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if i hi THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE NEWS NEWS REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE NEW YORK CITY. CRD AY. MAY IS. 1007. LOiJG uie liens ui jacuo ennui aim vui-gate Hoyt.

Charles V. Wetmore. George Bullock. Charles A. Sherman, Samuel T.

and BEAUTIFUL GLEN GOVE'S CLAIMS II DISTINCTION Shaw and D. Leroy Dresser, all of whom mako it their summer home. Every Pari New Developments Are in Progress Home Sites Are Being Acquired By Those Who Flee From Crowded Cities Seawanhalta is the Indian name for the island. The word meant Isle of in the language of the aboringines for it was there the Indians went to gather I as establishment of country estate! or fine summer mansions' Fqr 'instante, there has been little or no speculating in real estate, but enormous buying for the purchasers' own occupancy. This sort of buying appears to havo exhausted all 'tho opportunities for acquiring property on the shore front, that is.

around the harbor, anil, of course, all such properties, with magnificent improvements on them, are strongly held. Farm Lands Quadrupled in Value. Interior lands commanding a view of tho water nlso have brought good prices in recent years, In not a few rases rivalling those for shore frontage. Comparison shows that while village properties have been doubling lu value, farm lands on the averago have been quadrupling in the last five years. The railroad, going first to Glen Head, tlnues to be a great industry there.

It has made fortunes for many men who are now enjoying them in retirement aud is making fortunes for still others. Oyster Bay Oysters Famous. Apparently the principal feature of the oyster business there now is the raising of the succulent bivalve for seed purposes. The Rockaways and South Bay and many other equally famous oystering localities get their supplies of these in thousands and thousands of bushels from Oyster Bay. The oystermen there explain interestingly why they are more advantageously located or situated for this branch of the industry, why tho other places find it desirable, if not necessary, to depend upon Oyster Day In this respect; but that is almost loo technical a story for this time.

Nor is it less absorbing to listen to their stories ot the ravages of the devilish little starfish that belongs to tho lowest order of animal life, indeed, seeming to have no ani North Shore Town Famous the Country Home of Many Rich Men. CHARMS OF NORTH SHORE shells lo make wampum. It came to be known subsequently as Hog Island. When first visited by the early settlers the only edible thing they were able to obtain from the Indians on it was the hard clam, which the Indians called quoahog, and Quoahog Island it was at once dubbed, later the appellation taking the shortened form of Hog Island. A.

William Ludlam owned Ihe island and the oldest record of Its disposal disclose the fact thai Ludlam's will was tho first one lo be probated in this state, be- torical fact, attested by an entry In his own diary, that the Father of His Country spent at least two (lays there. The house in which he was entertained still stands in practically the same condition in which it was then and the room he occupied never since has been changed, and contains even the samo furniture. The house Is the old Youngs homestead, and even to-day its appearance seems to bear out the quaint observation Washington made in his diary on that 23d of April In 1790, namely: "Proceeded (from Huntington) seven miles to Oyster Bay to tho house of Mr. Youngs, privato and very neat and decent." The Mr. Youngs of that time was the great-grandfather of William J.

Youugs, tho present United States District Attorney for this district, with headquarters in the Brooklyn Tost Office Building. The homestead has another distinction besides that of having sheltered Washington, namely, that no other in the entire country is known to have been so long continuously in tho possession of the same family. CHAS. M. PRATT THE PIONEER.

ins found in Vol. 1, Page 1, of Wills. Picturesque Colonies Along the Sound Possess a Fascination All Their Own Standard Oil Magnate the First City Man of Means to Appreciate Great Charms of Place. 1 and then to Locu.st Valley, at length was extended to Oyster Bay In 18S8. Tile boom in property that resulted was more In regard to rents, for there was little or no disposition to sell.

The Rnoscvel's, James, Theodore and Kmlen, in the order mentioned, already had acquired their estates in the early Sus. At. length other wealthy men. who would not be denied obtained choice sites, and among the. first falrs, and though the treaty will ever be called after the City of Portsmouth, where the deliberations were held, yet the historians, when treating of event may never avoid reference to the part that Oyster Bay played in bringing It about.

Thus Oyster Bay may be expected to figure In history even as long as that greatest of wars itself, namely, t' Russo-Japanese struggle. If that stupendous event had not occurred, it seems as if It would still be true that President Roosevelt has made Oyster Bay more famou3 than any other previous President has done for a similar locality. It Is difficult, in this connection, to recall offhand other such places thun Buzzards Bay and Canton, and It seems certain that long hereafter, when Presidents' homes are under consideration. Oyster Bay will present itself to the mind with at least not less readiness than they do now. Washington's Visit to Oyster Bay.

While- Roosevelt is the only President who has lived In Oysier Bay, yei the President Eoosevelt a Yacht Club Member. The yacht club was founded by Colonel Swan in 1S71 and subsequently removed its headquarters to New York. Then the Oyster Bay devotees of the sport started another yacht club, calling It the Oyster Bay Yacht Club. This 'was followed by the Seawanhaka ndherenis, desiring to return to their old haunts, proposing a mal life at all how In rolls or almost compact masses, for they cannot be spoken of as schools, they descend or tumble upon the beds of oysiers and in an incredibly short time destroy them completely. They have their way of latching them.

They call It mopping them, and when they have been swept up in Ihe great mop that has a long steel handle and is strung with long threac'-like ropes, they boll them in order to make sure of BRYANT'S LOVE OF ROSLYN. As Nassau is the premier county of Long Island in the matter of country seats and summer homes of millionaires, so Is Glen Cove Ihe most favored spot of that county In that respect. Thus Glon Cove stands pre-eminent among all Long President Bought nt Oyster Bay in ot these were Frederic R. C. Tiffany, John A.

Kckert, Jacob Schiit, 1884. Charles M. Pratt, Pioneer Home Builder of the Now Beautiful and Popular Glen Cove Section. THE ROOSEVELT HOUSE ON SAGAMORE HILL, From every section of Long Island come the lame reports of phenomenal activity In real estate not of the sort that ac- Oyster Bay may be said to have known the Itoosevelts first in 1SS2. when James K.

Koosevelt, the President's uncle, bought some of the Youngs property. Only two years later the future President followed his uncle's example, and acquired acres for himself, nlso from the Young holdings, his present renowned Sagamore Hill property, to which he prompily added another tract, situated on the Cold Spring harbor Bide of his original purchase, to give a shore frontage. There was hardly a (race of improvement on this property, but Its location was 111 tin short of ideal, commanding a glorious view over land and sound and brimful of promise of a superb invigora-llon during the healed term. The President at once built a home on tho apex of the hill. It may not have cost upward of $26.

nun, but it could not be duplicated for double that amount today. It is not known how much he paid for the property, but at the time of purchase, doubtless, II could not have brought much more than Ihe house cost him lo build. If ho chose to put It on the market to-day there would be a scramble for It even at a quarter of a million. Til President's Homecoming Fixed for June 12. The fnmlly expected to move Into Sagamore Hill May iS.

and Ihe President is lo follow ihem on June 12. All Oysier Bay is on the qui vlve for these dales, which will mean practically the transferring of Ihe mil Ion's capital to the vil- it? lute, the dirieiion of the nation's affairs lit 4 Vy Ml i lit a "iff- it: -r 'U It from there lor several months, and, consequently, much activity, If not bu.stlt and excltemeni. At Sag.imoie Hill fverythlng seems to be in readiness for Ihe dlstingulshf oe cupants. A new stalile la in course tn A ereciion.bui otherwise no marked changes have been effected thus fnr. If any be In rnnlemplallnn.

The tennis court has been weeded and rolled and put In perfect condition and the bridle paths are reidy. union of thi two Hnl a doJfn yrar nr ff npa ihfy cr' tn'Tpi'! lis hom' on r-iiHT InIhiiiI A amnii 'th' muntry'ii IMM it yjirht i hib houHi-n iin! Win iilso Blnn'ln nnionK the hfKh' Ht in nil ff-HiM-rla. Tin- Minnimilfii" Ik W. K. V.iii'b rliltt.

of Hi" Hnoi Virginia. ending those particular ones at any rate ('linrlca Rokiis. Samuel S. V. S'.

Kleel for all time. and John A. Weckes. Some of thes bought oihcr-t ncri's, and t-tt on. Little Grown at Oyster the respect iv Bay.

I proM-rtlcs and built upon them in mate Kormorlv Ovster Ilav also was noted 'hat set hkli siaii.bud. Indeed, foi i liioHii who were lo, anil did, come later. Inland villages. Indeed, there are fe villages of its size anywhere In which iJ much wealth I ri presented. Till Is nol nil that Glen Cove Is rrl rated for not by any mean-i ihe only (hi ure that distinguishes the village i Jittftvo 1 thin- is liiu- horn Kin rv-r Hi i William J.

Mathion ol tin- ya ft rvi- nriv si If iliriiil from hr hitrh'if I Lfivrmk in vicp romnin'lnn' anil utinri'U hp frmit nnv nf ihit mail It Do Writer 1.4 It 1 'I Tl so the strenuous life need have no dMa. It Ih a eurloua fnet thai the Cove Neck qusri nf OviuT Dry, whre S.igao.O'" 1MI Is located, was nicknamed the "Cap-Hal" before Roosevelt's time. Many Oytr liny resident fstlfy to this, but none nf them are able to explain the origin of the prophetic title. Chnrnrtcrlstics of Oyster Bay ns a Township. Oyster Day hmdf, and It la the Inrgeai township on Long Island, extending clear a'Tosi from the Sound to the ocean, never has been known by anv oiher nam More than two village are In the tnwnxhip.

the most Important of them being (ilen Cove. Sea Cliff. Sayvllle. Kostyn, Locust Valley. Ji rli ho and Knrmlng'liile.

So fur as ihe tillns of Oyater Hay Itself, th original aetib'nent on ih" Sound side of the Inland. Is concerned, ihe name always hna been and llll la aa app'caprlain a can In for the hay In whbh It la aliuated an nyatrr bay If ever ihTe was one. There la not a alnale available b't of It bi-tom lands thai la not and ha not al- W.1V nlinoHt allien Ihe feuleoieni bei-n planted with oysier). Sli-I n.lung ion- Oihi tiklru hv tinrlmr i ni Ho vdt a m-mbr, but P'pulniUm by ponpl mho are not nri'l Hun- nrr Many ni tht otln i hi Uu nm rbitm mu-b of his uHhy. but at" rrflm'4 nnr liv side ef the road.

inn', in ii. notii. naui.n in ih- list nitinnnl Uvm. th- limiinf nm-iety 1. 1 1, I in nr.a L' I Id ii.

Ii. I I'u til inn VV Clinrms of Center Island. -ob-. Cr'neiiu. vr.er't.il-.

and seiting an ex- nnc of It famous product. Grain u. ied lo r.iiB'-d bin tb'-ro I Is a null ihere to-day, 2'i yenr.t old. that c.iniiot ci i iioiikIi to keep ii ru nnl us" and a-i lo the apar.igus, Ihe laud his bc'-oni'' too for raising as may In- 1 ftTrc'l from lii'1 fact thai lait a l.iiit'-i aparnaus farm was sold lor Ill the and not so long nan. It was not fnr liy.icr II, iy fanm to ship nut idy i biiahela nf aspae- asus.

What there ia of tuii'or'an' of this Ind'try I lo be seen out I'ln-irl Lociiat alley. btI th- ro in a notable farm In (lien Co" als i. Th di ef uvrt'T flay has not hen of the nori ihat in iiidl ai'd bv fi v. rrt'li hoitdln i Iviiy, Inn raihcr by ihe I PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, Pint CI' lion of Long Island. II ll iri 'itian.

frank and How- ample py their r. inline dignity of harac-r! OoulO, Oliver laelin, J. Rogers t-r. il. j.

rp ri'uni Moiu.iii. Kiank 'I'll- lord. nn rin lp sekcK and 01 b- Ulni Cove A Tiire With nn IlonorabI I Til" fleet 111. lu Mini" of I ll" i HistolV st known ya b'a the Cors.nr. Ibe' i.neid,, tb- N.oih iitar and i 1 among th.

nMe( of furih. Soim- may not know ih.it tib meiiia mid. tvn In It earll- A liichly I'liportnnt feature of p.iy Center l.in Minuted in the hnr-1 or end helping siibsiiinitally lo make ibat sheet of water iilmosi a tn'ir-ly1 l.mdl ii k'-d as lake. Center land la, Import not only aa ihe home of ere. ii Cor ic Linn V.i' lit Club, 'vird Corln'bliin in the name of ihe Hull villag rlalms lo have derived aom dii-1 In' (Inn from another I'roaident, and that one the WanhlnCon.

It la a hla- I ui It I Ivc mti' be b' ii'm it. nf III" nit'Oertt'M (III' The l.l.itil Is nun. I siitti'lej lh.il owner! Ihem: nt be liller In rac. r- Idt e. if days, attained lo nol a linle Import Indeed a hmiory nf Long Inland, If not nf ihe B.

ih.it did not take i og-mnn-e nf il" p.irta It li.i played. wouH tadly l.i'-kmg. Wh'-n ferming and kin. NORTHERN OYSTER BAY SECTION-ITS HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION LINES npi'l'til tllnnopolKed alteiidon ijinpanie i he honm times, which at any moment roy bo followed by a relapse liui the tp.tdy demand for homo it a. Iirdo and amnll, by people who aro to bu'ld and add to the resource lb evrrul i ommutiltie.

It II a hlithly desirable lil of peo-1 la who are now n.n.ilnn. home on Inland In Hi' laran numler- men rbn, while for Ihf most part of tie.hiiy nc'd In In ihe iltlra, will be. inma rlllti-n i( ih plair Iito Ihdr ar. and who Im Imimi In lb" upbuilding o( thn i nmmunit i a. Th 1 KEY 17 7 'MIMDill SOUND TROLLS UNES CONTROl LED III bernma Inter- In ih enure lea.

1 ill. mil a 1,1. II wa a renter oj vl-1. a re the grl! nulla, Ida in 1 1 1- nn milar common ic r.it. I fr ihe benefit of ihe anl tlm r-a aa II were, like an ui nrg uiire or fntiied nlur ndv.

I.nt.r on ii. ii to follow in d.tnil an1 rlep lc. I he dl.iwil-oul ie.p. nn ni. Ci.ie a pmoiineni la nniMif.i.

int. run; ly a na-limwil bm al a wide li-in. In-" d. at one i nf (iln Cot i i I 1 1. 1 tiuin.

tiar. a liifl n-ltd n. other renin, tdi'y of to ike Im i. to m.ri 1 a I 111.. I It nf ttli'V.

THI re. I.i''.l ...1 li 'tlt. tea' In III" I'lilled td r- li b. r. i.n i Thu i.l ti pt.ili i only rm!) lay If'.

I ark I 'H nVro a'lp I I i. I'l eo'-u ii.it e' '-y I th- .1 1 tl nf I hi nt b- h'p'i. a III fs i I li tit r. I. i.

ii'' if ia 0 i 't. I 1 1 'V if I athoola aid aoi In I 1 1 and will In many rat's lake an afiivi pari In civic affjir. Bludenia nf aodolncy will be (o nly in-tarrnieil in lb plan of ih Ci'i-i Aaaoriaiinn of AmTlia. ohih la in in- i near Kami ink lite, in Nmm County, model villnl" for work. nam n- lhna who hiv a irati may work at II and al th nm have, for ihni fam'tir.

tho brnfl of rtinry IK. The brni I a new one on t.n (aland, anl If ptorpi a mi i'h HI a powf-rf-il la. tor In Ihe p'fr-tity ot tint riion. in thi. ful ratal tiiinlrr in i' a 'ri- .1 iv Hi a If.

I I i 1 I I- tt i. -it i i i iv i i ii." i imwt nm (rnaih of a purl of on Inland Ih-J North Mhor la dire. ily d'. ul. i ahoiibt il nvl'' I opoirni tW f.f'ifH t'trm only i I in iaay i i.l i I I I l.

I f. 'i i of I. i Im i t. pari of ih ifai irntof roaiion I hot la bir.f wraothl all mrf l.ona' lan1-ln Ih frmo'a ar ilona aa tttl aa In thit irm ni a pari of il t' r- OYSTER BAY FARMS HAVE QUADRUPLED IN VALUE. Lnrl Too VcloabU New for Cul'lva lion nf One rftioti Arisu.

Pamand for Ceutilty teal. A'l ihe ofl1 nn lar rrt la 1.aal Ria whrl-n o' I ni'lft of a.fnp'q'a' tioiKly mr ha -r' or ia h- pat of .1 'tal Japan. aa-wa of a ii.t.ia Isif iimir 'ani'al of ita'-on i fn I a' al Kya'f ly aiforra ai (h Ida Hi" a aal Jataaa no(, a4 piaa poiwa.iat' Iwl m4 U4 tif fraaldral Damtfll a almal a k.tittot la at i mmm mmi mi i i iaaaaaaaa 1 1 I tl fiiin nf i i ttilciC ill- i 1 1, tal ili'ia.