New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

JACKSON BROS! REALTY COMPANY.
/ with ali Of his business acumen and
shrewdness i'm other directions, the aver
age New Yorker has been slow almost to
the point OF blindness, in realizing tie
great opportunlties for real estate invest
ncnt that lle in his own immediate neigh
borhocc. when ho decided upon land in
vestmon.s bee was much more likely 70 put
his money in Mexican or South African
/ venture than in the attractive properties
around New York.
The most plausible reason for this can
/ be found in the fact that New Workers
/ move with the crowd. For years before the
completion of the Manhattan subway the
route and stations were we'll known 10 the
public. but it occurred 20 no one. appar-
emily. that real estate along the new line
Of transportation would be a wise invest
I ment. on the opening day OF the subway
/ everybody saw at once. and Bronx real es-
/ tate values advanced IN q night more than
/ In the previous five years. The same situa-
ton and larger opportunities are now 70
be found on Long Island. Even with It's
one bridge as a means OF approach, Long
island has LONG been a favorite suburb OF
the metropolis. What. then. viii be the et-
feet OF eight tunnels and five bridges,
which afford thirty-six tracks Of modern
electric service on a plot Of land that is
+ possessed Of the great advantages Of eli
mate. location and natural beauty that
may be found IN certain sections of Long
Island2
Among the far-seeiug business men IN
New York who early realized the effect
that accessibility would have on Long Isl-
and real estate were two brothers, L. R.
and O. ". Jackson. and In i905 Just al the
time when great things were planned In
regard 70 the transit facilities Of Long Isl
and they INCORPORATED the Jackson
Brothers Realty Company with offices IN
the Times Building, 42d street and Broad
way. New York CiU. They made extern
sive purchases OF land I'm the neighborhood
, Of Hempstead and Garden City as the first
territory 10 be affected by the electritica-
ton Of the Long Island Railroad. and also
because the character OF the land made IT.
desirable for cutting up into building
sites Another decided advantage lay IN
/ the fact that Garden City, the development
Of which had been started more tnau q
quarter Of a century ago By a. 7. Stewart
as a model city. had already attained
status as a high grade community. The
only cathedral town I'm America. Garden
/ City has a million-dollar cathedral, found
ed by Mrs. Stewart. St. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal School for Boys. and st. Mary's
School for Girls each q school Of the high
/ est excellence. with r. pupilage Of more
than TWO hundred students. The Garden
/ city Hotel, probably the finest suburban
. -, bp Garden
CITY Golf Club. adjoining the hotel; the
Salisbury golf links, and an aviation fel
are some other attractions that Garden
/ city and its neighborhood offer 10 pros
pective buyers.
Year after year Jackson Brothers have
been adding desirable plots TO their acre
age property, and at present this consists
OF hundreds OF acres i'm the vicinity Of ia
maica. Floral Park Nlireoa and Garden
city the most beautiful section or Long
Island. Long since their Judgment In Sc
lectng this particular neghborhOod as the
centre OF operation has been indorsed by
other far sighted and wealthy operators
who have purchased property near by and
are spending thousands OF dollars in de-
veloping and improving property in and
around Garden city, until to-day Garden
CITY" IS not merely a name. but 2 reality
Statistics compiled by the Long Island
Railroad Company show that commuters
along this vicinity have increased more
than IN any other part Of Long Island, an
increase which, attained in the midst OF
I business depression and general tight
ness In the loan and money market, If
phenomenal. New Workers have been char
acteristically slow in taking opportunity
in land investment by the foreloc5. but
people from every part Of the country have
proved their faith in the realty handled by
Jackson Brothers by the investment Of
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. Many
Of these have sold al a handsome profit
others are wise in that they are still hold
ing
The value or suburban property depends
upon natural desirability, environment and
transit facilities In these busy days dis
tances from business centres are not meas