The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
REAL ESTATE AND The AUTO
81 Ei EGN IJNT or FtII. az.
,0RDJ>h ~ THE ROADS.
r,,,,., R"a>anaDiS Near AT tansi an A..
tract Residents 10 The, Wake %
Pira-aut Thr Ro>iSn Posi Road ~
niNaTpir of itsw Not TO Ips H.


'.... al, B. "a nn 'nUr' OF moasy than
Boz. ...u-,i..r~ U-,ht' bpughI- j.. picc,. Of
...rf ...t- ''rip tnnnt C;,rut som. time axu
~. Do. A,.t, -b;.l" more money h.. is no
.- r.l, Up = ,,lt''.' there and expects
..r. ..r' his HON" His bro'h.r-in-l law
nr. 'r' ulg - GIi"lninS Last summer
... -. ~. u bungalow there and the man
Yt ....'t-i part. Who works IN New York
ven. mo a. "i, -u a. me- could His
tr,.rN.r- u-lsw owns an automobile, and II
~ D." custom III ia" Two To make IN. rim
r!. machine They ar. only two Of
many I, r~nns Who drive ny that VA in al.
,,tur~.. OF IN" season
NJ. 9Th. journey up that way ~ taken
over 'h. Boston Post road II Thar ruad.
winch has h,rn IN Use tn.s. many years
hat been IN good con dii,on last summer.
N" r-ip would have been AN exceedingly
Pleasant one for he small property owner
and a lot oG other folks who were better
rV.d financially but tho road isn't in
good condition and that is the wherefore
Of all this
/, - dusty and rut;y aud UNPLEASANT
to- marked degree Unless "A mrn hap
Zen, 10 catch certain express trains that
nun n that direction. n trip by a local
tram which never is part culariv pleasing,
taxes NOR. han two hours, sav about
two hours and half. In an auiomobiie
u takes perhaps two hours. but the con-
,enienc. j. all on the side of the machine
II tho roads arr good
The man IN the case. vino happens To
be- something 81 an expert on real estate
is able ~ 80. what a continuatio Of rhe
condition means. To him IL indicates
that folks who live ON the Boston Post
Road will see "A decrease in the values Of
their property. through no fault Of some
OF them No one wants To have clouds of
dust settling on the shruhbcry and lawn
and sitting INTO the houses and spelling
furniture and hangings.
Already many folks have decided that
the thing to do il to move back OF the
road and houses are being built on the
I'D. nils rather than along the highway
although they aren't 80 conveniently
PLACED
N. hos part Of the mans trip on the
itv, that he ran up Ia his Connect icut
place WAS along the country roads They
ar. positively splendid by comparison. he
-iv-. and Yet they are none too good.
The country folks il they wanted Il, could
81 the Post Road and make il better for
automobile traffic hut there is "a feeling
- opposition To this. apparently on the
genera ground that il won't do To do any
hing for the comfort Of the automobile
fellows They just run through our
place and it's a good thing the road ISM
too fine Othcrwisa they'd go at the
dangerous speed they all like 70 travel.
= h" cpunTryfoik idea Of it,
he deprecia' ion in properly values
and he driving away Of those who would
or ncrwIs" willingly settle along the line
of "A main highway do no, enter into the
calcutta ions these folks make The.
don't see far enough ahead for that, the
New York man says. and they think tina;
IN" way to encourage summer visi, ors Ia
- a" - "ry' hing to driv. them away
When they do get s,irnrn"t resident they
con;riv. to tax them heavily and all in
all ar. r"IrsulnG a policy that cannot in
the end work o.It To IN" profit 81 the
community.
Those places which have fixed rIp roads
and have made il easier for rnen OF wealth
,o reach them in comfort have discovered
'ha, the net profit far exceeded the ax-
i'rnd;sures on the upkeep az the roads
N It were left 60 the summer residents to
decide upon il. they would he able 90 vote
IN town meetings tn iinproE" tho roads.
Bat ne majority in such meetings always
Is e the town-folk. who are opposed To
dnIng anyt hing to benefit the alrOuno-
hilI-t
they don't care for oiled roads or even
smooth ones. apparently, although their
own driving and hauling would be made
easier and less expensive On such ways.
IN" policy they are pursuing IL short
sighted. but II pleases them and caches
IN. city folks the lesson thar i'm spite Of
all their money and their ant omobiles.
they cant run this place.
The automobile has been tho means
was not tapped directly by railroads dis
tln"tly on the map. Many persons Of
wealth fancy a region that will be little
restricted and II It is made easy for them
20 reach thes. places by automobile thsy
hav" chance TO keep the places de-
limited
case in point Is that Of the wheailey
Hills district on Long Island. Some
v"ar- ago there was a very snail colony
there OF reasonably w-1lthy folks. and
-uch land a. WIS offered for sal" was
Fhlu"d AT $50 an acre and considered n
great big price At that. The residents IN
That section conceived the idea that II
they could keep II somewhat reserved hey
U'uld have an ideal settlement.
All attempts Of trolley companies To
.
Nh.atl"y Hills with the surrounding.
towns were resisted by the residents
! n" automobile has been the connecting
link with the world outside. so to speak |
and the district has rapidly grown up into !
llS' what the earlier residents fancied |
they wanted. As result. land there |
has advanced from the former supposed |
fancy price 81 $50 an acre to $1,000
an acre
Perhaps this is an example Of some
what selfish secl,ision. buf il il a case
N point of what the automobile has done
for real estate ventures Of a certain type
90 "rvvher. II location is RESTRICTED
enough there can always he found per
-"n. - large wealth or perhaps even
ir"d'rat" fortune who want To live there.
TO-" hUtomObl. 20 them ~ the easiest
Hni -irnpl"sr way 81 avoiding the bother
~ tram s''I-dule~ IN reaching their bust
I"ss pa".-
II- automobile has Succeeded in bring
- all -nris II places within "A hundred
l'i'- u New York into th.. suburb cate
.;"rF To" city line really has been
r"'I ava. out beyond what 1t was
-iu"d u would i've Places that are
'hiF iity fnIe- ava :, mean at the worst