Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . at whichtime Lansdowne avenue (Darby Road) was a SS foot wide road south ofBaltimore avenue. John W. Davisr^ John W. Davis is one of the bestknown of Lansdownes early residents. Mr,Davis came to the locality to live on Febru-ary 1^ 1887. Since his advent to the commu-nity he has been active in all matters directedtoward its Welfare and advanc-ement. appears In sundry parts of this pub-lication in connection with prominent stepstaken in early local development. He was amember and the first Secretary of the Bor-ough Board of Health when organised
Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . at whichtime Lansdowne avenue (Darby Road) was a SS foot wide road south ofBaltimore avenue. John W. Davisr^ John W. Davis is one of the bestknown of Lansdownes early residents. Mr,Davis came to the locality to live on Febru-ary 1^ 1887. Since his advent to the commu-nity he has been active in all matters directedtoward its Welfare and advanc-ement. appears In sundry parts of this pub-lication in connection with prominent stepstaken in early local development. He was amember and the first Secretary of the Bor-ough Board of Health when organised. served in the Borough Council, andhas been for years that bodys secifetarry. apost at once charged with numerous andvery responsible duties, and which he hasably and most acceptably Irlled, He i&Treasurer of the Lansdowne RepublicanClub, and a Director of the LansdowneCivic Association, and also a member ofother well known local Clubs. He is one o€the best informed men in the borough ommunicipaJ history and John W. Davis, Secretary, Lansdowne Boro. Council. Ed Wilt B, Lewfsv Edwifi B. Lewis, the well known Real Estate Agent. located in Lans-downe in July,. 1890,. but had purchased a home in the then village in the LANSDOWNE PAST AND PRESENT 65 Fall of 1889. Mr. Lewis has been Collector of Taxes for the Borough for anumber of years, and his large and varied relation to local real estate, im-proved and unimproved, constitute him one of the best and most reliably in-formed men on local realty vaJues in the Borough. Mr. Lewis is a mem-ber of all prominent Borough org-anizations whose aim is local improve-ment, and is always in the foreground of all movements aimed at foster-ing and promoting that end- H. F. Griffith. Trading as the Lansdowne Land SyndicateDirector of Belmont Trust Company, Offic-ially identified with important Industrial En-terprises, and also Owner of Large Realty In-terests in the West. There is presented in this place a pic-ture and bri
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