New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

Values are rising steadily throughout the
entire district larger numbers Of up-to-
date home centres are being built. bigger
ana better business zones are either being
formed or planned. and much more money
than ever before is being spent in adding
10 the public utilities Of tho various places.
Now the principal cause Of this newer
residential and business strength Of the
district is the better trad, and financial
conditions from the Atlantic 10 the Pa
cifc. And the next big factor in the re-
cent broadening Of the market for all kinds
Of properties there is directly traceable
10 the increasing popularity Of the auto
mobile Yes. truly tho automobile Is al
most the most important factor In the
upbuilding Of many allur:ng home dis
tricts.
This fact is not hard 10 prove Look over
Tire Wants and Offers" listed by real
estate men about ton years ago, and one
Of the leading features OF property in tho
suburban regions offered for sale was said
10 be the short distance OF the land from
railroad stations. In a very billy suburban
territory nearness Of sites suitable for
home building 70 railroad stations is stu
emphasized.
New Measurements,
Realty measurements have changed The
larger part 81 the land in and near the
railroad centres IS looked upon as being
most suitable for mercantile improve
rnents. the land adjoining the business
n1arts for the use of home owners Of mod
crate means. or. rather. the wage earners'
and the outlying sections Of the town az
being most easily and most proftahly trans
formed into large villa sites. The owners
Of the villas usually have automobiles. and
a trip Of a mile or more from the station
Is one Of the daily pleasures.
This change in suburban and rural build
ing Is most marked I'm m" recent planning
Of new home centres in srch territories.
Even among villa owners who have no use
for automobiles homes some distance from
the railway terminal arc Jon larger demand
to-day than ten years ago.
high class residential section near or
surrounding station was almost always
IN danger OF being invaded by business
men for trade use; there was little privacy
about the place there was hardly much
space for landscape gardening, and the
noise and the smoke Of trains were really
annoying. At the present time many OF the
villas occupy many acres lot d HlI4e VI
more from the railway terminals there are
usually long tracts Of land for sale at
reasonable prices. The mOdern high class
home community in nearby rural region
like that with its westerly point at Nor
walk and it's easterly point at New Haven
is indeed better planned and better located
than those which were considered new at
the beginning Of this century.
Ever since the "Iionkl Honk" horn has
ieen heard in rural parts there has been a
constantly increasing demand for acreage
properties. because sixty. seventy or many
more miles from metropolitan centres is
merely a pleasant jaunt for owners OF ma
chimes. And 10 get just tho right kind of
acreage property that they wanted they
have had TO 90 20 the Norwalk-Ncw Haven
region. Assuredly. they have gone 10 other
rural regions a similar distance from New
York. but none has appealed more force
fully 10 them than that Of the Norwalk-
New, Haven district. Nor is its realty at
tractiveness in this respect likely to grow
DINNER
come real estate experts have recently
said that the NoTwalk-New Haven district