Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-13
Wellington 7'0ntsae.
Gr ,scs Tows, orb o9sse,. 1894.


A NUMBER OF PROPRIE TORS m .he
civ OF Wsfhins ron, with views 10 convert their
,,,on,rrv ic,., m, MEDIATE money, have formed INC
fsIlowirg PLAN 81 "A ToNTiNE; ana have
appointed the fa0fcsloer their agent ioi carrying
the fame insU execution.
a lift of she tots smbaiked in this entrprlis
p,ecrSes the pIsno o. The intitutlon. Plass OF the
sitv. on watch theie lots viii be defgnated, viii
he lodged al she fcyeral tayerns in Waihingion
ard George Town, for public inipet''on; an5
boz ks will }e oYened IN the cry for frceivine iuo
,1cr,c,ions Of ha.s, on he hrt day OF December,
raining. Saouid books be opened elfewhere, due
notice win DC given 5llersof. Payment mat oe
made for the flares al the time of inbicribing, but
+ contrary 70 .safenaeie expeclati0p, lutacieni
number of s1aseslhould no, be iubicrloed Tor The
execution oEgte fehsIne, the moseyihall DC faith
falIv returJsi 10 the iub!crbers, and without airy
unnrcsiiasy aelsy.
The conAisutoa of the Tontine is TOO PLAIN TO
need expisaatosy remarks. The BATS Of Che inii
sa.fon .tbeifg a riing property, rated Oh very
low fcaI., the advantages NUT DC greater than
could rcfuls from mere nonicd 0Eiuucn. Il
f.ems indeed more han probable, thai each aock
holder who furvives the difolu,ion fthe csmpa-
nv. will find the value Of his flock augmeotcd
t.ensy fold, or more, Haoy think that this ia
vors of extravaganza, ler them advert TO the To-
created value Of uliseproyed properly in any OF our
large towns dusine TIC laf 20 years. Lei ihcm
eosaoarc with ths prizes Of the Tonune lots, tho!r
OF t;sc n,oit indifferent property IN any o. 'hoie
towns now. II vii not DC centended that any
town in the United States had, % years aga,
fairer prafretfs of rapid incrcaie, than ~ hins.
TON has at this day. The fad viii ret be DIFF
puted, that the Toniipe lots ars generlliy amonga
the mott valuable in Warrington
Tie fear OF government, Tor luch country as
she United States, cannot long remain an incohi.
d.rable city. Dnt Warrington h4s an advantage
more im2ortaat than even this. l. IS The nearsit
{ea port 10 that ceungfy which may De lufly d.
nominated the grana:y of America.
A plan of this kisd formed 20 pears ago on the
BATS Of unimprovea properly in Bsit!i.ore 'even
in Gcosg. Town, would have yielded TO th' iur-
wing adysnturers cf this day, profit OF forty It
not an hundred told.
In May, 1900, Warrington contained $500
'inhabstauis lin May, 1893, 1880. The nursF
Der now exceeds 5000. Ia the Zane ratio Of
progrctivc incrcsfe, the population IN Se7, w
be $500, in 1910, $500 $ in 1873, 1850
in 1915, IS 20; in 1919, $1,000; In iSzz.
$4,000 ard IN 1876, $4,000, Men OF f1nte,
vho examine the fituarion of the Tontinc lots,
viii perceive that the whole of hen. mutt DC in
demand for improvement before The population
RITES to 10, 900. F,om the tine, haPPen when it
will, that our commerce (hall principally depend
upon crf own productions, and our owe con.
funption, the increaie Of the city will be in6nte.
~ more rap;9. The relcurces of the cou0try at
tached TO it by nature, arc now equal to the
maintenance of 50 900 fouls It. tie cry. Thefe
feiourccs, diverted at this time into many differ
ent channels, will be confined alnof exctlfivciy
TO W afhingtoF, when Europe h4li DC at peace,
AMI each maritime nation can carry for isleif.
The ufual mode of telling lots in our large
towns is by The font foot; in Waihington the
mode is by the fquare foot. At the hgheR price
in. this plan, lot Of Is fee: by Izo will be 40
dollars the loweR price 50 dollars; in lquares
where there are alleys, triae more.
The whole properly Ieated out at 81. per front
foot. would pay taore than s per ceat. inteIel Oh
the capital.
Pen: SToDDERT.