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elegant country dwellings in this lovely neighborhood 

 would bring them naturally upon the market, but not by 

 forcing in anticipation. 



During the year 1853 a contract was made to con- 

 struct Glenroad, 1,345 feet long from Walnut avenue 

 to the western boundarv of the estate, to be made 10 

 feet wide, G feet sidewalks on each side, with a good 

 stone culvert running through the middle of the same, 

 and the road-bed substantially filled with two or three 

 feet of stone, handsomely crowned with fresh gravel the 

 whole length, as well as the circulai* park road. These 

 were expensive avenues, both on account of the land 

 required for their construction, which was very valuable, 

 and the cost of building them. When linished, 190 

 thrifty elms were set out on the borders of these beauti- 

 ful avenues, which have required much care andex])ense; 

 meaning thus to improve the beauty of these lands by 

 the embellishment of nature. 



During the year 1851: a continuation of Glenroad, 

 between the western boundary of this estate and Forest 

 Hill street, a distance of 753 feet by 10 feet I'oadway, 

 including 6 feet sidewalks, was constructed in like man- 

 ner with the former avenues, taking 30,120 feet of land, 

 which was bought at that time of Geoi'ge William Bond 

 and paid for, wiiich now stands at over forty cents a 

 foot, receiving from him a deed of the same. An agree- 

 ment was then made with Mi'. Bond that he, or whoever' 

 else might build on this continuation of Glenroad, 

 should have a perpetual right to pass over this part of 

 the road extending as far up as the division line, but no 

 further, intending thereby to retain the control of Glen- 

 road as a private avenue. 



