ELMIRA AVENUE

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6885, 15 April 1929, Page 6

ELMIRA AVENUE

A PICTURESQUE THOROUGHFARE Elmira avenue clearly illustrates what modern town-planning ean accomplish. . Connecting Victoria avenue with Albert street in a graceful sweep, Elmira avenue • comes out at a point almost opposite Milverton Park, and is designed on lines totally different from anything yet attempted locally. The roadway is of bitumen penetration, clean, dustlcss and smooth. The footway is centred between strips of lawn, tho strip nearer the road being planted at intervals with beautiful elm trees. Gas, water and sewer mains aro concealed beneath the strip of lawn noxt the street frontage* thus obviating the necessity of mutilating ths roadway and footway when connecting these utilities with the home. Distinctive street lighting standards of tho pedestal type provide ample illumination, while telephone wires and electric power lines find accessibility through an easement at tho rear of each section. All frontages are G 6 feet. Fences on the streot boundary or within 33 foot of it are kept down to 3 feet 6 inches from the ground level. By special resolution of the Palmerston North Borough Council tho building lino is fixed at 20 feet from tho street boundary, thus prospective home builders in this ideal residential area are assured that garages and the like will in no way shut out sunlight or obstruct tho viow of their homes. The erection of shops, factories, or anything that may become a nuisance or detrimental to the locality is not permitted in or near Elmira avenue. The vendors are desirous that residents taking up sections in this locality will not have to face depreciation through this cause. Observation usually proves that in many cases when -a new street is opened, attractive residences costing anything up to £ISOO suffer more or less through the erection of cheaper looking homos nearby, so to overcome this difficulty it is stipulated, and wisely so, that tho cost off any home in Elmira avenue should not be less than £IOSO, material and labour included. The vendors aro fully appreciative of the fact. +-b«.t very attractive homes can be erected at less than the stipulated price, and for this reason aro prepared to receive plans and specifications for approval. Sections in Elmira avenue aro selling freely. Already many very pretty homes add charm to this locality. The price is £3OO per section with terms, or less 5 per cent, for cash. When one considers the distinct advantages obtained and the handiness of Elmira avenue to town ,the price appears most reasonable and compares more than favourably with sections offering elsewhere. Intending purchasers are cordially invited to arrange an inspection, free of any obligation to buy, through Mr H. A. Hamilton, land agent, 47A Kangitikci street, Box 299 Palmerston North. Phone 62&1*