New Streets And Drives Are Being Opened

Ann Arbor is rapidly spreading out. New streets are springing up and some beautiful new drives are being created. In time a boulevard or beautiful drive all around the city may be created. Two or three new links in the chain are about to be opened.

New Jersey avenue is a new street which extends from Washtenaw avenue to Hill street. There is talk of opening a new street from New Jersey avenue to the street opened by W. H. Nichols some years ago east of Forest Hill cemetery. Were this done and the Nichols street, name yet unknown, extended to the River road a beautiful drives would be opened, connecting by the River road with the Boulevard, thence by way of Chubb street, Spring street, etc., over to Madison.

On the opposite side of Washtenaw avenue from New Jersey avenue another new street starts, known as the Ferdon road. It runs from Washtenaw avenue to Granger's addition extending beyond the extreme southern boundary of the fair grounds. The grading of this new street three rods wide has just been finished, as also the surface sewers, although it has not been opened for travel. In the spring the new street will be opened, shade trees planted and walks put in.

Ferdon road corners with Granger street, which crosses Packard street to Hamilton park and a street leads from there to State street.

This Ferdon road opens up the Ferdon place. J. J. Quarry, the druggist, purchased the Ferdon house and a little over an acre of ground. Mr. Ferdon retains a big lot on Washtenaw avenue and the rear lots in the apple orchard. E. H. Waples has 55 lots 50x100 feet in size in here, which are to be put on the market in the spring.

One will need shortly to largely increase his knowledge of the geography of Ann Arbor.