22 HISTORY OF THE 



crowned with gravel. This lovely estate called Mont- 

 glade was well laid ont by Alexander Wadsworth into 

 twenty-two house lots nnmbcred from 2 to 23, the con- 

 tents of each running fi'om 20,460 to 219,580 feet, and 

 a plan made of the same. The lots were intended 

 mainly for building large and elegant dwellings; the 

 charming locations on Glenroad and some on Walnut 

 avenue are worth at least 50 cents a foot; they are all 

 within six or eight minutes' walk from the steam cars 

 at the Green street station, on the Providence Kailroad, 

 whose trains run about fifty times during the day and 

 evening, the fare being only 5 cents. The horse cars 

 on "Washington street, about half the distance, run 

 every fifteen or twenty minutes, the fare being the 

 same, so that the accommodations are ample. 



To give an idea of the value of land in the neighbor- 

 hood, the writer will enumerate certain sales that have 

 been made, either by public auction (which is an uncer- 

 tain criterion of actual value, as these sales are often 

 forced,) or private sale; of the latter, several sales have 

 been made of lots adjoining on Glenroad, Sigourney 

 and Kobeson streets, at 25 to 35 cents a foot, and higher 

 ])rices are now asked; on Forest Hill street, 25 to 

 27 1-2 cents; on Walnut avenue 25 cents was refused; 

 the city paid for a school house lot on Egieston square 

 38 1-2 cents; on Rockland street a number of lots were 

 sold at 22 to 40 cents; on Bird and Magnolia streets 

 25 to 28 1-2 cents ; on Aniory and School streets 50 

 cents. The Williams estate on Walnut avenue, Hum- 

 boldt street and neighboi-hood, was sold at auction at 

 from 18 to 41 cents, also on Sigourney and Robeson 

 streets, at 15 to 30 cents — foi'ced sales at auction, and 



