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PROFITS OF ANSLEY PARK PURCHASERS
BREAK RECORDS IN ATLANTA HISTORY
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By ALAN ROGERS
W’iTH the finishing touches being
added to a greater and com
pleted Ansley Park, some facts
and figures regarding its marvelous
growth and development are certain to
prove pertinently interesting to every
Atlantan. Georgian and Southerner.
Wonderful as are the many natural
beauties of this recognized “'Social,
Driving and Recreation Center," it has
• i history that is equally as remarkable
■Ol the constantly increasing profits
that have followed its every stage of
development.
Actual records prove this since that
fir.-t great auction sale in April. 1904,
that marked the first step in the evo
lution of old Land Lot 105. with its pur
-1 ha,e by a syndicate formed and head
ed by Edwin P. Ansley.
Notwithstanding the fact that record
prices were established at this first
•'oL . putchasers at this and succeeding
auctions cleared 200 and 300 per cent
"ithiu a year or two. while in many
in.' ; nces rhe sales showed far greater
advances.
One newspaper article in 1906 stated:
Ldwin P. Ansley has made more
niobis tor more people in Ansley Park
"al estate than is true of, any other
' elopment in Atlanta s history."
11 'lns was true in 1906. it is doul)h
At that time Ansley Park,
truly beautiful, was still an ex
poimx nt Since then, this great resi
ial section has proved to be quite
: ‘ s Practical a success as it is an ar
"BUc addition to Atlanta and Ute
S ° Utli with values constantly advat.c
ins
c - Course Will Increase Values.
remarkable as have been
eiotits made, there is no question-
12 fact that Ansley Park is but
l ”-'" coming into her own. All through
"-lit past years of its history.
\ d U * S have been affected by the con
changes and evolution that
-tantly in,progress.
' la ‘ Ansley Park has been en
-1 to a great recreation center
'he only golf course inside the
‘"lit.-, many miles of paved auto
boulevards, tennis courts,
"'"bing pool, playgrounds and base
hHll ,lian ' on " R 'he youngsters, with
hashing touches being added to
all of these
-.leaf assets, it necessar-
J ll"«> that the immediate future
:h, s residential section win show far
kntater advances than were ever pos-
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“They saj- that Tennyson frequentlj’
worked a whole afternoon on a single
line.”
”'l hat’s nothing. 1 know a man who
lids been working the last six years on
one sentence.”
“Why, that coat doesn’t tit a bit; it's
all waves up and down your back.”
"That is what 1 told the tailor, but
he said you had to expect that because
it was a serge suit."
< ountry Doctor (who is a verj ar
dent cyclist!- Um! Pulse is rather
flabbj- and >im down—wants inflating—
where's your pump?
"Doesn't your ehoii ~.siiig at the pris
on any more?"
“No; several of the prisoners ob>’ct
ed on the ground that it wasn’t included
in their sentences."
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In View of the past ami its remark- ~
able profits, there is now much speeu- ~ -- ~nA / L.^,~-'--e r
luiion in real estate circles as to what .
prices will mark the rim.l completion ( +'■ ~~ *,
of this social center. Another slgnifi- \ ■’ 4R i ’
' ant fact is that more outside mom-' I '■»> >. , - -'V c * '■v.-W|t .’JttlTig, I 'd
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ing invested in Ansley Park than ever X; i JLg® W - T JHM
before. altiiou;;h former purchasers in I ’J
elude many Georgians tShtedf ’
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with such a history of profits during > ***Xt»** > * < : -lilllOjMHll
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even greater precedents with its coin- I ~ ' ''> '' _—
pletion. there are many investors buy I 1 ™»'. » ,> t, , ■■■■
ing lots "sight unseen." simply making V —l— uf>
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their choices from the large plats sent
them through the mail.
From $8,900 to $26,000 in Eight Years.
Statistics are never interesting ex
cept where they toll of big profits
made by people you know or where
they point the waj to the making of
profits on your own account. Right
then facts and figures become far more
exciting than the •'best seller" among
. ho latest fiction.
For this reason, a tew examples of
TI?E ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1912.
He—lt is reported that you and 1 are
engaged.
She—Didn't you deny it?
"No; I was afraid to do so without
first seeing you.”
“Yes. we are going to be married,"
"Have you proposed?”
"No; not yet."
"Then how do you know she'll have
you?"
"Why. she's been encouraging me to
save money instead of buying flowers
and theater tickets."
A little girl remarked to her mamma
on going to bed. "1 am not fraid of
the dark."
“No: of course not." replied her
mamma.
"I was a little afraid once, when I
went into the pantry to get a tart."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I was afraid I couldn't find the
tart."
picked at random from the records, are
sure to prove entertaining.
Going back to that first auction sale
of April 25, 1904. the highest price real
ized that day was Lot I. in block 3.
facing Peachtree. Dr. S. J. Crowe fin
ally secured this lot with a bid of SB9
per fool for its 100 feet of frontage.
Sometime later Dr. Crowe sold it to
T. P. Kern for $lO5 pet foot. Mr.
Kern sold this lOtt feet frontage (with
a depth of 200 feet of Ihe 300 foot loti
DUE WARNING.
Rotorua has been laughing over the
wording of a notice that has been
placed by the public works depart
ment on some of the electric wire posts
on the road to Okere, in New Zealand.
Some time ago a Maori youth, who
seemed to have a misguided taste for
experimenting, threw a long piece of
cable over the electric wires that run to
Rotorua from the power station at the
Okere falls.
The town was at once plunged into
darkness for two or three hours until
the mischief had been located.
The duskj- and youthful experimenter
was carpeted in the court and fined for
his scientific enthusiasm, and the de
partment put up this notice:
"Anj person climbing the electric
light poles or damaging the insulators
are liable to a fatal shock and a pen
alty of $50.”
AN OLD FRIEND.
Mistress—Would you care to have
this last season's hat of mine. Mary?
Mary—Oh, thank you so much
ma’am: it's just the one tnj’ .voting- man
likes me in best!
then sold the 80x100 foot lot in the
rear for $6,000, or a total of $26,000 for
. tlie lot for which he paid $10,500. At
that, he gave a ten foot strip for wid
ening Peachtree street ami another
ten feet for an alley.
i Mrs. W. H. Wiggs bought Lot 6, in
block 2. at the auction for $66 per front
, foot. She sold to the Pittman Con
struction Company for a big advance.
This company erected a house on the
I 10l ami sold It to Mrs. \\ . C Rawson
Some Things That Are Well Worth Remembering
There are no forests in China.
Great Britain uses 4,000,000 bales of
raw cotton every year.
About 22,000 persons are annually
killed by snakes in India.
"I don’t care a brass farthing" owes
its origin to the days of James II of
England, who debased the coinage and
issued worthless brass farthings.
A dispatch from Vienna gives the
Deutsche Volksblatt as the authoritj'
for the statement that at Tirnova, in
Bulgaria, a peasant woman named Ma
rie Palanioff has recently died at the
remarkable age of 18S yea s. She had
been a widow for 78 years. All her
fourteen children died long ago. Her
living descendants are to be numbered
by scores.
sl4 to $75 on Fifteenth Street.
Over on Fifteenth street, Lots 5 to
11, in block 8. sold for an average of
sl4 a front foot. The last sale of
these lots averaged $75 a foot, and this
was a long time ago. Beautiful homes
now grace every lot, and it would be
difficult to estimate their present value
for the lots alone.
Lots on Fifteenth street, east of
Peachtree, sold at auction in 1905. have
an interesting history. Lot 18. in block
There is a town, Gartok, in Tibet
which moves twice every year. For
three months of the year it is situated
at the place where it Is deslgnatd on
the map. During the other nine months
it is not there at all, but is about 40
miles farther south, at a much lower
altitude. Climatic conditions are the
cause of this migratory habit. When
the heat grows too intense for com
fort, the whole town packs up and,
driving the hrds of yaks, sheep and
goats, moves up to the higher altitude,
and the traders from India at once be
gin to drift in. Trade continues for
three months; then, before the severe
Tibtan winter begins, the town moves
back.
Nothing is more unpleasant than the
atmosphere of a church on a wet Sun-
T. Gentry for $3,200. or $32 per front
foot. Four months later tie sold it to
J. H. Franklin for $4,300, clearing over
SI,OOO. About a year later, Mr. Frank
lin sold this lot to George Muse and
Linton Hopkins for SIO,OOO, the lot
more than trebling in value in some
eighteen months. Mr. Muse erected a
magnificent, home on the lot and its
value today is far in advance of that
paid by its owner, this street having
become one of the handsomest in At
lanta, with values appreciating as a
result.
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Lots 10 to 13. inclusive, in this same
block 9, sold at that October. 1905,
auction to John E. Murphy for an av
erage of $24 per foot. These were
later resold by him for an average of
$75 per foot. This was some time ago,
and since then beautiful homes have
been erected, which have added much
to their value.
$3,200 to $12,000 in Seven Years.
Lot 8, in this same block 9. also
sold for $3,200 in 1905. was a short
time later resold for $4,000. and re
cently the Misses Glenn, the present
owners, refused $12,000 for that same
lot.
Over in block 10. C. B. Howard
bought Lot 9, the only vacant lot re
maining on Fifteenth street, in 1905.
for $36 a foot for the 100-foot frontage.
In 1910 he sold it to W. L. Cosgrove
for SBS a foot. He then resold for S9O
a foot, and after purchasing it for $lO5
a foot, the Pittman Construction Com
pany are now holding it for $l3O a
foot, an advance from $3,600 in 1905
to $13,000 at the present time.
On Peachtree circle, Charles Black
bought Lot 17, in block 6, for $3,600.
or $36 a foot, and this lot was pur
chased some time ago by H. L. deGive
for S9O. and handsomely improved by
him a year or two ago.
On Piedmont avenue, Lots 16 to 22,
in block 16, inclusive, were sold at
auction October 9. 1906, for an aver
age of sll a foot. Several of these
have been sold for SSO per foot, and
are now being held for S6O.
From sls to SIOO In Six Years
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—MAGAZINE SECTION
day, when dripping umbrellas and
odoriferous waterproofs make the air
heavy, moist and pronouncedly op
pressive. The remedy is fairly ob-<
vious, but one seldoms hears of its ap
plication. A London minister with a
keen eye for the comfort of his flock,
however, has Just established a cloak
room in the vestibule of his church
where damp coats and umbrellas can
be left in charge of an attendant, who
hands a visitor a brass check with a
number corresponding to that on the
receptacle where the articles are kept.
At first the worshippers viewed the
Innovation with suspicion. Their at
titude toward it, however, changed
when the minister found himself able
to announce, with a touch of humor,
that "cloaks and umbrellas can now be
left with safety.”
Messrs. Moore and Thomas at the
June auction sale, in 1906. for sls a
fool. This lot has changed hands sev
eral times and was recently sold at
SIOO a front foot, or an advance of
SBS over the original sls purchase
price some six years ago.
Purchasers at some of the more re
cent Ansley Park auction sales have
been equally fortunate in the profits
reaped from their investment. Lors
8, 10. 12 and 14. in block 7, facing
Centei street, sold at the July 26. 1910.
auction sale for an average of $lB a
front foot. The last sale recorded
showed SBO as the purchase-price.
Some of the largest profits realized
were on the West Peachtree lots.
Vv hile these lots advanced rapidly
from rhe very time they were first sold
at auction, they have recently been
doubling and trebling in value. These
lots, selling originally for sls. have re
cently sold lor SBO and SIOO. and built
up solid.
From $39 in April, 1905. to SIOO a
from foot a year or two ago is but
part of the history of Lot 21. in block
5, Ur. J. B. Daniel being the first pur
chaser and .1. I’. Stevens, the present
owner.
O’, er on the Prado. John Gilmo.e
bought Lot 11. in block 15, at the June,
1908. auction for S3O a foot. A year
later he sold to Airs. E. W. Bates
tor S4O a foot. \, ithiu seven or eight
months. Mrs. Bates sold it to Mrs.
E. I’. Williams for SSO per foot, and
she now asks $75 for it.
Captain T. M. Moody bought the |
adjoining lot on the east in May. 190 J.
for sl6 a front foot and now hold?
same at SBO.
New Records With Park's Completion.
It would be an easy matter to con
tinue this list indefinitely for almost
every newspaper these days tells of
some transfer of Ansley Park prop
erty sold at a price that marks a tre
mendous advance over the purchase
price.
But remarkable as has been the past
history of this residential section, and
wonderful as have been the profits real
ized by the purchasers, there is now
much speculation as to w’hat will be
the limit of the great advances over
present values as a result of the com
pletion of Ansley Park, its increase in
size making possible the development
of hitherto unknown natural beauties
and magnificent home sites, the addi
tion of a full golf course, many miles
of new boulevards as well as every
facility for outdoor recreation and mu
nicipal improvements, and most of all
—the final completion of this beautiful
residential center.
Those in a position to know are a
unit tn believing that many new rec
ords will be established in the wa--
of profits for all those who secure
snsley Park ran) estate before the final