New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
OPPORTUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER
Nearly Every Part of This Subur ban Region Within Easy Com
mutng Distance of This City.
)UNTY IS A SAFE REALTY FIELD FOR HOMESEEKERS

OF the many suburban zones OIL the
greater city Westchester County'is one Of
the largest and one Of the most pic
turesuue Besides the majority of its
thriving towns and villages are within
easy committing distance of the heart Of
old New York, as they are located either
along the rapid transit electric routes OF
the New York Central or the New YORK,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad. There
fore its natural and artificial physical
charms, together with its delightful social
life. are already enjoyed by more than
10000 persons, and there is yet room
within its boundaries for many hundred
times that many persons
II is truly an ideal rural territory, in
which working men and women can invest
their savings in real property with the
double assurance, If they are guided by
reliable brokerage house or building COM
pany, that the property cannot lose It's
value overnight, like stocks, and that
With the passing years its worth. as ex-
pressed numerically, will be in larger
figures
For the big speculatOr and investor, who
closely watches the trend OF realty affalrs'
there Is no other suburban territory which
surpasses it in realty opportunities or mas
brighter realty future than 1t has.
Westchester County as a place for
Hodern home .s indeed. inviting to all
cases Of persons.
The realty record made by Westchester
County last year was a credtable one.
Millions were invested in new villas and
e'ttages and in the development of waste
tracts Of land into home sites. Many
Millions more WAS the sum total paid for
'ots plots and acreage.
ionkers increased on a generous scale
rs realty possessions by adding many
.iocks OF the best type OF brick and frame
oselling houses. by extending its modern
wslness building lines and in many other
ssys
white Plains grew at a rapid yet health
Il pace, and there was not one section Of
uns nourishing inland town Just north Of
we northerly limits Of this city in which
'o'es Of builders were not busy.
honnt Vernon also gave many evidences
iS building vigor, with every indication
- continuing TO grow more alluring both
rom the point Of view Of the householder
sno the realty buyer.
NsW Rochelle. too. has now a much more
Important list of taxable properties than
~ 'hs season last year, and consequently
ali Its up-to-date country houses were
s-' ~ row II would make a much longer
Nv than the number projected last year
iue newer houses OF that delightful city
ave brought out In a more striking man
"'' NE beauty Of the best home sections.
Various Divisions.
"s'chester County comprises SOC square
sn es II is bordered for more than forty
81 es on the west by the Hudson River on
I south by New York City and on the
r'aeast by Long Island Sound.
hecticut
me county has four large divisions.
,usiy. the Hudson. Putnam and the Har-
valleys. and the Long Island Sound.
..y'srlooking the Hudson are many towns
~ villages with charming home sections
,e'ed on terraces. often several rising
l..A, I'm tne river bank like series Of large
Hages. one above another
sust east Of the Hudson division in the
dear '0i us pristine e''"
(. =, snort distance east OF the Putnam
m. Harlem Valley region. There are
io,~ nigh hills IN those divisions. besides
s vsr" painlike tracts and narrow and vide
res covered here and there with sturdy
ths Harlem Valley section TO the
eslls iSiand division the land slopes grad
ara the waters Of the Sound. There
a,,,,,iicW rev steep hills but most of them are
s,a 'at 10 autoists. as the public highways
~ "lh Few exceptions. we'll kept,
towns within the suburban zone OF