future. It is planned to run a boulevard and a trolley line through the 

 centre of the property for its entire length. Country homes of from 

 one to ten acres each, sold under the usual restrictions, are contemplated. 



In the Wheaton District, the development is taking place along some- 

 what different lines. About one half of the arable land here is still 

 farmed. The subdivisions are all along the line of the B. & 0. Railroad. 

 Some farming land has been bought up by outside capital and is held 

 in large tracts, but where development has taken place most of the land 

 is in small holdings. A line of small towns extends along the railroad 

 from the District of Columbia to the Rockville District. These towns 

 are to a large extent settled by Government employees amd other 

 salaried men. The country here is naturally very picturesque and is 

 rather heavily wooded. All modern conveniences are available. Ta- 

 koma Park is the only place in the county where really urban conditions 

 are met with. Here the apartment house has made its appearance; 

 there is also mail delivery to the homes, by carriers from the Wash- 

 ington postofEce. Part of this town lies outside the county. Taking the 

 district as a whole, the development here has been carried farther than 

 in Bethesda. 



Rockville District has also shared in the Suburban Development to 

 some extent. There are a number of sub-divisions along the railroad 

 which will undoubtedly be settled up in time, but not much progress 

 in this direction has been made as yet, and the chances are that it will 

 come rather slowly. 



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