Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-19
BUILDING BOOM HITS
CLINTON PARK SOUTH
Many One and Two-Famy Dwellings Rapidly Nearing Com
peton, While Excavations Are Being Started for Add
tionaI Restricted Homes.

I and occupied are improved in APP
pearanoe with shrubbery and floral
plants. All of the homes are located
within easy reach OF Elizabeth av-
enue and the two car lines which
operate on this tfloroughfare. There
fore the Clinton Park South resident
has quick transit to the heart Of the
business section near at hand.
Near Weequahio Park.
Situated near the tract is Weequa-
hic Park, with its beautiful lake and
surrounding attractions. The Essex
County Park Commission Is rapidly
developing this park into one of the
show places of the county. Weequa-
hic Park lake is in high favor at this
time of the year and its boat club
has been growing In membership.
The roads through the park are the
delight of the autoists and the bride
path is now being completed by the
commission.
At the time Of the year when most
residents of the city are sweltering
in the heat, the residents in this
section are able to live in comfort.
Because of the elevating grade on
which 1t is situated almost every
breeze that blows in any direction
strikes the tract The elevation also
gives the residents splendid view
of Staten Island and Greenpoint
across the bay. On clear days this
view is remarkable for the detail in
the scenery which the residents may
observe.
Some of the homes now being built
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of the owners who will occupy them.
The majority however. are being con-
structed by contractors who are TAX
Ing early advantage of the building
boom in this section.
A few of the made to- order
homes are erected at cost of $4,000,
while the others are being sold with
the property at $1,000 and upwards.
striking example of the progress
made In this section of the city is
shown just now on Lyons avenue.
The city employees are now engaged
in widening this thoroughfare to the
width required of a well-populated
street AS the workers progress they
| leave behind spacious thoroughfare
with the width of Clinton avenue
Pavements and curbing are at once
laid by the owners and this makes a
sharp contrast to the section Of the
street not yet improved by the work.
ers.
The unimproved portion of the
street appears to be a wild, unculti-
waited country lane in comparison to
the finished portion of the same street
nearer Elizabeth avenue This offers
an example of the other improvements
being made in this section.
Already the city has extended its
water and sewer systems to accom-
modate the residents of this section.
As quickly as a street is improved
and the residents move in, telephone
and electric lighting wires are strung
across the new poles erected. Gas
mains are also buried under the
ground before the paving contractors
put the finishing touches on thor
oughfare.
Park Board Negotiating.
The Essex County Park Commits
sioners are negotiating with several
property owners In Caldwell for the
purchase of site for a county park
in that township. 1t Is understood
that the commissioners have come to
an agreement with the American
Homes Company for the purchase or
twenty acres on the east side OF
Brookside avenue, Caldwell
Several other tracts of land will be
acquired before the work of laying
out the proposed park Is started.
G. A. Derschuh has sold for j. c.
Cameron the tract of 81 acres of
meadow land, bounded on the north
by the Big Slough Creek and on the
south by the Balbach Smelling and
Refining Company's property. The
purchaser is said to be the United
States Rending and Fertilizing Com
pany, a newly formed corporation.
The consideration passed In the
transaction was not stated.