House Garden 
MR. Platt’s PLAN FOR TWELVE NEW HOUSES AND GARDENS, NOW BEING EXECUTED 
An interesting feature of the administra¬ 
tive methods in vogue at Roland Park is 
found in the “special tax for maintenance ” 
which is paid to the land company in lieu ot 
a general municipal tax. It is stipulated 
that this tax shall not exceed twenty-five 
cents per front foot during any single year. 
No part of the fund thus obtained is under 
any circumstances used for the provision of 
improvements or new construction, but it 
serves to defray the expense for all items 
properly amenable to classification under 
maintenance and embracing the disposition 
of sewage, repairs to sidewalks and roads, 
collection of garbage, ashes and rubbish and 
the lighting of the streets. 
A factor which has been manifestly influ¬ 
ential in the rapid upbuilding of Roland Park 
is found in the excellent electric car service 
maintained between the suburb and the busi¬ 
ness and shopping districts of Baltimore. 
Whereas the residents of many fashionable 
suburbs in various parts of the country must 
content themselves with a fifteen-minute 
schedule, discontinued altogether after mid¬ 
night, the residents of Roland Park have the 
benefit of a four-minute schedule throughout 
the day, with the advantage of all-night car 
service. Moreover, but a single fare is charged 
for the trip. The ride from the heart ot 
Baltimore to the park is by no means a pleas¬ 
ant one; and, indeed, to the person of esthetic 
tastes, it constitutes the one serious defect of 
the locality. The trip is an almost continuous 
ascent; but the incline is so gradual it is diffi¬ 
cult to appreciate that the plateau on which 
the park is located is nearly four hundred feet 
above the City Hall,—unless, mayhap, the 
trip has been made on a warm day, when the 
difference in temperature is manifest. It is, 
perhaps, only fair to say that residents of 
Roland Park will have access to Baltimore by 
a more agreeable route upon the completion 
of the boulevard, which has been laid out, 
with the assistance of Mr. Olmsted. 
T he grouping of a number of families of 
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