New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-24
WHY STANFORD GROWS
Clty Knows How to Build Home
and Business Centres.

stamford Conn, is called by many realty
men The Beautiful City Of the Sound
shore district" and the title terseIy de-
sciloes the inherent physical qualities Of
liils city, the ratio Of whose growth I'm the
laSt ten years has been larger than many
o'her towns within easy committing dis
tance OF old New York.
In 1900 Stamford had a population OF
lo'S5. The last United States census
showed population OF 2513s That census
was taken just little more than a year
ago.
1t is now thought that the number Of
residents Of the place is about 267oo.
Does not city of such vigorous growth
offer almost untold realty opportunities for
the speculative builder OF substantial cot
taEes and fathouses and also Of modern
business properties?
All realty experts agree that no city
could develop at the rate that Stamford
has unless many men of means had firm
faith in It's realty stability and made that
faith a demonstrative one by generous
| loans to big builders of good reputation,
and also to myrlads OF wage carriers 10
help them finance, as the saying Is, homes
for themselves. In New Jersey, within
radius ~ less than fifteen miles rom city
Hall, Manhattan some nicely located
towns have long suffered the pangs Of
realty inertia because their money chan
nels for building purposes were weak.
! More credit and more power 10 the money
| lenders of Stamford
| The old school Of real estate men trcmbed
at the approach Of manufacturers looking
| for sites on which TO erect structures for
! their business. Whenever factories formed
an important centre of city or town II
| was either due TO the resourCefulness of
| the manufacturers or to strong boards Of
| trade breaking down the barriers Of preju
dice against the establishment OF industrial
plants. Why, even real estate brokers OF
the greater city, whose earthly labors were
ended years ago. and whose work is stll
often highly praised, put such ironClad re
strictions on certain properties 10 preserve
| their residential character that business
which needs the premises cannot yet use IT,
The new school Of realty mon are the
| forcrunners Of prosperity. Large numbers
OF them put up speculatively built loft
structures (Which arc nothing more or less
than the ne wtype OF factories, and then 60
| IN search Of tenants. They know how to
keep the various home. retail trade, Office
and factory sections separated.
! Stamford has been developed in that man
ner II has sections which are almost OK
| clusively occupied by factories. others
nots BILE particularly for their long rows OF
office and store structures, and still others
l devoted wholly 10 residential use.
! South Of the railroad station in the in
/ dustrial centre about three blocks north W
! the station. is the southerly line Of the re-
tail trade and office area. short distance
/ north OF the intersection Of Main and At
/ Iantic streets the heart OF the shopping
section. Is one Of the choicest residential
parts Of the town.
| The most attractive residential growth Is
north and northeast Of the retail trade
mart. Plots may be had there at from
! g 900 UP. The average size Of the home
! plots is 5oxl5o feet
Go out Glenbrook way" say some OF the
best known real estate men OF Stamford
.qr YOU want TO be in what is going to he
the most active BODYBUILDING section Of
the highest class
In discussing last week the industrial de-
veIopment OF the city Bishop Rockwell
, one OF the leading real estate firms there
sa,d II was very satisfactory.