Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-10
J,IIY II.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.-On
y Monday, The 2l't day OF October, will be sold at
Public Auction, 22o Building Lots and 80 Out Lots, in the
hourisling town OF PORTSMOUTH,, OHIO.
Portsmouth,, the chief town of Sciota county, is plea-
sanity situated OH high ground OH the bank Of the Ohio
River, near the mouth OF Sciota River, which At Ports.
mouth approaches within half a mile of the Ohio, and
about midway between Marietta and Cincinnati. The
wafer is good, and the town has always been considered
remarkably healthy. Its settle is high and places the POI
Pulation beyond the reach of the highest fools.
The Ohio and Erie Canal, which was flushed last Octo-
her, intcrsects the Ohio at that place, and brings there for
transh'pment the produce OF the very rich and extensive
country through which il passes. That canal is 3e6 miles
long, 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep. II passes thro' Is Of
the most fertile and populous counties Of Ohio, and serves
as a channel of communication to the towns of ChiIicothe.
Circleville, Lancaster, Zsnesville, Columbus, Hebron,
Newark, Dresden, Roscoe, Trenton, Lockport. Dover. Sa-
lem, New Philadelphia, Bolivar, MassiiIon, Fulton. Gin
ton, ARROW and Boston, IL is the connecting link be.
tween the navigation Of the Mississippi, the Northern
lakes, and the ~. York and welIand Canals intcrsecting
For the year 1881, the tolls or this Canal, which
was completed only from the Lake TO Chilicothe,
amounted to S64,s6f-and from the tolls already re-
ceIved, II IS estimated that the receipts for 1888 will ex-
coed Sls5,000. ltnow forms an uninterrupted channel of
communication between the Lakes and Ohio, and tends
directly to increase the business Of Portsmouth. That
town has now 1850 inhabitants, and is rapidly increasing,
In the immediate vicinity are extensive quarries Of free
stone, which furnish the chief ornamental building stone for
Cincinnati and Louisville. There are also valuable beds
OF iron ore almost in proximity with the bituminous coal
which Is so abundant in that part Of the country. The
ore Is OF the first quality and universally preferred in tho
western States. There are already within a short distance
Of the mouth Of the canal 80 Furnaces and FORCES In u
RATION, manufacturing upwards oil 70 900 tons OF iron per
snnum, Of the value Of a million OF dollars. Steanboats
OF The largest class daily arrive at Portsmouth, deposiina
at that place their cargoes OF Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, SC.
and receiving in return, the Flour, Pork, Wbiskey, sc. of
the interior, brought there by the way OF he canal. The
commerce OF the town is rapidly increasing under the in
tiuence OF these favorable Circumstances, and in a few
years, II must become one Of the most important places or
The OHIO River. The lots offered Tor sale are situated ip
me principai streets OF Portsmouth,, and present an OPP
pormnI,y Tor the profiible investment Of capital. Titles
and in lee simple.
me sale OF the above properly will take place on the
zlst oil October next, OF 10 o'clock, A. nj. ia Portsmouth
Maps, exhibiting The plan Of the town, situation and size
the Lots, may he had on or after 29ib inst. on application
McAllis'er & York, PhilalelphiS; Turnbull g. VIM
chester, Baltimore; Barr, Kneelsnd & Co, New York; or
my Agen, Thomas Parker, Egg, Portsmouth, who wills
all information on the subject.
Ohm 7. BARR, 100 Pearl street. N. ".
New York. July %. 1888. 25-Ist