. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad guide book . hia is Moores Station, at Prosfieet Iark. Pros-pect Park was laid out in 1875, and is the projjerty of John Coehran and thefirm of John Shedwiek iS: Son. It contains (iOO lots, over SOO of which havebeen disposed of dnrinij; the past two years. The <i,ronnds have hein surveyedin streets and avenues, with a large park in tlie centre. Tlic properly lays he-tween the rail road and the Chester and harliy rurn]iike, and luiuL; in liuodhands, it is siiaiing the ])rosperity and increase destined to Imild up all ihe su-burban towns on t
. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad guide book . hia is Moores Station, at Prosfieet Iark. Pros-pect Park was laid out in 1875, and is the projjerty of John Coehran and thefirm of John Shedwiek iS: Son. It contains (iOO lots, over SOO of which havebeen disposed of dnrinij; the past two years. The <i,ronnds have hein surveyedin streets and avenues, with a large park in tlie centre. Tlic properly lays he-tween the rail road and the Chester and harliy rurn]iike, and luiuL; in liuodhands, it is siiaiing the ])rosperity and increase destined to Imild up all ihe su-burban towns on this rail road. ^Messrs. (ocliran, Slicdwick iV Son lia\e, andaie still making the most of the advantages of Prosiiecl Iaik, and tluy prevcnithe intrusion of anything that would detract from the same in the least. .Mr.(Jeo. W. Shirley, real estate agent, 17th and Soutii streets, PhiTa, is liie pioneirof the j)lace, and came here at tiie time the jiark was firsl laid out. Tiie Imusehere illustrated is owned and occujiied by him, and shows the style and desisju. ];Ksri)F,xcE OP GEO. w. siiii:i,i:y. of many of tlie iionses in the ]iark. At the time of our visit \\\h tlie enterprise of Mr. Shirley and one or two other gentlemen ofProspect Park, tliere has heen organized liere a tirst-elass bnilding first series of the association was started in July, 1870, and the demand forshares was so great that it was deemed advisable to start a new series, and ac-cordingly a new series was started in Febrnary last, and a great many shareswere taken at
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