Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-11-10
The Development OF Bradley Hill
PIanned By A Syndicate.
From the Washington Star of Saturday.

From the Washington Star of Saturday.
Formal announcement was made to-day
of the plans of Washington's newest real
estate syndicate, the Chevy Chase to Great
Falls Land Company, and if the proposed
project is carried to ultimate consumma-
ton it will give to the Capital city sub
urban community which will be fully equal
in size, beauty and Importance to the out
lying area of any other city in the country.
For several weeks rumors have been flying
thick and fast about great property deals
in Montgomery county, and fragmentary
stories have been secured relating the pur-
pose of the purchasers of series of Mary
land farms to build trolley line, to lay
out a boulevard and to open a new suburb
for the marketing of villa sites, but the an
nouncement of the new syndicate shows
that the project embraces not only all
three of these plans, but the intention also
to devote fully 200 acres Of its holdings
amid the picturesque scenery at Great
Falls to park purposes, with a beautiful
lake and a large hotel as its principal
features. Altogether the tract which it is
proposed to include in the development
comprises 1000 acres of land, and it ex-
tends in a strip nine miles in length and
varying in width from One-quarter to three
quarters of a mile from Bradley Lane, in
Chevy Case, Md, to Great Falls.
The idea. which now appears to be bear
ing fruit, had its inception almost year
ago, and the projectors of the enterprise,
which had as its object the opening and
development of the whole stretch of roll
ing Maryland hills as a model suburban
cient capital could be interested to push
the plan successfully. The promoters of
the plan were II. Bradley Davidson, r. Z.
L. Yellott. j. W. Long, Arthur r. Thomp-
son and Eldridge f. Jordan. Moving slowly
at first they sought options on succession
of farms along the line of the proposed
development, and many of the farms we're
obtained at practically nominal prices.
Some inkling leaking out that farms were
being sought, and after that prices scared
upward more or less rapidly, though the
promoters of the new company finally Sc
cured all Of the land necessary to give
them a straightaway stretch from the
junction of Bradley Lane and Wisconsin
avenue. at a point near Bethesda, to Great
Falls on the Potomac.
Organized under the name of the Chevy
Chase to Great Falls Land Company, the
new enterprise was Incorporated under the
laws of Maine, and with the announce
ment of its plans the company also an
The officers are President, II. Bradley
Davidson; president, Eldridge Z. JOr-
dan; treasurer, J. S. Henry, and secretary.
Arthur X. Thompson. The officers also are
members Of the board of directors, and with
them in this capacity are associated J. W.
Long, Samuel Ross. John Story, X. +. l..
YellOtt, W. W. Anderson and Frederick A.
Treat Arthur Peter is general counsel for
the company. Offices have been opened
by the company in the Hendrick building
on 18th street, between New York avenue
and II street northwest.
The company is capitalized at $780,
900, and bond issue In similar amount
has been authorized. and. since it is the
purpose Of the promoters Of the enterprise
to spend much Of this 100000 in pay
ing the purchase prices Of the farms and
in developing the property so that it may
be placed on the market for sale in villa
sites. the transaction really represents a
three million-dollar land deal. The first
options on farms in the tract were taken
about 8 months ago, and about months
ago most Of the options were changed to
sales contracts. total Of $4,000 being
spent in the form Of part payments on the
different pieces Of property. The farms
acquired include those Of Wilson 0ffutt.
Alfred Wilson, C. C. Lucas, Jacob Kefauver.
J. Hampton Jones, William Magruder, the
Summervlle farm, part Of the Goldsborough
tract, Capt John Mcdonald. Frank Hamil-
ton, Henry Bradley, Chas. Case. Mrs Laura
Carroll, w. P. Lynch, p. W. Stern and W.
W. Anderson, besides about ten other pieces
Of property Of varying sizes.
Ever since the last Of the needed OPP
tons on farms was secured the company
has had its own engineers in the field. and
these men. headed by E. j. Wendell. End,
landscape architect, Of Philadelphia. and
Addison II. Flournoy. Of this city, have
laid of the lines Of nearly all Of the inn