. Suburban homes along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern R. R . h for it, that it had good railroad communication into thecity, that it was two hundred and forty feet above low water mark ofthe Ohio river, that its drainage was good, that the scenery was fine,and that in short it was to Cincinnati in 1875, what Clifton, Avondaleand East Walnut Hills had been in 1840, and Mt. Auburn in his characteristic enterprise, he sat himself to work to create anew village, which he called Norwood. It grew rather slowly at first, 20 but it has been well said, that in the last eight ye
. Suburban homes along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern R. R . h for it, that it had good railroad communication into thecity, that it was two hundred and forty feet above low water mark ofthe Ohio river, that its drainage was good, that the scenery was fine,and that in short it was to Cincinnati in 1875, what Clifton, Avondaleand East Walnut Hills had been in 1840, and Mt. Auburn in his characteristic enterprise, he sat himself to work to create anew village, which he called Norwood. It grew rather slowly at first, 20 but it has been well said, that in the last eight years its growth hasbeen phenomenal. Little detached settlements began to spring uparound the original nucleus, and a little more than three years ago,these small settlements or subdivisions, known as South Norwood,East Norwood and Old Norwood, and incorporated Sec. 34 of ColumbiaTownship, united in one village. They were in the midst of the beau-tiful valley. Walnut Hills was to the south of them. To the northapproached by the Montgomery Pike, was Pleasant Ridge, with the. Depot—Norwood. old Indian Mound, the only one now remaining in the vicinity of thecity, half way up the hill, in plain sight. To the east was Madisonvilleand to the west the Millcreek Hills. They started with two streets, so called. To-day it would be hard totell how many they have—at least a dozen in process of had at first in population but a few hundred. To-day they haveas many thousand. Pastures and corn-fields have been transformedinto lawns and pleasant building lots. Cement sidewalks will takethe place this summer of mud walks. The pride of the village is FloralAvenue, one hundred and twenty feet wide throughout its length of a 21 mile, one-half of which is paved with asphalt. There are seven railroadstations within the corporate limits of the village, and two Bo-ard of Council is now hard at work on a system of seweragefor the village. The Methodists, Baptists, Pr
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