract from the pumping
plant -of. the Easton estate. This plant
is situated on the high ground of the
foothills and furnishes a practically
unlimited supply of-the purest water.
Speaking OF. this water, q resident
of Esston said.
We moved a. stone filter Of ample
proportion down from the city two
wears ago. but have found no use for
. il IN Esston. The water there is abso-
lutely free from impurit ties.
The seWerag problem was really
no problem in Easton,. The entire tract
from the hi igh. ground 0 The extreme
western boundary to the eastern limits
where II borders on the electric. and
Southern Pacific lines. offers 2 natural
drainage system 10 the. waters of the
bay -. =
Add 10 this: the superior climate: of
that part OF the peninsula and one:@can
readily Understand that Easton has all
the requirements that go toward the
making. Of an: ideal: homie town. Mac
adanized+ streets. cement sidewalks.
electric light and telephone. systems
have lF.been -InstaIled."
Property. near. Stanford university
and Palo Alto is selling at z. .prenil ilinl
Thjs is due To- natural conditions Be:
tween the university grounds and the.
hay there IS but a narrow strip avail
able for home :sites-and practice Hys-alT
Of this is now occupied: 49,:
The many adYanta ges offered by a
university town in the way OF. environ-
ment and. good educational facilities
have attracted people from all over the
United. States until this. :. limited area
has become thiclkly: popu}at ted.
The most -attra tive. sites *noyY avail.
able lie just south--.of the towns: I'M
Evergreen park. which also a5d Joins the:
stanford university grounds. !: Here. lots.
may be had: for as. little as 5000 The
COOPERATIVE land. and trust company.
owner OF the tract. is conducting. ex-
cursions to the property every Satur-
day afternoon. :