Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . growth has been of the really phenomenal type. In theeighties, before incorporation, the territory, then a village, represented snassessed valuation of about $100, One year after incorporation, in 1894,the valuation had reached the handsome sum of $1,257, 873, with a bordusrhtax of 41/2 mills on the dollar and a sinking fund tax of 2 mills, while in 1908the assessed valuation stands at the splendid sum of $3,148,875, with a bor-ough tax of 5 mills and a sinking fund tax of ZVz mills. 22. The population has kept pace with the physical development o
Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . growth has been of the really phenomenal type. In theeighties, before incorporation, the territory, then a village, represented snassessed valuation of about $100, One year after incorporation, in 1894,the valuation had reached the handsome sum of $1,257, 873, with a bordusrhtax of 41/2 mills on the dollar and a sinking fund tax of 2 mills, while in 1908the assessed valuation stands at the splendid sum of $3,148,875, with a bor-ough tax of 5 mills and a sinking fund tax of ZVz mills. 22. The population has kept pace with the physical development of Iheborough having increase from upwards of 200 in the eighties to approxi-mately 4,500 in 1908. Exceptional local and long-distance telephone ser^^ice is provided by theBell Telephone Company, which has thoroughly equipped exchang-e quartersin the Davis Building, at the corner of Lansdowne and Baltimore avenues. The Suburban Gas Company of Philadelphia has a large clientage inthe borough. LANSDOWNE PAST AND PRESENT PLAN OF LANSDOWNE. LANSDOAYXE PAST AND PRESENT LANSOOWNE HIGHWAYS. Austin, W. from Union, between Nyack and Pennsylvania Railroad. Baltimore, iD. and W. from Lansoowne. , K. fiom Wycombe, S. of Nyack. Berkley, ^^. from Uwtn, abo\e ijrecnA cod. Drexei, VV. from Lansaowne, seccna avenue from Greenwood. Dudley, E. from Lansdowne, second avenue S. of Pennsylvania R. R. Edenheld (N. Maple), W. from Wycombe, between Poweiton avenue andMarshall Road. Elbeion, from JNyack to Railroad, E. of Lansdowne. Essex, E. and W. from Lansdowne, above Greenwood. Fail view, E. from Lanscowne, fourth avenue below Railroad. Greenwood, (formerly Blackberry Lane), E. and W. from Lansdowne, fourthavenue N. of Baltimore. Highland, (formerly ^jd^l-ohs Avenue), N. and S. from Baltimore, lirst ave-nue E. of Lansdowne. La Crosse, (formerly Avenue), E. from Lansdowne and W. fromOwen; N. of Baltimore. Lansdowne, (Darby and Radnor Road), N. and S. from Baltimore. Madison E. from Lan
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