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Show STREVELL ESTATE 15 B'Eli SUBDIVIDED Bettilyon's Plans for Attractive At-tractive Residence Sites Are Maturing. Plans for tlie division of the Strevell estate on Ninlh East street into select homesites. to be placed on the market 1 soon by the Bettilyon Home Builders company, tire going forward rapidly and will be ready for announcement in the near future, according: to V. A. Bettilyon. Bettily-on. president of Bettilyon Home Builders cumpan v. The beautiful private park, -which was purchased from C. K. Strevell about ten days hro, lends itself perfectly to its establishment es-tablishment as a home place and full advantage ad-vantage wiii be xaicen by the Bettilyon Home Builders company of the opportunity oppor-tunity offered hy the natural lay of the , laud and tho parking to plot homesites of a very select nature. i "We are completing plans as rapidTy as possible for dividing the property formerly for-merly owned by Mr. Strevell," Mr. Bettilyon Bet-tilyon said. '"It is not our purpose to disturb the park as it stands and such changes as we will make will enhance rather than mar its beauty. The enclosure en-closure will be retained, entrance to the place, according to present plans, will be hv a tratoway on Ninth Kast street. Through this gale will pass a winding drive, following the course of the brook. This drive prohibly will be built of sandstone-granite gravel, which will give a beautiful effect. "In addition to the two or three graceful grace-ful foot bridges now crossing the stream. oUier bridges will be built, following the p.-ime lines, providing every property owner a menus of crossing the stream on his own place. YVe are oontcmp'ating the erection of a eommunily gnragc and tennis courts for tlie residents of the pnrk. "We may also comert the present lily pond into a plunge for use of tho property owners. In every way we will endeavor to make the park one of the real show places of the city and will in no way destroy its beauty. The park hns been celebrated many years as one of the most attractive spots of the city. A fortune was spent by Mr. Strevell in plantimr and cultivating the hundreds of triT-s. flowers and shrubs, and all these will be retained. Such small trees and shrubs as it will tie necessary to move w'-' b. transplanted and cared for until thev reach matur!tv." |