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the first street that was to cross the railroad, since 

 called Landis Avenue. As there was no carriage 

 road either to or through the woods, they traversed 

 the narrow cow-paths afoot, until they reached the 

 spot where the surveyor was to plant his first stake. 

 A profound stillness reigned around them nothing 

 could be heard beyond a rustling of the leaves 

 there was not a house within several miles. While 

 the surveyor was planting his stakes, an old dweller 

 among the pines and scrub oaks of that region 

 came up to them, looked at the instruments, and 

 inquired of Mr. Landis what they were doing. 

 He replied that he was locating an avenue a hun 

 dred feet wide for a new town, and that within two 

 years he would see the spot they then stood on sur 

 rounded with buildings for miles, with farms and 

 orchards where now the forest alone could be seen. 

 The man turned away incredulous, and pitying the 

 infatuation of the projector. No wonder he had 

 lived seventy years in that particular locality as a 

 wood-chopper, had never been to Philadelphia, did 

 not Jknow how a city looked, and considered the 

 idea of building one in that wilderness as the dream 

 of a lunatic. 



But the town was laid out, with many five and 

 ten acre lots, and many farms. Miles of spacious 

 streets and roads were opened, public squares, and 

 a park. Every purchaser was required to plant the 

 front of his property with shade- trees, to build a 

 house within a year, at a certain distance from the 

 roadside, and affording room in front for shrubbery 

 and flowers. Unity of plan was thus secured, in- 



