Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-12
SALEM'S BOOM.
A LARGE CROWD ATTEND
YESTERDAYS SALE.
OVER TWO HUNDRED LOTS SOLD.
Amounting In Value TO Nearly One
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
New 10 Purchase Real
Estate iR SaIcIn.

If the matured man who attende,
| Roanoke college five or ten year
ago and then went west could hay
returned to Salem yesterday, he would
have found state of activity alto
gether different from anything h,
ever knew during his walks and visit
and studies there. He would have
found Main street, formerly quiet
crowded with people and vehicles .anc
seen tens Of thousands of dollars paiG
for land which, at one time could have
been bought by the acre instead Of
by the foot. The occasion was
the opening sale OF the lots
of the Salem improvement com
pany, and the day will always be re.
membered as the turning point in the
towns history, and the beginning of
the development which is to make
Salem an industrial city, just as Roa-
noke and Knoxville and Chattanooga
and Birmingham and Admission have
been made cities.
The day was almost an ideal one.
The sun shOne bright from q clear,
blue sky, and the breeze which makes
the section such delightful place for
summer residences, blew strong from
the northwest. The sale proper did
not begin until IL o'clock, but people
began arriving by scores several
hours earlier.
DR.. E. A. Parsons, of the real estate
firm Of Nelson & Parsons, brought
party from Roanoke. They occupied
ten carriages and included many
prominent citizens.
Main street presented an unusually
active scene during the morning.
Horses carrying people to look at diff
ferent lots were driven hither and
thither. The streets were filed with
! vehicles, and the sidewalks with
people. The real estate Offices and
corridors of the Duval house were the
principal centres of activity. Every
Office was equipped with large, blue
maps, and buyers and sellers were
busy till noon selecting and marking
their lots.
at 10 o'clock the crowd proceeded
to the town hall, on College street,
where the lots, upon which more than
auction. For the next two hours the
scene there was so lively that prom
inent lawyer remarked that it re-
minded him of the New York stock
exchange.
Mr.. J. w. F. Allemong, president of
the company, and Colonel r. H
Logan called off the lots that had
already been taken and those that
were to be sold under the hammer,
blo ngHsi' the aisles. Mr.. Huff" the
actioneer, holding a small mallet IN
one hand, began crying the lots ana
knocking them of to the hisnest
bidders. Colonel r. H. Logan as
sisted him and the bidding was
unusually lively. There were no
pauses. and everything went with a
rush. The lots sold and the prices
paid follow:
Section Lot 5. A. NJ. Bowman,
so05. g. A. NJ. Bowman, S203; 7. A. NJ.
bowman, s2O1; s. c. G. Rowe, 5000;
II Edward Jeter, 1901; IA. Edward
Letter, 1905; 10. A. Nj. Bowman, $3.50;
IA R. B. Jones & Co., $445; 20. John
n Garst. s4OO; 80. William McClana-
han, s405; 81. G. J. Lyon, $420; 81.
r. H Lyon, $50.
Section 2-Lot 5. Frier, Weber &
DENT. S217; 8. J. P. Houtz, $2Ol "A.
Armstrong s. Critz, s21O; Is. R. B.
.Iones & Co., $3.50; Is. R. b. Jones &
Co., 1905; q. A. N: bowman @o''' 49,
A. NJ. Bowman, $3.50. o
Section 4-Lot 81. R. Fl. Lyon, S42o;
16. J. N. Strickler, 1851; 80. \. M. BOW
man, $500. TO-
$40; SO. r. H. Lyon, $500.
Section 6-Lot Is. w. F. Mathews,
s2l1: 16. NJ. T. Frantz, S34O.
Section '2-Lot IS. NJ. L. frantz'
Section 13.-Lot Is. Edward Jeter,
sAO5. 10. NJ. P. Frantz, 1865; 81. Rob-
ert Logan. 1852; %. A NJ. Bowman,
s559. o3. c. III. Weber, S56S; "a. f. &.
Clements, $500; %. William McClana-
han, 1927 TO,
$6O3: 80. G.. j. Ligon, $65l.
Section blot 16. Elizabeth Camp
hell 4S2: 20. Chas. DENT, $40.
Section 16-Lot 90. Ed. letter, $6Sl
Section 1y.-Lot and g. ArInst1ont
& Critz, $423; r. Ed. Jeter, 500; 20
Ed. Jeter. $500: ,o.oo
Section 2O.-Lot 16.-R. b. Jones
0'S Section 4o.-Lot 10. c B. strouse
r $50. IT 1o,,,
$3.50. ,.,u ! :; -,
the afternoon, and the Land Improve
! ment scompany was kept busy I'll
! night recording purchases; AT
= o,clock in the evening 235 lots had bee
, sold aggregating $4,000 in value
Among some Of the people who at
tended the sale were T. w. Spindle
!. I P. Sand, Christiansburg; j. w
: Turner Lewis Kirkwood and r. )
y Ferguson. Haran, Va; A. u. Bow
man, Saltville; Hon. samuel S WrlIhL
8 Liberty, Va; W. u. Repass' Wy" S,am
a Vile, Va; G. J. Murray, Z. >; Clem
4 ents, Petersburg, ,,;+s va s TeJln
Springs, "a; g.. RI. Piermo n
Berlin. Conn; A. w. Picker and Y
!. I. Caldwell, Lynchburg; Col: +. +
O Frier. Winston, n. c.; James ID. NJ
" Connell, G. O'Leary, j. s. Slmmon
> Frank Kemp, G. Markley, w. !
Il Baker. J. M. Roberts, Nj. Q. Thoma
t. W. C. Williams, Col. John b. Fem
a Judge S. g. Williams, Luther g, Mile lie
s. n q Moomaw, r. W. Mcclellan
n Din Beall, w. H. Horton, Dr.. Il.
ii Simmons, Archie L. Payne, ).
"a cunningham, of Roanoke; &c
" fohn b. Carey, Of Riehmon
C- i -nnd j = II Lads. :