Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
ORANGES AWAIT
R. R. REFORMS
Grade Crossing Abolition and
Track Raising Will Mean
Boom.

Active development of real estate
IN the Oranges ava is the completion
of arrangements for abolishing the
railroad grade crossings on the Lack
awanna Railroad there and the con-
summation of the plan to elevate the
steam road, right of way through
Orange, in conjunction with the eX-
tension = the Central avenue trolley
line .-..ough Orange and West Or
ange, will be the signal for new
era of prosperity for the real estate
brokers, who have not been over
burdened with sales in the past few
months. The large areas of land on
the West Orange mountain slope, as
well as the vacant places in Central
avenue, Orange, are expected to
speedily disappear beneath attractive
homes and places of business when
the transportation facilities are
brought up to date.
building operations in East Orange
nave been so brisk for the past few
months that real estate men are con-
siderably encouraged over the condi-
lions. The brokers report that many
buildings which have stood idle in
other seasons are now occupied. The
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attractive houses convenient to tro
ley lines and near railroad depots.
The record month in building in the
history of the city was April, when
eighty permits We're issued. These
represented buildings costing $541,272
Costly apartment buildings are now
in course of construction in various
localities, and they are valued at
S244,000 Handsome residences are
also going up rapidly and Building
Inspector John G. Scott is optimistic
of conditions.
In Orange the chief activity in the
building line is in the erection of
houses, and Building Inspector
George P. Roberts has issued permits
for quite a number of new houses
and improvements to existing build
ings, including many stores. The
Central avenue trolley line, work on
which is expected to be completed
before the summer is over, will aid
in the development OF property in the
Third and Fourth wards, as the d.
rect transit to Newark will augment
the value OF property along the lite
of the cars, and Newark residents
are expected to join the exodus to-
ward the mountains.
The Orange building reports show
a fair amount of work this spring in
new buildings and in repairing the
old. January showed $4,000 worth;
February $34,194; March, $51,902;
April, $50,930, and May thus far has
shown some advancement. Orange
has comparatively little ground un
developed save in the easterly sec
ton of the Fourth Ward, where
fine class of homes is the order. This
section has shown development and
the growth is steady and rapid.
West Orange real estate has been
improving steadily and the sections
south of Main street are growing
rapidly. The chief character of
structures seem to be ornate one
family houses, and some artistic
buildings, with attractive surround
ings in the charming valley and on
the slight rise toward the Orange
Mountain, are being eagerly taken by
home-seekers. When the Lack
awanna tracks are elevated at Cen
trail avenue and the Central avenue
line is utilized by the Mountain Rail-
way, the direct connections between
che mountain section and the New
ark trolleys and the Highland avenue
depot, will give an immediate value
TO the many pretty properties as yet
unpurchased by buyers and planners
of homes.