Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1946 — Page 9

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HOGE LOCATION IS NATURAL CHARM

Lge System Readily Led to Sloping Area

Drainoqe KFor *" KHeeds Says Engineer BW C v'l Engineer) ML„> im •••*■' S'' ll ' l " Wlth H9L,fr tbw **» WOf<l * (Kjt'on rjriite unmts-acru-H the |E nd to 3,1 it»fr , renc«» HE- . ... b- < >--ographl BHrZ .. :i. )< :i different, jj-.n flu- point of |V"v, th«- resident* In J,,r ** *^ UBt staff ** I f. f r«t great --ra-tir. Place pos BE.' tiol and de Titer.- nature long r.dge of land BBp sother stream St. of ft l.*ser tribu|K, r-.-'.y > ;.;».r»K. part BK »5d f-rtile ridge exa;r*l i > r ii Munroe BE i d.'tan. -of one-half HKpr. sunrnit like an K ... John It WorthBE ,r » rtr< Stratton EEttr.'r. -'' and pleasant |K| •.T.-n-Hii’y. an adorn IKkP'tt design M Elevation i mutt-r of surprise ■ti-. i that the general !■.-■> St-atton Place sub ii tnach tn.- same aa I^L »est of the river Hrdei'.»n of the num ■Ljwtun Place ridge is |9Km the clevrtlon of the &r.t lt.-n Mark on the ,1k -t the City Mon-o- Street. Ex |K.».-t entrance to Strut >* r.r a-St-i et the Llm |Mkl ~; mb grades |K-> high.-st flood state M iDavatlon of Walk at High Water Mark rrcet g .idea am end B: Place f-..-n elevation la tnlnd that to the |Ba »!..»bilge and expert of elevation |Br Mly onee In thirty to Arrrag- floods attain Be* feet levy in Stage trade (lawn at kratton Place is set |Bt Ovation 793.00 or 7.6 r jge maximum the luwent baseib,,v. th- danger of Sewers * Stratton Place have to nt the special elt-|BtK-e! by Ih<- topograph! of 'be land. Surface MH.rrcted, as nature pre Bta ridge to lands lying M*F »<et and east of the ridge Sanitary sew ■jlortlon of the pavement into a sewer BP fli* drains) through ■jdbei.n inlets and house |E* «d !» ultimately tied of municipal sewers laierceptor connecting new disposal plant |E* out let of the system |m^ : reinforced concrete e ‘.- , ry;n< combined storm flow, with a storm M* 0 > h « St Marys River feet south of ■J*' wldge At this to the master sew K" Dscatur. al) sanitary HE** intercepted by regu ■•'M. and connected Marys River to the on the west bank line* reaching back gE* IS Inch, 15 Inch |T lr ' an the re BE " require. All |k *’* uiffh ient to give S Im of Dow. AH E? »’* six Inch, with KL *‘°K Ihe house sewer ■"**!* at mjin and ex ■? front of lot, leav K» “1 length necessary KL Kor ea " e BV‘" >,I| "«) from time HL JZ*** "••’•holes with K„ „ t “‘ v * ,M «n conB 111 Jun ti >n points, K * of deflection. The K« Harvestei BJJI'on Way is ap proll ■j^ 4ln d and Ornamentation sfadings fading “ nd •■emovdone to create easy ■JL® k«*P lota to a har ■T* » atreet*. Care was the rich topBwm.* 11 oVer ,ot * where ■* S ’S” 1 * and But ‘ ”■ TreM ar ® ■L, ’ ,ront on evary lot Ku L.?' ranc ‘ >way of BnJ witll »lnga I* to K st r " ( I ; ln,h ‘ ;rlo,t TrUI E ‘ consists of ir

STRATTON PLACE EDITION

Stratton Place Engineer :Hrj A. K. HOFER A. K. Hofer. Fort Wayne, who directed the civil engineering in connection with the development of Btratton Place, including the installation of the sewe, eystem. en ' Joys top ranking In his profession and I* well known for his many successful engineering project*. He Is a graduate civil engineer of Purdue University and received his Bachelor of Science Degree from that University In 1913. During the past 30 year* his engineering serv : Ices have been widely used in this entire area in the development of municipal projects, including newer*, water works, ornamental lighting, paving and similar project*. He is an authority hot only on I drainage but on the la-ger phase* of flood control and his proses sional services have been sought by governmental and civic organlxations for reports on flood prevention. His general practice has embraced all phases of civil engineering Including the designing of engineering structures of wide range and character. In Fort Wayne, as engineer for i the Park Board, he directed ex i tensive Improvement development* I tn various parts of the city. These Included the original hying out of Foster Park and Its Golf Course and River Drive. He acted In a similar capacity for S’. Joe River Blvd. Drive, Franke Park and Memorial Park. He was also the original engineer for the Park Board In laying out the through streets of Anthony and Rudisill Blvds. In the development of the exclusive residential subdivisions of Fort Wayne’s south side. Including Southwood Park. Harrlvon Hill and Lafayette Place. Mr. Hofer wa* the engineer who directed the de sign and overall layout Including sewers, paving water mains, ornamental lighting, genera] design of grades and structures pertaining to the development of lhese area* His engineering for local governmental units has also included the Board of Public Work* on numer ous occasions. Mr. Hofer was employed in the construction of the new U. S Government Post Office for Fort Wayne several years ago He laid out the footings and checked the footing depth for the U. S. Government. He is widely recognised oh among the foremost civil engineers In this section of the country. low-back concrete curb and gutters making the curb easy to cross with cars at driveways as well as eliminating obstruction In opening of automobile doors. In the roadway proper will be constructed macadam streets consisting of 7Inches of heavy limestone rock about 1H” In diameter wlih smal.er wise limestone for a binder When ’he atone Is properly settled and compacted, a finished wearing sur face of asphalt will be placed and -oiled down. This surface will probably be placed six month* to one vear af'er stone is laid- This type of afreet paving Is considered Ideal for subdivision*, adjusts Itself to the earth base, and is easily maintained. Width of pavements are from z, feet to 37 feet. The North end of Porter Vista and all of Sunset Lane and Community Pass are designed IF wide aa minor access streets and therefore have no public walks or curbs. Public walks are installed adjoining the curh. offering easy access to parked cars on street* a* well as eliminating a lot of grass trimming. A public walk will be run from the fiver bridge east to connect the subdivision.

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Local Banker Buys First Home Site I HERMAN H KRUECKEBKRO To Herman H. Krtieckeberg. cashier of the First State Bank, the credit ot buying the first home site In Stratton Place. Mr. Krueckeberg purchased one of the attractive lots on Llmberlost Trail with 80-foot frontage on which he plans to erect his future home. Mr. Krueckeberg la an active civic leader In Decatur and Immediate past president of the Lions Club. The transaction was handled by Robert Heller, realtor, who is local sale* agent for both home sites and homes in Stratton Place.

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Stratton Place on the Kefyonga By French Quinn

Way back during the early years of the last century Ell Zimmerman of Ohio prospected Adams County.' looking for a home. He found Just 1 what he sought. Two years before Decatur was born IfU patented from ' Uncle Sam part of Section 2 in Washington Township. Adams County and he picked a dandy location. Right smack dab along the Kek- ( ionga River Immediately opposite to what was to become Decatur he chose a gently rolling piece of ground of eaey drainage and finest; Soil and with a magnificent forest.i Little did he dream, or did he? that I in the years to come the choicest ! of that beautiful tract would find It-. self adorned by the skill of I»4< builders Into lovely homes and gardens and drives and landscaping constituting a modern subdivision i A Orest Name Neither did he dream, or did be? that that lovely suburban plot would take In Ito name the inspiration of a truly great lady who cams onto the stage of life many long decades after Eli had been taken to bls fathers and who brought the “Love of the Outdoors" to the world by her research and writings 1

I '1 m ' st I FRENCH QUINN It was in honor of Gene Stratton Porter and In honor of the spot itself that the builders named their homes conception "Stratton Place." I Gene Stratton Porter came to De-

I catur in the long ago the bride of Charlee D Porter, a native of Adams County, and the couple made their first home in the "Old Porter Homestead” on Second Street nearly opposite the Court House In Decatur. The “Old Homestead” was a two-story, low-ceil-inged house a long way to the Street, flush with the sidewalk and : with a gardenless back yard, withi out tree or shrub, and with the I 1 drabble*t views Imaginable except I praise be. a giant elm tree acroae the street. Mrs. Porter’s Decatur Home Here Mrs. Porter lived for sevI eral years. Here her only child was | ' born, and here she longed to ex-1 j plore the mysteries of the growing things. Mr. Porter ran a drug etore at Geneva on tbe Bank of the Limberloet and there the little family moved Into a oneetory little frame house, with green shutters on the banks of the dreaded Limberlost. From tbat little cottage Mrs. Porter had again the drabbleet outlook but at her door was tbat | Limberloet Swamp tbat to all others was a curse and a menace and a thing to be avoided.

Great Naturalist Mm Porter was a natural born naturalist. The urge to evplore and record her conception of the outdoors was born in her. She saw the wonders of the Llmberlost She beheld In that swamp the marvels that we of duller eye* had never seen. For twenty five years day after day and month after month she worked in that swamp. She was startlingly original in all her nature conclusions. She never imitated anybody. She gleaned her knowledge of the out doors not from book* but by personal observation She put her . conclusions in readable understandi able language that "h.» who rune may read.” Stratton Place Honored She translated the seeming myo teries of the manifestations of the God of Nature so that boys and girls and we common run of manI kind could understand. For all of this the world owes her endless homage. With her name I “Stratton Place" is honored. There Is an earnest hope by the builders and all the people of Decatur, that this surburhan site may not only be houses and streets and alleys but along "Llmberlost Trail,” "Harvester Lane.” "Porter Place" and "Stratton Way" shall be real homes In the finest sense of the word and kept as a “Thing of beauty and a joy forever.”

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Plans Provide For Modern Shopping Area —— Some four acre* of Stratton Place just south of Monroe Street and east of the St. Mary s River, have been set aside for future development as a shopping and recreational center The regulation* provide for ample parking and for very deep set back of buildings, j the ground to be attractively landi scaped and shrublted with the architecture conforming to the residential character of the subdivision The shopping center is planned for development as need* in the future may dictate for serving the resident* of Stratton Place and for the convenience of adjoining population. o Plans Made For City Mail Service Plans call for the establishment of regular city mall service to every home in Stratton Place and application has already been made at the post office for this service, and according to this plan a carrier will be dispatched by automobile with the mail for Stretton Place, and he will then deliver house to house, the same as In any other residential section of the city.