The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10
HIGHLAND PARK
FORGING AHEAD
Progressive Suburb of Richmond
Planning Many Improve
ments.
MAYOR READS STRONG
MESSAGE TO COUNCILa
Sketch of Town Shows 1t Has|
Made Rapid Strides and is
Preparing for Even Greater
Advances.


E. NJ. Mcclure as mayor and the orr
ganization of the new council. this
seems to be fitting time to give =
little more than passing notice to-
Highland Park, one OF Ricnmond'n%
most promising suburbs on the north
side.
The original development in that
direction was made some twenty years
ago when the community was known
as Mount Comfort. Later 1t was fur
Their developed by the Northside Land
Company, which built a number o.
houses and sold them on easy terIns.
Just little later the Highland PARA
Company developed the northern end
of this elevation, then known as High.
land Park. A viaduct was built across
the rayine by the Northside LANE
Company. An electric car line WA
laid across this, and through botn
Chestnut Hill and Highland Park.
beautiful park. laid of in the lattex
part with some little attention, boz
came very pretty place. ss
Taxable District Created.
About this time these two secti0na
were created taxable district and
named the Northside district. ruled
by a board of commissioners. In tne
Legislature or 1908 charter creating
the town of Highland Park was ape
proved. comprising all the territory
on the ridge or plateau between the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway on the
east and the ravine west to Barton
Heights ON the west. running north
about mile and half.
With W. z. Redd as mayor. tf1s
original council consisted OF James 7.
Goodwin. William spratley. A. O..
Quarles, w. H. Dunn, T.. Nj. Mcclure
and +. f. Anderson.
The new council. elected in June.
| took otnce on September L. 1t con-
sists OF IL. NJ. Mcclure, mayor, and
counciimen, c. ii. kastelberg, q. L.
Satterwhfte, +. S. Burlington, Al. RI.
spots, A q. Quaries and w. ~
Clarke, Jr.
Following the organization Of tina
body. the mayor announced the
various committees. The following Of
ncers were elected. President o. the
council. G. FL. kastslberg: clerk, W.
Z. TODD; chief health onicer, DR. Al
L. Martin: attorney. Julien Dunn:
town sergeant, X. -. Halter
First Regular Meeting.
Inc nrst regular meeting was held
september AT which time the mayor
presented his message Outlining
work to he done throughout the nexr
two years.
The new council has already gotten
down to business and passed an orei-
nance to advertise for sale q franz
chise TO furnish electric light for tnos
town. ga
Tests Tor water supply are being
made and new bridge over Magnolia
street leading to the county has bean
authorized and the contract award
ed Ii Is understood the water work.
for the construction OF which thaS
money Is already in hand will is
pressed to a conclusion Addfftonnis
sewer lines have been laid and tn
streets improved.
The town has new school b,aildfnms
which is equipped with an excsllenf
and well qualified corps Of tAachera
The Northside Baptist church, butlr
OF granite. is beautifully situated near
the center Of the plateau, and nanY
oeauuIui residences are to be seen.
What the Mayor Said.
In his recent message to the Courl.I
Gil Mayor Mcclure said in part: 81
In charging you with what appar~.
entity appears to be necessary legietAns
ton in order TO advance our town ~
that point. measured by its irnpfogn@
ments, which Will place 1t second M
none, and by it's natural location anSI
environments. ahead or abreast Ut A11dta
OF the many beautiful suburbs around
the city or Richmond, II may ba wel2F
TO take a Retrospective view OF con-
ditions existing at the time. and thxs
progress made since. IL acquired tho1a
dignity OF municipality Soma tWoS
years ago. 9 s2
AT that time the only iYnproye-
ments or conveniences consisted cies
sranoiithic sidewalks running aleu-
two main streets. practically t63g
length o. the town, on account W
which the Ssst& -
ednesa Of over $4,000, and paft15N
sewerage system in very unsattsfi s#
tory condition. The charter uemh1 n
OF the original council, perhaps unfe -
tunately. were entirely void of aISSS
previous legislative experiences \
necessarily had the aruuous duty y
laying the foundation for large ~
OF the work that lays before ~.
may be Wen here 10 refer to whnt
been accomplished, be II little or nave
according TO those who may see III fS
pass Judgment. Az
sewerage Extended.
The sewerage system has hetn ~
much extended and in several " s
relaid. The work has been caro4uI
reviewed by competent engine>x1 ~ !
plans prepared 4or all the new IN s.
leaving for YOU only the executiod
the work, s$Sz3
Plans have also been preparoff
municipal electric light plant n
event II 10 ever deemed adsfsAb
construct one- A very large annQ0S
effort and labor has been exex42 u
preparing the way for ayo&S
water works aud supply. Col $
u. Burgwyn. our engineer, haX
thoroughly examined into NvG&y
sible source OF supply. nhov 16
approximate volume ~ wail ~ sS1i
es9t.
BILE acquisition. ss
Wztsr supply Iu1po ~ = Fl
THE most important woek
you II ~ locAta = deantta u
water supplys ana. haSinS
proceed with Al the Hispnt = r.
constituent with IN ~ MN
undArta king Kuu8 xlt1f 1lli3 81
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