Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1894, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAROH 31, 1894~TWENTY PAGES. ST. ELMO, ST. ELMO, THE MODEL SUBURB. PURE AIR. PERFECT NATURAL DRAINAGE. PURE WATER DESCRIPTION. PRICES AND TERMS. ARE YOU ALIVE TO THE Lats from 25 to 60 feet front by 105 to 200 fet deep. Prices, $50, $100, SITUATION? $150. First payment only $1.00; balance in weekly payments of 1 per cent 15 SITUATED ON A COMMANDING FIEVATION AT THE W., 0. AND W. JUNCTION OF ALEXANDRIA DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, AND DISTANT ONLY LI <NSYLVANIA STATION, WASHINGTON, JS THE BEAUTIFUL * HE PRE-EMINENT ADVANTAGES OF THIS CHARM- MO URBAN RESIDENCE ARE CONCEDED BY EVERY ONE FAMII- JAR WITH WASIIINGLON AND ITS. ENVIRONMENTS. THE EXCEGLENT SERVICE OF on all amounts $200 and under, and above $200 2-3 of 1 percent. For 26 TRAINS A DAY, SO ARRANGED 4S TO ACCOMMODATR 1HE PUBLIC AT ALMOST : ANY HOUR. DAY OR EVENING. COVERING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN Wash INGTON example: DO YOU KNOW THAT THE MINDS OF MANY ARE NOW FIXED UPON THE IDEA OP AND ST. ELMO IN 15 MINUTES, WITH FARE BY COMMUTATION AT ABOUT 5 CENTS, SUBURBAN RESIDENCE, HAVING COME TO AN APPRECIATION OF THE NUMEROUS ‘LD CLAIM YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IN DETEKMIN- §50 Lots cost only 50 cents per week. pie gee bree WHEN ONE CAN SECURE A LOCATION AMIDST ABOUT 50 FRFT ABOVE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. YOU ARH PROBABLY NOW LIVING IN A CROWDED PART OF THE CITY AND STLENDID VIEW OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THE $100 Lots cost only $1.00 per week. ALL ABOUT YOU NOTHING BUT BRICKS AND ASPHALT PAVUMENTS. EYER, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND MANY OTHER YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN BARELY STRUGGLE THROUGH THE STIFLING HEAT OF VERNON AVENUE, THE PROPOSED MEMORIAL HIGH- $150 Lots cost only $1.50 per week. SUMMER, AND NOT INFKEQUENTLY YOU ARB OBLIGED BY SICKNESS TO LEAVE Way FROM i MT. 5 TROPARLY SHORTLY COMME! AND THE PROJECTED ELECTRIC RalILy aleli ed, rey AND MAVE TO SPEND A SMALL FORTUNE ON 8TOFFE BOOMS AT A SUMMER HOTEL. INGTON To 4 TA, PASS IN CLOSE PROXDUTY TO * $200 worth of Lots cost $2.00 per week. YOU LONG FOR FRESH AIR, 4 LITTLE BREATHING ROOM BETWEEN YOUR "NCTS TO THE NUMEROUS ATTRACTIONS k. HOUSE wood YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOU WOULD LIKK TO N N IN $300 worth of Lots cost $2.00 per week. Buick PAVEMENT a uW FLOWERS To Seamus Pik Bre Aone gEASE TS 5 = TO Cast COOLING SHADOWS AND A BREEZY PORCH FOR THE AFTERNOON SIESTA, Payments can be made semi-monthly or monthly, to suit convenience of Sn, SAKE SIRE ee ee ee ee ee DUNDINGS LITY, BUT MODEST MEANS, AND MANY OTH WOMEN, TAKE THEM OFF THE STREETS AND LET THEM ENJOY ALL THE BLESS- ES AS THE WEALTHY NEIGHGOR, AT MUCH INGS OF NATURE WITH WHICH FIELD AND FOREST ABOUND. Ge CHEN EEMOENCE CANNOT TODAY Bit POUND customer. DON'T SPEND ANOTHER SUMMER THE WAY YOU SPENT YOUR LAST, WITH YOUR ABOUT THE CITY AT DO THE YRICE AT WHICH WE OFFER THIS TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS AN IDEAL SPOT FOR A HOME. NO PEN PICTU NEAR APPROACH TO Y= TION. IT MUST BE SEEN TO BE w ALL THE ATTRACTIONS NE HOUSE SHUT UP ALL DAY, AND WITH YOUR WIPE AND YOURSELF GASPING POR BREATH NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND HARDLY KNOWING WHAT IT IS TO HAVE A ASH REFRESHING SLEEP DURING THE WARM WEATHER. SUCH EXHAUSTING CONDITIONS a SOON DESTROY YOUR ENERGY, SAP YOUR VITALITY AND ENTIRELY UNFIT YOU TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE YOUR BUSINESS. AH! FALSE IDEA OF LIFB TO BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH S. CAN PORTRAY ITS ¥ APPRECIATED. ¥ TO MAKE RE! 'G LOTS, ALL 2 Y¥ GRADED AVENUES 40 FEET WiDE, ALONG WHICH SUB- STANTIAL SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN LAID AND SHADE TREES, OF SELECT VA- RIETES, WILL 2B PLANTED IN FRONT OF LOTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE Pr TY. WE WILL CONTIN R WORK OF DEVELOPMEN' PENDING LARGE SUMS IN OTHER .MPROVEY CaUSE THE PROPERTY TO RAPID WHICH WE NOW < LIVING IN THE St FIND 4 MOR DIVIDED INTO CHOICE BUIL STOP THE BREAKING bow) ‘LAN-START THE BUILDING UP PROCESS. POINT THE WAY TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE . IT SHALL BB. CITY LIFE. WITH WASTE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, OR SUBUR- BAN RESIDENCE WITH INVIGORATION OF HEALTH AND INCREASING VITALITY, 9 IF YOU WILL STOP TO CONSIDER, WE KNOW YOU WILL ACT UPON OUR SUGGES. TION AND AVAIL YOURSELF OF THD RARB OPPORTUNITY TO SECURB A BOMB SITE IN THE MODEL SUBURB. “ST. ELMO.” ONDAY, APRIL 2, 4894.) we msure your ure, AND INDUCEMENTS THAT EASE IN VALUE OVER THE MODERATE 1” ¥ ZOU WAVE ANY EXPECTATION OY VB YOUR MOST THOUGHT. ATION. LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A HOME NOW. DON'T DELAY. WE OFFER YOU THE GREATEST INDUCEMENTS AND MOST LIGERAL ‘TENCE TODAY. WE SUGGEST YOUR KEEPING THIS PAGE, A3 THE f WILL NOE APPEAR AGAIN IN ITS ENTIRETY, BY GIVING TO EVERY PURCHASER IN GOOD HEALTH AT THE TIME OF TIS OB e n HER SECOND PAYMENT 4 CERTIFICATE ENTITLING HIS OR BER HEIRS TO 4 DEED ° ° OF THE LOT SELECTED, IN CASE OF SAID PURCHASER’S DEATH BEFORE PAY- Trains Leave Penna. Station 0:45 a.mm., 4:25 p.m. MENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND TO DELIVER TO SAID HEIRS, WITH DEED, RECEIPT IN FULL FOR PRICE OF LOT, PROVIDED PAYMENTS ARE NOT IN ARREARS WE REQUIRE NEITHER NOTES NOR MORTGAGES FROM PURCHASES. A PLAIN, SIMPLY WORDED “BOND FOR TITLE” GIVES PURCHASER POSSESSION aT TIME OF FIRST PAYMENT. WE DO NOT TAKE OUT A POLICY ON YOUR LIFE WITH AN INSURANCE COMPANY, NOR DO WE ISSUE A POLICY OF OUR OWN, WE SIMPLY AGREE TO PROTECT YOUB {00 Lots Given Away and Free Transportation, | ==-====<""" =" """" ON WHICH EACH OF SAID PERSONS SHALL BUILD, AND REFUND ALL MONEY PAID ON SAME. WE ALSO FURNISH GRATIS A YEAR'S TRANSPORTATION TO ONE MEMBER OF BACH FAMILY COMPLETING A HOME AND RESIDING ON OUR PROPERTY BY NOVEMBER 1, 1894. NO INTEREST. NO TAXES. BY THIS If IS MEANT THAT WE AGREE TO PAY ALL TAXES ON EACH LOT UNTIL DEED IS GIVES, WHICH, UNDERSTAND, WILL NOT BE CHARGED TO YOU IN ANY WAY; NEITHER DO WE CHARGE PURCHASERS INTEREST ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS. WE ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUBURB, IN GRADING STREETS, LAYING SIDEWALKS, PLANTING TREES AND EM- BELLINSHING THIS ALREADY BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN MANY OTHER WAYS, ALL OF seweneeseeespTpemetmcemmes, |ERANSPORTATION FACILETIBS. DISTANCE AND UNABLE TO VISIT “ST. ELMO” SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, AS NO ONB HAS A MORE THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALUE OF THE LOTS THAN OURSELVES, AND WE INVARIABLY GIVE TO MAIL ORDERS THE CAREFUL ATTENTION THAT SUCH RESPONSIBILITY ENTAILS. “ST. ELMO" HAS 26 TRAINS A DAY, OVER THE ALEXANDRIA DIVISION OF THE THE FACT THAT HUNDREDS OF OUR PATRONS IN CINCINNATI, PITTSBURG, BUFFALO, BALTIMORE AND BOS- PENNSYLVANIA BAUROAD, WHICH IS NOTED FOR ITS SUPERIOR MANAGEMENT AND SPLENDID EQUIPMENT. TIME FROM WASHINGTON TO “ST. ELMO” ONLY 16 TON WAVE ENTRUSTED SELECTION TO US, AND SUBSEQUENTLY UPON SEEING THE LOTS, EXPRESSED THEM- MINUTES, DELIVERY OF DEED AT ONCE. TO THOSE WHO MAY DESIRE TO BUILD PROMPTLY AND ARE NOT QUITE PRE- PARED FINANCIALLY, WE WILL EXECUTE DEED IN FEE AFTER ONE-HALF OF PURCHASE PRICE IS PAID, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO NEGOTIATE BUILD- ING ASSOCIATION LOAN, WE TAKING SECOND MORTGAGE FOR REMAINING ONE- HALF OF PURCHASE MONEY. BUT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT OUR- SELVES AGAINST AN EXCESSIVE LOAN, SELVES AS “HIGHLY PLEASED,” CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT WH ENJOY AND MERIT THE CONFIDENCE RE- POSED IN US BY OUR DISTANT CUSTOMERS. SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF OUR SERVICES IN THIS HNit? CONNECTION, WE WILL, ON RECEIPT OF YOUR FIRST PAYMENT (MONEY OKDER, POSTAL NOTE OR REGISTERED LET- ll RED : TEN) SELECT THE MOST DESIRABLE LOT WITHIN YOUR PRICE WMT AND SEND YOU AGREEMENT THEREFOR AT TIME CARD i 0 “CT EL i 0 h) a ONCE. THB SUPERIORITY OF THIS LOCATION WARRANTS THE CONCLUSION THAT THESE LOTS WILL BE QUICKLY lV a SOLD, HENCE WE RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT YOU WRITE PROMPTLY IF YOU CANNOT COMM SATISFACTION r F] THE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS INSURED BY ——— THE DISTRICT TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THIS CITY. y CHD T It is Just as Easy to Own Your Own Home | sitsi2cte ne RESTRICT OND. Under Our Helpful System as it ‘| poten ree ss selene 10 THOSE WHO WISH TO SEB “ST. ELMO” ON SUNDAY WE WOULD ADVISE THEM SUITABLE RESTRICTIONS AS TO COST OF BUILDINGS, MANUFACTURE AND i Ss t P ent [0 TAKE TRAIN aT 9:45 AM. OR 2:43 P.M. YOU WILL FIND OUR REPRESENTATIVES SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND NUISANCES, WILL BB ENFORCED. O ay ° ON THE GROUND. BUY 10 BUILD. LOOK WELL INTO THIS. BUY FOR INVESTMENT. BUY FOR A HOME. IT PAYS TO INVESTIGATE. BUY FOR PROFIT. WE LEAD. OTHERS FOLLOW. We are the largest and most successful operators in suburban property in America,and since formulating our present helpful system to encourage Home-building we have developed and sold a total of over 20,000 Lots in the suburbs of Boston, Buffalo, Pitts- burg, Providence, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Newark, Scranton, Baltimore and other cities. We |furnish below a list of the Banks and Financial Institutions with which we do business: THE OHIO NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON. THE BANK OF COMMERCE, BUFFALO, N. XY —-» THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRACUSE, X. ¥. THE BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON. THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK, BUFFALO, N Ne THE MARINE NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSBURG, PA. ‘THE MECHANICS’ NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE, R. & THE NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE, MD. THE DIME DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BANK OF SCRANTON, PA. THE FIDELITY TITLE DEPOSIT COMPANY OF NEWARK, N. h * THE FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE, MD. WHE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. NATIONAL SECURITY: BANK OF LYN: BEAR IN [IIND it costs you nothing to view the property. We furnish an escort to explain the property and free transportation tointending purchasers, excepting excursion days, when we charge the nominal rate of 10 cents round trip. Come = see for yourself that all we claim for “ST. ELMO” is true, and be convinced that it is the place at which to locate. Agents on the ground to show property every day from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For further particulars and transportation to visit “ST. ELMO” please call on or address WOOD, HARMON & CO., 525 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Office open until 8 p.m. all mext week. WASHINGTON, D. C.