Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 346
CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, WHERE FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON WENT TO CHURCH. 93-] PHILADELPHIA A CITY OF HOMES. fixed by the man who first sells use of the landcannot be changed, and lasts forever. A ground-rent does not grow if the ground gets to beworth more: it stays the same. If the ground 333 to… … THE NEW CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA. and house get to be worth more, the man whoowns the ground-rent does not benefit by this,but the man who owns the house. Practically,when a house is bought under this plan, onlythe house is bought — the land is paid for by afixed yearly sum which cannot be added to.…
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