The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 19, 1914, Page 13

NEW MUNICIPAL CARS BRING | BUILDING BUSTLE TO LAKE BURIEN HOMESITE DISTRICT The Lake Burien district is “look-| one of the most prominent Lake Bu hg up” In realty circles since the! rien boosters. | Advent of the new municipal street He has on bis addition an obser: |) tar line, which commenced opera-| vation tower for the benefit of visit: || three weeks ago. }ors, with an excellent view of the) Many property sales are reported, Olympics, Puget sound and the Lake the principal transactions consisting Burten district. | Of homesites along the route of the Gunther is well informed in the} Dew road. lore of the Lake Burten district and | The schedule has been cut down! gladly disseminates his {nformation. | from hourly trips on week days toa gi See ute service, with a half-hour @——— Biri service on Sundays and holidays. i To date three cars have cared for all the traffic that has offered, but the public utilities bureau {s con templating in: additional care to care fo! ‘BURIENHURST - © Burienhurst is located one-half) mile nearer the city and consists of || } quarter and half-acre homesites. A. |) K. Wylde has an office at the junc- Sundays and holidays. tien on this property | ee & Endeavors are betng made byl 4)! bod REGAL HEIGHTS Property owners, whose hold. West of Burien city, and ex- — * _ hd onward to Des Moines, to have| Rega! Heights is located just out-)) city council construct an exten-| side the city limits, and is the hold-|) sion of the Lake Burien car lino ing of Willis A. Hutton. This prop- through this territory for the pur erty is in far the best condition of pose of opening up some of the/any of the closer-in tracts on the richest lands in King county. market Agitation is under way that will,, Not a log or a stump is to be seen in a short time, result in city water/on the entire tract. The entire 40 from Cedar river being piped to this | acres is a grass plot, ready for tin- district, either from West Seattle! mediate building. | or Renton mains |, Hutton now has three new houses hg Ba in course of construction, and wany ——~——-@/| more prospective purchasers are ,|contemplating building in the im-|/ | mediate future, In this subdivision || JEAHURST This deautiful subdivision of 200 can be obtained electric light, water || acres is located at the present ter jand telephone service. | eee minus of the Lake Burien line, an consists of excellent homesites, top ographically perfect, with tts south- ern and western exposure and grad- ———— + ual fall from Lake Burien to the| The natural trend of th Sound, where there is a beautiful, | citizen on a payroll in Seattle who sandy beach. | Wants to own # home of his own fs Many substantial homes have al-| to buy in some of the cheaper tracts ready been constructed at Seahurst, Just outside the city limits, where he | and a modern graded school will be | C#n escape high city taxes, yet re-|) completed by September. main within the sone of rapid tran-|! No tracts in Seahurst are smaller | ®t. than one-quarter acre in size, equal-| The majority of the offerings are ing in area four ordinary city lots.| quarter acres or less, and can be Streets have been graded and a/ Obtained upon easy terme, water works installed. In fact, Sea-| Some of the dealers even offer hourst is just a trifle in advance of | umber for a dwelling on easy pay- the balance of the Lake Burien sub-| ments. @ivisions. To the man who really wants to D.1. Burkhart and True Uncapher,| fet away from the rent game and sales managers of this district, re-| also be free from high taxes, these || much activity in the sale of Summer homesites are a haven of || e tracts, which are being made |Tefuge, located, as many of them are, to purchasers who contemplate im-| Within a half-hour to an hour's ride Mediate butiding. Seahurst offers|ffom the heart of the business dis- a fine community beach and exciu-| trict. sive water front homesites. bei SAE eee 2 age ket oh LEN RAMSAY'S MEDINA Home ¢ | THREE TREE POINT ¢ |. TRACTS | Considerable preavure has bect| These trncts are located just brought to pel spun the bon coun.|*¢ross Lake Washington from Les- cil by L. J. Gregory and other prop- chi park, 35 minutes by cable and erty owners at Three Tree point to ferry from the L, C. Smith building, at Second and Yesler. Ramsay and his associates offer at Medina full half-acres for $300, and on very easy terms, making spe- cial inducements to Immediate home builders. ‘With the extension Some of these tracts are smaller cousidered s foregoas conclusion by and con. be obtained for lose. meney. the booster element at the Point,|, Medise ts an ideal all-the-year- will come building up of the south | Found home. with substantial summer comfortably habitable the year ‘round. eee The Cowley Investment company offer decidedly attracttve water- eee front sites on Vashon island, “45 minutes from”--Seattle by boat GUNTHER’S HOMESITES These tracts are situated on the decanters west side of the island, have a clean, _ __At the end of the car line fs lo-isandy beach and very healthy en- “cated the office of George Gunther, vironment. — Homesite > 14 You Can Up Enjoy the Year Around Why pay several hundred dollars for a place to live just a few months or weeks out of the year—or, for that matter, why even rent a summer home, when you can buy a summer and winter home combined from us on rent terms, and be in the country, with rapid transit at your disposal—to the L. C. Smith butiding, Second and Yesler way, in 25 minutes’ time? Total fare, 9 cents. Do You Know Where | Ramsay’s Medina Home | Tracts Are Located? | Just across Lake Washington, in Medina, that large peninsula that || juts way out into the lake (looks like an island from this side, || from Leschi Park.) ‘This property is two miles closer to Seattle than Kirkland. Only 25 minutes by ferry and cable car (best || service in the city), and then you can enjoy country life to the full—within a stone's throw of the city. ASummer low as $140, on your own terms; and, furthermore, we will stake you to the necessary lumber to build a home, which you can pay | | Here you can buy a full half-acre homesite for $300, Some tracts as |! back to us on rent terms at your convenience. | In Justice to Yourself | Let us show you these wonderful homesites at no cost to you. We'll || be glad to take you to these tracts any day at your convenience. Call or phone office for appointment—make the trip at our ex- || pense. | Claude C. Ramsay & Co. | Owners Ramsay's Medina Home Tracts | 910-11 New York Block. Phone Matin 1090, ’ STAR—FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1914. New Lake Burien Municipal Street Car Line This subdivision is a grass plot. Not a stump or log on the whole tract. Here you can start building immediately, as everything is ready, awaiting your order, ° Location Just outside the city limits. These lots are right on the car line, and I will arrange to sell you a site and build you a home wherein you can enjoy every city convenience. What You Get Water, electric light, telephone service. You get all city conveniences and country life combined with all the desirable environments of ideal home life, and still save yourself a great deal of money—because you are outside city limits and pay low taxes. Out Tomorrow or Sunday; get off at city limits or at “Regal Heights.” The conductor will unload you there if you tell him. Look over these beautiful lots, select a homesite and I'll build a home for you after your own plans on terms to suit your pocketbook. I am the exclusive owner of beautiful “Regal Heights.” Go / See me today, Saturday or Sunday WILLIS A. HUTTON OWNER 633 New York Block, or on the grounds. P. S.—Yes, several new homes are under construc- tion at “Regal Heights.” é‘ Land Well Suited for Platting—Convenient to Lake Burien Line 35 acres about 600 feet west of car line within city boundary; desirable and price low. 80 acres within about a mile of present terminus of the car line, _ with Sound view and west end near the Sound; good road fonnect- ing with end of car line. When car line is extended will go through this tract, affording only desirable grade to the water. Price attractive. Morrison & Eshel 1208 ALASKA BLDG, va Your camping outfit will not - be complete without a few cases of that delicious | AINIE Pale Beer R Call Sidney 1 I s Dy PAGE 13 . “From Lake Burien to The Sound.” GET IN THE SWIM PARK Has beautiful Lake Burien at one end and the Majestic | with GRADED j STREETS and WATER in and PAID. Sound at the other. 200 acres tracts with tide lands. community bathing beach. FREE. get a small farm for $550. property. Municipal car line. Sales Managers. 610 American Bank Bldg. Get Away From City Taxes and Assessments Z | D175 AND U $550 For One Half Acre (Equal four 60-foot Lots) SEAHURST Every Upland Tract on Graded Street and accessible to Park and Tennis Grounds Why hesitate? Get a home on easy terms. You Grade and High School on Low fares. Seahurst Land Co. D. I. Burkhart and True Uncapher Elliott 2567 DON’T FORGET THE Mainland WHEN THINKING OF Salt Water Frontage We can show you large waterfront tracts within 1,000 feet of the proposed terminus of the munici- pal line at $700 to $900 each on very easy terms. These will be raised to $1,500 to $2,000 after the line is extended, and still be cheaper than other mainland water front, not provided with car ser- Get busy now—do it today—less than 20 We have sold 9,000 feet out of 12,000 You vice. tracts left. feet of our water front at Three Tree Point. will never buy at these figures again. _L. L GREGORY WM. S. WOOD 858 EMPIRE BLDG. MAIN 4112. At the End of the Line revy Gunther LAKE BURIEN SPECIALIST Boosting this section.for years because it’s my posi- tive belief that the best real estate buy near Seattle _ is located in the Lake Burien District TI have a beautiful Subdivision overlooking the Sound, Vashon Island and Three Tree Point; most sightly homesite in the district, and the prices and terms are within your reach. I specialize in Lake Burien lots, homesites and acre- age. Come on out on the new municipal line. See and enjoy the beautiful scenery, and when you reach the end the line—get off the car—you can’t miss my office: My name is there GEORGE GUNTHER Lake Burien Specialist, at End of Car Line. | | CRAWFORD }LARCE AND SMAL TRACTS With and without Sound view; level and good soil. Right on car line and boule —Park vard. EASY TERMS L. G. CRAWFORD The Lake Burien Specialist, 520 New York Bldg. BURIENHURST 60 X 136 Unobstructible View Tracts, Water front x127 to alley. All Cleared Tracts, $196 TO $260 No more, no less. Your own terms, 412 New York Block, Eltlott 5007. Branch Office, Burien City Junction, VASHON ISLAND WATERFRONT 86 feet front and 800 feet deep. Forty-five minutes "ride from Seattle. Owner must raise money immediately. Price $1,400.00—$200.00 dowmpand éasy payments. We are offering 66 acres of the choicest waterfront prop- . erty on the West side of Vashon Island. Our plan is to make this in name and in fact a home park, where re finement and culture will add to the exhilaration of the | salt sea breezes. On account of the adungance of water, sandy beach and forty-five minute ride from Seattle, this {1s not only attractive for summer homes, but ideal for permanent home sites. The possibility of the ferry ser- vice to Seattle, in the near future, from the North end of the island, makes this section one of the most de- sirable spots in the vicinity of Seattle. This land is cut up into different sized tracts, which we are offering at ten per cent down and $10.00 per month. The Cowley Investment Company 213 NEW YORK BLK. ELLIOTT 5687. 29 WATER FRONT SUMMER HOMESITES On Vashon Island, at Ellisport, not far from Three Tree Point—old Chiutauqua camping grounds. When new Vashon ferry ts in operation, you can reach these sites in 60 minutes on regular service, via Lake Burien, These lots embrace beautiful, sandy beach, delightful environment, best summer home property near Seattle. Price, per lot, $300. Terms to suit your pocketbook. See GEO. A. SPENCER & CO. 507 Hinckley Bldg.—Main 1754.—Hourly Boat Service the Year Around. Elegant view—finest suburban district In Seattle—only thirty-five minutes by Fauntleroy car’ from Pioneer Square— near the Sound, embodying a magnifi- cent view of the Sound, the Olympics And the beautiful wooded panorama on Vashon Island. All modern conveniences Gambined—echools, churches, stores at ani Here you'll find the ideal home life. By all means see us before buying « homesite anywhere. Price per lot, $400, terms, $10 month. UNION TRUST CO. 658 Empire Bids.